Richard Pandia

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Richard Pandia
Personal information
Born (1994-04-27) 27 April 1994 (age 30)
Papua New Guinea
Height176 cm (5 ft 9+12 in)
Weight84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing, Centre
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2017 Papua New Guinea 10000
Source: [1]

Richard Pandia (born 4 May 1994) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer playing for the Ipswich Jets rugby league club and he is the younger brother of team mate and former PNG Kumuls Sebastian Pandia, and is currently the second highest try-scorer in the Intrust Super Cup. He was in the Papua New Guinea Kumuls team that played the Cook Islands at Campbelltown, Sydney on 6 May 2017. [2]

Pandia earned his Bachelor of Business degree from Griffith University. [3]

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. Ben Wilmott. "PNG calls on Jets try-scoring sensation | Queensland Times". Qt.com.au. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  3. Tambua, Parker (14 February 2022). "Pandia defies odds to finish school, play in Queensland". The National . Retrieved 4 May 2024.