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| Competition | PNG NRL |
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| Premierships | 2 (1997, 1998) |
| Runners-up | 4 (1990, 1991, 1992, 2008) |
The Mt Hagen Eagles are a semi professional rugby league club based in Mount Hagen, Western Highlands Province of Papua New Guinea and compete in Papua New Guinea's semi professional competition, known as the Digicel Cup. They were banned for three(3) years in 2017 for inciting rugby league violence in Papua New Guinea. [1] [2]
Mt Hagen have been premiers twice in 1997, 1998 and runners up 4 times, including losing the very first three years of the competition in 1990, 91 and 92 and once more in 2008.
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.
Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea (PNG) is a developing team sport which was initially introduced by Australian servicemen during World War II. The governing body for the sport is the PNG Rules Football Council, with the development body being AFL PNG. The junior development version is known locally as Niukick. Regionally, AFL PNG is affiliated with AFL Oceania.
The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition is a semi-professional rugby league competition held annually in Papua New Guinea. Changes in Sponorship 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.
Sport in Papua New Guinea is an important part of the national culture. Rugby league is the most popular sport in Papua New Guinea.
Welgris Highlanders, formerly known as Welgris Momads, was a semi-professional Papua New Guinea football club based in Mount Hagen, but playing their home games in Goroka.
Dion Aiye is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a stand-off, scrum-half or loose forward for Whitehaven in Betfred League 1.
Elias Paiyo is a Papua New Guinean professional Rugby League player who represented Papua New Guinea in the 1995 and 2000 Rugby League World Cups.
David Gomia is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.
Max Tiri is a Papua New Guinean former professional rugby league footballer who represented Papua New Guinea at the 1995 World Cup.
Enock Maki is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who previously played prop for the PNG Hunters in the Intrust Super Cup and also represented Papua New Guinea in the 2013 World Cup and 2017 Rugby League World Cup.
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.
Garry Lo is a Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays for the Waghi Tumbe in the Digicel Cup. Lo plays as a winger. He is also a Papua New Guinea international.
Nixon Putt is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup and Papua New Guinea at international level.
Junior Rau is a professional Papua New Guinean rugby league footballer who plays as a wing for the PNG Hunters in the Queensland Cup and made his international debut against the Fiji Bati during the 2018 Pacific Rugby League Test in Sydney in June 2018 scoring twice in the Kumuls 26-14 victory.
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.
Blue Kumuls is a semi-professional association football club based in Mount Hagen, Papua New Guinea. The club was founded sometime before 1980's.
Mount Hagen FC, sometimes abbreviated to Mt Hagen FC, is a semi-professional association football club based in Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. The club was founded in late 2018.
The 2020 PNGNRL Digicel Cup season will be the 30th season of professional rugby league in Papua New Guinea.
Sylvester Namo is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL.
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