Dion Aiye

Dion Aiye is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a stand-off or scrum-half for Whitehaven in Betfred League 1.[3]

Dion Aiye
Personal information
Born (1987-11-06) 6 November 1987
Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
PositionHalfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2007–08 Mt Hagen Eagles
2009–10 Agmark Gurias
2011 Mt Hagen Eagles
2012–14 Agmark Gurias
2014 Papua New Guinea Hunters
2015– Whitehaven 125 46 1 0 184
Total 125 46 1 0 184
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 Papua New Guinea 8 1 1 0 6
As of 19 February 2018
Source: [1][2]

Background

Aiye was born in Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Playing career

Aiye played for the Kumuls in the 2010 Four Nations.[3] He hails from the Southern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea and started playing while attending Mt Hagen Secondary School. During his studies at Mt Hagen Secondary School Aiye joined the PNG school boys' rugby team and played against Australian school boys' rugby team in 2007. He then played for the Western Highlands Province provincial team, Hagen Eagles, for three years. After Hagen Secondary he was selected to Kokopo Business College in Rabaul, East New Britain Province in 2009 and started playing with the Agmark Rabaul Gurias. Aiye had his first taste of senior representative football when he played for Papua New Guinea against the Fiji Batis in 2009. He played halfback for Papua New Guinea in the PM 13, Pacific Cup and in the Four Nations in 2010.[4]

He was selected for Papua New Guinea in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. In 2014 Aiye was also part of the Papua New Guinea Hunters team playing in the Queensland Cup.

References
  1. loverugbyleague
  2. Dion Aiye rugbyleagueproject.org
  3. "Dion Aiye". RLFourNations.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2010-10-31.
  4. PNG team for PM XIII clash Archived 2012-09-26 at the Wayback Machine rleague.com, 20 September 2012
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