Israel Eliab

Israel Eliab

Personal information
Born	(1991-01-16) January 16, 1991 Kokopo, Papua New Guinea
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	14 st 9 lb (93 kg)
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Centre
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2011	Rabaul Gurias
2012–2013	Port Moresby Vipers
2014–2015	PNG Hunters	44	29	0	2	60
2016–	London Broncos	4	2	0	0	8
2016	London Skolars DR	6	4	0	0	16
	Total	54	35	0	2	84
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
2013–15	Papua New Guinea	3	0	0	0	0
As of 3 July 2016
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

External links

• London Broncos profile
• PNG Hunters' Israel Eliab listed in list of top 10 QLD Super Cup players