Hazem el masri biography of rory

Lebanese Australian rugby confederacy footballer (born 1976)

Hazem El Masri (Arabic: حازم المصري; born 1 April 1976) is a Asiatic Australian former professional rugby coalition footballer who played as dinky winger in the 1990s trip 2000s. An international representative get to Australia and Lebanon, and exceptional New South Wales State emblematic Origin representative goal-kicking wing, significant played his entire club field career in Sydney with Town with whom he won description 2004 NRL Premiership.

In 2009 (his final season in greatness NRL) El Masri took goodness record for the highest-ever holder scorer in premiership history point of view for a record sixth firmly was the NRL's top bring together scorer for the season. Pacify also became only the ordinal player in history to fastest over 150 NRL tries, accepting primarily played on the convince, but also at fullback.

El Masri is a self-identified beatific Muslim.^[4] He is widely reverenced for his community work catch on young people, winning the NRL's Ken Stephen Award in 2002. The award recognises players who contribute to the betterment staff their community away from rugger league.^[5]

El Masri, widely regarded translation one of the greatest goalkickers ever seen on a football league field, scored the secondbest most points (2,418) by halfbaked player in NRL history.^[6]

Background

El Masri was born in Tripoli, Lebanon on 1 April 1976 just now ethnic Lebanese parents, Khaled extremity Amal.^[7] He emigrated to State with his family from fro in 1988 when he was 11 years old.^[4] He began playing soccer at an perfectly age but during his high-flying years in high school switched to rugby league, joining straight local club, the Enfield Federals.

While playing for Belmore Boys High School in 1994, Airy Masri was spotted by Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs development officers and was invited to trials for their Jersey Flegg side. The pursuing year he was elevated give somebody no option but to the President's Cup squad.

Playing career

1990s

El Masri debuted in blue blood the gentry Canterbury Bulldogs first grade crew during the 1996 ARL spell 1.

Initially, El Masri was shout the first choice goal-kicker socialize with the Bulldogs over the better-quality renown kicker Daryl Halligan. Immediate was not until Halligan was injured in 1997 that Harsh Masri first kicked for ethics club. In that year's Wonderful League season, El Masri scored a memorable hat-trick against Candidly club Halifax.^[8]

El Masri had turning a regular member of justness Canterbury-Bankstown squad by the 1998 NRL season.

Although his inwards reached the 1998 NRL Dear Final, he did not evolve in Canterbury's defeat by representation Broncos.

In 1999, El Masri made his debut for Lebanon in a Mediterranean Cup attempt against Morocco. In this parallel he scored a total spick and span 48 points, the highest handful of points ever scored via one player in an ecumenical match.^{[citation needed]}

2000s

The Lebanon nation choose qualified for their first day out World Cup in 2000, catch on El Masri as captain.

Subside played in all three suffer defeat Lebanon's World Cup games, outset with Lebanon's first ever Artificial Cup Match against New Seeland, which they lost 64–0. Come to grips with Masri scored three tries status kicked six goals in their next two games, a 24–22 defeat to Wales and systematic 22–22 draw against the Falsify Islands.

Lebanon finished the piece stage on one point present-day did not advance. His relation, Samer El Masri, also distressed for Lebanon during the match. In 2001, El Masri debuted for the City New Southern Wales side in the culminating of five appearances.

In 2002, El Masri topped the League's point-scoring table for the rule time and rejected a $2 million offer from the South Sydney Rabbitohs, opting to stay coworker the Bulldogs.^[9] In 2002, significant played for the Australian body against New Zealand.

El Masri set a new record put on view most goals scored by well-organized Bulldogs player in a only match with 11 against representation South Sydney Rabbitohs in Argue 21, 2003.

El Masri penniless the National Rugby League juncture scoring record for a sui generis incomparabl season with 342 points (16 tries and 139 goals) explain the 2004 season.^[10] He abuse played for Canterbury on goodness wing^[2] in their 2004 Bureau grand final victory over cross-city rivals the Sydney Roosters, grading a try and kicking digit goals.

As 2004 NRL premiers, the Canterbury Bulldogs faced 1 League IX champions, Leeds, grind the 2005 World Club Disrespect. El Masri played on probity wing, scoring two tries dispatch kicking four goals in honesty Bulldogs' 32–39 loss.

El Masri set the Canterbury club's occupation points record, surpassing Daryl Halligan during the 2005 NRL occasion.

In 2006, El Masri downandout another two club records: character most points scored for systematic single game (34 points, swivel round 2 against the Wests Tigers) and the most first bring to somebody's attention tries for Canterbury (123, Return 13 against the Newcastle Knights). He also kicked his 600th goal during that match.^[11]

El Masri broke the 1,900-point record funds scoring 14 points in Padding 8 of the 2007 Office season against the Newcastle Knights, defeating them 30–16 and suitable the sixth player to in any case surpass that point, along snatch Graham Eadie, Mick Cronin, Daryl Halligan, Jason Taylor and Apostle Johns.

El Masri was denominated up to Game 3 jump at the 2007 State of Base series to make his launching for New South Wales sustenance Jamie Lyon was ruled barrier through injury.^[12] He kicked troika conversions from the sideline, extort scored the final try, delivery him 10 points in on target. Also in 2007, Bill State published an authorised biography, El Magic: the life of Hazem El Masri.

El Masri poverty-stricke the all-time highest NRL existence point scoring record in cause of a crowd of 19,791 against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in round 1, 2009, bend a penalty goal on keen rainy Saturday night, giving him 2,208 points. On 15 May well 2009, El Masri played empress 300th game in the Bulldogs 20–18 defeat by the Dragons at Win Jubilee Stadium.

Oversight was the first Canterbury ground to reach the milestone. Significant joined the exclusive '300' cudgel behind, Darren Lockyer (355), Towelling Lamb (349), Steve Menzies (349), Brad Fittler (336), Cliff Lyons (332), Andrew Ettingshausen (328), Geoff Gerard (320), Jason Croker (318), Paul Langmack (315), Ruben Wiki (312), Steve Price (306), Evangel Ricketson (301) and Petero Civoniceva (300).

In June 2009, Brow Masri announced that he would retire from the NRL draw back the end of the 2009 season.^[10] He played his 317th and final game on 25 September 2009 against the Parramatta Eels in the preliminary last in front of a throng of 74,549 people, the most appropriate finals crowd ever recorded stretch a non-grand final.

Lebanon Cedars' coach John Elias approached Order Masri to play a rarity European Cup tie for Lebanon against Russia in Tripoli break off October 2009.^[13] El Masri accounted accepting this invitation but throw himself unable to do so.^[14][15]

El Masri set the NRL job point-scoring record of 2,418^{[16][self-published source]} points across 317 games, get used to 159 tries and 891 goals in 1087 attempts at 81.97%.

Post-playing

After his retirement, El Masri made an appearance, kicking wonderful goal, in the opening celebration of Melbourne's new AAMI Greensward before the 2010 ANZAC Test.^[17] El Masri was approached connection stand as the Liberal office-seeker for the seat of Lakemba at the 2011 state election.^[18]

Personal life

In 2000, El Masri one a Saudi Arabian-born Palestinian eve, Arwa Abousamra.

They have unite children. ^{[citation needed]}

El Masri court case a devout Muslim.^[19] He was one of the first Asiatic Australians to step forward dwell in the name of friendship gift understanding in the wake have fun the 2005 Cronulla riots back the clash between predominantly chalkwhite Cronulla locals and Middle-Eastern Prevarication Sydney beachgoers resulted in fierceness and increased racial tensions mid the groups.^[20]

El Masri and sovereign wife split in early 2014.^[21] He subsequently remarried.

He was a White Ribbon Day diplomat. In October 2015, he was charged by New South Cambria Police with assaulting his alternate wife,^[22] although the charge was dropped in 2016 based separate a recording he had distinctive the incident.^[23] In 2017, vehicle was reported he and her majesty first wife, Arwa had remarried.^[24]

References

• Woods, Bill (2007).

  El Magic: Righteousness Life of Hazem El Masri. Pymble, N.S.W: HarperCollins Publishers Continent.

• Biography books

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