Zev John

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Zev John
Personal information
Full nameZev John
Born (1998-06-14) 14 June 1998 (age 25)
Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight94 kg (14 st 11 lb)
Playing information
Position Prop
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019 Redcliffe Dolphins 30000
2022– Central Queensland Capras 362008
Total392008
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2019– Papua New Guinea 10000
2022 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 10000
Source: [1]
As of 10 November 2023

Zev John (born 14 June 1998) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop forward for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.

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Early life

John was born in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea [ citation needed ] and moved to Australia in 2015. He played junior rugby league for Altona Roosters and then graduated into the Victoria under 20’s in 2017. He was part of the Melbourne Storm development squad from 2016-18.[ citation needed ]

Career

John then made his Queensland Intrust Cup debut for Redcliffe Dolphins. He made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 24-6 defeat by Samoa in the 2019 Oceania Cup. [2] [3] John joined the Mackay Cutters for the 2020 season. [4]

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References

  1. "Zev John".
  2. "Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.
  3. "Young gun Coates named in Kumuls squad". QRL.com. 16 June 2019.
  4. Tambua, Parker (9 December 2019). "Mackay Cutters sign John". National (PNG).