Paul Simpson (rugby union)

Paul Donald Simpson (born 7 June 1958) is an English former rugby union international.

Simpson was born in Leeds and attended The John Bentley School in Calne, Wiltshire.

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.