Keith Peters (born 25 January 1986) is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who played for the Penrith Panthers in the NRL. Peters had also captained Papua New Guinea at international level.
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| Full name | Keith Peters | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 May 1986 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker, Halfback | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peters moved from Papua New Guinea to Australia in 1993 aged 7 and played his junior rugby league for Cambridge Park.[1] He attended Patrician Brothers College Blacktown until 2004. He has played several games for the Penrith Panthers, but in 2009 spent most of his time with their feeder club Windsor.[citation needed]
Peters was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[2]
Peters was named in the PNG squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.[3] Peters was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup.[4]
References
edit- ^ Queensland Rugby League (29 October 2009). "Cool Peters Inspires PNG Team". qrl.com.au. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ "PNG name preliminary squad". RLWC.com. 1 August 2008. Archived from the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2008.
- ^ "Wilshere handed Kumuls captaincy". BBC. 14 October 2008. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
- ^ Kumuls named The National, 12 October 2009