Ase Boas

Ase Boas
Personal information
Born (1988-12-26) 26 December 1988 (age 35)
Simbu, Papua New Guinea
Height5 ft 10 in (177 cm)
Weight90 kg (14 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2015–18 PNG Hunters 89 33 174 1 481
2019 Featherstone Rovers 5 1 2 0 8
2019–21 PNG Hunters 27 0 44 1 89
Total 121 34 220 2 578
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–16 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0
2013–18 Papua New Guinea 7 0 11 0 22
Source: [1]
As of 9 November 2023
Medals
Men's rugby league nines
Representing  Papua New Guinea
Pacific Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Port Moresby Team competition

Ase Boas (born 1988) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays for Rabaul Gurias. A Papua New Guinean representative five-eighth, Boas previously played for the Featherstone Rovers in the Championship. He was a member of PNG's squads at the 2013 and 2017 World Cup tournaments.

Playing career

Boas was the captain for the PNG Hunters in the 2017 Queensland Cup season where they won the title. He previously played for the Rabaul Gurias in the PNG domestic competition,[2] which he captained to premiership victory in 2012 before joining the Hunters in 2015. He is the elder brother of fellow PNG representative Watson Boas.

Boas comes from a mixed parentage of East New Britain, Oro and Simbu in Papua New Guinea.

Boas represented Papua New Guinea in rugby league nines at the 2015 Pacific Games.

Boas signed with the Featherstone Rovers for the 2019 season, alongside his brother Watson.[3] He was released for personal reasons after making five appearances for the club.[4]

International caps
Cap Date Venue Opponent Competition T G FG Points
1
 27 October 2013 Craven Park, Hull  France 2013 World Cup
0
0
0
0
2
 7 May 2016 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney  Fiji
0
4/5
0
8
3
 6 May 2017 Leichhardt Oval, Sydney  Cook Islands
0
6/6
0
12
4
 28 October 2017 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby  Wales 2017 World Cup
0
0/2
0
0
5
 5 November 2017 PNG Football Stadium, Port Moresby  Ireland
0
1/1
0
2
6
 19 November 2017 Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne  England
0
0
0
0
7
 23 June 2018 Campbelltown Stadium, Sydney  Fiji
0
0
0
0

References

  1. ^ "Ase Boas". Rugby League Project.
  2. ^ "Every player for every team who will be playing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup". news.com.au. 23 October 2013.
  3. ^ Vincent, Salome (5 September 2018). "Boas brothers sign with English club". Loop PNG.
  4. ^ "Featherstone release Ase Boas with immediate effect". Love Rugby League. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2019.