Ian Roberts, still the only openly gay Australian rugby league player in the past 30 years, sees the new PNG NRL franchise as ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his counterpart James Marape announced the ‘world first sports diplomacy deal’ ...

Fresh from announcing PNG as the game’s next team, the NRL will now shift its attention to finalising a deal with Western ...

After the initiative surfaced earlier this year it was criticised by multiple sources for failing to consider PNG’s low rank ...

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 ...

Papua New Guinea will have a team in the NRL from 2028 and beyond. After months of speculation, the franchise has now been ...

The deal to establish a PNG team comes with a China “escape clause” for Australia that would let it terminate the deal without giving a reason until 2034.

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 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 ...