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| Full name | Bland Abavu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 May 1990 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bland Abavu (born 10 May 1990), also known as Oti Bland Tony, is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays for the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup. [1]
In September 2016, Abavu played at fullback for PNG Prime Minister's XIII in a 0–58 defeat against the Australian Prime Minister's XIII. [2] [3]
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