Papua New Guinea Chiefs

This article is about the future professional NRL team. For the semi-professional Queensland Cup team, see Papua New Guinea Hunters. For the national men's rugby league team, see Papua New Guinea national rugby league team.
 PNG Chiefs 
Club information
Full namePapua New Guinea Chiefs
NicknameChiefs
Short namePNG
Colours  Gold
  Black
Founded2024
(To begin playing in 2028)
Current details
Ground
CEOLorna McPherson
CompetitionNational Rugby League

The Papua New Guinea Chiefs are a planned professional rugby league football team to be based in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. They are scheduled to compete in Australia's National Rugby League from the 2028 season.

The inclusion of a Papua New Guinea-based team in the NRL was announced on 12 December 2024, as part of the Pacific Rugby League Partnership involving the Australian Rugby League Commission and Australian Government, in which AU$600 million in government funding will support the new team as well as grassroots development and other community initiatives in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific islands.

The Chiefs will be the 19th in the NRL, with the ARLC finalising to a $645m deal with the Western Australian Government on 8 May 2025, thereby securing the Perth Bears as the 18th team: the Bears will enter the competition in 2027.

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