Ifiso Segeyaro
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| Born | Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 August 2014 Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Five-eighth | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Ifiso Segeyaro was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer (Kumul #70) who represented Papua New Guinea. He is the father of fellow international, James Segeyaro.
Playing career
[edit]Segeyaro represented Papua New Guinea in two test matches, in 1982 against Australia and in 1983 against New Zealand.[1]
Segeyaro suffered a brain aneurysm and died on 22 August 2014. That weekend the PNG Hunters wore black armbands in the Queensland Cup.[2] His son, James, returned to Papua New Guinea, missing that weekend's NRL match.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ifiso Segeyaro rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ Hunters to honour late Segeyaro pngloop.com, 23 August 2014
- ^ "James Segeyaro to miss Storm clash after death of father".