2024 PNGNRL season

Last updated
2024 Papua New Guinea National Rugby League (Digicel Cup)
DurationApril 16 – September 3, 2024
Teams13
Broadcast partners Digicel (Subscription)
←  2023
2025  →

The 2024 season of Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition will be the 34th season of the premier rugby league competition in Papua New Guinea since 1991. [1]

Contents

Teams

The competition will have 12 franchise teams competing in 2024 with the re-inclusion of Waghi Tumbe who were terminated for breaching the participation agreement in 2022. Sepik Pride, who replaced them, were removed this year for failing to meet standards for inclusion. [2] [3]

Events

Before the season started the Rabaul Gurias decided to relocate for the season due to complications with their region's airport. [4] Transport problems continued during the season, during the round 5 game between Kimbe and Vipers the game was postponed and played during the week behind closed doors. [5]

During round 4 game between Eagles and Central, Eagles captain Levai Andrew refused to leave the pitch for a sin-bining and the referee let him stay. The referee was banned from the next round and the captain for at least 10 weeks. [6]

Regular season

Round 1

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 14-20 Mt. Hagen Eagles 13 April 2024, 11:00 National Football Stadium
Enga Mioks 28-38 Rabaul Gurias 13 April 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 22-16 Goroka Lahanis 13 April 2024, 15:00 National Football Stadium
Waghi Tumbe 18-14 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 13 April 2024, 14:00John Amban Oval, Minj
Mendi Muruks 26-16 Hela Wigmen 14 April 2024, 15:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 24-22 Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 14 April 2024, 14:00Peter Humphreys Oval, Kimbe
Source: [7] [8]

Round 2

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Rabaul Gurias 12-12 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 20 April 2024, 12:45 National Football Stadium
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 21-14 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 21 April 2024, 13:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 2012 Waghi Tumbe 21 April 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Mendi Muruks 28-20 Goroka Lahanis 21 April 2024, 13:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Mt. Hagen Eagles 16-16 Enga Mioks 22 April 2024, 13:00John Amban Oval, Minj
Hela Wigmen 30-22 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 21 April 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Source: [9]

Round 3

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Waghi Tumbe 18-20 Mendi Muruks 27 April 2024, 14:00John Amban Oval, Minj
Rabaul Gurias 14-22 Mt. Hagen Eagles 28 April 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 22-18 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 28 April 2024, 16:00 National Football Stadium
Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 8-18 Hela Wigmen 28 April 2024, 12:00 National Football Stadium
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 24-22 Enga Mioks 28 April 2024, 14:00Alpus Oval, Wabag
Goroka Lahanis 14-18 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 28 April 2024, 14:00National Sports Institute
Source: [10]

Round 4

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Mt. Hagen Eagles 18-18 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 4 May 2024, 14:00John Amban Oval, Minj
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 18-8 Waghi Tumbe 5 May 2024, 12:00 National Football Stadium
Mendi Muruks 24-18 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 6 May 2024, 14:00Lae Rugby league Oval
Hela Wigmen 16-16 Enga Mioks 6 May 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 12-16 Rabaul Gurias 6 May 2024, 15:00Lae Rugby league Oval
Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 8-14 Goroka Lahanis 6 May 2024, 16:00 National Football Stadium
Source: [11]

Round 5

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Waghi Tumbe 32-8 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 11 May 2024, 15:00John Amban Oval, Minj
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 6-28 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 14 May 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 18-26 Mendi Muruks 12 May 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Enga Mioks 28-4 Goroka Lahanis 12 May 2024, 14:00Aipus Oval, Wabag
Rabaul Gurias 19-12 Hela Wigmen 12 May 2024, 15:00 National Football Stadium
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 38-16 Mt. Hagen Eagles 12 May 2024, 15:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Source: [12]

Round 6

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Waghi Tumbe 20-10 Mt. Hagen Eagles 18 May 2024, 14:00John Amban Oval
Rabaul Gurias 14-26 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 19 May 2024, 12:00 National Football Stadium
Hela Wigmen 24-24 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 19 May 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Goroka Lahanis 22-18 Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 19 May 2024, 14:00National Sports Institute
Mendi Muruks 14-22 Enga Mioks 19 May 2024, 13:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 18-24 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 19 May 2024, 16:00 National Football Stadium
Source: [13] [14] [15]

Round 7

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 6-12 Mt. Hagen Eagles 26 May 2024, 12:00 National Football Stadium
Enga Mioks 24-18 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 26 May 2024, 14:00Aipus Oval, Wabag
Rabaul Gurias 38-0 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 26 May 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Goroka Lahanis 6-10 Waghi Tumbe 26 May 2024, 14:00National Sports Institute
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 34-14 Mendi Muruks 26 May 2024, 15:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Hela Wigmen 12-6 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 26 May 2024, 16:00 National Football Stadium
Source: [16]

Round 8

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 18-22 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 1 June 2024, 12:45 National Football Stadium
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 18-30 Mendi Muruks 2 June 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Hela Wigmen 14-16 Mt. Hagen Eagles 2 June 2023, 15:10 National Football Stadium
Goroka Lahanis 36-18 Rabaul Gurias 2 June 2024, 14:00National Sports Institute
Enga Mioks 32-22 Waghi Tumbe 2 June 2024, 14:00Aipus Oval
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 16-16 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 2 June 2024, 15:30Lae Rugby League Oval
Source: [17] [18]

Round 9

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 28-18 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 8 June 2024, 14:00 National Football Stadium
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 8-14 Enga Mioks 8 June 2024, 14:00Peter Humphreys Oval
Mt. Hagen Eagles 26-16 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 8 June 2024, 14:00Jonah Amban Oval
Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 20-14 Waghi Tumbe 9 June 2024, 12:45Lae Rugby League Oval
Mendi Muruks 16-18 Rabaul Gurias 9 June 2024, 15:00Lae Rugby League Oval
Goroka Lahanis 22-14 Hela Wigmen 9 June 2024, 14:00National Sports Institute
Source: [19] [20]

Round 10

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and TimeVenue
Waghi Tumbe 10-8 Hela Wigmen 15 June 2024, 14:00Jonah Amban Oval
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters 14-36 Rabaul Gurias 16 June 2024, 14:00Peter Humphreys Oval
Mt. Hagen Eagles 31-24 Mendi Muruks 16 June 2024, 14:00Jonah Amban Oval
Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 40-18 Goroka Lahanis 16 June 2024, 13:00 National Football Stadium
Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 18-34 Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 16 June 2024, 15:00 National Football Stadium
Enga Mioks 62-10 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou 16 June 2024, 14:00Aipus Oval
Source: [21]

Ladder

After 10 rounds

PosTeamPldWDLBPFPAPDPts
1 Enga Mioks 9214
2 Mt Hagen Eagles 714
3 Balmain colours.svg Lae Snax Tigers 6313
4 Rabaul Gurias 4513
5 Mendi Muruks 912
6 Adelaide colours.svg Central Dabaris 2010
7 Port Moresby Vipers Colours.svg Port Moresby Vipers 1010
8 Waghi Tumbe 810
9 Kroton Hela Wigmen -58
10 Goroka Lahanis -328
11 Mackay Cutters colours.svg Kimbe Cutters -548
12 Canterbury colours.svg Gulf Isou -1630

Finals series

HomeScoreAwayMatch Information
Date and Time (Local)Venue
Elimination Finals
13 August 2024, 12:30pm National Football Stadium
13 August 2024, 3:00pm National Football Stadium
Major / Minor Semi-finals
20 August 2024, 12:30pm National Football Stadium
20 August 2024, 3:00pm National Football Stadium
Preliminary Final
27 August 2024, 3:00pm National Football Stadium
Grand Final
3 September 2024, 3:00pm National Football Stadium
Qualifying / Elimination FinalsMajor / Minor Semi-finalsPreliminary FinalGrand Final
11
26
32
66
4
6
4
5

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Port Moresby Vipers</span> PNG rugby league club

The Port Moresby Vipers are a Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Port Moresby. The team currently competes in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition and is bidding to join the NSW Cup competition in Australia.

Kodiak is the second level leadership development course for Venturers in the Boy Scouts of America's Venturing program.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Papua New Guinea National Rugby League</span> Rugby league competition

The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition is a semi-professional rugby league competition held annually in Papua New Guinea. Changes in sponsorship have meant it was Formerly known as the SP Inter-City Cup or SP Cup (1990–2008) and later the Bemobile Cup (2009–2010). The current competition is sponsored by pacific telecommunications giant Digicel and new co-naming rights sponsor ExxonMobil which joined in 2023 and so it is currently called the Digicel-ExxonMobil Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bardwell's Ferry Bridge</span> Bridge in Conway, Massachusetts

The Bardwell's Ferry Bridge, built in 1882, is a historic lenticular truss bridge spanning the Deerfield River between the towns of Shelburne and Conway in Franklin County, Massachusetts. The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a Massachusetts Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

2013 was the sixth competitive season for the Cairns based Skill360 Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club. They were one of 12 clubs that played in the eighteenth season of Queensland's top rugby league competition, QRL's Intrust Super Cup, with each team playing 11 home games and 11 away games over 24 weeks between March and August.

Joe Bruno is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in the 2013 World Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hela Wigmen</span>

The Kroton Hela Wigmen is a semi-professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Hela Province. They currently compete in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition. They have been playing their home games in Port Moresby while waiting for their new stadium to be completed in 2022, the new stadium will be based in Tari, the capital of Hela Province.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rabaul Gurias</span> PNG semi-professional rugby leam club from Kokopo

The Agmark Rabaul Gurias are a semi professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Kokopo, East New Britain Province. They currently compete in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition. They play their home games at Kalabond Oval at the foot of active volcano Tavurvur. The Franchise is owned by NGIP Agmark Limited and was founded in 1991. The team has won six premierships in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2015. The team has been a competitive team in the semi professional rugby game in Papua New Guinea over the past years and the team has developed professional rugby players who have played for the PNG Hunters like Israel Eliab, Ase Boas, Watson Boas and Wartovo Puara Jr. Former greats include Kumul strongman Lucas Solbat, Michael Marum, Normyle Eremas and Menzie Yere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Watson Boas</span> PNG international rugby league footballer

Watson Boas is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half for Doncaster in the Betfred Championship and for Papua New Guinea at international level.

<i>Genau in diesem Ton</i> 2016 studio album by Jennifer Rostock

Genau in diesem Ton is the fifth studio album by German pop-punk band Jennifer Rostock. It was released on 9 September 2016 by Four Music, following the expiration of their recording contract with Warner Music Group in 2014. The album became available for pre-order on all music digital distribution platforms on 8 July 2016. Alongside the pre-order, the album's lead single "Irgendwas ist immer" and a further track titled "Wir sind alle nicht von hier" were released. Since the announcement of the album, the band has further teased the new music through the release of promotional singles "Uns gehört die Nacht" and "Wir waren hier".

The 2019 PNGNRL Digicel Cup season was the 29th season of professional rugby league in Papua New Guinea. The Lae Snax Tigers won the minor premiership and the Grand Final, defeating the Hela Wigmen 15–4.

The 2020 PNGNRL Digicel Cup season will be the 30th season of professional rugby league in Papua New Guinea.


The 2021 season of Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition will be the 31st season of the premier rugby league competition in Papua New Guinea since 1991.

The 2022 season of Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition was the 32nd season of the premier rugby league competition in Papua New Guinea since 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodrick Tai</span> PNG international rugby league footballer

Rodrick Tai is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for the Warrington Wolves in the Super League and Papua New Guinea at international level.

The 2023 Hostplus Cup will be the PNG Hunters' tenth season in rugby league's Queensland Cup. The Papua New Guinea Hunters is a professional rugby league club from Papua New Guinea.

The 2023 season of Papua New Guinea National Rugby League competition will be the 33rd season of the premier rugby league competition in Papua New Guinea since 1991.

The EMK Sepik Pride are a semi-professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Wewak, East Sepik Province. They will be competing in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition and their maiden season will be in 2023. They will be playing their home games in Wewak. The Franchise is owned by EMK Constructions Ltd and was founded in 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Digicel remains naming right sponsor sponsorship". Post Courier. May 26, 2022.
  2. ↑ https://pnghausbung.com/sepik-pride-are-down-but-not-out-simon-maintains/
  3. ↑ "Sepik Pride to join 2023 PNG Digicel Cup season". Asia Pacific Rugby League. 8 February 2023. Archived from the original on 9 February 2023.
  4. ↑ https://pngnrlc.com/enb-agmark-gurias-relocate-to-port-moresby/
  5. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pngnrlcofficial/posts/pfbid0iuVxc4RztgsCNFQFBSzFTNp5asCTtarLMGZ5fm3mYCVBvbwVW8xqMiq9ccnyS1b1l
  6. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pngnrlcofficial/posts/pfbid0uJfRV3SFt1EFPu14cH4rVwbtCfyBjGgDqxExtHriFUYuswsBUUuwS1jPZmrYceJsl
  7. ↑ https://pngnrlc.com/2024-digicel-exxonmobil-cup-round-1-schedule/
  8. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=769921335123761&set=pb.100063177043077.-2207520000
  9. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=775616861220875&set=pb.100063177043077.-2207520000
  10. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pngnrlcofficial/posts/pfbid0RoD2JgUd6X98zcJFXPnKZqJ5CD1AMZD2rTBub6bQqj9LR6CCMCqi1sDbUEizt8VRl
  11. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pngnrlcofficial/posts/pfbid0jJktnsnzEsPJ5n8B5PYJ91FiWLbz7bvaKSdnfJmwjmj7u2EvpzjT8XrRFLG5T6xLl
  12. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=789773146471913&set=pb.100063177043077.-2207520000
  13. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=791497932966101&set=pcb.791498952965999
  14. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0kuV1khoFrogWm7oGqD8Jop6fDBwUocZSpLg6JZEEvJfGaQ3bUjGgxeJQYzih8Jnnl&id=61556389734400
  15. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pngnrlcofficial/posts/pfbid0fmT3WrmQBEwBSbYHP9tN48erApJehYxjAXWjgJ2zd9SqsKrBW42sgApBsJcDpzgil
  16. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=791498102966084&set=pcb.791498952965999
  17. ↑ "PNGRFL FB page". 29 May 2024.
  18. ↑ "PNGRFL FB page". 2 June 2024.
  19. ↑ "PNGRFL FB page". 4 June 2024.
  20. ↑ "PNGRFL FB". 9 June 2024.
  21. ↑ "PNGRFL FB page". 11 June 2024.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.