[3] A New Zealand international representative prop, he previously played for the Wests Tigers, Melbourne Storm,[4] South Sydney Rabbitohs, Wigan Warriors and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League, as well as France's Elite One Championship for the Saint-Gaudens Bears.Lima made his début in the National Rugby League with Sydney's Wests Tigers club, scoring a try as the team defeated the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.Lima and his teammates were also prevented from playing for premiership points in the 2010 NRL season as the club tried to offload players to bring them within the salary cap.[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] On 25 May 2012, Lima agreed to terms for re-joining his Wigan coach Michael Maguire in the National Rugby League with the South Sydney Rabbitohs for the 2013 and 2014 seasons.Lima played at prop forward for the Samoa national rugby league team in their 2013 one-off test match loss against Tonga.