Lee Hopkins
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Lee Hopkins, born 17 February 1978 in Sydney, New South Wales, is a retired Australia
n rugby league
player.
Hopkins played for London Broncos/Harlequins RL in the European Super League
.
Lee Hopkins' position of choice is as a .
He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers
and the Parramatta Eels
.
Having played a stint for the London Broncos/Harlequins RL in the European Super League, Hopkins returned to Australia at the end of the 2007 season. In 2008, he played for the Windsor Wolves
in the Jim Beam Cup competition before retiring due to a persistent knee injury.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player.
Hopkins played for London Broncos/Harlequins RL in the European Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
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Lee Hopkins' position of choice is as a .
He has previously played for the Penrith Panthers
Penrith Panthers
The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...
and the Parramatta Eels
Parramatta Eels
The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta. The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, with their First Grade side playing their first season in the New South Wales Rugby Football League...
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Having played a stint for the London Broncos/Harlequins RL in the European Super League, Hopkins returned to Australia at the end of the 2007 season. In 2008, he played for the Windsor Wolves
Windsor Wolves
The Windsor Wolves are a Rugby league team based in the town of Windsor, NSW. The club fields both junior and senior teams in the Penrith district competitions and, since 2003, the semi-professional NSWRL Jim Beam Cup competition in NSW, Australia...
in the Jim Beam Cup competition before retiring due to a persistent knee injury.