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Paul Aiton (born 29 May 1985) is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Catalans Dragons in the Super League. A Papua New Guinea international representative {{rlp|hk}}, Aiton previously played for the Penrith Panthers, and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the National Rugby League, and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and the Leeds Rhinos, also of the Super League.

Early life

Born in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea to a Papua New Guinean mother, Anne, and an Australian father, John, Aiton moved to Caboolture, Queensland, Australia with his family at a young age. He played his junior rugby league for the Caboolture Snakes and attended Morayfield State Primary School before joining the Wests Panthers in Brisbane, where he was signed by the Penrith Panthers in 2003.^[4]

Playing career

Penrith Panthers

After playing for Penrith's second-tier team, the St Mary's Cougars, in the NSWRL Premier League, Aiton was called upon to make his NRL début on 23 April 2006, starting at hooker for Penrith in their round 8 match against the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, as a result of an injury sustained by Craig Gower.^[4] Aiton made 13 further appearances from the bench in 2006, and was named Penrith's Ben Alexander Rookie of the Year.^[5] He played a total of 72 games, scoring 8 tries, for the Panthers between 2006 and 2009.

Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks

Aiton signed a 2-year deal with Cronulla in 2010 and went on to make 36 appearances, scoring 5 tries. At the end of the 2011 season it was announced he was to leave Cronulla to go play in the Super League.

Following his departure, he was one of seventeen Sharks players found guilty of using illegal substances under the club's 2011 supplements program. When the case was eventually concluded in 2016, Aiton had a twelve-month suspension recorded against his name, although he served none of the time due to backdating of the sanction.^[6]

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

Aiton moved to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in England on a two-year contract from 2012.^[7] He made 47 appearances for them in 2 years scoring 7 tries.

Leeds Rhinos

In November 2013, Aiton signed a three-year contract with the Leeds Rhinos starting in 2014.^[8] He won the Challenge Cup in his first season, which was Leeds' first in over a decade. He missed part of the 2014 season due to medication he was taking that prevented him from playing. Aiton was injured towards the end of the 2015 season and missed out on winning the Treble with Leeds. He left making 47 appearances scoring 3 times.

Catalans Dragons

On 5 August 2015, Aiton decided not to sign a new deal with the Leeds Rhinos, instead moving on to play for France's biggest rugby league franchise the Catalans Dragons. Aiton said “I will always be honoured to have played for Leeds Rhinos but the opportunity to move to France from next season and be part of the Dragons was something that excited me at this stage in my career." He signed a three-year deal with the Dragons beginning in the 2016 season.^[9]

Representative career

In 2004, Aiton was selected to play for Papua New Guinea against Australia in a non-Test match.^[4]

In 2007, Aiton played 3 matches for PNG during their end of season tour of Europe.

Aiton was named in the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[10]

He again played for Papua New Guinea in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup and 2017 Rugby League World Cup .

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url= http://www.superleague.co.uk/matchday/player/2619|title= Paul Aiton Leeds Rhinos|date=2015|website= www.superleague.co.uk|publisher= Rugby Football League|access-date=18 July 2015}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Paul Aiton|url=http://www.loverugbyleague.com/stats/players/Paul-Aiton|publisher=Love Rugby League}}
3. ^{{cite web|title=Paul Aiton|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Paul_Aiton/summary.html|publisher=Rugby League Project}}
4. ^¹²{{cite web|date=25 September 2007|title=Paul Aiton, our wantok|url=http://postcourier.com.pg/20070925/sport02.htm|publisher=Post Courier|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110518023220/http://postcourier.com.pg/20070925/sport02.htm|archivedate=18 May 2011}}
5. ^{{cite web|date=5 October 2006|title=Wesser named Penrith's best|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-10-05/wesser-named-penriths-best/1278720|publisher=ABC|accessdate=25 October 2006}}
6. ^{{cite web|url=https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/a/32885375/sharks-finalise-asada-deal/#page1|title=Sharks finalise ASADA deal|publisher=Yahoo!7|first=Steve|last=Zemek|date=13 October 2016|accessdate=13 October 2016|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161013150138/https://au.sports.yahoo.com/league/a/32885375/sharks-finalise-asada-deal/#page1|archivedate=13 October 2016|df=dmy-all}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.rleague.com/content/article.php?id=41923|title=Aiton joins Wakefield|date=17 December 2011|work=rleague.com|accessdate=17 December 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103113814/http://rleague.com/content/article.php?id=41923|archivedate=3 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}
8. ^{{cite news|date=5 November 2013|title=Leeds Rhinos sign Paul Aiton from Wakefield Trinity Wildcats|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-league/24804735|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=8 November 2013}}
9. ^{{cite news | last = | first = | authorlink = | title = Catalans Dragons sign Paul Aiton from Leeds Rhinos| work = | place =| pages = | publisher = SkySports| date = 2015-08-05| url = http://www.skysports.com/rugby-league/news/12216/9935615/catalans-dragons-sign-paul-aiton-from-leeds-rhinos| format = | accessdate = 2015-08-09}}
10. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/03/png-name-preliminary-squad.aspx|title=News : PNG name preliminary squad|last=|first=|date=2010-04-10|website=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410150913/http://www.rlwc08.com/news/news/archive/2008/08/03/png-name-preliminary-squad.aspx|archive-date=2010-04-10|dead-url=|access-date=2018-03-23}}

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