James Elias (born 4 December 1993) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer. Playing as a centre or second-row, Elias represented Lebanon at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[3][4]

James Elias
Personal information
Born (1993-12-04) 4 December 1993 (age 30)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb)
PositionCentre, Second-row
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–17 Lebanon 7 1 0 0 4
Source: [1][2]

Form Corlette, New South Wales, Elias is a youth worker and teacher aid. He played in the NSW Cup for three seasons for the Newcastle Knights.[5] Elias played for Western Suburbs Rosellas for two seasons (in 2017 and 2018) before leaving to pursue a career in policing.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "James Elias - Career Stats & Summary". rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  2. ^ "James Elias - Newcastle Knights profile". newcastleknights.com.au. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Full squads for every team at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup". Daily Telegraph. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  4. ^ Callinan, Josh (13 October 2017). "Decider to World Cup for Lebanon's Elias". Theherald.com.au. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  5. ^ Watts, Ellie-Marie (17 October 2017). "Elias named for Lebanon's World Cup squad". Port Stephens Examiner. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  6. ^ Callinan, Josh (6 September 2018). "Newcastle Rugby League: World Cup representative James Elias finishes time at Western Suburbs". Newcastle Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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