“It’s a lifestyle change, it’s a path for youth, and girls are stepping up to it. “Our own government gives a commitment with our chairman of our bid for an NRL team, as well as the ...

NRL Bid CEO Andrew Hill and Chairman Wapu Sonk ... This started with the appointment of the highly credentialled Joe Grima to head up the pathways program. An Academy program was created to ...

The Pacific island nation will officially enter the NRL in four years in a $600m deal that mixes rugby league with diplomacy. Australia will pay $600m to prop up the initial 10-year “rugby ...

NRL legend Shaun Johnson was renowned for his ... The recently retired Warriors great can be seen chasing the garbage truck up the street after missing the morning collection time by a matter ...

The NRL's Perth expansion team could be finalised by Christmas as discussions with the WA Government reach their final stages. On the same day a team from PNG was granted a licence to join the NRL ...

PNG's capital will host home games for the new team, and the NRL will set up a new compound in Port Moresby for its players and their families. Port Moresby remains a dangerous city, but Mr Marape ...

Jason Demetriou's manager has revealed he's "willing to move to PNG" if he becomes the coach of the NRL's newest franchise ... in PNG and prepared to move up there. He knows there is a lot ...

Yet WA Premier Roger Cook has since stepped up in an attempt to land the state its own NRL franchise. And following the historic day where it was confirmed Papua New Guinea would have a team ...

The Australian Government has outlaid $600 million over 10 years to fund PNG’s entry into the NRL which is expected to enter the competition in 2028. The breakdown of the total figure sees a $ ...

to the island of West New Britain off the coast and the Highlands up in the mountains, is rugby league. That means a PNG NRL side and the money and infrastructure that comes with it can be a ...

He knows when they've been sleeping, he knows what they've been up to when they're awake. He knows if they've been bad or good, lets just hope they've been good for goodness sake. Every NRL team ...

So when the 55-year-old father of four football fanatics found out about PNG’s new NRL team on Thursday, he picked his kids up early from school. “I don’t want to be sacrilegious,” said ...