Izzy Eliab

Personal information
Full name	Israel Eliab
Born	(1991-01-16) 16 January 1991 (age 33) Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	93 kg (14 st 9 lb)
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2011 Rabaul Gurias 15 2 0 1 9 2012–13 Port Moresby Vipers 35 5 0 2 22 2014–15 PNG Hunters 44 29 0 2 60 2016 London Broncos 8 3 0 0 12 2016(loan) → London Skolars 6 4 0 0 16 2017– PNG Hunters 6 1 0 0 4 Total 114 44 0 5 123 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2012–14 PNG Prime Minister's XIII 3 2 1 0 10 2013–17 Papua New Guinea 5 0 0 0 0
Source: [1][2] As of 9 November 2023
Medals Men's rugby league nines Representing  Papua New Guinea Pacific Games 2015 Port Moresby Team

Israel Eliab (born 16 January 1991) is a Papua New Guinea professional rugby league footballer who played for the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup. A Papua New Guinea international, most notably at the 2013 World Cup.

Eliab previously played for the London Broncos in the Championship.

Eliab was born and raised in the small town of Kokopo in the East New Britain Province of Papua New Guinea. He comes from a mixed parentage of East New Britain and Manus.

He started off playing in the domestic competition (Digicel Cup) in PNG for the Rabaul Gurias. Israel previously played for the Port Moresby Vipers with whom he won a premiership title in 2013. He then played for the Papua New Guinea Hunters in the Queensland Intrust Super Cup competition, for which he is also the captain. His position is at five-eighth, but has also played at halfback and centre as well.^[4]

Eliab captained PNG's rugby league nines side at the 2015 Pacific Games.^[5] He captained the 13-aside team in the 2015 Melanesian Cup.

Eliab spent the 2016 season with the London Broncos in the Championship. He has also spent part of 2016 on loan at the London Skolars.

• 2013 RLWC profile^[usurped]
• PNG Hunters' Israel Eliab listed in list of top 10 QLD Super Cup players