[3] Born in Port Moresby in 1975,[2] Ipi Morea first played for Papua New Guinea in the 1996 ACC Trophy in Malaysia.

[3] After this start it would be nearly four years before he next played for Papua New Guinea, returning for the 2002 Pacifica Cup in Apia.

[3] The following year he represented Papua New Guinea at the 2003 South Pacific Games, winning a gold medal in the cricket tournament.

[5] In 2004 and 2005, he played for a combined East Asia Pacific team in the Australian National Country Cricket Championship.

[6] This qualified them for the 2005 ICC Trophy in Ireland in which Morea played, making his List A debut.