Bilal Maarbani | |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1998 |
Birth Place: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Height: | 184cm (72inches) |
Weight: | 95kg (209lb) |
Club1: | Manly Warringah |
Year1start: | 2021 |
Year1end: | present |
Appearances1: | 0 |
Tries1: | 0 |
Goals1: | 0 |
Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
Points1: | 0 |
Yearastart: | 2017 |
Yearaend: | present |
Appearancesa: | 4 |
Triesa: | 2 |
Goalsa: | 4 |
Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
Pointsa: | 16 |
Teamb: | Lebanon 9s |
Yearbstart: | 2019 |
Appearancesb: | 3 |
Triesb: | 3 |
Goalsb: | 0 |
Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
Pointsb: | 12 |
Updated: | 26 October 2022 |
Source: | [1] |
Bilal Maarbani (12 February 1998) is a Lebanon international rugby league footballer who plays as a or er for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the NSW Cup.
He was selected to represent the Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup and at the 2019 Rugby League World Cup 9s.
Born in Sydney, Australia, Maarbani is of Lebanese descent through his parents, who were born in 1973 in Tripoli, Lebanon.[2] He played his junior rugby league for Bankstown Sports, and attended Bass Hill High School. He is an apprentice electrician.[3]
Maarbani originally signed with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, but moved to the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles at the start of the 2017 season.[3] He played in Manly's 2017 Under 20s grand final win 20-16 against Parramatta Eels, scoring a try before half time.[4] [5]
He was selected to represent the Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.[6]