Nande Yer

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Nande Yer
Personal information
Bornc. 1970
Ialibu, Papua New Guinea, Australia
Died1 December 2012 (aged 42)
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
Mendi Muruks
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1991Northern Zone
1992–96 Papua New Guinea 110000
Source: [1]

Nande Yer was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.

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Early life

Nande Yer was born about 1970 in Ialibu, a small village in the Southern Highlands Province of what was then the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, under the control of Australia. [2] His cousin, Raymond Kahl, is also a Papua New Guinean footballer. [3]

Playing career

Yer played for the Mendi Muruks and represented the Northern Zone in 1991 against the touring Great Britain Lions. He played eleven tests for Papua New Guinea between 1992 and 1996. [1] [3]

In 2001 he served as a selector for the Mendi Muruks. [4]

Death

Yer died on 1 December 2012, at the Port Moresby General Hospital after a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Bida, and three children, Brownwin, Norberta, and Makena. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Nande Yer rugbyleagueproject.org
  2. 1 2 "Former Kumul star Nande Yer passes on - The National". The National. 2 December 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Nande Yer - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ↑ Muruks name former Kumuls in line-up rleague.com, 19 April 2001
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