Paul Ciulini (born October 28, 1995) is a Canadian rugby union player who plays for the Toronto Arrows of Major League Rugby (MLR). The position he plays is lock.[1]
| Date of birth | 28 October 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Maple, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 275 lb (125 kg; 19 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby career
editCiulini first started playing rugby with the Aurora Barbarians in 2007 with their under-12 team. Ciulini first earned national team honours with the Canada U20 team in 2015.
Ciulini earned his first cap for Canada on February 6, 2016, in a 33–17 win over Uruguay.[2]
Ciulini played for the Toronto Arrows in 2018 during their exhibition season. On November 6, 2018, Ciulini signed with the Arrows ahead of their 2019 debut season in Major League Rugby.[3] His first match with the Arrows was on January 26, 2019, against the NOLA Gold.[4][5][6]
Club statistics
edit- As of 7 March 2020
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| MLR 2019 | Toronto Arrows | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| MLR 2020 | Toronto Arrows | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 21 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
References
edit- ^ "Paul Ciulini". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Canada v Uruguay". ESPN Scrum.
- ^ "Arrows Sign Canada Lock Paul Ciulini". DJ Coil Rugby.
- ^ "Toronto Arrows Edged by NOLA in MLR Opener". OurSports Central. 27 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "NOLA Gold Wins Thriller Over Toronto Arrows". djcoilrugby.com. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ Sports, P. M. N. (25 January 2019). "Toronto Arrows travel to New Orleans to debut in Major League Rugby pro circuit - National Post". nationalpost.com. Retrieved 27 January 2019.