John Pius Wagambie is Papua New Guinea Kumul (#14) and coached the Papua New Guinea Kumuls in the 1980s. Wagambie came to prominence in May 1977 when he captained

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in a historic 37–6 win against

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. A few weeks later, he had initially declared himself unavailable for the upcoming

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, as he was training to become a police officer, but was later selected after being granted leave by the police commissioner to play in the tournament. Although the team failed to reach the final, Wagambie was named as the player of the tournament. Later that year, he was also named as Papua New Guinea's Sportsman of The Year.

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