Stargroth Amean

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Stargroth Amean
Personal information
Born1991 (age 3233)
Wabag, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Position Fullback, Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2015–18 PNG Hunters 643600144
2019–20 Barrow Raiders 25110044
2020– Port Moresby Vipers 00000
Total894700188
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2016–19 Papua New Guinea 730012
2019– Papua New Guinea 9s 21004
Source: [1] [2]
As of 20 October 2019
Medals
Men's rugby league nines
Representing Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby Team

Stargroth Amean (born 1991) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Port Moresby Vipers. He was unable to return to the UK citing family reasons to play for Barrow Raiders in 2020 but remained under contract. [3] He was part of the PNG Hunters team in 2017 which won the Queensland Cup. Primarily playing as a fullback, Amean has represented the Papua New Guinean national team, most notably at the 2017 World Cup and the 2019 World Cup 9s.

Contents

Stargroth's last match for PNG Hunters was on 1 April 2018 against Tweed Heads Seagulls in front of his home crowd in Port Moresby. Amean quit the Hunters to start his foundation year of the Bachelor of Science programme at the University of Papua New Guinea in 2018.

Early life

Amean was born in Wabag, Enga Province in Papua New Guinea. He played his junior rugby league for the Paga Panthers. He claims to be named after a Spanish actor. [4]

Playing career

Amean was signed by the Hela Wigmen in PNG's domestic competition for the 2011 season. He joined the Port Moresby Vipers the following year, but injuries to both legs meant he couldn't take the field between late 2012 and mid-2014. His form with the Vipers saw him join the Hunters in the Queensland Cup.

In 2019 Amean signed for the Barrow Raiders playing mainly as a centre. Following the 2019 season Amean signed a two-year contract extension with the Raiders, unfortunately due to personal circumstances he was unable to return and resigned with the Port Moresby Vipers.

[5]

International caps
CapDateVenueOpponentCompetitionTGFGPoints
1
7 May 2016 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji
0
0
0
0
2
6 May 2017 Leichhardt Oval, Sydney Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
2
0
0
8
3
5 November 2017 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby Four Provinces Flag.svg  Ireland 2017 World Cup
0
0
0
0
4
12 November 2017 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2017 World Cup
1
0
0
4
5
19 November 2017 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne Flag of England.svg  England 2017 World Cup Q/Final
0
0
0
0

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References

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  2. "Stargroth Amean". QRL.com.au. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  3. " @BarrowRaiders " on Twitter
  4. Kennedy, Chris (5 May 2016). "Hunter Stargroth's life dream becomes reality". NRL.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
  5. Birchall, Steve (1 August 2017). "You Don't Know Me: Stargroth Amean". RLWC2017.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.