on Sunday, although his face will be very familiar. Robbie Paul, the 34-year-old New Zealander who has so enriched the British game since arriving at Bradford as a teenager in the last winter season of 1995-96, will be known as Robbie Hunter-Paul in his swansong season in the Co-operative Championship, having taken his wife's name when he married Natalie Hunter in Auckland last month.

"I'm the type of person who is always open to new ideas," he said. "I have taken a lot of flak already – all in jest. Natalie is an extremely proud, strong and individualistic woman and there was never a doubt about the concept of sharing names. I'm really excited about playing my final season in rugby league under my new married name."

Mrs Hunter-Paul, abe asked to stand toe-to-toe with Khalil Mack and the Packers' right tackle was up for it.

While there admittedly were "two or three plays" the veteran right tackle would like to have back, Bulaga and the entire offensive line settled in after Rodgers returned to the field in the second half against Mack, Akiem Hicks and the rest of the Bears' defensive front.

"It's just a matter of getting settled in, especially against a guy like that," said Bulaga of Mack. "Once we got into the second half, I got a little more comfortable with the technique I was trying to use on him and kind of settled into the ballgame a little bit more, and was able to execute the plan that I had in my head going