Aquila Emil
| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born | Papua New Guinea | |||||
| Died | 4 February 2011 (aged 44) Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Five-eighth, Halfback | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1992–1994 | Papua New Guinea | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| Source: [1] | ||||||
Aquila Emil (died 4 February 2011[2]) was a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who represented his country .
Playing career
Emil played for Port Moresby's Brothers rugby league club during the 1980s.[2] He was selected for the Papua New Guinea Kumuls and represented the side in two World Cup matches in 1992. He captained his country at the 1994 World Sevens.[2]
Emil joined the North Queensland Cowboys on a two-year contract in 1994 but, after playing in 1995 pre-season trials, asked for a release.[3] Emil was in the original Port Moresby Vipers squad to play in the Inter-City competition.[2]
Following the end of his playing career, Emil worked at the schools rugby league level.[2] Later, Emil became involved in the PNG NRL Bid's schools rollout program.[2]
Death
Emil died in a shooting in Port Moresby in the early morning of 4 February 2011.[2] Theo Yasause, a 44-year-old former chief of staff to Papua New Guinea prime minister Michael Somare, was charged with Emil's murder.[4][5][6]
References
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- ↑ Former Cowboy Emil gunned down Townsville Bulletin, 9 February 2011
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- ↑ Aquila Emil’s murder case trial resumes postcourier.com.pg, 19 July 2012
- ↑ Former PNG bureaucrat Dr Theo Yasause charged with murder of rugby league legend Aquila Emil The Australia, 8 February 2011
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