SYDNEY — A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League beginning in 2028 after officially being granted a license on Thursday. Australian Prime Minister ...

A RUGBY League player has been charged with rape and a string of sex offences against a woman. Keven Appo’s contract at ...

Papua New Guinea Gains a Team in Australian Rugby League in Diplomatic Push Aimed at Curbing China MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby ...

Warrington Wolves’ new signing Dan Russell has thrown his support behind the new NRL team in Papua New Guinea, saying it will ...

Papua New Guinean rugby league international Keven Appo has been released from his contract with English club Bradford Bulls ...

A rugby league player has been sacked by his club after being charged with rape and sexual assault. Bradford Bulls said it ...

West Yorkshire Police’s statement said: “A man from Calderdale has been charged with multiple sexual offences. Keven Appo, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific.

Rugby league is the most popular sport in Papua New Guinea, a poor population of 12 million mostly subsistence farmers that is racked by tribal violence, worsening violent crime and civil unrest.