A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...

Papua New Guinea Gains a Team in Australian Rugby League in Diplomatic Push Aimed at Curbing China MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby ...

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 ...

SYDNEY (AP) — A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League from 2028 after officially being granted a license. Australian Prime Minister Anthony ...

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 ...

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.

There has been plenty of smoke around Papua New Guinea's entry to the NRL, but that didn't make it any less striking as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, PNG Prime Minister James Marape and NRL ...

Now all of Papua New Guinea is set to be united by the announcement that the nation will have its own NRL team from 2028. It is arguably the single biggest development in the history of the NRL ...

“Rugby league is the national sport of Papua New Guinea and PNG deserves a national team. The new team will belong to the people of Papua New Guinea,” Mr Albanese said. “It will call Port ...

Hull Kingston Rovers will hope that the seismic deal to admit a Papua New Guinea team into Australia's NRL can help their own pathway in the region. An NRL team will be based in Port Moresby and ...

FFS Albo.” Of course not everyone was disgruntled with the inclusion of Papua New Guinea, as many praised the NRL over the addition. The $600m cash injection for PNG has been described as soft ...