Nande Yer was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.

Early life

Nande Yer was born about 1970 in Ialibu, a small village in the Southern Highlands Province of what was then the Territory of Papua and New Guinea, under the control of Australia. His cousin, Raymond Kahl, is also a Papua New Guinean footballer.

Nande Yer

Playing career

Yer played for the Mendi Muruks and represented the Northern Zone in 1991 against the touring Great Britain Lions. He played eleven tests for Papua New Guinea between 1992 and 1996.

Nande Yer

In 2001 he served as a selector for the Mendi Muruks.

Nande Yer

Death

Yer died on 1 December 2012, at the Port Moresby General Hospital after a heart attack. He is survived by his wife, Bida, and three children, Brownwin, Norberta, and Makena.

References

Papua New Guinean rugby league administrators

Papua New Guinean rugby league players

Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players

Mendi Muruks players

Rugby league props

Rugby league second-rows

Year of birth missing

2012 deaths

People from the Southern Highlands Province