Jeff Lima
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| Full name | Jeff Lima | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104 kg (16 st 5 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jeff Lima (born 4 July 1982) is a professional rugby league footballer for the Melbourne Storm of the National Rugby League. He plays in the front-row and is also a New Zealand representative. He was a member of the 2005 premiership-winning Wests Tigers team.
Lima was rewarded for his good form throughout the 2007 NRL finals with selection on the interchange bench for the New Zealand national side to play Australia on 14 October.
He played in the 2008 NRL Grand Final defeat to Manly.[2]
In August 2008, Lima was named in the New Zealand training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup,[3] and in October 2008, he was named in the final 24-man Kiwi squad.[4] He was, however, forced to withdraw from New Zealand's squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup through injury.[5]
References
- ^ "Islander blood runs deep". Herald Sun. 2007-03-15. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
- ^ "Grand final: As it happened". Fox Sports. 2008-10-05. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
- ^ "Kiwis select Sonny Bill". Sky Sports. 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
- ^ "Kiwis to wait on Webb and Matai". BBC. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
- ^ "Kiwi Webb forced out of World Cup". BBC. 2008-10-08. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
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