Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation

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Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation
Founded2009
RLIF affiliation2009
Responsibility Southern Hemisphere
Headquarters Auckland, New Zealand
Key people Philemon Embel (Chair)
As of 19 December 2011

The Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation (PIRLF) is the governing body of rugby league in the South Pacific.

Rugby league Full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field

Rugby league is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 m wide and 112–122 m long. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in Northern England in 1895 as a split from the Rugby Football Union over the issue of payments to players. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators.

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Papua New Guinea's Sports Minister Philemon Embel is the chairman of the PIRLF.

Hon. Philemon Embel OBE is a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from 1987 to 2002 and from 2007 to 2012, representing the electorate of Nipa-Kutubu. He has held several positions within the government in PNG, including in the Ministry of Health, Mining, Transport and Civil Aviation. He was awarded an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000.

History

It was formed by the governing bodies of rugby league in Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League), Tonga (Tonga National Rugby League), Samoa (Rugby League Samoa), Fiji (Fiji National Rugby League) and the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Rugby League Association) in December 2009 and affiliated to the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF).

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