It's going to be emotional

emotional evening at Odsal tonight.

The loveable Kiwi's glorious 11-year stint with the club ended following his move to Huddersfield Giants but he is lapping up the opportunity to have one last hurrah.

Paul pulls on the Bulls jersey with his brother Henry and a raft of other former team-mates in his testimonial match against Hull KR (8pm).

With his switch to the Giants only being revealed after the Grand Final victory in October, Paul had missed out on the chance to enjoy a proper send-off at Odsal, the scene of so many of his brilliant performances. This will help fill that void.

"The way I view it, I never had the opportunity say goodbye before it was announced," he admitted.

"This is an opportunity to thank the fans for all their support throughout the years. That's what I want to do. I hope a lot of fans turn up and I really want to see them there.

"I grew up together with a lot of these fans. I came as a teenager and left on a high with us winning the Super League last year.

"This now is an opportunity to really say thank you to all the supporters but the reason I asked Jimmy (Lowes), Henry (Paul), Brian (McDermott) and Steve Mac to play as well is it gives them all the opportunity to do the same.

"I want this to be a celebration of all the

trophies and success we have had over the years with the Bulls. It will also be a bit of closure in my life before the new chapter begins.

"It should be an entertaining evening and I'm going to have a word with all the fans afterwards."

A video montage of Paul's finest moments will be played on a giant screen at Odsal, while the hero half-back will address the crowd in his final act before departing the stage.

Since joining in 1994, he had become the embodiment of the Bulls and all their glory during the subsequent Super League era can be traced back and linked in with the New Zealander.

Paul was royally adopted by the club's fans, not only for his scintillating performances on the park but the way he represented them off it as well.

"I've so many fond memories of Odsal and playing for Bradford themselves," he said. "Lifting the Challenge Cup in Edinburgh, the Super League titles, taking the trophies back to Odsal and then going down into the town centre and seeing thousands of supporters out to welcome us; that was awesome."

However, Paul concedes he could never have imagined how his career would have turned out having arrived at Manchester Airport 12 years ago as a relative unknown to the world of rugby league.

"It was August 28, 1994 and I just remember hitting the M62 and noticing all these cones," he laughs. "There were so many roadworks and it was the first thing that stood out.

"Then came the big hole in the hill at Odsal. Most grounds you can see as you approach but here you didn't see it until you actually got into the stadium. That was amazing."

Paul also recollected: "I couldn't hold the ball at 18 in my first A team game. The club must have thought 'We've got a shocker!'

"Things did work out in the end though, once they got the new structure with Brian Smith and Matty Elliott. I really grasped that concept, as did the club, and we had a real run with it."

Just six days ago, Paul was doing the unthinkable and turning out for Huddersfield against his former Bulls team-mates in a friendly at the Galpharm Stadium.

"There was a lot of banter out there!" he admitted, before revealing how he brought two giants down to size.

"Stuart Fielden tried to run over me and failed. I tried

poking his eyes but he kept blinking!

"Joe Vagana saw me flying at him too and knocked on. I saw the fear in big Joe's eyes!

"It wasn't weird (playing for Huddersfield) but what will be weird is having practised all season to be a Giant and now trying to get back into that thing of being a Bull again.

"It's going to be emotional but I can't wait to get there and have a great night."