Valentine Richard

Valentine Richard
Personal information
Full nameValentine Richard
Born (2001-09-10) 10 September 2001
Mt. Hagen, Papua New Guinea
Height184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight115 kg (18 st 2 lb)
Playing information
PositionProp
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2023 PNG Hunters 4 0 0 0 0
2023 Central Queensland Capras 13 0 0 0 0
2024– PNG Hunters 17 6 0 0 24
Total 34 6 0 0 24
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2023–25 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 2 0 0 0 0
2023– Papua New Guinea 2 1 0 0 4
Source: [1]
As of 2 November 2025

Valentine Richard is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the PNG Hunters in the QLD Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.[2][3]

Career

Richard made his international debut for Papua New Guinea in their 46–10 victory over Cook Islands in the 2023 Pacific Test scoring a try.[4]

On 12 October 2025 he played for the PNG Prime Minister's XIII in the 28-10 defeat to Australia’s Prime Minister's XIII in Port Moresby[5]

References

  1. ^ "Valentine Richard - Playing Career - RLP". www.rugbyleagueproject.org.
  2. ^ "Six to debut for Kumuls – The National". www.thenational.com.pg.
  3. ^ "Valentine Richard". Queensland Rugby League. 16 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Ex-NRL star's four-try blitz, 'best put-down of the year' contender stun as PNG crush Cook Islands". Fox Sports. 15 October 2023.
  5. ^ Daniel Nuttall (12 October 2025). "Zero for seven?! Aussie's double hat-trick powers PM's XII past PNG despite horrific kicking". FoxSports.au.


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