Richard Pandia

{{short description|PNG international rugby league footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}

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Richard Pandia (born 4 May 1994) is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer playing for the Ipswich Jets rugby league club and he is the younger brother of team mate and former PNG Kumuls Sebastian Pandia, and is currently the second highest try-scorer in the Intrust Super Cup. He was in the Papua New Guinea Kumuls team that played the Cook Islands at Campbelltown, Sydney on 6 May 2017.{{cite web|author=Ben Wilmott |url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/png-calls-on-jets-try-scoring-sensation/3172413/ |title=PNG calls on Jets try-scoring sensation | Queensland Times |website=Qt.com.au |date= |accessdate=2017-05-03}}

Pandia earned his Bachelor of Business degree from Griffith University.{{cite news|url=https://www.thenational.com.pg/pandia-defies-odds-to-finish-school-play-in-queensland/|title=Pandia defies odds to finish school, play in Queensland|first=Parker|last=Tambua|work=The National|date=14 February 2022|access-date=4 May 2024}}