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Tonga turn focus to Samoa showdown after Lebanon win
Mate Ma'a Tonga have turned their attention to an enticing showdown with Toa Sam...
Jack Brady (AAP) 26 Oct 2026
Future Chiefs star in PNG as Samoa slaughter Kumuls
Jarome Luai and Brian To'o were showered with gifts in their first match in Papu...
George Clarke (AAP) 26 Oct 2026
Fiji claim record win with World Cup thrashing of PNG
Fiji are on the cusp of claiming a Women's Rugby League World Cup semi-final ber...
George Clarke (AAP) 26 Oct 2026
Stilt-village kid aims to upstage Luai on PNG arrival
When Papua New Guinea face Samoa in the Rugby League World Cup, a five-eighth wi...
George Clarke (AAP) 23 Oct 2026
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
How Chiefs target healed family feud after Storm snub

Marcus Bai has explained how he and son Cooper moved past the rift that fractured their family, as the Gold Coast forward edges closer to signing a deal with the PNG Chiefs.

Rising star arrives in PNG, set to join expansion club

Cooper Bai is shaping as the next recruitment coup for PNG's NRL side after the Gold Coast forward jetted into Port Moresby. The Titans said they had given Bai permission to negotiate with other club...

'Toughest man alive' leads PNG towards World Cup dream

When injured Papua New Guinea international Cooper Bai was asked which current Kumul would have the biggest influence on the World Cup the answer was on the tip of his tongue."That's easy ...

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 21, 2026
Veteran Martin leads from front in final PNG campaign

Playing his farewell World Cup campaign for Papua New Guinea, Rhyse Martin has helped steer the Kumuls to a gritty 42-18 win over Lebanon. Martin scored a try and didn't miss with the boot in seven co...

Samoa embrace 'chaos' as Luai, To'o head to PNG

Samoa are bracing for the humidity and hostility of Papua New Guinea as Jarome Luai and Brian To'o prepare to play in Port Moresby for the first time since signing with the PNG Chiefs.

'I will look at it': Bai ready for PNG Chiefs approach

Gold Coast forward Cooper Bai is open to an offer from PNG Chiefs if they come knocking as he explains why he signed a sponsorship deal with the same food company as Jarome Luai.

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Joel Gould (AAP) Oct 14, 2026
Matildas coach backs Fowler's absence from friendlies

Coach Joe Montemurro says the Matildas support Mary Fowler's decision to miss upcoming friendlies for personal circumstances and is adamant they have the creative players available to cover her.

Why sons of PNG legends were forced to skip World Cup

A hamstring injury has denied Gold Coast forward Cooper Bai the chance to play for Papua New Guinea at the Rugby League World Cup. Bai, the son of Kumuls legend Marcus, is one of the major absences fr...

Matildas star out of important friendlies

Matildas star Mary Fowler has been ruled out of upcoming friendly matches against Germany and Haiti due to personal circumstances. Football Australia (FA) confirmed on Tuesday morning Fowler would not...

Fifita leads Australia to 11-try rout in PM's XIII game

A rag-tag Australian side has outclassed Papua New Guinea 60-10 in the annual Prime Minister's XIII clash in Port Moresby. The Australians scored 11 tries and exposed the PNG side's defensive frailti...

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Dave Lyall (AAP) Oct 5, 2026
Malind-Anim Indigenous people lose West Papuan forest court battle under Indonesian law

A court has rejected the Malind-Anim Indigenous community's legal challenge to protect a West Papuan ancestral forest from a planned agricultural development.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 24, 2026
Amnesty International demands an end to killings in West Papua

Amnesty International is appealing tor all armed organisations to lay down their guns and stop the killing of West Papuan civilians in the occupied Indigenous territory.

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 21, 2026
Latest figures on West Papuan deaths tell a grim story

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights has counted 109 people have officially been killed or seriously injured in violence from the ongoing armed conflict across the West Papua territory in t...

Andrew Mathieson Andrew Mathieson Sep 18, 2026
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