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Bruce Mamando

Personal information

Born

20 January 1974 (age 50)
Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea

Playing information

Height

189 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

102 kg (16 st 1 lb)

Position

Prop, Second-row

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1994–96	Canberra Raiders	14	3	0	0	12
1997–98	Adelaide Rams	16	5	0	0	20
2000–01	North Qld Cowboys	2	0	0	0	0
	Total	32	8	0	0	32
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1995–00	Papua New Guinea	6	0	0	0	0

Source: ^[1]

Bruce Mamando (born 20 January 1974) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea in the 1995 and 2000 World Cups.

Background

Bruce Mamando was born in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Playing career

Mamando, who played at Prop and in the Second-row, made his debut for the Canberra Raiders from the bench during Round 2 of the 1994 NSWRL season, a 46-16 victory over the South Sydney Rabbitohs at Bruce Stadium in Canberra (his only first grade game of the season). He went on to play in fourteen matches for the Raiders over the next three seasons, scoring 3 tries, but struggled to cement a place in the Raiders forward pack which included Bradley Clyde, John Lomax, Quentin Pongia, Jason Croker and David Furner. In 1995 he was selected for the Papua New Guinea Kumuls squad for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup.

He then joined the new Adelaide Rams franchise in 1997 and was in their inaugural side for their match against the North Queensland Cowboys in Townsville on 1 March 1997 for the new Super League season. He spent two years at the ill-fated club, becoming a favorite with the Adelaide fans for his never say die attitude in a team mostly made up of some talented juniors and off-casts from other clubs. As a PNG test player, Mamando was one of the Rams few high-profile players, alongside team captain and former Australian test player and Brisbane Broncos premiership Hooker Kerrod Walters. He played 16 games for the Rams, scoring 5 tries.

In 1999, Mamando was a member of the Sydney Roosters squad for the 1999 season, but failed to make an appearance, due to niggling knee injuries.

In 2000 Mamando again represented Papua New Guinea at a World Cup. Earlier that season he had joined North Queensland. In 2001 he withdrew from the Papua New Guinea side, citing concerns over selection policies.^[3]

References

^ RLP
^ Bruce Mamando rugbyleague.co.nz
^ Mamando: Selection fine, criteria unfair Archived 2012-09-10 at archive.today postcourier.com.pg, 25 September 2001

v t e Papua New Guinea squad – 1995 Rugby League World Cup
Lam (c) Angara Bai Biri Buko Evei Gene Gomia Kops Kouoru Mamando Okul Paiyo Reeka Solbat Tela Tiri Westley Yer Coach: Tokam

v t e Papua New Guinea squad – 2000 Rugby League World Cup
Lam (c) Aila Aizue Bai Buko Gene Justine Kahl Krewanty Mamando Marum Mom Mondo Na'awi Norman O'Reilly Paiyo Solbat Songoro Wilshere Coach: Bennett

v t e Inaugural Adelaide Rams side
v North Queensland Cowboys, Stockland Stadium, 1 March 1997
3. Michael Maguire 22. Wayne Simonds 25. Solomon Kiri –. Elias Paiyo 44. Joe Tamani 33. Kurt Wrigley 7. Stuart Topper 11. Andrew Hick 27. Kerrod Walters (c) –. Marty McKenzie 13. Dave Boughton 12. Brett Galea 10. Cameron Blair 36. Kevin Campion 6. Chris Quinn 9. Steve Stone –. Bruce Mamando Coach: Rod Reddy

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