From left to right: Justin Olam, Rhyse Martin, Lachlan Lam, David Mead and Edwin Ipape in action for Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea will have a team in the NRL from 2028 and beyond, it has been ...

Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as an opportunity to change attitudes in the Pacific nation. The ...

The incredible story of the journey of rugby league in Papua New Guinea has received its ultimate end-result with the announcement that the country will join the National Rugby League in 2028.

A Papua New Guinean franchise will enter the NRL in 2028 It’s official: Papua New Guinea will have a team in the NRL from 2028 and beyond. After months of speculation, the franchise has now been given ...

SYDNEY: Australia will spend US$385 million to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday (Dec 12), a move designed ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national rugby league competition, after signing a deal that obligates them to shun security ties with China. The Pacific nation has produced many ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and PNG Prime Minister James Marape delivered the historic announcement at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney on Thursday. “Rugby league ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, left, gestures during a press conference with Australian Prime ...

Video / NZ Herald Papua New Guinea will house the NRL’s newest team, after confirmation a new club will join the competition from 2028. The NRL intends to expand to 20 teams by 2032, with PNG ...

The Australian and Papua New Guinea (PNG) Governments are partnering with the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) to deepen our connections through rugby league. Australia will support a PNG ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.