Pettowa Paraka

Pettowa Paraka
Birth name	Pettowa Leeroy Paraka
Date of birth	16 November 1993 (age 28)
Place of birth	Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	120 kg (18 st 13 lb)
School	The Southport School
Rugby union career
Position(s)
Position(s)	Prop, Hooker
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team
2012–pres.	Easts
Senior career
Years	Team
2014−2016	Brisbane City
	Correct as of 9 October 2016
Super Rugby
Years	Team
2015–2016	Queensland Reds
	Correct as of 21 July 2016
National team(s)
Years	Team
2012–2013; 2011	Australia U20 ; Australian Schoolboys

Last updated October 29, 2022

Pettowa Paraka (born 16 November 1993) is a Papua New Guinean-born Australian professional rugby union player for the Queensland Reds in the Super Rugby competition. He is mainly a loosehead prop, although he can play all three front row positions.^[1]

Family and early life

Paraka's family are from the village of Baiyer in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea.^[2] He was born in the provincial capital of Mount Hagen.^[3] Paraka was introduced to rugby union when he moved to the Gold Coast in Australia for his secondary education at The Southport School where he was a boarding student. He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in his final year at Southport in 2011.^[2]^[4]

Rugby career

Paraka joined Easts Tigers Rugby in 2012 and was a member of the club's Premier Rugby grand final winning team in 2013. He was selected for the Australia U20 team that competed at the IRB Junior World Championship in South Africa in 2012.^[3]

In 2013 Paraka was invited into the Queensland Reds wider training squad. Paraka played for Reds A in the 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup, starting in all four matches as the teams's loosehead prop. Later that year he joined the Brisbane City team in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. He scored two tries in the grand final match against Perth Spirit to secure Brisbane's championship win in 2014.^[2]

After having been named on the bench twice for the Reds in 2014 without making it onto the field, Paraka made his Super Rugby debut on 14 March 2015 for the Reds against the Brumbies in Brisbane.^[5]

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References

↑ "Pettowa Paraka". Rugby Files. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
1 2 3 Tucker, Jim (1 November 2014). "Brisbane City beat Perth Spirit 37-26 to win NRC grand final at Ballymore". The Sunday Mail. News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.{{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)
1 2 Teme, Kevin (17 June 2012). "Pettowa makes impact at IRB junior rugby". Niugini Sports News. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
↑ Brave and Game (2010). "Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (PDF). Australian Schools Rugby Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
↑ Rugari, Vince (14 March 2015). "Brumbies ease to big win over Reds". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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[rfiles-2014-1] "Pettowa Paraka". Rugby Files. 2014. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[sm-2014-2] 1 2 3 Tucker, Jim (1 November 2014). "Brisbane City beat Perth Spirit 37-26 to win NRC grand final at Ballymore". The Sunday Mail. News. Retrieved 11 May 2015.{{cite web}}: |archive-url= requires |archive-date= (help)

[nsn-2012-3] 1 2 Teme, Kevin (17 June 2012). "Pettowa makes impact at IRB junior rugby". Niugini Sports News. Archived from the original on 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

[aus-shoolboys-4] Brave and Game (2010). "Nurseries of Australian Schoolboys' Rugby" (PDF). Australian Schools Rugby Union. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2012.

[n-msn-2015-5] Rugari, Vince (14 March 2015). "Brumbies ease to big win over Reds". Nine MSN. Archived from the original on 6 April 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.

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