The Conversation9d
Sports diplomacy: why the Australian government is spending $600 million on a new NRL team in PNG
Moreover, the PNG NRL bid is part of a much broader, older, and similarly funded, PacificAus Sports strategy that has been running since 2019. We have been here before, with the men’s and women ...
The Australian Financial Review10d
Bigger than sport: PNG’s PM on getting an NRL team
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape in Sydney on Tuesday. Louise Kennerley “Rugby league in PNG is not just a sport – there’s a huge difference between a team from PNG and another ...
Sydney Morning Herald9d
The NRL’s newest recruit PNG is good for sport and Pacific politics
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 ...
Yahoo Sport Australia9d
PNG NRLW team still on the cards, but not in 2028
The rugby league-mad Pacific nation had its NRL dream granted when the Australian and PNG Prime Ministers met in Sydney on Thursday to announce a team will join the league after two years of ...
Yahoo Sport Australia9d
PNG on a 10-year journey to transform the NRL
the PNG team will not just be competitive, but will have transformed the NRL as we know it. "In 10 years, you'll have rugby league be one of the most watched sports in the world because of the ...
Sydney Morning Herald9d
Australia signs $600m deal to create PNG NRL team; further expansion could be ‘weeks away’
At Thursday’s announcement, Albanese said: “Rugby league is PNG’s national sport and PNG deserves a national team. The new team will belong to the people of PNG and it will call Port Moresby ...
The Daily Telegraph8d
NRL turns attention to Perth expansion after PNG success
While the name, colours, board and logo are a long way from being ... In 10 years rugby league will be one of the most watched sports in the game because of PNG.” V’landys says the NRL will ...
Fox Sports9d
PNG team to join NRL in $600m agreement as V’landys confirms huge player incentive
“Rugby league is the national sport of Papua New Guinea and PNG deserves a national team,” Mr Albanese told reporters in Sydney. “The new team will belong to the people of Papua New Guine ...
Yahoo News Australia9d
China benched, PNG takes field in sport-security pact
The federal government is putting $600 million over a decade towards the unnamed PNG rugby league team that will take the field in 2028. But a parallel agreement commits PNG to keeping Australia ...
Daily Mail9d
Furious footy fans all have the same problem with history-making move to give Papua New Guinea its own NRL team
Rugby league is PNG's national sport, and PNG deserves a national team. The new team will belong to the people of PNG and will call PNG home. 'I know it will have millions of proud fans barracking ...
Daily Mail8d
Revealed: The stunning fact behind PNG prime minister's prediction that the nation's NRL team will win the grand final within 10 years
They will be a powerhouse in the NRL with homegrown players, I have no doubt. Rugby league is PNG’s national sport and the new team will belong to the people of PNG. They will literally have ...
Couriermail9d
‘China clause’ could torpedo historic NRL deal with PNG
“Rugby league is PNG’s national sport and PNG deserved a national team,” he said. “The new team will belong to the people of PNG. It will call Port Moresby home. “It will have millions ...