olygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea (PNG), symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man” culture. The greater the fortune a man accumulated ...

And today, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his Papua New Guinea (PNG) counterpart James Marape and NRL boss Peter V'landys announced a long-awaited deal handing PNG its own NRL team. A bright ide ...

While that set off alarm bells in the national security landscape, Albanese and PNG leader James Marape had spoken about the looming 50th anniversary of PNG independence, which will be celebrated ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape says creating a PNG NRL team will be a catalyst for national development and unification in his country and further cement its relationship with ...

“The bottom line is, the project must be economical for all parties,” he told The Australian Financial Review at PNG Investment Week in Sydney. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape ...

With half the code’s players having Pacific Island heritage and NRL being the national sport of Papua New Guinea, the long-awaited joint announcement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and PNG ...

A former WWE champion recently discussed beating The Usos eight years ago to make history in the Stamford-based promotion. The champion being referred to is Heath Slater. The One Man Band joined ...

In return, PNG has entered an agreement designed to stop China gaining a security foothold in the Pacific nation. PNG's capital Port Moresby will host home games for the new team, whose name and ...

Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. The sobering reality for Papua New Guinea’s NRL expansion team ...

While the new club is yet to determine its name, colour and logo in the short term, the expansion bid’s chairman Wapu Sonk, a titan of PNG’s petrol industry, says that will be left in the hand ...

Whatever it may be, a shared passion for rugby league is something both the Australian and Papua New Guinean governments have capitalised on while negotiating PNG's entry into the NRL. The idea of ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape told NRL bosses Peter V’landys and Andrew Abdo after the announcement that a PNG team would join the NRL: “You will not be disappointed”.