Mt Hagen Eagles

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Mt Hagen Eagles
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Competition PNG NRL
Records
Premierships2 (1997, 1998)
Runners-up4 (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]

Honours

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.

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References

  1. "Hagen Eagles team suspended for three years". 5 September 2016.
  2. "Eagles Banned for Three Years". YouTube .