Joe Tokam 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 ...

coach and administrator who coached

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

Tokam retired from playing in 1983.

Coaching career

Tokam coached

in the 1995 World Cup. The team drew with

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and then lost to

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. His one win was v

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on 19 Jun 1993, beating them 35-24 in

Port Moresby (; Tok Pisin: ''Pot Mosbi''), also referred to as Pom City or simply Moresby, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the largest cities in the southwestern Pacific (along with Jayapura) outside of Australia and New Z ...

Administration career

In 2009 he worked as the operations manager for the bemobile Cup.Joe Tokam quietly keeps bemobile Cup wheels turning
''The National'', 16 October 2009 In 2011 Tokram worked as the PNGRFL Highlands regional development officer. Tokram, along with Ivan Ravu, was appointed a caretaker manager of the Papua New Guinea Rugby League after the districts failed to meet the quorum to hold an AGM in early 2012. In mid-2012 he was involved in legal action against the PNGRL. The court ruled the legal action invalid and ruled that he was no longer an employee of the PNGRL.PNG Rugby League can now move forward with court ruling
''pina.com.fj'', 31 July 2012

References

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