FORMER Bradford star Robbie Paul was the latest to try to beat the Wire Flyer on Sunday afternoon.

Now a BBC pundit, the ex-Kiwi tried his luck over 200 metres against the masked speedster.

But like most of those before, he was well beaten.

The race took place during half time as Warrington beat Wigan in the Challenge Cup at The Halliwell Jones Stadium.

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Paul scored a hat-trick in one of the most famous Challenge Cup finals of all time in 1996.

However the speed appears to have dropped off a little in the more than 20 years since.

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