# Ase Boas

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{{short description|PNG international rugby league footballer}}
{{Infobox rugby league biography
|name           = Ase Boas
|caption        =
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|image          = <!--Ase Boas.jpg-->
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|retired        = no
|position       = {{rlp|FE}}
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=y|1988|12|26}}
|birth_place    = [Simbu](/source/Chimbu_Province), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) 
|death_date     =
|death_place    =
|height         = {{convert|177|cm|ftin|abbr=on|order=flip}}
|weight         = {{convert|90|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1          = [PNG Hunters](/source/PNG_Hunters)
|year1start     = 2015
|year1end       = 18
|appearances1   = 89
|tries1         = 33
|goals1         = 174
|fieldgoals1    = 1
|points1        = 481
|club2          = {{nowrap|[Featherstone Rovers](/source/Featherstone_Rovers)}}
|year2start     = 2019
|year2end       = 
|appearances2   = 5
|tries2         = 1
|goals2         = 2
|fieldgoals2    = 0
|points2        = 8
|club3          = [PNG Hunters](/source/PNG_Hunters)
|year3start     = 2019
|year3end       = 21
|appearances3   = 27
|tries3         = 0
|goals3         = 44
|fieldgoals3    = 1
|points3        = 89
| teamA         = {{nowrap|[PNG Prime Minister's XIII](/source/PNG_Prime_Minister's_XIII)}}
| yearAstart    = 2013
| yearAend      = 16
| appearancesA  = 2
| triesA        = 0
| goalsA        = 0
| fieldgoalsA   = 0
| pointsA       = 0
| teamB          = [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_rugby_league_team)
| yearBstart     = 2013
| yearBend       = 18
| appearancesB   = 7
| triesB         = 0 
| goalsB         = 11
| fieldgoalsB    = 0
| pointsB        = 22
| source         = <ref>{{cite web|title=Ase Boas|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Ase-Boas/summary.html|publisher=Rugby League Project}}</ref>
| updated        = 9 November 2023
| medal_templates= 
{{MedalSport|Men's [rugby league nines](/source/rugby_league_nines)}}
{{MedalCountry|{{PNG}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[Pacific Games](/source/Pacific_Games)}}
{{Medal|Gold|[2015 Port Moresby](/source/2015_Pacific_Games)|[Team competition](/source/Rugby_league_nines_at_the_2015_Pacific_Games)}}
| module        = {{infobox person
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| relatives     = [Watson Boas](/source/Watson_Boas) (brother)
}}
}}

'''Ase Boas''' (born 1988) is a [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea)n [rugby league](/source/rugby_league) footballer who plays for [Rabaul Gurias](/source/Rabaul_Gurias). A [Papua New Guinean representative](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_rugby_league_team) {{rlp|fe}}, Boas previously played for [Featherstone Rovers](/source/Featherstone_Rovers) in the [Championship](/source/Championship_(rugby_league)). He was a member of PNG's squads at the [2013](/source/2013_Rugby_League_World_Cup) and [2017 World Cup](/source/2017_Rugby_League_World_Cup) tournaments.

==Playing career==
Boas was the captain for the [PNG Hunters](/source/PNG_Hunters) in the 2017 Queensland Cup season where they won the title. He previously played for the [Rabaul Gurias](/source/Rabaul_Gurias) in the PNG domestic competition,<ref>{{cite web |date=23 October 2013 |title=Every player for every team who will be playing in the 2013 Rugby League World Cup |url=http://www.news.com.au/sport/nrl/every-player-for-every-team-who-will-be-playing-in-the-2013-rugby-league-world-cup/story-fndujljl-1226745133271 |publisher=news.com.au}}</ref> which he captained to premiership victory in 2012 before joining the Hunters in 2015. He is the elder brother of fellow PNG representative [Watson Boas](/source/Watson_Boas).

Boas comes from a mixed parentage of [East New Britain](/source/East_New_Britain), [Oro](/source/Oro_Province) and [Simbu](/source/Chimbu_Province) in Papua New Guinea.

Boas represented [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea_national_rugby_league_team) in [rugby league nines](/source/rugby_league_nines) at the [2015 Pacific Games](/source/Rugby_league_nines_at_the_2015_Pacific_Games).

Boas signed with [Featherstone Rovers](/source/Featherstone_Rovers) for the 2019 season, alongside his brother [Watson](/source/Watson_Boas).<ref>{{cite web|last=Vincent|first=Salome|date=5 September 2018|title=Boas brothers sign with English club|url=http://www.looppng.com/sport/boas-brothers-sign-english-club-79329|publisher=Loop PNG}}</ref> He was released for personal reasons after making five appearances for the club.<ref>{{cite web|date=21 March 2019|title=Featherstone release Ase Boas with immediate effect|url=https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/featherstone-release-ase-boas-with-immediate-effect/|publisher=Love Rugby League|accessdate=22 April 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ International caps
! Cap !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Competition
! width=20px| T !! width=20px| G !! width=20px| FG !! Points
|-
| {{center|1}} || 27 October 2013 || [Craven Park](/source/Craven_Park%2C_Hull), [Hull](/source/Kingston_upon_Hull) || {{rl|France}} || [2013 World Cup](/source/2013_Rugby_League_World_Cup)
| {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}}
|-
| {{center|2}} || 7 May 2016 || [Parramatta Stadium](/source/Parramatta_Stadium), [Sydney](/source/Sydney) || {{rl|Fiji}} ||
| {{center|0}} || {{center|4/5}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|8}}
|-
| {{center|3}} || 6 May 2017 || [Leichhardt Oval](/source/Leichhardt_Oval), [Sydney](/source/Sydney) || {{rl|Cook Islands}} ||
| {{center|0}} || {{center|6/6}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|12}}
|-
| {{center|4}} || 28 October 2017 || [PNG Football Stadium](/source/PNG_Football_Stadium), [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby) || {{rl|Wales}} || rowspan=3| [2017 World Cup](/source/2017_Rugby_League_World_Cup)
| {{center|0}} || {{center|0/2}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}}
|-
| {{center|5}} || 5 November 2017 || [PNG Football Stadium](/source/PNG_Football_Stadium), [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby) || {{rl|Ireland}}
| {{center|0}} || {{center|1/1}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|2}}
|-
| {{center|6}} || 19 November 2017 || [Melbourne Rectangular Stadium](/source/Melbourne_Rectangular_Stadium), [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne) || {{rl|England}}
| {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}}
|-
| {{center|7}} || 23 June 2018 || [Campbelltown Stadium](/source/Campbelltown_Stadium), [Sydney](/source/Sydney) || {{rl|Fiji}} ||
| {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}} || {{center|0}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*[http://www.rlwc2017.com/players?team=378#Ase-Boas RLWC 2017 profile]
*[https://www.fevarchive.co.uk/players/ase-boas/128/ Profile] fevarchive.co.uk

{{Papua New Guinea 2013 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{Papua New Guinea 2017 Rugby League World Cup squad}}
{{Papua New Guinea Hunters squad - 2017 Queensland Cup premiers}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boas, Ase}}
Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century Papua New Guinean sportsmen
Category:Featherstone Rovers players
Category:Papua New Guinea Hunters players
Category:Pacific Games gold medalists for Papua New Guinea
Category:Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players
Category:Papua New Guinean rugby league players
Category:PNG Prime Minister's XIII captains
Category:PNG Prime Minister's XIII players
Category:Rabaul Gurias players
Category:Rugby league halfbacks
Category:Rugby league five-eighths
Category:Rugby league players from Chimbu Province

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