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player)</a>)</span></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Wales international rugby union player</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rugby player</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><caption class="infobox-title"><div class="fn">Paul James</div></caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_James._Wales_Grand_Slam_Celebration,_Senedd_19_March_2012_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Paul_James._Wales_Grand_Slam_Celebration%2C_Senedd_19_March_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Paul_James._Wales_Grand_Slam_Celebration%2C_Senedd_19_March_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Paul_James._Wales_Grand_Slam_Celebration%2C_Senedd_19_March_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="295" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data">Paul James</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Date of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1982-05-13</span>) </span>13 May 1982<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 42)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Place of birth</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Neath" title="Neath">Neath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">185 cm (6 ft 1 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">115 kg (18 st 2 lb; 254 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dwr-y-Felin_Comprehensive_School" title="Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School">Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Prop_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prop (rugby union)">Prop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Current team</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data org" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ospreys_(rugby_union)" title="Ospreys (rugby union)">Ospreys</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Senior career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2001–03<br />2004–06<br />2012–15</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Neath_RFC" title="Neath RFC">Neath</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Swansea_RFC" title="Swansea RFC">Swansea</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bath_Rugby" title="Bath Rugby">Bath</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 23<br />2<br />74</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (5)<br />(5)<br />(5)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 30 May 2015</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Provincial / State sides</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2003–12, 2015–18</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Ospreys_(rugby_union)" title="Ospreys (rugby union)">Ospreys</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 232</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (35)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 31 December 2017</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2003–2016</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 66</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (0)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 12 March 2016</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paul James</b> (born 13 May 1982 in <a href="/wiki/Neath" title="Neath">Neath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>) is a former <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Welsh</a> international <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player. James' position of choice was as a <a href="/wiki/Prop_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prop (rugby union)">prop</a>. In November 2009, James was called into the <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a> team to play in the problem tight-head position against <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_rugby_union_team" class="mw-redirect" title="New Zealand rugby union team">New Zealand</a> at the Millennium Stadium on 7 November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2012 he agreed a two-year contract with <a href="/wiki/Bath_Rugby" title="Bath Rugby">Bath Rugby</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 20 October 2014, it was announced James would return to <a href="/wiki/Ospreys_(rugby_union)" title="Ospreys (rugby union)">Ospreys</a> on a two-year deal at the end of the <a href="/wiki/English_Premiership_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="English Premiership (rugby union)">Aviva Premiership</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> James coached junior side <a href="/wiki/Baglan_RFC" title="Baglan RFC">Baglan rfc</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paul_James_(rugby_union)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/welsh/8338015.stm">"Prop James wins shock Wales call"</a>. 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