Adrian Lam

Adrian Lam

Personal information
Born	(1970-08-25) 25 August 1970 (age 46) Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
Playing information
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	76 kg (12 st 0 lb)
Position	Halfback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994–00 Sydney Roosters 146 42 0 6 174 2001–04 Wigan Warriors 119 44 3 10 192 Total 265 86 3 16 366 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1994–00 Papua New Guinea 11 3 0 1 13 1995–00 Queensland 14 4 0 0 16 1996 P.N.G. NRL 1 0 0 0 0 1997 Rest of the World 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Representative Years Team Gms W D L W% 2007–12 Papua New Guinea 7 2 0 5 29
Source: Rugby League Project

Adrian Lam (born 25 August 1970 in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea) is a Papua New Guinean rugby league football coach and former international player. He is the current head coach of Papua New Guinea. As a player, he is a former Papua New Guinea international and Queensland State of Origin representative. Lam moved from Papua New Guinea to Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland at the age of 7 where he was raised.

Lam had a fertile career with 14 State of Origin football matches for Queensland, including a man-of-the-match performance in the third game of the 1995 series. He made his Test debut for Papua New Guinea in 1994 and went on to win 11 caps, scoring 3 tries and kicking 1 field goal. In 1996, he captained the 'Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Team' against Australia. In 1997, he captained the 'Rest of the World' team against Australia. He captained the Kumuls to the quarter finals in the 2000 Rugby League World Cup. He played at halfback for the Sydney Roosters in their 2000 NRL Grand Final loss to the Brisbane Broncos.

He played a total of 146 club games for the Sydney Roosters, scoring 42 tries and kicking 6 field goals, as well as 119 first team games for Wigan Warriors, scoring 44 tries, kicking 1 goal and 10 field goals, including a try in their 2001 Super League Grand Final loss to the Bradford Bulls.