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Born | Ashcroft, New South Wales, Australia | 6 January 1994||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 23 February 2021 |
Corey Makelim is a United States international rugby league footballer who last played as a fullback for the Sheffield Eagles in the Betfred Championship.
He was selected to represent the United States national team in the 2017 World Cup.[3] Makelim played for Australian side the Parramatta Eels at youth level. He then moved on to play for the Mount Pritchard Mounties and the Wentworthville Magpies from 2016 to 2017. On the 16 March 2018 English side the Sheffield Eagles announced the signing of the fullback on a two-year deal.[4] In 2019 he helped the Eagles, by scoring a try, to win the inaugural 1895 Cup as they defeated Widnes Vikings 36–18 in the final.[5]
On 7 May 2020 it was reported that Corey would be leaving Sheffield Eagles to return to Australia due to his partner's homesickness[6]