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Chiefs home in on plans to expand future NRL stadium
The PNG Chiefs will consider major upgrades to their home stadium as the NRL's 1...
George Clarke (AAP) 26 Oct 2026
The sights and sounds of PNG's rugby league love affair
It's a hazy, sticky afternoon in downtown Port Moresby as a group of teenage boy...
Is this the face of the first homegrown PNG Chief?
If everything works out the way Morea Morea wants it to, he will become the firs...
George Clarke (AAP) 23 Oct 2026
'People love him': Luai out to defy critics on PNG soil
Samoa coach Ben Gardiner has little doubt Papua New Guinea will see the real Jar...
George Clarke (AAP) 23 Oct 2026
'Historic moment': PNG Chiefs unveil logo ahead of NRL entry
Papua New Guinea and rugby league fans have their first glimpse of what the Chie...
Jarred Cross 21 Oct 2026
Young Fijian flyer is developing a flair for tries

It's been a whirlwind ride for young Fijian centre Solomone Saukuru but he's developing a certain pattern with his rugby league. After nearly a full season in NSW Cup for Western Suburbs this year, th...

Judge sides with NRL over NZ Rugby on Chiefs name

New Zealand's High Court has knocked back an application for an interim injunction on the PNG Chiefs NRL franchise using its name in the country.

Kiwis fears for Ponga as injury outlook revealed

Kalyn Ponga's hopes of playing for New Zealand again at the Rugby League World Cup hang by a thread, after the superstar fullback failed to finish his long-awaited debut for the Kiwis with a suspected...

Aussie heavyweight fast-tracks for proper Kiwi test

Keen to prove he's the real deal, Teremoana Teremoana has fast-tracked his rise by locking in a date with a seasoned New Zealander tipped to finally take him beyond the second round.

40,000 reasons Kaufusi wants World Cup pay equality

The inequality in player payments at the Rugby League World Cup is a major issue that leading NRL players representative Felise Kaufusi is determined to rectify.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 15, 2026
Taumalolo hungry like the Woolf for Tonga's big test

Jason Taumalolo is in a mood ahead of his fourth and likely last World Cup for Tonga as England await in a round one blockbuster in Perth."What I have seen in him this year is a real hunger," coach Kr...

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 15, 2026
All Blacks inspire Fisher-Harris, Kiwis ahead of World Cup

Buoyed by a visit from their All Blacks brothers, Stacey Jones's ambitious Kiwis are out to open the rugby league World Cup with a bang by completing a memorable New Zealand double over Australia.

The PNG Chiefs must do more to support women facing a domestic violence crisis

In 2028, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Chiefs will make their highly anticipated National Rugby League (NRL) debut after unprecedented Australian federal government investment, a flurry of big-name singi...

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