Early Years
Sculthorpe grew up in Oldham, Greater Manchester. Educated at Counthill School, he started his professional career with Warrington Wolves as a 20 year-old, and shortly after that made his debut for England.
In 1996 he was named in the Super League Dream Team.
St. Helens paid £300,000 for Paul Sculthorpe when he moved from Warrington Wolves in 1997 (based on increases in average earnings, this would be approximately £469,000 in 2009).
In the 1997 post season, Sculthorpe was selected to play for Great Britain at loose forward in all three matches of the Super League Test series against Australia.
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