Charlie Wabo
Charlie Wabo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played as a for the Newcastle Thunder in Kingstone Press League 1. He is a Papua New Guinea international.
Wabo is from the Okapa District of the Eastern Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea.
In August 2008, Wabo was named in the Papua New Guinea training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup and in October he was named in the final PNG squad.
Wabo was named in the interchange in each of PNG's three games in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.
In 2009 Wabo moved to England to play for Hunslet Hawks in Championship One.
Wabo was named as part of the Papua New Guinea squad for the 2009 Pacific Cup. He was used as an impact sub playing hooker to great effect. His trademark solid tackling and flamboyant play ensured, along with David Mead, he was one of the crowd favorites for the PNG Kumuls during the Pacific Cup.
He played for Papua New Guinea in the 2010 Four Nations tournament. In 2011 he returned to play in Papua New Guinea. In 2013 he played in the Rugby League World Cup for Papua New Guinea.
