A Papua New Guinean franchise will enter the NRL in 2028 It’s official: Papua New Guinea will have a team in the NRL from 2028 and beyond. After months of speculation, the franchise has now been given ...

Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national ... we will open up 20 or 30 other channels - for business, trade, policing, educational exchange, gender work, climate change ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape, left, gestures during a press conference with Australian Prime ...

The Australian and Papua New Guinea (PNG) Governments are partnering with the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARLC) to deepen our connections through rugby league. Australia will support a PNG ...

A historic $600m deal to establish a PNG NRL team has dashed China’s hopes for a security pact with Australia’s nearest neighbour for at least a decade. Anthony Albanese and his PNG ...

The business case is airtight in terms of dollars, cents and kina — the NRL wouldn't have admitted the bid if it wasn't and PNG's strategic position could open the door for vast corporate ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.

SYDNEY (AP) — A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League from 2028 after officially being granted a license. Australian Prime Minister Anthony ...

Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister is prepared to bet his "life" on relocating NRL players remaining safe in Port Moresby.

Today, the Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape announced the entry into force of the Australia – Papua New Guinea Bilateral Security ...

Papua New Guinea Gains a Team in Australian Rugby League in Diplomatic Push Aimed at Curbing China MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby ...

A 2023 defence deal giving the U.S. military access to ports and airfields across Papua New Guinea came with a pledge of $3.5 billion in infrastructure, equipment and training, according to PNG ...