Junior Rop

Last updated
Junior Rop
Personal information
Full nameJunior Rop
Born (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30)
Jiwaka Province, Papua New Guinea
Height181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight101 kg (15 st 13 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019–23 PNG Hunters 4560024
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016–23 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 10000
2023– Papua New Guinea 20004
Source: [1]
As of 10 November 2023

Junior Rop is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the PNG Hunters in the QLD Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level. [2] [3]

Career

Rop made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 46–10 victory over Cook Islands in the 2023 Pacific Test. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Papua New Guinea national rugby league team</span>

The Papua New Guinea national rugby league team represents Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby league football.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea</span>

In Papua New Guinea (PNG), Australian rules football is a developing team sport which was initially introduced by Australian servicemen during World War II. The governing body for the sport is the PNG Rules Football Council, with the development body being AFL PNG. The junior development version is known locally as Niukick. Regionally, AFL PNG is affiliated with AFL South Pacific with an Australian development pathway through AFL Queensland.

The Papua New Guinea national rugby union team, nicknamed the Pukpuks,, played its first international in 1966, defeating Vanuatu 47–3. Papua New Guinea have not so far qualified for a Rugby World Cup. They participated in the Oceania World Cup qualifying tournaments for the 2007, 2011 and 2015 World Cups, but did not qualify.

Prime Minister's XIII, or sometimes informally referred to as the PM's XIII, a representative rugby league team, comprising Australian players from National Rugby League clubs that did not qualify for the NRL Finals, or whose teams were knocked out during the first three weeks of the finals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nene Macdonald</span> Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer

Nene Macdonald is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Salford Red Devils in the Super League and Papua New Guinea at international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kato Ottio</span> PNG international rugby league footballer (1994–2018)

Benkato "Kato" Ottio was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Primarily playing as a centre, Ottio represented Papua New Guinea, most notably at the 2017 World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team</span>

The Papua New Guinea women's national rugby league team, also known as the PNG Orchids represents Papua New Guinea in Women's rugby league. They are administered by the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Olam</span> Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer

Justin Olam is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for Wests Tigers in the NRL and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Nixon Putt is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Daniel Russell is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward for the Warrington Wolves.

Sylvester Namo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.

Jacob Alick-Wiencke is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-rower or lock for the Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL).

McKenzie Yei is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Oldham RLFC in the RFL Championship and Papua New Guinea at international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrick Tai</span> PNG international rugby league footballer

Rodrick Tai is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League and Papua New Guinea at international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jimmy Ngutlik</span> PNG international rugby league footballer

Jimmy Ngutlik is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger and centre for the Mackay Cutters in the Queensland Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reubenn Rennie</span> Cook Islands international rugby league footballer

Reubenn Rennie is a Cook Islands international rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Toulouse Olympique in the RFL Championship.

Judah Rimbu is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Valentine Richard is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the PNG Hunters in the QLD Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Benji Kot is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre, second-row for the PNG Hunters in the QLD Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

Morea Morea is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback for the PNG Hunters in the QLD Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

References

  1. ↑ "Junior Rop - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ↑ "Six to debut for Kumuls – The National". www.thenational.com.pg.
  3. ↑ "Junior Rop". Queensland Rugby League. October 16, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ex-NRL star's four-try blitz, 'best put-down of the year' contender stun as PNG crush Cook Islands". Fox Sports. October 15, 2023.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.