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| Born | 12 February 1998 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 95 kg (14 st 13 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 26 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bilal Maarbani (12 February 1998) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or winger for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup.
He was selected to represent the Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup and at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
Early career and personal life
[edit]Born in Sydney, Australia, Maarbani is of Lebanese descent through his parents, who were born in 1973 in Tripoli, Lebanon.[2] He played his junior rugby league for Bankstown Sports, and attended Bass Hill High School. He is an apprentice electrician.[3]
Playing career
[edit]Maarbani originally signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, but moved to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at the start of the 2017 season.[3] He played in Manly's 2017 Under 20s grand final win 20-16 against Parramatta Eels, scoring a try before half time.[4][5]
He was selected to represent the Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bilal Maarbani". Rugby League Project.
- ^ Geddes, Jon (2 November 2017). "Dad's proud words to rugby league World Cup bolter". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Sea Eagle rookie's World Cup shock". Dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Gabor, Martin (1 October 2017). "Manly steal miracle NYC grand final win". NRL.com. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ^ "Manly grab U20s premiership at the death". Msn.com. 1 October 2017. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
- ^ "Full squads for every team at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup". Dailytelegraph.com.au. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2017.