Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his PNG counterpart James Marape were front and centre alongside ARL Commission chair Peter V’landys to unveil the deal to establish the new team ...

Cameron Munster has backed the addition of a Papua New Guinea-based team to the NRL. On Thursday, the NRL are set to announce PNG will join the competition, although it is not confirmed whether ...

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 ...

Cameron Munster has weighed in on the NRL’s decision to bring PNG into the competition in 2028, with the Storm star listing a ...

That year also saw the expulsion of foreign mercenaries by the PNG defence force, the end of the Bougainville war, political instability in government, and for rugby league fans, the founding of ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News. This masthead can reveal that club bosses were updated on expansion at a meeting on Thursday morning only ...

It comes as ARL boss Peter V'landys is hoping to reveal in the coming weeks that a side based in Perth, the Western Bears, is to be the 19th team to join the NRL, after the PNG franchise.

This masthead can reveal that club bosses were updated on expansion at a meeting on Thursday morning only moments before the PNG bid was confirmed at a briefing involving the Prime Ministers 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”.

Mal Meninga has coached for and against PNG and has an idea what the NRL’s newest team will look like in 2028 and whether he’ll be the coach. The PNG side was confirmed on Thursday morning but ...

Plenty of eyes will fixed on Melbourne ahead of PNG’s entrance into the comp. Their big four - Ryan Papenhuzyen, Cameron Munster, Jahrome Hughes and Harry Grant - are all due to come off ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national rugby league competition, after signing a deal that obligates them to shun security ties with China. The Pacific nation has produced many ...