Paul Pensini (born 14 October 1977) is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who played for the

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in the

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. Primarily a , he represented

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at international level.

Playing career

Atherton Roosters The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Cairns, Queensland. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Barlow ...

junior, Pensini joined the

in 1998. In Round 14 of the

1998 NRL season 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

, he made his NRL debut in the Cowboys' 14–16 loss to the

St George Dragons The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until th ...

. In Round 26 of the

1999 NRL season The 1999 NRL season was the 92nd season of professional rugby league football in Australia, and the second to be run by the National Rugby League. With the exclusion of the Adelaide Rams and Gold Coast Chargers, and the joint venture of the St. Ge ...

, Pensini scored his only NRL try in an 18–28 loss to the

North Sydney Bears The North Sydney Bears is an Australian rugby league football club based in North Sydney, New South Wales. The club competes in the New South Wales Cup, having exited the National Rugby League following the 1999 NRL season after 90 years in the ...

. In November 1999, Pensini was a member of

Mediterranean Cup On 11 July 1998 the first ever 13 a side rugby league match was played between Italia and Lebanon, which took place at Leichhardt Oval - Sydney - Australia, the match was known as 'The Mediterranean Cup'. A crowd of almost 10,000 watched as these ...

squad, playing in one game, a 14–10 win over

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. After four seasons with the Cowboys, Pensini was released at the end of the 2001 season.

Statistics

NRL

: ''Statistics are correct to the end of the 2001 season''

International

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pensini, Paul 1977 births Living people Australian people of Italian descent North Queensland Cowboys players Italy national rugby league team players Rugby league props Rugby league players from Cairns