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Rugby league player
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Birth:
29 April 1975
The details
Biography
Introduction
Sami Chamoun is an Australian-born rugby league player who represented Lebanon in the 2000 World Cup.
Playing career
Chamoun played for the Illawarra Steelers in the inaugural 1998 season of the National Rugby League competition. He played in five matches, starting four at prop.
Chamoun played for Lebanon in 1999 and 2000, helping Lebanon to qualify for the World Cup in 1999 and playing at the tournament in 2000. Chamoun was injured in a World Cup match against the Cook Islands but refused to leave the field and helped his team to a 22-all draw.
In 2002 Chamoun played in the NSWRL First Division for the Balmain Tigers.
Later years
Chamoun now owns a security firm in Sydney.