Abbas Miski

Abbas Miski (born 25 July 1995) is a Lebanese international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship.

Abbas Miski
Personal information
Full nameAbbas Miski
Born (1995-07-25) 25 July 1995[1]
Penrith, New South Wales, Australia
Height6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
Weight15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019–20 Manly Sea Eagles 6 2 0 0 8
2021– London Broncos 0 0 0 0 0
Total 6 2 0 0 8
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Lebanon 10 10 10 0 60
As of 1 January 2021
Source: [2][3]

He previously played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles in the Canterbury Cup NSW competition.

Background

Miski was born in Penrith, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Lebanese immigrants to Australia.[4]

Playing career

Miski played his junior rugby league for the Arncliffe Scots and the Kingsgrove Colts. He played S. G. Ball Cup for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, represented Lebanon at under-18 level in 2013,[5] and played for the Parramatta Eels in the National Youth Competition in 2015, scoring 12 tries in 24 matches.[6]

Miski playing for the North Sydney Bears in 2016

Miski joined the North Sydney Bears in the New South Wales Cup in 2016.

After two seasons with Norths, Miski left the club as he was not included in the 2018 Intrust Super Premiership NSW squad.[7]

In 2018, Miski joined The Wentworthville Magpies. On 22 September 2018, Miski scored a try for Wentworthville in their 38-4 victory over St Marys in the Ron Massey Cup grand final.[8]

In 2019, Miski signed for the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles, the feeder team for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles after being released by Wentworthville. Miski made an appearance for Manly at Central Coast Stadium against the Sydney Roosters in the Community Cup scoring 3 tries in a trial match.[9]

On 4 May 2019, Miski made his first grade debut on the wing for Manly against Canterbury-Bankstown at Brookvale Oval with Manly winning the game 18-10. Miski was called into the first grade team after winger Jorge Taufua pulled out with an ankle injury.[10]

Miski spent most of 2019 playing for Manly's feeder club side the Blacktown Workers Sea Eagles. Miski finished the 2019 season as the club's top try scorer with 12 tries. Despite Miski's efforts on the field, Blacktown Workers finished with the wooden spoon coming last with only 6 wins all season.[11][12]

In round 20 of the 2020 NRL season, Miski was called into the Manly-Warringah side for their final match of the year against the New Zealand Warriors. Miski scored two tries in a 40-28 loss at the Central Coast Stadium.[13]

London Broncos

On 31 December 2020 it was announced that he had signed for the London Broncos in the Betfred Championship for the 2021 season.[14]

Representative career

Miski made his debut for Lebanon in their 2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup match against Fiji on 19 October 2014. On 4 August 2017, he was named in Lebanon's 40-man training squad for the 2017 World Cup.[15] Miski played on the wing for Lebanon during the 2017 World Cup playing in all four games. Before the third pool game against Australia, Miski garnered media attention for his almost mirror image look of Australian winger Josh Mansour. In the quarter final against Tonga, Miski scored two tries in Lebanon's narrow loss which ended 24-22.[16][17]

DateOpponentCompetitionPoints scored
119 Oct 2014 Fiji2014 Hayne/Mannah Cup12 (1 try, 4/5 goals)
23 May 2015 Malta2015 Phoenician Cup4 (1 try)
38 May 2016 Cook Islands4 (2/4 goals)
46 May 2017 Malta2017 Phoenician Cup20 (3 tries, 4/4 goals)

References
  1. "2017 SQUAD | North Sydney Bears". NSWRL.com.au. 24 February 2017. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  2. Rugby League Project
  3. "Abbas Miski". North Sydney Bears. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. Teuma, Sean (11 May 2017). "Hills Bulls star Abbas Miski stars in Lebanon's win over Malta in international rugby league test". Hills News. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017. Miski’s eligibility for the Cedars stems from his parents, who migrated to Australia.
  5. "Lebanon Begins on Road to 2017". Rugby League European Federation. 18 October 2013. Archived from the original on 7 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  6. "M". NYC Database.
  7. https://www.northsydneybears.com.au/pre-season-trial-against-newcastle/
  8. https://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2018/09/22/history-repeats-as-wentworthville-claim-sixth-ron-massey-cup-title/
  9. "Crichton crosses but experience gets Sea Eagles home". www.nrl.com.
  10. "Mansour 'clone' latest nomad covering $3m of injured talent". www.nrl.com.
  11. "Player profile Abbas Miski". NSWRL.
  12. "Canterbury Cup NSW Rd 24". NSWRL.
  13. "Retiring Warrior Adam Blair given perfect Haka send-off after New Zealand thrash Manly Sea Eagles". wwos.nine.com.
  14. "London Broncos sign Wigan centre Chris Hankinson and Manly winger Abbas Miski". BBC Sport. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  15. "Lebanon name World Cup train-on squad". NRL.com. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  16. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/tonga-move-on-to-world-cup-semifinals-after-thrilling-2422-win-over-gallant-lebanon/news-story/c8d785b865c17f8913f0e45e485ec3a3
  17. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/abbas-miski-will-oppose-lookalike-winger-josh-mansour-when-australia-take-on-lebanon/news-story/ccd9effae66daca9fe7f76c009fb87a6
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