Background
He was born in the provincial capital of Mount Hagen.
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Pettowa Paraka
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He is mainly a loosehead prop, although he can play all three front row positions. Paraka"s family are from the village of Baiyer in the Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Paraka was introduced to rugby union when he moved to the Gold Coast in Australia for his secondary education at The Southport School where he was a boarding student.
He was selected for the Australian Schoolboys rugby team in his final year at Southport in 2011.
He was selected for the Australia U20 team that competed at the Institutional Review Board Junior World Championship in South Africa in 2012. In 2013 he was invited into the Queensland Reds wider training squad.
Paraka played for Reds A in the 2014 Pacific Rugby Cup, starting in all four matches as the teams"s loosehead property Later that year he joined the Brisbane City team in the inaugural National Rugby Championship.
After having been named on the bench twice for the Reds in 2014 without making it onto the field, Paraka made his Super Rugby debut on 14 March 2015 for the Reds against the Brumbies in Brisbane.
Achievements
Membership
Paraka joined Easts Tigers Rugby in 2012 and was a member of the club"s Premier Rugby grand final winning team in 2013.
