Papua New Guinea NRL team
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| Founded | 2024 (To begin playing in 2028) |
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| CEO | Andrew Hill |
| Competition | National Rugby League |
An as-yet unnamed professional rugby league football team based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea will compete in Australia's National Rugby League from the 2028 season.
The inclusion of a Papua New Guinea-based team in the NRL was announced on 12 December 2024, as part of the Pacific Rugby League Partnership involving the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Government, in which AU$600 million in government funding will support the new team as well as grassroots development and other community initiatives in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands.
The team will be the 19th in the NRL, with the ARLC finalising to a $645m deal with the Western Australian Government on 8 May 2025, thereby securing the Perth Bears as the 18th team: the Bears will enter the competition in 2027.