Hazem El Masri
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| Personal information | ||
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| Date of birth | April 1, 1976 | |
| Place of birth | Tripoli, Lebanon | |
| Height | 178 cm | |
| Nickname | El Magic | |
| Position | Wing | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Enfield Federals | ||
| Professional clubs* | ||
| 1996 - | Canterbury | 235 (125) |
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* Professional club appearances and (tries) |
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Hazem El Masri (Arabic: حازم المصري) (born April 1, 1976 in Tripoli, Lebanon) is a Lebanese rugby league player.
El Masri is a devout Muslim who shirks the stereotypical behaviour of professional athletes and has become a positive role model for many of the Lebanese and Muslim communities within Australia.
El Masri holds the NRL point scoring record for a single season with 342 points (16 tries and 139 goals [also a single season record]) in the 2004 season. As of mid-2006, he stands 7th on the all-time pointscoring lists, and has surpassed the 1700-point mark (with 1702 points).
He also holds the Canterbury Bulldogs career points record, surpassing Daryl Halligan in 2005, and most goals scored by a Bulldogs player in a single match with 11 against the South Sydney Rabbitohs in Round 21, 2003. In 2006, El Masri broke another two club records: the most points scored for a single game (34 points, Rd 2 vs Wests Tigers) and the most tries for the Bulldogs (123, Rd 13 vs Newcastle Knights) . He also kicked his 600th goal during that match.[1]
In 2004, when members of the Bulldogs were accused of committing a gang rape in Coffs Harbour, El Masri was the only member of the team not to give a DNA sample to police, refusing on the grounds that he was in bed at the time and that it was an insult to his character[2] . No further action was taken.[3]
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