{{Short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=July 2013}} {{Infobox rugby league biography |name = Sinbad Kali |fullname = Sinbad Kali |nickname = |image = SKali.jpg |caption = |country = |position = {{rlp|PR}} |birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|3|25}} |birth_place = Sydney, Australia |height = {{convert|185|cm|ftin|abbr=on}} |weight = {{convert|112|kg|stlb|abbr=on}} |club1 = Melbourne Storm |year1start = 2008 |year1end = |appearances1 = 1 |tries1 = 0 |goals1 = 0 |fieldgoals1 = 0 |points1 = 0 |updated = 7 February 2019 |source = [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/players/sinbad_kali.html RLP] & [http://203.166.101.37/NRL08/playercareer.asp?lplayer=70243 NRL Stats] }}
'''Sinbad Kali''' born 25 March 1987 is a former professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup and in the NRL for the Melbourne Storm. He played as a prop.
==Playing career== A Wyong Roos junior,<ref name="Kali2012">{{cite news |title=Sinbad sails from Storm to Tigers |work=Central Coast Express Advocate |date=13 June 2012 |page=79}}</ref> Kali made his NRL debut in round 16 of the 2008 NRL season for the Melbourne Storm against the Parramatta Eels at Parramatta Stadium. Kali played off the bench in Melbourne's 24–22 loss. While signed to the Storm, he played with their feeder club the Central Coast Storm in the 2008 NSW Cup competition, where he was named the club's best forward.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tanner named Storm's best |work=Central Coast Express Advocate |date=10 September 2008}}</ref>
Kali was named in the Tonga training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.<ref name="Tug-of-war over Mason">{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12196_3935853,00.html|title=Tug-of-war over Mason|publisher=Sky Sports|date=5 August 2008|accessdate=6 August 2008}}</ref>
Re-signed by Melbourne for 2009,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Donaghy |first1=Dave |title=Eight more sign up for season 2009 |work=Herald-Sun |publisher=News Corporation Australia |date=18 September 2008 |location=Melbourne, Victoria |page=102}}</ref> he continued with the Storm until the end of the 2010 NRL season without adding appearing in another NRL match for the club.
Returning to the Central Coast in 2011, he played for the Central Coast Centurions in the NSW Cup,<ref>{{cite news |title=Bundy Cup side shows plenty of heart in narrow defeat |work=Central Coast Express Advocate |date=11 May 2011 |page=79}}</ref> with the Centurions acting as the reserve grade squad for the Newcastle Knights.
Kali walked away from rugby league following the 2011 season to work in his local church, but returned to the sport during the 2012 season, joining The Entrance Tigers who were then competing in the Bundaberg Red Cup.<ref name="Kali2012"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/list/one-hit-wonders-players-who-lasted-just-one-season-in-the-nrl/11r2phs9neqr51vwisvwwew40x/1/|title=One Hit Wonders|website=Sporting News}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120224040101/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.aspx?s=player-profile-display&id=323&team=Storm&sinbad-kali Melbourne Storm profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161400/http://www.melbournestorm.com.au/default.asp?sec=1&ssec=1&pg=1816 Melbourne's faceless men] *[http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/nrl/sinbad-the-storm-sailor/story-e6frfgfx-1111116763629 Sinbad the Storm sailor]
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kali, Sinbad}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Australian rugby league players Category:Australian people of Tongan descent Category:Sportspeople of Tongan descent Category:Melbourne Storm players Category:Central Coast Centurions players Category:Wyong Roos players Category:Rugby league props Category:Rugby league players from Sydney Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen