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The Papua New Guinea national rugby league team represents Papua New Guinea in the sport of rugby league football.
Rugby league is a popular team sport in Papua New Guinea, and is the national sport. Papua New Guinea has a reputation for being the most passionate supporter of the game in the world.
Adrian Lam is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Wigan Warriors in the Betfred Super League, and a former rugby league footballer.
Stanley Gene is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league Kumul (#166) player who has previously coached Gateshead Thunder. He has also coached the academy team at Hull Kingston Rovers and served as the Papua New Guinea Kumuls head coach in 2010. Having moved to England following an impressive showing for PNG in the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, Gene enjoyed a long career in the British game with spells at Hull Kingston Rovers, Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, Hull F.C. and Halifax.
Tu'u Maori is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre. He has played in the Australian National Youth Championship for the Cronulla Sharks and Sydney Roosters.
Jason Chan is a former Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who played for the Celtic Crusaders, the Huddersfield Giants and the Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, primarily as a second-row, but also as a centre or prop.
Charlie Wabo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who played as a hooker for the Newcastle Thunder in Kingstone Press League 1. He is a Papua New Guinea international.
Nickson Kolo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer, a blockbusting forward who plays for the newly formed club Gulf Isapeas in the Digicel Cup in Papua New Guinea, He is a former Papua New Guinea international.
Alfred Songoro is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Papua New Guinea, and at club level for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Union Treiziste Catalan, as a wing or centre. Songoro was a Brisbane Broncos junior, playing for their Colts side in 1993 and 1994. In 1994, he represented the Queensland Under 19 side.
David Loko is a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who plays for the Limoux Grizzlies in the Elite One Championship in France. His position is second row. He played for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team in the 2010 Four Nations and was selected in the train-on side for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. He first played with the Lorma Tarrangau in his local competition, the Ipatas Cup, then was selected to play with the Enga Mioks and went on to play for the Kumuls.
Eddie Aila is a Papua New Guinean rugby footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at rugby league in the 2000 World Cup.
Bob Bennett is a former rugby league footballer and coach who played professionally for the Past Brothers, Brisbane and Collegians and The Cowboys, Warwick sides and also coached Lae 'Bombers' in 1995 as well as Papua New Guinea at the 2000 World Cup.
Bruce Mamando is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea in the 1995 and 2000 World Cups.
2008 Rugby League World Cup Group A was one of the three groups of teams that competed in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup. Group A was the largest of the tournament, consisting of four teams: Australia, New Zealand, England and Papua New Guinea. After all teams had played each other once, only Papua New Guinea did not advance to 2008 Rugby League World Cup Knockout stage.
Tom O'Reilly is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea in the 2000 World Cup.
Michael Marum is a Papua New Guinean rugby league coach and former player who was the first head coach of the Port Moresby-based PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup and the Papua New Guinea national team. During his playing career, Marum represented Papua New Guinea at the 2000 World Cup. He is the nephew of Skerry Palanga, who coached Papua New Guinea in the 1980s and 1990s.
Aquila Emil was a Papua New Guinean rugby league player who represented Papua New Guinea.
Mark Mexico is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who last played for the Sheffield Eagles in the Kingstone Press Championship as a prop forward.
The 1986 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea was a tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team. Test matches were played in New Zealand, Australia and Papua New Guinea. The tour began on 6 July in Auckland and finished on 17 August in Port Moresby, consisted of five test matches, with two of them counting towards the 1985-88 World Cup.
Benkato "Kato" Ottio was a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer. Primarily playing as a centre, Ottio represented Papua New Guinea, most notably at the 2017 World Cup.