England star spotted in Stormzy music video and jokes ‘it’s probably my biggest career appearance’

ENGLAND rugby league star Kai Pearce-Paul is used to the big stage after appearing in a video by Stormzy.

The former Wigan ace is making an impression in the NRL after moving Down Under to Newcastle Knights.

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But that level of exposure is nothing new after he was in the multi-million selling artist’s promo for WickedSkengMan 4 in 2015.

Pearce-Paul appears at the back of a group behind the grime star, who hails from Croydon, South London, just down the road from the 23-year-old’s Bromley base.

“It’s for a good few minutes,” the back rower recalled. “There are a few professional photographs where you can see me in the background too.

“That’s probably my biggest career appearance!”

On the field, Pearce-Paul is proving why Newcastle took him, along with former Huddersfield star Will Pryce, to the NRL.

And he hopes that leads to further international honours after a debut in 2022’s World Cup against Greece and facing France last year.

But if his England dream fades, he could look at a plethora of other nations, as his locker at Newcastle, who have put flags denoting stars’ heritage on individuals’ shows.

Including the Faroe Islands, if they had a rugby league team.

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Pearce-Paul told the Knights HQ podcast: “My England debut was crazy. I had about 30 people watching me and to make my England debut in such a World Cup run was amazing.

“It didn’t feel real to be singing the national anthem. I looked up and saw my mum and I felt, ‘This is actually happening.’

“It’s something I’ll remember forever and hopefully there’s more to come.

“I’m English but I’m from two different Caribbean islands – Antigua and St Vincent. I’m Faroese, my mum’ dad was from there, and I’m French, my mum’s mum is French.

“It’s a bit of this, a bit of that. Everyone was grilling me, they have one or two flags on there and I’ve got five. They were like, ‘What are you doing?’”