Latest World Rugby League Ranking announced
Papua New Guinea is placed 10th on the world ranking listFollowing the completion of the mid-season internationals and commencement of European qualifying for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup, the...
View ArticlePNG Hunters hoping for home fortress
The Papua New Guinea Hunters rugby league team are hoping for a much improved performance in their first home match of the Intrust Super Cup season.The 2017 Premiers suffered a 10-0 defeat away to...
View ArticleFalcons put in a dominant performance against Hunters
Sunshine Coast winger Jono Reuben picked up his second hat-trick of tries in as many weeks as the Falcons proved too strong for a PNG Hunters side that showed plenty of fight despite the 60-6...
View ArticlePacific Island nations chase NRL stars for Nines
Pacific Nations are gunning to pinch historic silverware at October's World Cup Nines as the likes of Payne Haas, Roger Tuivasa-Sheck and David Fifita are sized up for potential allegiance...
View ArticleSonny Bill Williams calls for New Zealand Rugby to consider a Pacific Island...
Ian Foster sidestepped the chance to discuss his intention to apply for the All Blacks head coaching role and so it was Sonny Bill Williams who made the decisive statement with his view that the team...
View ArticleOIL SEARCH PNG ORCHIDS TEST SQUAD NAMED
Fifteen new faces have been named in the Oil Search PNG Orchids 20-player squad for the upcoming two Test series against the touring England women’s team to PNG next month.The Oil Search PNG Orchids...
View ArticleTonga beat World Champions Australian Kangaroos 16 - 12
Tonga has cemented its place in the top level of international rugby league with an historic 16-12 upset over the world champion Australians.Cheered on by more than 25,000 singing fans at Auckland's...
View ArticleMeninga backs beaten Australian stars for Kangaroo tour
Australian coach Mal Meninga has backed the players involved in Saturday night's historic Test loss to Tonga to make up the nucleus of the squad for next year's Kangaroo tour and the 2021 World Cup.The...
View ArticleBasics key for PNG Kumuls, says Olam
MELBOURNE Storm centre and Papua New Guinea International Justin Olam says a simple approach in next Saturday’s Pacific Test against the Fiji Batis will bring out the best in the Papua New Guinea LNG...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls lose to Fiji Bati in two-point NZ thriller
FIJI Bati secured promotion to Pool A of next year’s Oceania Cup after emerging 22-20 winners over the Papua New Guinea Kumuls in a thrilling Test where the lead changed hands four times.After crushing...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls International Watson Boas: A Man Possessed
Writes Terence Kapipi YacopFor the first time in an age, the PNG Kumuls depth in the halves is deep and peaking. What the Kumuls lacked in size they now have in creativity and control. This is...
View ArticlePNG Orchids 20 beat England Women Rugby League Team 16
A last-minute Shirley Joe try gave Papua New Guinea a first Test win against England Women and salvaged an historic series draw in Port Moresby.Tara-Jane Stanley's try gave England an early lead, but...
View ArticleCook Islands seal Rugby League World Cup qualification
The Cook Islands have qualified for the 2021 Rugby League World Cup after beating the USA 38-16 in their final play-off clash in Jacksonville, Florida.The Cook Islands have qualified for the 2021 Rugby...
View ArticleKumuls embarrass Great Britain Lions with 28 - 10 test match win
Former Great Britain captain Alan Prescott, who skippered the Lions to the famous 1958 Battle of Brisbane test victory despite a broken arm, must today be spinning in his grave.The revival of the Lions...
View ArticlePNG climb rugby league rankings after historic wins
Papua New Guinea has surged up the rugby league world rankings following historic home wins by the men's and women's teams at the weekend.The PNG Orchids have leapfrogged Canada and France into fourth...
View ArticleFinals format and women's tournament in pipeline for Oceania Cup
The 2020 Oceania Cup is set to include a final to determine the winner and there are also plans to introduce a women’s tournament.The absence of a final at the end of pool games and the ad-hoc nature...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea Rugby League International Edwin Ipape Meets NRL Manly Sea...
Papua New Guinea Rugby league International Edwin Ipape is in Australia and has met up with the Manly Sea Seagulls Officials. He met with Dez Hasler, accompanied by PNG Lae SnaxTigers coach Tepend...
View ArticleFiji star Suliasi Vunivalu confirms his move to rugby union
Melbourne Storm winger Suliasi Vunivalu will leave rugby league to switch to rugby union at the end of the 2020 NRL season.The 24-year-old will join rugby union team Queensland Reds following the...
View ArticleIan Foster confirmed as new All Blacks coach on a two-year deal
Ian Foster is the All Blacks' new head coach. New Zealand Rugby confirmed the 54-year-old Foster's appointment, after eight years as assistant under Steve Hansen.In making the announcement, NZR...
View ArticleRugby League Tests in doubt but international hiatus may have silver lining
The Kangaroos may go into the 2021 World Cup having not played as a team for two years.But there may be some good from that with officials believing the havoc caused by COVID-19 could lead to a greater...
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