Sherwin Tanabi

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Sherwin Tanabi
Personal information
Full nameSherwin Tanabi
Born (2001-10-05) 5 October 2001 (age 22)
Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Position Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022– PNG Hunters 151004
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2022 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 10000
2022– Papua New Guinea 10000
Source: [1]
As of 10 November 2023

Sherwin Tanabi (born 05 October 2001) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row for the Papua New Guinea Hunters in the Queensland Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level. [2]

Contents

Background

Tanabi was born in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. [3]

Playing career

Club career

Tanabi debuted in the 2022 Queensland Cup for the PNG Hunters. [4]

International career

In 2022 Tanabi was named in the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup. [5]

In October 2022 he made his international début for Papua New Guinea against Wales.

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References

  1. Rugby League Project
  2. "From Helensvale to the World Cup: The rise of PNG Kumul Sherwin Tanabi". 30 October 2022.
  3. "Sherwin Tanabi". Zero Tackle.
  4. nothingbutleague profile
  5. Darbyshire, Drew (October 4, 2022). "Full list of every squad at the Rugby League World Cup 2021". LoveRugbyLeague.