James Elias

{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

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|name = James Elias

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|image = James Elias.jpg

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|position = {{rlp|CE|SR}}

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|12|04|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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|height = 178 cm

|weight = 85 kg

|teamA = {{rlnt|Lebanon}}

|yearAstart = 2014

|yearAend = 17

|appearancesA = 7

|triesA = 1

|goalsA = 0

|fieldgoalsA = 0

|pointsA = 4

|retired = yes

|source ={{cite web|title=James Elias – Career Stats & Summary|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/james-elias/summary.html|publisher=Rugby League Project|accessdate=16 April 2021}}{{cite web|title=James Elias – Newcastle Knights profile|url=http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/nycplayerprofiledisplay/Knights-NYC/James%20Elias/4954|publisher=newcastleknights.com.au|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023092845/http://www.newcastleknights.com.au/nycplayerprofiledisplay/Knights-NYC/James%20Elias/4954|archive-date=23 October 2013}}

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James Elias (born 4 December 1993) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer. Playing as a {{rlp|ce}} or {{rlp|sr}}, Elias represented Lebanon at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/full-squads-for-every-team-at-the-2017-rugby-league-world-cup/news-story/161dcc489109c2a8bbf6a65746d5239e |title=Full squads for every team at the 2017 Rugby League World Cup |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=17 October 2017 |accessdate=17 October 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/4986276/decider-to-world-cup-for-lebanons-elias/|title=Decider to World Cup for Lebanon's Elias|first=Josh|last=Callinan|date=13 October 2017|website=Theherald.com.au|access-date=29 October 2017}}

Form Corlette, New South Wales, Elias is a youth worker and teacher aid. He played in the NSW Cup for three seasons for the Newcastle Knights.{{cite web|last=Watts|first=Ellie-Marie|date=17 October 2017|title=Elias named for Lebanon's World Cup squad|url=http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/story/4991731/elias-named-for-lebanons-world-cup-squad/|publisher=Port Stephens Examiner|access-date=29 October 2017}} Elias played for Western Suburbs Rosellas for two seasons (in 2017 and 2018) before leaving to pursue a career in policing.{{cite web|last=Callinan|first=Josh|date=6 September 2018|title=Newcastle Rugby League: World Cup representative James Elias finishes time at Western Suburbs|url=https://www.newcastleherald.com.au/story/5630472/newcastle-rugby-league-world-cup-to-police-academy-for-wests-utility/|work=Newcastle Herald|access-date=16 April 2021}}