Wembley Stadium. Coaching career Rugby League Following his retirement from playing, Deacon joined Wigan's coaching staff where he remained for four years. In 2013, Deacon was appointed assistant to Steve McNamara at the England national rugby league team, just before the beginning of the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. Rugby Union In July 2015 it was confirmed that Deacon would switch codes and join Premiership rugby union side Sale Sharks as attack/skills coach. He was promoted to head coach in December 2020 following the departure of director of rugby Steve Diamond. Statistics Club career Representative career References External links Paul Deacon Statistics at wigan.rlfans.com (archived by web.archive.org) Paul Deacon Official player page (archived by web.archive.org) 2001 Ashes profile (archived by web.archive.org) Deacon replaces Harris as skipper (archived by web.archive.org) Team Of The Century Statistics at orl-heritagetrust.org.uk 1979 births Living people Bradford Bulls captains Bradford Bulls players England national rugby league team players English rugby league players English rugby union coaches Great Britain national rugby league team players Lancashire rugby league team players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Wigan Sale Sharks coaches Wigan Warriors players