Israel Eliab
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | January 16, 1991 Kokopo, Papua New Guinea | |||||
| Height | 178cm | |||||
| Weight | 93 kg | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2011 | Rabaul Gurias | |||||
| 2012–2013 | Port Moresby Vipers | |||||
| 2014–2015 | PNG Hunters | |||||
| 2016- | London Broncos | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 2013–15 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Israel Eliab is an Papua New Guinean rugby league player who represented his country in the 2013 World Cup. He currently plays for London Broncos in the Championship.
Playing career
Eliab was born and raised in the small town of Kokopo in Papua New Guinea's East New Britain Province. He started off playing in the domestic competition (Digicel Cup) in PNG for the Rabaul Gurias. Israel previously played for the Port Moresby Vipers with whom he won a premiership title in 2013. He then played for the Papua New Guinea Hunters in the Queensland 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.[2]
Eliab captained the Papua New Guinea rugby league nines side at the 2015 Pacific Games.[3] He captained the 13-aside team in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.
References
- ↑ Israel Eliab rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/every-player-for-every-team-who-will-be-playing-in-the-2013-rugby-league-world-cup/story-fndujljl-1226745133271
- ↑ "PNG Rugby League Nines coach Michael Marum names squad". 10 July 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.