Samer El Masri is an Australian former

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who represented

Lebanon Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...

at the

2000 Rugby League World Cup The 2000 Rugby League World Cup was the twelfth Rugby League World Cup, World Cup for men’s national rugby league teams, held between 28 October and 25 November and hosted between the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ireland and France. ...

Background

El Masri was born in

Sydney Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...

New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...

, Australia. He is the brother of Australian and Lebanon international, Hazem El Masri.

Playing career

Samer was born in Australia to ethnic Lebanese parents, Khaled and Amal. El Masri first played for

at the 2000 World Cup, where he played in all three of his countries matches. He later played for his country in 2002, 2003 and in World Cup qualifying matches in 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masri, Samer Living people Lebanese rugby league players Australian people of Lebanese descent Australian rugby league players Rugby league fullbacks Lebanon national rugby league team players Rugby league wingers Year of birth missing (living people) Rugby league players from Sydney