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Player of the Year award (one of only two hookers to achieve this feat). He was selected for the 1988 World Cup, and only a broken thumb kept him out of representative honours in 1989. He was back at his best in Balmain's surge to the Grand Final that year, narrowly missing a vital field-goal attempt
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in the late 1970s as a halfback, representing Australia in the Schoolboys team from 1979 to 1981. He was graded by Balmain in 1981, and transferred quickly to the hooking position where he remained for the rest of his career. When he first played first grade in 1982 his potential as a teenager was
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1993 was controversial, hit hard by suspension which prevented his re-establishing his representative career, but in 1994 Elias showed some wonderful form in the State of Origin series (man of the match in the last game) and even at times for the struggling Balmain coached by former teammate Wayne
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on 19 July 2007, that during the 1986 Semi-final between Balmain and Souths at the SCG, he was successful in getting Fenech sent off when he bit his own hand and then claimed the bite was done by Fenech. Without Fenech, Souths were knocked out of the finals race with Balmain winning 36–11.
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Elias was instrumental in Balmain's advancement to the NSWRL Grand Final against the Canterbury Bulldogs in 1988, despite experiencing a painful rib cartilage injury during the lead-up to the finals series. Though they lost 12–24 to Canterbury, Elias won the
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team between 1985 and 1994 and was named man-of-the-match on 3 occasions ( Game I 1990, Game I 1992 and Game III 1994). Elias played State of Origin with incredible passion and is remembered for his fiery clashes with Queensland hookers Kerrod and
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Elias has been involved in the controversial development of the Balmain Leagues Club site, owning a 50 per cent stake in the company behind the development while urging club members to support the proposal.
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Despite being diminutive in size compared to many of his opponents, Elias was a tough and aggressive player, and appeared to welcome physical confrontations. Elias and then South Sydney hooker
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as Balmain coach, and though Elias was fit again in 1992, he could not displace Steve Walters from his Test spot and had many competitors for the New South Wales jersey.
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Pearce. Elias missed out on selection on the 1994 Kangaroo Tour, and at age 31, he announced his retirement as a player in December.
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and became a successful businessman as one of Australia's retail mobile phone sales pioneers and began rugby league radio
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immediately noticed, and he developed so well that by 1984 he was widely tipped for major representative honours.
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Since his retirement as a player, Elias has pursued media and business interests. He is the uncle of former
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in his first test match since the 1988 World Cup Final, and scored a try in the third test win at
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Elias was born in 1963 in Lebanon to Barbara Elias. The family moved to Australia at a young age.
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had a very competitive rivalry until Fenech left South Sydney in 1991. Elias admitted on
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in their 28–26 victory over NSW Country in the annual the City v Country match at the
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These came Elias' way in 1985 when he played in New South Wales' first team to win a
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Elias was a fan of rugby league from very young days and played his first rugby for
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in the second half of the overtime defeat by the Canberra Raiders, a game in which
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During his playing days, Elias was regularly interviewed. Rugby league journalist
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began to assert his dominance as one of leading hookers in the game at that time.
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Elias is currently a member of the Wests Tigers Board along with former teammate
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for his contribution to Australia's international standing in rugby league.
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for his love, and occasionally incorrect use of, clichés and metaphors.
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footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played primarily as a
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in Sydney. Elias also became the rugby league pundit for now defunct
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While attending Holy Cross College, Ryde, Elias played for the
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In 2005 he was named one of the 25 greatest ever NSW players.
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Elias produced some of his best form during 1990, including:
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He has two children and lives in Sydney, Australia.
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