Adam Doueihi

Adam Doueihi (born 5 August 1998) is a Lebanese international rugby league footballer who plays as a five-eighth, halfback, fullback or centre for the Wests Tigers in the NRL.

Adam Doueihi
Personal information
Born (1998-08-05) 5 August 1998[1][2]
Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia
Height191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Five-eighth, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018–19 South Sydney 30 2 10 0 28
2020– Wests Tigers 20 6 14 0 56
Total 50 8 24 0 84
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017 Lebanon 5 2 0 0 8
As of 1 October 2019
Source: [3]

He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League and represented Lebanon in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup.

Early career

Doueihi was born in Eastwood, New South Wales, Australia, and is of Lebanese descent through his grandparents, who are from Zgharta.[4]

He played his junior rugby league for the Strathfield Raiders and Dundas Shamrocks. He has also a background in rugby union, having represented the Australian Schoolboys while attending the renowned St. Patrick's College, Strathfield in 2016. Doueihi is the first cousin once removed of Australian national rugby union coach Michael Cheika.[5][6]

Playing career

After playing for the Balmain Tigers in the S. G. Ball Cup for two years, Doueihi signed a two-year contract with the South Sydney Rabbitohs in October 2016.[1] In 2017, he played 12 games for the Rabbitohs in the NYC,[7] and was called upon to play for the Rabbitohs' feeder club, the North Sydney Bears, throughout the year.[8]

Doueihi made his international debut for Lebanon against Malta on 6 May 2017.[9] In October 2017, he was named in Lebanon's 24-man squad for the 2017 World Cup.[10] He played in their 32-16 win over Niue in a pre-tournament warm up match, landing 2 from 2 conversions.[11]

Doueihi made his debut for South Sydney in round 2 of the 2018 NRL season against Penrith. Doueihi made 15 appearances for Souths before suffering a season ending anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) knee injury in their 30-20 victory over Melbourne.[12][13]

Doueihi made his long awaited return for South Sydney in round 12 of the 2019 NRL season against Parramatta which ended in a 26-14 loss at the new Western Sydney Stadium.[14]

With the signing of Latrell Mitchell for the 2020 NRL season, it left Doueihi on the outer with South Sydney. On 30 January 2020, Doueihi signed a four-year contract to return to his roots at Wests Tigers.[15]

In round 17 of the 2020 NRL season, he scored two tries and kicked five goals as Wests defeated Manly-Warringah 34-32 at Brookvale Oval.[16]

Douehi played every game for Wests in the 2020 NRL season as the club finished 11th on the table and missed the finals.[17]

References
  1. "Rabbitohs Sign Tyrone Taukamo, Adam Doueihi And Cruz Topai-Aveai". rabbitohs.com.au. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  2. "Lebanon Cedars - Adam Doueihi". Lebanon Rugby League. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. "Adam Doueihi". Rugby League Project.
  4. ""My Family in Lebanon are very supportive": Rabbitohs' rookie's World Cup dream". RLWC2017.com. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  5. "Wallabies coach Michael Cheika will pay close attention to rising Lebanon star Adam Doueihi". Fox Sports. 31 October 2017. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. "It's all relative: Rising rugby league star's ties to Michael Chieka". 3 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. "South Sydney Rabbitohs - 2017". NYC Database.
  8. Nicolussi, Christian (2 November 2017). "Rugby League World Cup: Lebanon's Adam Doueihi attracts interest from NRL and rugby". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. "Lebanon 24 : 4 Malta". Rugby League European Federation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  10. "Lebanon announce World Cup squad". NRL.com. 12 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  11. "Lebanon 32 Niue 16 Match Report". RLEF. 14 October 2017. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  12. https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/08/06/rabbitohs-back-adam-douehi-to-bounce-back-from-shattering-injury/
  13. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/lebanese-international-set-to-debut-for-south-sydney-20180313-p4z44a.html
  14. "Moses inspires Eels to win over depleted Rabbitohs". NRL.
  15. "Doueihi signs with Tigers until end of 2023 after Rabbitohs release". www.nrl.com.
  16. "David Nofoaluma 'definitely' deserves NSW Blues selection says Maguire following Manly miracle". www.sportingnews.com.
  17. "Wests Tigers doomed to another finals miss in 2021, Peter Sterling predicts". wwos.nine.com.au.
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