Olivier Elima

Olivier Elima

Personal information
Born	(1983-05-19) 19 May 1983 (age 29) Nantes, France
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	101 kg (15 st 13 lb) [1]
Playing information
Position	Second-row
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2002	Castleford Tigers	1	1	0	0	4
2003–07	Wakefield Trinity	87	13	0	0	52
2008–10	Catalans Dragons	73	34	0	0	136
2011–	Bradford Bulls	36	10	0	0	40
	Total	197	58	0	0	232
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2004–10	France	7	4	0	0	12
As of 27 May 2012
Source: Rugby League Project

Olivier Elima (born May 19, 1983 in Nantes, France) is a French professional rugby league footballer for English Super League club Bradford Bulls. A France international representative forward, he played previously for English clubs Castleford and Wakefield Trinity, along with French club Catalans Dragons.

Olivier Elima has previously played in the centre during the earlier part of his career. The French forward had an excellent season with the Wildcats in 2006. Elima plays in the second row. He has also featured at Prop and Loose Forward.

Elima was named in the France training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[2]

He had been named in the France squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.^[3]

Elima captained France in the 2009 Four Nations tournament, scoring his team's only try in their match against Australia.

Bradford Bulls

Elima confirmed his switch to Bradford Bulls and signed a 2 year contract with the club in September 2010. Statistics do NOT include pre-season friendlies.

2011 - 2011 Season

Olivier appeared in two of the three pre-season games. He played against Dewsbury Rams and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He scored a try against Wakefield.

Elima featured in eight consecutive games from Round 1 (Leeds Rhinos) until Round 8 (Harlequins RL). He then appeared in Round 10 (Salford City Reds) to Round 13 (Warrington Wolves). Elima then featured in thirteen consecutive games from Round 15 (Salford City Reds) to Round 27 (Wakefield Trinity Wildcats). He also appeared in the Challenge Cup game against Wigan Warriors. Elima has scored against Castleford Tigers (1 try), Harlequins RL (1 try), Leeds Rhinos (4 tries), Catalan Dragons (1 try) and Crusaders RL (2 tries).

2012 - 2012 Season

Olivier missed the all the pre-season games due to a knee injury.

Elima missed Rounds 1-6 due to an injury. He returned in round 7 to face St Helens. He was suspended for Round 8. He featured in seven consecutive games from Round 9 (Hull FC) to Round 15 (Leeds Rhinos). He also featured in the Challenge Cup against Doncaster RLFC and Warrington Wolves. He scored against Warrington Wolves (1 try).

References

External links

• Olivier Elima Official Website
• Super League profile
• Olivier Elima Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
• Olivier Elima Wildcats Profile
• Elima pledges future to Wildcats
• Job's a good 'un!
• Out of the box!
• Reds mauled by Tigers
• Olivier Elima interview at wakefieldwildcats.co.uk
• [1] news about fiancee