Papua New Guinea will enter the NRL in 2028 under a new $600 million deal with Australia unveiled on Thursday morning. In return, PNG has entered an agreement designed to stop China gaining a ...
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart, James Marape, on Thursday announced at a joint press conference that a team based in Port Moresby, the PNG capital, will enter the ...
By then, a new generation of TV-watching kids had grown up with Australian rugby league as a weekend staple. That year also saw the expulsion of foreign mercenaries by the PNG defence force ...
There are more than a dozen Papua New Guineans in the Super League and the introduction of a PNG NRL team will ensure the likes of Judah Rimbu, Rodrick Tai and Edwin Ipape can fulfil their dreams ...
Australia and Papua New Guinea NG have unveiled a long-awaited deal handing PNG its own NRL team, confirming the league's most ambitious expansion since formation, and notching what the federal ...
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 ...
Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific. The Australian government will spend $380 millio ...
PNG Prime Minister James Marape with Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and ARLC chair Peter V’Landys at the announcement of a new PNG NRL team on Thursday.Credit: Kate Geraghty “This is ...
PNG also has an established talent pathway and a large playing base, with the new team providing an opportunity for youngsters to achieve their NRL dream without being forced to move to Australia.