David Loko is a former Papua New Guinean

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player who played for the

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in the

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in France and for Papua New Guinea in international level. His position is second row. He played for the

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in the

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and was selected in the train-on side for the

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. He first played with the Lorma Tarrangau in his local competition, the Ipatas Cup, then was selected to play with the Enga Mioks and went on to play for the Kumuls.

Personal life

Loko works as a farmer in Papua New Guinea and as a fruit picker in Australia in 2018 while playing for the Fassifern Bombers in the Ipswich Regional Championship. He represented the kumuls at the Four Nations. http://www.sportinglife.com/rugbyleague/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=rleague/10/11/02/RUGBYL_Column.html He played for the

PNG Hunters The Papua New Guinea Hunters (also referred to as PNG Hunters) are a professional rugby league football club based in Papua New Guinea. They were formed in December 2013 and compete in the Queensland Cup, a second tier competition in Australia. ...

in 2017 Instrust Super Cup final where they won for the first time.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Loko, David 1990 births Living people Enga Mioks players Papua New Guinean rugby league players Papua New Guinea Hunters players Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players PNG Prime Minister's XIII players Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league second-rows