Papua New Guinea Rugby League Goroka

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Papua new guinea rugby league goroka. It was introduced to the nation by australian soldiers stationed there during and after the second world war papua new guinea were admitted to the game s international federation in 1974. Papua new guinea has a reputation for being the most passionate supporter of the game in the world. Rugby league in papua new guinea was first played in the late forties. The papua new guinea national rugby league competition or the pngnrl for short for sponsorship reasons the pngnrl digicel cup is a semi professional rugby league competition held annually in papua new guinea formerly known as the sp inter city cup or sp cup 1990 2008 and later the bemobile cup 2009 2010 after changes in sponsorship.

Captain emily rudge scored four tries as england women beat papua new guinea 24 10 in their first test in goroka. 1 1 sir hubert murray stadium. Their home ground is located within the national sports institute. The goroka lahanis are a semi professional papua new guinean rugby league team from goroka in the eastern highlands province they currently compete in the papua new guinea national rugby league competition.

The current competition is sponsored by pacific. Former player stanley gene was in. Trans world sport travelled to the highlands of papua new guinea to profile leading rugby league team the goroka lahanis. League president jobby bal said it is the first time after several years that the goroka rfl has successfully paid the club and player registration fees in full.

The goroka rugby football league has paid k40 400 to the pngrfl as clubs and players registration fees this week. This is a list of papua new guinea national rugby league team players. Venue city country matches w l d. 20 000 2010 goroka lahanis v mendi muruks 21 10 rugby league is a popular team sport in papua new guinea and is the national sport.