"It was half a wrestling match, half a boxing contest. It wasn't planned to go like that." "He's different. The world knows he's different. That's why he's been on the pound-for-pound list for the past five years. Those two seasons at the Halton Stadium have seen the winger put his time off the field to good use as well, gaining personal training qualifications and combined his playing role with a challenging but rewarding day-job as an alternative education sports tutor for 14 to 16-year-olds. Incidents of discrimination during matches have been relatively rare for Paula, considering the context of current media and social media discourse about trans women in sport. Still, the distress caused by these incidents doesn't diminish. "Three weeks ago, I was playing in goal and I heard transphobic comments coming from behind me. I look around and it's a couple of teenage kids."