John Wagambie

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John Wagambie
Personal information
Full nameJohn Pius Wagambie [1]
Playing information
Position Five-eighth, Lock
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1977–82 Papua New Guinea 30000
Coaching information
Representative
YearsTeamGmsWDLW%
1992 Papua New Guinea 40040
1996 Papua New Guinea (NRL) 10010
Source: [2] [3]

John Pius Wagambie is Papua New Guinea Kumul (#14) and coached the Papua New Guinea Kumuls in the 1980s. [4]

Wagambie came to prominence in May 1977 when he captained Papua New Guinea in a historic 37–6 win against France. [5] A few weeks later, he had initially declared himself unavailable for the upcoming 1977 Pacific Cup, as he was training to become a police officer, [6] but was later selected after being granted leave by the police commissioner to play in the tournament. [7] Although the team failed to reach the final, Wagambie was named as the player of the tournament. [8] Later that year, he was also named as Papua New Guinea's Sportsman of The Year. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ Todagia, Kelola; Kaniniba, Alfred (2011-02-07). "Former Kumul gunned down". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier. Archived from the original on 2013-04-16. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "John Wagambie - Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  3. ↑ "John Wagambie - Career Stats & Summary". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
  4. ↑ "Marum is Kumuls coach". Post Courier. Retrieved 2017-11-03.
  5. ↑ Anio, Pama (30 May 1977). "France thrashed by underdogs". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . p. 20 – via Trove.
  6. ↑ "Wagambie puts job before tour". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . 17 June 1977. p. 56 – via Trove.
  7. ↑ "Tour selection upsets Tigers coach". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . 1 September 1977. p. 24 – via Trove.
  8. ↑ "League cup to Maoris". The Press . Christchurch. 30 September 1977. p. 28 – via Papers Past.
  9. ↑ "Wagambie top sportsman". Papua New Guinea Post-Courier . 8 December 1977. p. 24 – via Trove.
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