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

Australia will spend US$385 million to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, Prime Minister ...

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

The sobering reality for Papua New Guinea’s NRL expansion team is that the best possible recruits for their foundation year ...

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

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

The NRL’s existing clubs have been told they will each receive a $1.75 million windfall next year – part of a $68 million ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

The introduction of a PNG team is arguably the single biggest development in the history of the NRL and one that will have an impact across the game and throughout the Pacific.