James Kops is a Papua New Guinean

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who represented

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 ...

at the 1995 World Cup.

Playing career

From the Hagen Eagles club, Kops first played for

in 1995 at the

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. He went on to play in six test matches, his last in 2001. In 2001 he moved clubs, joining the

Enga Mioks Enga Mioks (established 1992) is a semi-professional rugby league team based in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. The team competes in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition. They play at Johnson Siki Aipus Oval, Wabag located at ...

.Kumuls team up with Enga Mioks
''rleague.com'', 3 April 2001

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kops, James Living people Papua New Guinean rugby league players Papua New Guinean sportsmen Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players Hagen Eagles players Rugby league wingers Enga Mioks players Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)