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What Will the PNG NRL Expansion Team Be Called? Team Name Announced at Prime Minister's XIII Showcase
The PNG Chiefs name reflects the nation's cultural heritage and leadership traditions, chosen from over 20,000 entries to unite the country for the 2028 NRL debut.
- On Sunday, the Papua New Guinea Chiefs were unveiled by James Marape, Papua New Guinea Prime Minister, before a full house at Santos National Stadium, Port Moresby.
- A public naming competition in August attracted more than 20,000 submissions, and the Papua New Guinea Government, Australian Government, and Australian Rugby League Commission shortlisted Chiefs over Pythons.
- The announcement underlined chiefs' role in traditional governance, with Marape saying, `Our forefathers and mothers were chiefs who kept order, peace, and balance among our tribes`.
- The Chiefs are set to join the NRL in 2028, and ARLC allows clubs to sign two PNG pathway players outside the salary cap, with their salaries exempt from Top 30 and Supplementary Caps.
- The move represents a historic nation-building milestone, as the Chiefs build on PNG Hunters' Queensland Cup success and strengthen Papua New Guinea's ties with Australia and the Pacific region.
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Chiefs are coming to the NRL in 2028, says PNG PM
The Chiefs are coming to the National Rugby League competition in 2028, PNG Prime Minister James Marape says. The team’s name was announced at the Australia-PNG PM’s XVIII match in Port Moresby on Sunday, won 28-10 by the visitors. “We are a nation of 1000 tribes,” Marape said. “Before there was a modern state called Papua New Guinea in 1975, our people lived for thousands of years under tribal structures led by chiefs — men and women — who gove…
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