George Ndaira

George Ndaira

Personal information
Full name	George Ndaira
Nickname	Nads, Georgie
Born	22 February 1985 (1985-02-22) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
Playing information
Position	Hooker, Halfback, Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2006	St. George Illawarra	3	0	0	0	0
2008	South Sydney	14	0	2	0	4
2009–2010	Newcastle Knights	8	0	1	0	2
2011–	Wests Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
	Total	25	0	3	0	6
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2007–2009	Lebanon	1	0	1	0	2
As of 8 April 2010
Source: RLP

George Ndaira (born 22 February 1985 in Sydney, New South Wales) is a rugby league player for Wests Tigers in the Newcastle Rugby League. He previously played for the Newcastle Knights, the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the St. George Illawarra Dragons in the National Rugby League. He is of Lebanese ethnicity. His position of choice is at hooker.

Rugby League Career

Club Football

Ndaira was a part of the 2005 St George Illawarra Dragons Jersey Flegg Grand Final side. He played his school football at Marist College Kogarah and was coached by Dave Callander and Mark Hildebrandt.

He made his first grade debut in 2006 for the St George Illawarra Dragons. He played three first grade games with the Dragons. In 2007, joined the Sydney Roosters, however, he did not play a first grade game for the club, playing mostly in the reserve grade team. In 2008, he joined South Sydney Rabbitohs, playing fourteen games for the club in the season, and scoring four points (by kicking two goals).

In 2009, he joined the Newcastle Knights. He played there for two seasons. After the 2010 season, Ndaira was released from the Knights so he could sign with local Newcastle club, Kurri Kurri Bulldogs. However, this was short-lived, and he joined the West Tigers in 2011. While waiting for a spot in the Tigers' first grade team, he played for the Tigers' seeder side in the NSW Cup.

Representative career

Ndaira played for Lebanon in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup qualifiers however Lebanon drew with Ireland and did not qualify [1]. George's moved from his usual position of Hooker to Half Back whilst playing in the Qualifiers and earned two Man of the Match performances against Wales & Ireland before his side bowed out against Samoa.

Career highlights

• Junior Club: Arncliffe Scots
• Round 3, 2008: Ndaira scored his first points in first grade (kicking a goal)

References

• http://www.leaguehq.com.au/news/news/ndaira-for-knights/2008/10/29/1224956101925.html

External links

• George Ndaira Official Player Profile
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