John Wagambie

John Wagambie

Personal information
Full name	John Pius Wagambie [1]
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Lock
Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1977–82 Papua New Guinea 3 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 1992 Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 5 0 1996 Papua New Guinea (NRL) 1 0 0 1 0
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]

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.