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Name
  
Obe Geia

Weight
  
78 kg

Height
  
1.78 m

Role
  
Rugby player




Education
  
Kirwan State High School

Obadiah "Obe" Geia, born 12 February 1989 in Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian rugby league player who played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL). His usual position is on the wing.

While attending Kirwan State High School he played for the Australian schoolboys side, and was the team's top try-scorer on the 2006 tour of Great Britain. He went on to play two matches for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL, becoming the first person from the Aboriginal community of Palm Island to do so. An annual schoolboy rugby league tournament is held on Palm Island in his name.

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