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Full name | Benji Kot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Mt.Hagen, Papua New Guinea | 2 October 1997|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Centre, Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 10 November 2023 |
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Kot made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 46–10 victory over Cook Islands in the 2023 Pacific Test. [4]
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