James Storer (born 16 February 1982) is a

Fiji Fiji ( , ,; fj, Viti, ; Fiji Hindi: फ़िजी, ''Fijī''), officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists ...

international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who last played for the

Port Kembla Blacks The Port Kembla Blacks (or Port Kembla Rugby League Football Club) were a Rugby League team from Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia that competed in the Illawarra Rugby League competition from 1914 to 2008 before moving to the Group 7 Rugby Le ...

in the Group 7 Rugby League competition. He represented Fiji in three Rugby League World Cups.

Background

He is of Indigenous & Fijian heritage.

Playing career

Storer joined the

St. George-Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...

when aged 16.Storer eyes Fiji Bati comeback in 2013
He left the club after the 2001 season. In 2003 he played two National Rugby League games for the South Sydney Rabbitohs. In 2006 he played for the Parramatta Eels in the NSWRL Premier League, scoring one try. Storer had also played for the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks in the NSWRL Premier League. He played for Fiji at the 2008 World Cup. After the tournament Storer suffered serious injuries to his left arm which forced him into early retirement. However, he made a comeback in 2013 and earned selection in Fiji's

2013 Rugby League World Cup The 2013 Rugby League World Cup was the fourteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup and took place in England, Wales, France and Ireland. between 26 October and 30 November 2013. It was the main event of the year's 2013 Festival of World ...

squad. In May 2014, Storer played for

in the 2014 Pacific Rugby League International. He scored a try in Fiji's 32–16 defeat. On 7 May 2016 Storer captained

, for the first time, in the 2016 Melanesian Cup where he played at hooker in the 24–22 loss at

Parramatta Stadium Parramatta Stadium was a sports stadium in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia, 23 kilometres west of Sydney's central business district. The stadium was the home ground of several western Sydney-based sports teams, at the time of closure t ...

. On 6 May 2017, Storer played in the Pacific Test against Tonga. Storer scored a try just moments after coming off the bench in the first half. Later that year, he was picked in the Fijian squad for the

2017 Rugby League World Cup The 2017 Rugby League World Cup was the fifteenth staging of the Rugby League World Cup tournament and took place in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea between 27 October and 2 December 2017. The tournament featured the national teams ...

. Storer was the Captain/Coach of the

before they withdrew from the South Coast Group 7 Competition at the end of 2017. Storer runs a fitness boot camp called YUIN FITT just north of

Wollongong Wollongong ( ), colloquially referred to as The Gong, is a city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. The name is believed to originate from the Dharawal language, meaning either 'five islands/clouds', 'ground near wate ...

References

External links

Fiji v France: Teams2017 RLWC profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Storer, James 1982 births Living people Australian Aboriginal rugby league team players Australian people of Fijian descent Australian rugby league coaches Australian rugby league players Fiji national rugby league team captains Fiji national rugby league team players Indigenous Australian rugby league players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Sydney South Sydney Rabbitohs players