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| Born | 26 December 1988 Simbu, Papua New Guinea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (177 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ase Boas (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays for Rabaul Gurias. A Papua New Guinean representative five-eighth, Boas previously played for the Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. He was a member of PNG's squads at the 2013 and 2017 World Cup tournaments.
Boas was the captain for the PNG Hunters in the 2017 Queensland Cup season where they won the title. He previously played for the Rabaul Gurias in the PNG domestic competition, [2] which he captained to premiership victory in 2012 before joining the Hunters in 2015. He is the elder brother of fellow PNG representative Watson Boas.
Boas comes from a mixed parentage of East New Britain, Oro and Simbu in Papua New Guinea.
Boas represented Papua New Guinea in rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games.
Boas signed with the Featherstone Rovers for the 2019 season, alongside his brother Watson. [3] He was released for personal reasons after making five appearances for the club. [4]
| Cap | Date | Venue | Opponent | Competition | T | G | FG | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 October 2013 | Craven Park, Hull |  France | 2013 World Cup | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | 7 May 2016 | Parramatta Stadium, Sydney |  Fiji | 0 | 4/5 | 0 | 8 | |
3 | 6 May 2017 | Leichhardt Oval, Sydney |  Cook Islands | 0 | 6/6 | 0 | 12 | |
4 | 28 October 2017 | PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby |  Wales | 2017 World Cup | 0 | 0/2 | 0 | 0 |
5 | 5 November 2017 | PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby |  Ireland | 0 | 1/1 | 0 | 2 | |
6 | 19 November 2017 | Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne |  England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | 23 June 2018 | Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney | Fiji | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Deryck Fox is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Western Suburbs Magpies, Bradford Northern, Batley and Rochdale Hornets, as a scrum-half, and coached at club level for Rochdale Hornets, Shaw Cross ARLFC, Batemans Bay Tigers and Dewsbury Celtic. He attended St John Fisher's RC High School in Dewsbury.
Charlie Wabo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for the Newcastle Thunder in Kingstone Press League 1. He is a Papua New Guinea international.
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Francis Paniu is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea in the 2013 World Cup.
Mark Mexico is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Sheffield Eagles in the Kingstone Press Championship as a prop forward.
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The 2019 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters sixth season in the Queensland Cup after securing their future for the next four years until 2022. Adex Wera was the captain of the team and he was assisted by his deputy Moses Meninga The Hunters only won four of their games and drew one with a record eighteen losses for the season. 18 new players made their debuts while poor form and discipline let the team down. Five Hunters players were named in the Papua New Guinea Kumuls squad for the 2019 Oceania Cup Pool B Ox & Palm Pacific Invitational Tests against Toa Samoa and Fiji Bati and also for the match against the touring Great Britain Lions.
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The Papua New Guinea Hunters is a professional rugby league club from Papua New Guinea that participates in the Queensland Cup in Australia. They have relocated to Runaway Bay, Gold Coast for the 2021 Intrust Super Cup Season. The 2021 Intrust Super Cup will be the PNG Hunters' eighth season in rugby league's Queensland Cup after securing their future with a four-year license from 2019 until 2022. A 37-man train-on squad was announced for the pre season before it was trimmed and the final squad finalized. Doncaster RLFC agreed for Watson Boas to play with the Hunters squad until he was able to return to the United Kingdom. In partnership with PacificAus Sports( Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade), Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League, PNG Hunters and QRL signed a three year agreement titled 'Growing and Supporting Rugby League in Papua New Guinea' in February which will see the PacificAus Sports and QRL assisting to develop the sport in the country by creating pathways for emerging PNG players and also develop pathways for PNG teams like the PNG Hunters Under-19s and Papua New Guinea Hunters women's to take part in high-level Australian sporting competitions The Hunters travelled with a 24-man squad to Queensland after six could not travel due to visa issues. Three consultants were recruited to join the coaching team in order to refine and up-skill the coaching staff through funding by PacificAus sports program.
