Paul Simpson (rugby union)

{{Short description|English rugby player}}

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| name = Paul Simpson

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| full_name = Paul Donald Simpson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|06|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Leeds, England

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| school = The John Bentley School

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| position = Flanker / No. 8

| repyears1 = 1983–87

| repteam1 = {{nrut|England}}

| repcaps1 = 3

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Paul Donald Simpson (born 7 June 1958) is an English former rugby union international.{{cite news |title=Why our country needs us! |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/908514394 |work=Western Daily Press |date=31 March 1984}}

Simpson was born in Leeds and attended The John Bentley School in Calne, Wiltshire.{{cite news |title=Simpson - a solid choice |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/750931876 |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=25 November 1983}}

A back-rower, Simpson played his early rugby with Gosforth and was then at Bath from 1982 until retirement. He made the first of his three England appearances in 1983, as a flanker in a win over the All Blacks at Twickenham.{{cite news |title=England trounce the All Blacks |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/869024451 |work=Evening Sentinel |date=19 November 1983}}