Paul Deacon
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"Paul Deacon" is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. A Great Britain national rugby league team/Great Britain and England national rugby league team/England international representative stand-off half back, he played in Super League for English clubs Oldham Roughyeds/Oldham, Bradford Bulls/Bradford (who named him in their "Team of the Century", having won the 2001 Super League Grand Final/2001, 2003 Super League Grand Final/2003 and 2005 Super League Grand Final/2005 Super League Grand Finals, the 2003 Challenge Cup and the 2002 World Club Challenge), and his home-town club, Wigan Warriors/Wigan (with whom he won the 2010 Super League Grand Final and 2011 Challenge Cup). Deacon followed this with becoming a member of Wigan's coaching staff, working closely with manager Shaun Wane.

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It was a good win for us. We played to win instead of playing not to lose. It's been a nice rebounding effort for us, especially defensively - we did not give up a lot of second chances.

It was a matter of survival.

They are a young team and scrapped hard.

Look left. Look right. And look left again. Careful drivers prevent accidents.

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If anybody is a class of being a state champion, it's been Randolph. Their coaching staff and their players, they set the standard on how to play, how to win and even today, how they lost.

I've had several all-state guards; my son was second-team all-state at Bay Port. They're the same mold; the same type. They have a lot of multiple skills. He can shoot it and he can handle it. He's just very skilled, very competitive.

They played a style we've been facing the last month. They try to spread us out and try to take advantage of our aggressiveness. It was effective.

We have to watch out and not burn ourselves out even when we're way ahead.