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An as yet unnamed professional rugby league football team based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea will compete in Australia's National Rugby League from the 2028 season.. The inclusion of a Papua New Guinea-based team in the NRL was announced on 12 December, 2024, as part of the Pacific Rugby League Partnership involving the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Government, in ...
“An NRL team for PNG is more than just sports — it is a national unification strategy." Rugby league is a 13-man version of the 15-player sport of rugby union.
On April 12, 2024 the Vipers signed a Pathways Partnership with Hull KR which will see two Vipers Academy 16 year old players join the Rovers Under-18 Academy team. They will live with PNG Kumuls legend John Okul in Hull and participate in the academy programs for two years and hope to join the senior Hull KR team. Jonathan Kaekae will be the ...
The Papua New Guinea team experienced huge difficulties leading to the 2010 Rugby League Four Nations Tournament, as politicians clashed for control over the game and the governing body, the PNGRFL, was split over issues concerning junior development, the national team and the Papua New Guinea NRL bid.
The PNG Government have officially launched the Papua New Guinea NRL Bid to participate in the Australian NRL Competition as the 18th team. [14] Andrew Hill, former Canterbury Bulldogs and RLWC 2017 CEO will lead the PNG 2028 NRL Bid. [15] Womens, Under-19 boys, Under-19 girls national competitions will start from 2025 to 2027. [16]
The 2023 season of Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition will be the 33rd season of the premier rugby league competition in Papua New Guinea since 1991. [ 1 ] Teams
Papua New Guinea first came into contact with rugby league during the gold rush in the 1930s through Australian miners. [5] Australian soldiers stationed in the country during and after the Second World War reintroduced the sport [6] and in 1949 and the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League was founded. [5] It quickly became a popular ...
This is a list of Papua New Guinea national rugby league team players. 320 players have represented Papua New Guinea Kumuls since 1975 starring with Kumul # 1 Paul Chue [1] and the latest being Morea Morea in 2024 who is PNG Kumul #321. [2]