Stargroth Amean (born 1991) is a Papua New Guinean professional

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footballer who plays for the

Port Moresby Vipers The Port Moresby Vipers (formerly the Port Moresby Bulldogs) are a Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Port Moresby. The team currently competes in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition. History The club competed in the ...

. He was unable to return to the UK citing family reasons to play for

Barrow Raiders The Barrow Raiders are a semi-professional rugby league team in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The club was formed in 1875 as Barrow Football Club. For the 1995–96 and 1996 seasons the club was known as Barrow Braves, becoming the Ba ...

in 2020 but remained under contract. He was part of the PNG Hunters team in 2017 which won the

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

. Primarily playing as a , Amean has represented the Papua New Guinean national team, most notably at the 2017 World Cup and the 2019 World Cup 9s. Stargroth's last match for PNG Hunters was on 1 April 2018 against

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in front of his home crowd in Port Moresby. Amean quit the Hunters to start his foundation year of the Bachelor of Science programme at the

University of Papua New Guinea The University of Papua New Guinea (UPNG) is a university located in Port Moresby, capital of Papua New Guinea. It was established by ordinance of the Australian administration in 1965. This followed the Currie Commission which had enquired ...

in 2018.

Early life

Amean was born in

Wabag Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highlands Highway passes through the town, between Mount Hagen and Porgera. Europeans first visited th ...

Enga Province Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). It is located in the north most region of the highlands of PNG, having been divided from the Western Highlands to become a separate province when the provinces were created at the time of in ...

Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea ( tpi, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; ho, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niu Gini), is a country i ...

. He played his junior rugby league for the

Paga Panthers Paga is a town in Upper East Region of Ghana, lying north of Bolgatanga. Paga is the capital of Kassena Nankana West District, a district in the Upper East Region in the northern part of Ghana. The town is located on the border of Burkina Faso a ...

. He claims to be named after a Spanish actor.

Playing career

Amean was signed by the

Hela Wigmen The Kroton Hela Wigmen is a semi professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Hela Province. They currently compete in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (or the PNGNRL ...

in PNG's domestic competition for the 2011 season. He joined the

the following year, but injuries to both legs meant he couldn't take the field between late 2012 and mid-2014. His form with the Vipers saw him join the Hunters in the Queensland Cup. In 2019 Amean signed for the

playing mainly as a centre. Following the 2019 season Amean signed a 2 year contract extension with the Raiders, unfortunately due to personal circumstances he was unable to return and resigned with the

References

External links

2017 RLWC profile
1991 births Living people Barrow Raiders players Papua New Guinea Hunters players Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players Papua New Guinean rugby league players People from Enga Province Rugby league fullbacks {{PapuaNewGuinea-rugbyleague-bio-stub