Israel Eliab

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Izzy Eliab
East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 Rabaul Gurias 15 2 0 1 9
2012–13 Port Moresby Vipers 35 5 0 2 22
2014–15
PNG Hunters
44 29 0 2 60
2016 London Broncos 8 3 0 0 12
2016(loan) London Skolars 6 4 0 0 16
2017–
PNG Hunters
6 1 0 0 4
Total 114 44 0 5 123
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2012–14 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 3 2 1 0 10
2013–17 Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2]
As of 9 November 2023
Medals
Men's rugby league nines
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby Team

Israel Eliab (born 16 January 1991) is a

PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup. A Papua New Guinea international, most notably at the 2013 World Cup
.

Eliab previously played for the

Championship
.

Background

Eliab was born and raised in the small town of

.

Playing career

He started off playing in the domestic competition (Digicel Cup) in PNG for the

Intrust Super Cup competition, for which he is also the captain. His position is at five-eighth, but has also played at halfback and centre as well.[4]

Eliab captained PNG's

2015 Melanesian Cup
.

Eliab spent the 2016 season with the

Championship. He has also spent part of 2016 on loan at the London Skolars
.

References

  1. ^ loverugbyleague
  2. ^ Israel Eliab rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. ^ "Israel Eliab". Papua New Guinea Kumuls. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 8 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Every player for every team who will be playing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup | News.com.au". www.news.com.au. Archived from the original on 2013-11-11.
  5. ^ "PNG Rugby League Nines coach Michael Marum names squad". 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.

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