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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| Full name | Zev John | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 June 1998 Western Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (14 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: [1] As of 10 November 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
editJohn 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
editJohn 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]
References
edit- ^ "Zev John". 16 June 2019.
- ^ "Samoa vs Papua New Guinea". Wide World of Sports. 22 June 2019.
- ^ "Young gun Coates named in Kumuls squad". QRL.com. 16 June 2019.
- ^ Tambua, Parker (9 December 2019). "Mackay Cutters sign John". National (PNG).
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