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.
The Willows Sports Complex, currently known as 1300SMILES Stadium through sponsorship, is a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has been a predominantly rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club. The ground has also been used for rugby union and soccer. From 2009 to 2011, A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home. Since inception as a rugby league ground, the ground has had sponsored naming rights: Stockland Stadium (1995–97), Malanda Stadium (1998) and Dairy Farmers Stadium (1999–2013).
PNG Football Stadium is a sporting ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. It hosted 3 games for the 1989–1992 Rugby League World Cup. It has been the home ground for the Papua New Guinea national rugby league team since 1975. It has a total capacity of approximately 15,000 and is the National Stadium of Papua New Guinea. The stadium was completely redeveloped in preparation for the 2015 Pacific Games.
Paul A. Dixon is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, Oldham, Halifax, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, Leeds, Gold Coast Seagulls, Bradford Northern, and the Sheffield Eagles, as a prop or second-row.
Prime Minister's XIII, or sometimes informally referred to as the PM's XIII, is the name of a representative rugby league team, comprising Australian players from National Rugby League clubs that did not qualify for the NRL Finals, or whose teams were knocked out during the first two weeks of the finals. The team is selected to play an annual fixture against PNG Prime Minister's XIII in Papua New Guinea in the final weeks of the rugby league season.
Sport in Papua New Guinea is an important part of the national culture. Rugby league is the most popular sport in Papua New Guinea.
Karl Fairbank, also known by the nickname of 'Konkreet', is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s, and coached in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Bradford Northern, as a prop, or second-row, i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12, and has coached at club level for Halifax Under-21s, and Elland ARLFC open-age.
The sport of football in the country of Papua New Guinea is run by the Papua New Guinea Football Association. The association has been affiliated to FIFA and the Oceania Football Confederation since 1966. The association administers the national football team as well as the national league. Association football is the most popular sport after rugby league in Papua New Guinea.
The 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup was the 8th edition of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup, the biennial international women's youth football championship contested by the under-20 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament was held in Papua New Guinea from 13 November to 3 December 2016. This was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.
Nene Macdonald is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL. A Papua New Guinea international and World All Stars representative, he previously played for the Sydney Roosters, Gold Coast Titans and the St George Illawarra Dragons.
The Papua New Guinea Hunters are a professional rugby league football club based in Papua New Guinea. They were formed in 2013 and currently compete in the Queensland Rugby League's Intrust Super Cup, a second tier of rugby league in Australia. The Hunters are the second Papua New Guinean side to enter the Intrust Super Cup following the Port Moresby Vipers who competed for two seasons in 1996 and 1997. Every Hunters match is shown live on national free-to-air television. The Hunters' home ground is the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby and their team colours are red, black and gold. The Hunters won the Intrust Super Cup in Queensland in 2017.
The Sir Ignatius Kilage Sports Stadium is an association football stadium located in Lae, Papua New Guinea. It was named after Sir Ignatius Kilage who was the fourth Governor General of Papua New Guinea. The stadium, which is part of the larger Sir Ignatius Kilage Sports Complex, features 500 grandstand seats plus an additional 1,000 bench seats. It is the home stadium of Lae City Dwellers FC of the Papua New Guinea National Soccer League.
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.
The Sir John Guise Stadium is a multi-sport and athletics venue located in Port Moresby, the capital city of Papua New Guinea, and is part of the larger Sir John Guise Sports Precinct which also includes an indoor arena, beach volleyball/hockey court, and aquatics center. The stadium is named after Sir John Guise, the first Governor-General of Papua New Guinea.
Nixon Put is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Norths Devils in the Qld Cup. He previously played for the PNG Hunters in the same competition. He has represented the PNG Kumuls at the international level, as part of the 2017 Rugby League World Cup ,Papua New Guinea team. He made his international debut against the Cook Islands on May 7, 2017 in the Pacific Test at Campbelltown Sports Stadium, Sydney.
The following list is a complete collection of results for the PNG Kumuls.
The 2018 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League is the 12th edition of Papua New Guinea National Soccer League, the top-tier football league in Papua New Guinea. It started on 13 January 2018.
Aiden Bonar is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants in the Australian Football League (AFL). He made his debut in round 20 of the 2018 season scoring two goals in the 105 point win against Carlton at Docklands Stadium.
