The Pacific nation has produced many stars of Australia's National Rugby League (NRL) and has long been lobbying to join the ...

Bougainville was PNG's economic powerhouse for two decades until 1989, when a bloody civil war erupted over revenue from ...

Papua New Guinea's copper- and gold-rich Bougainville region is set to declare independence by 2027, eight years after a ...

The asylum seekers were sent to PNG more than a decade ago under an offshore processing deal with Australia, which has since ...

PNG Prime Minister James Marape has assured Australia that the country is fully prepared for its upcoming NRL team, with ...

The NRL’s landmark $600 million deal with the Australian government for a Papua New Guinea team to join the competition could ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a sporting deal accompanied by a strategic and confidential security pact that is designed to curb Chinese influence in the Pacific.

Australia has struck a deal with the Pacific country that will see the NRL feature a PNG side from 2028, but it comes with a ...

A$600 million ($382.80 million) over 10 years to support its team's entry to the National Rugby League, a deal both countries said dovetails with Australia's security support for its Pacific neighbour ...

Analysis - The most ambitious, complex and expensive expansion play in rugby league history officially came to life today, ...

The Australian taxpayer will fork out $600 million for a new NRL team in PNG. It is a bold, expensive and untried sports diplomacy adventure.

Some of Super League's Papua New Guinean stars are being considered as high-profile targets by the NRL franchise that will ...