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

A Papua New Guinea rugby league team will be shut down and Australian funding withdrawn if the Pacific nation breaks a ...

A historic $600m deal to give Papua New Guinea an NRL team has dashed China’s hopes for a security pact with Australia’s ...

Australia has pledged $600 million to allow a PNG team to enter its NRL competition. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS) China’s ...

The "soft power" aspect to this sports diplomacy initiative has never been a secret. But in the game of regional politics, ...

Australian government will invest £300m in a new rugby league team based in Papua New Guinea. But there’s a catch – and it ...

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

A team from the Pacific nation will join Australia’s National Rugby League in a $400 million deal that deepens ties while ...

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said the team are due to enter the competition “no later” than 2028. Read more ...