Tyler Paul | |
Fullname: | Tyler Warne Paul |
Birth Date: | 20 January 1995 |
Birth Place: | Duiwelskloof, South Africa |
School: | St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown |
University: | Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University |
Position: | Flanker / Lock / Number 8 |
Currentclub: | Kubota Spears |
Youthyears1: | 2013 |
Youthclubs1: | Eastern Province Country Districts |
Youthyears2: | 2013 |
Years1: | 2014–2017 |
Apps1: | 4 |
Points1: | 0 |
Years2: | 2017 |
Apps2: | 15 |
Points2: | 5 |
Years3: | 2017–2018 |
Apps3: | 22 |
Points3: | 10 |
Years4: | 2018–2020 |
Apps4: | 30 |
Points4: | 10 |
Years5: | 2019 |
Apps5: | 2 |
Points5: | 0 |
Years6: | 2021–2022 |
Apps6: | 1 |
Points6: | 0 |
Years7: | 2022-2024 |
Clubs7: | Urayasu D-Rocks |
Years8: | 2024– |
Clubs8: | Kubota Spears |
Amatyears1: | 2015 |
Amatapps1: | 10 |
Amatpoints1: | 33 |
Clubupdate: | 21 February 2021 |
Tyler Warne Paul (born 20 January 1995 in Duiwelskloof, South Africa) is a South African rugby union player for the in Super Rugby and the in the Rugby Challenge. He can play as a lock or a flanker.
In 2013, Paul was named in the Eastern Province Country Districts' side for the 2013 Under-18 Craven Week competition.[1] He progressed to the side during the same year and started seven matches for the team during the 2013 Under-19 Provincial Championship. He also started in the final, where the EP Kings beat the side 56–40 in Nelspruit to clinch the Division B trophy. He also played in their promotion/relegation play-off against near-neighbours, which the Kings won 27–20 to win promotion to Division A for 2014.
At the end-of-season awards ceremony, Paul was voted as the EP Kings' U19 Player of the Year for 2013.[2]
His senior debut came during the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition. He came on as a substitute in the ' 31–3 defeat to the in Cradock. He made a further two appearances, against the in George and against the in Port Elizabeth.
In March 2015, Paul was named in an extended South Africa Under-20 training group as part of their preparation for the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship.