Career
Paul currently works for Sky Sports as a rugby pundit and is also a contributor to the Daily Mail and Rugby World magazine as well as Today FM"s The Last Word. Wallace was once regarded as the world"s best tight-head property During his rugby playing career Paul played with UCC, Munster, Blackrock College Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Leinster before moving to professional club, Saracens whom he played with from 1996 to 2001 before returning to Leinster in 2001.
His final match for Ireland was against Georgia in a world cup qualifier at Lansdowne Road in September 2002.
British and Irish Lions
Wallace was selected to tour South Africa with the 1997 British and Irish Lions. Paul was a very influential player in the winning of the series, facing Os du Randt in the scrum and was subsequently described by captain, Martin Johnson, as: "My player of the series" with tour manager Fran Cotton regarding him as the cornerstone of the Lions scrum.
Retirement from rugby
In January 2001 he suffered a seriously broken ankle playing for Saracens against Ulster, which he recovered from but further complications saw him retire in December 2003 after winning the Celtic League with Leinster. Representative honours
Ireland Schools
Ireland U21
Ireland Students
Ireland Development,
Ireland A
Ireland
British & Irish Lions
Wallace is currently a pundit for Sky Sports, giving expert opinion and analysis during their rugby union broadcasts.
He also writes a Saturday column for the Irish Daily Mail and is a rugby panellist for the Last Word show on Today FM. As well his media work, Paul is also a director of Bircroft Property Finance (Ireland), an international debt structuring firm for commercial property.
He previously worked for International property company, Jones Language Louisiana Salle, dealing in international commercial property sales and acquisitions. Wallace is married to Barbara Loftus. Loftus is senior producer to Matt Cooper on Today FM"s drivetime programme, The Last Word.
