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Jamie Lyon is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently captains the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles of the National Rugby League. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative goal-kicking centre, he played his first club football for the Parramatta Eels before joining Super League with English club St. Helens, with whom he won the 2006 Championship and Challenge Cup titles. Lyon then returned to the NRL with Manly Warringah, winning the 2008 and 2011 grand finals with them. Since switching from five-eighth back to his regular centre position in 2009, he has been hailed as one of the all-time great centres, winning the Dally M Centre of the year in 2010 and 2011, RLIF Centre of the Year in 2011 and Dally M Captain of the Year in 2012.
Lyon is also notable for his reluctance to participate in representative fixtures since 2011 so he can concentrate on playing for the Sea Eagles. In effect, Lyon has retired from representative football, to some small controversy as some have called for him to be stood down from Manly during Origin time, though there have been continued calls for him to play for both NSW and Australia.
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