Papua New Guinea (PNG) will join Australia's national rugby league competition, after signing a deal that obligates them to ...

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 ...

National Rugby League Chief Executive Andrew Abdo has stated the organisation is “not involved” in the political aspect of ...

Papua New Guinea will enter the NRL in 2028 under a new $600 million deal with Australia unveiled on Thursday morning. In return, PNG has entered an agreement designed to stop China gaining a ...

Sydney (AFP) – Australia will spend US$385 million to establish a team from Papua New Guinea in its rugby league competition, ...

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. Papua New Guinea is ...

Australia and Papua New Guinea unveil a long-awaited deal handing PNG its own NRL team, confirming the league's most ambitious expansion since formation, and notching what the federal government is ...

It was introduced around the 1940s by Australian soldiers — during a period of colonial rule — and went on to become the beloved national sport of an independent Papua New Guinea. Loading ...

There’s a catch: the deal includes a separate pact requiring Papua New Guinea to prioritise Australia as its major security partner and avoid security ties with nations outside the “Pacific ...

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