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Garry Lo


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Gary Lo (born 1 November 1993) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player, a fast-finishing wing who currently plays for the Castleford Tigers. Lo is currently still with the Sheffield Eagles, his former club, on loan and can play when he a is not needed for Castleford in the Super League. He is also a Papua New Guinea international.

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He has represented Papua New Guinea in the Prime Minister's XIII game between Australia and PNG in 2014 and the one off match between Tonga and PNG Kumuls in Lae.

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Early years

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Born in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea, Lo played junior rugby league in local rugby league clubs and then played for Gomis Panthers RLFC in Mount Hagen.

2011

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Mount Hagen Eagles, a local rugby league club in the Digicel Cup, had him in a train and trial in the off-season and he eventually earned a spot in the wing and centres, he played with Mount Hagen Eagles for an other season in 2012.

2013

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Lo, due to study commitments at the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby, he left Mount Hagen Eagles and was signed by Port Moresby Vipers, where he played for the rest of 2013 season when Port Moresby Vipers the 2013 Digicel Cup premiership.

PNG Hunters

In their début season in the Queensland Cup, a second tier competition in Australia, PNG Hunters selected Lo among other emerging and players. He impressed the rugby league fans in Queensland, Australia and Papua New Guinea with his speed and power on the flanks and was dubbed as a try-scoring machine and 'mini Matt Utai'. In 2014, he was awarded the top try scorer award in the Queensland Cup for his seasons total of 24 tries.

During 2014 off-season, Garry left for Gateshead Thunder in England with his club-mate Jason Tali, and Mark Mexico joining from NRL club Sutherland Sharks, which made the headlines in the local news. A controversial signing in which Stanley Gene was criticized for player grabbing.

But in a twist, he left England and was back in the Papua New Guinea and apologized to the Hunters team for the wrong decision he made to leave them. However, the PNG Hunters made it very clear that there would be no fast return for the Kumuls winger, as he seeks to rejoin the team for the 2015 Queensland Cup

Lo then announced that he would join this roots club, Mount Hagen Eagles in the Digicel Cup in 2015, where he was appointed captain.

Just before the Digicel Cup kick off, PNG Hunters Coach, Michael Marum, named Garry Lo in round 6 in an extended 21 player team to take on the inform Mackay Cutters, after poor performance and injuries to strike players for PNG Hunters.

Sheffield Eagles

Lo then brought his career back to England by joining Championship side Sheffield Eagles, again along with fellow countryman Mark Mexico. Here he became notified for pitch-length runs, often resulting in a try. He has now scored more tries than games played with a 44/45 games/tries record. This has resulted in 180 points scored for the Eagles in just two seasons.

Castleford Tigers

Lo signed a two year deal with Super League side Castleford Tigers on 22nd September 2017. However, the Papua New Guinean then came back to the Eagles on loan. This gives both clubs the option of playing him when he doesn't play for his parent club.

References

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