PNG Kumuls camped at Gateway
The Papua New Guinea Kumuls camp at the Gateway Hotel is a special place for current players in the team.In a media tour of the camp last week, assistant coaches and former PNG Kumuls Stanley Tepend...
View ArticlePNG LNG Kumuls better prepared than 2013 : Tsaka
WITH four days remaining before the PNG LNG Kumuls play their first World Cup fixture against Wales, PNG Rugby Football League chairman Sandis Tsaka believes that the team was better prepared than in...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls to face new opponents in 2017 RLWC
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup chief executive officer Andrew Hill is pleased that the PNG Kumuls will play new opponents in this year’s tournament.Hill was referring to the Kumuls matches against...
View ArticlePNG Ports expects productivity to improve
THE PNG Ports Corporation Ltd expects the terminal operating arrangements with International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI) to significantly improve berth and yard productivity at the two...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls player maker Ase Boas is good to go
KUMULS playmaker Ase Boas says he will be ready to face the Welsh on Saturday, allaying fears he could miss the World Cup opener with a knee injury.The Papua New Guinea LNG Kumuls vice-captain told...
View ArticleTonga could be the team to watch at RLWC
Tonga could be the team to watch at this years Rugby League World CupFifita was named in Australia’s World Cup squad and, as recently as June, Taumalolo was photographed draped in a Kiwi flag as part...
View ArticleJarryd Hayne ready to fire for Fiji at Rugby League World Cup
The last time Jarryd Hayne played for Fiji at a Rugby League World Cup he resurrected his career.Nine years later, he's being tipped to again rediscover his mojo with the Bati.Prop Ashton Sims believes...
View ArticleFather denies drugging, raping daughter in Tonga
A trial in the Supreme Court in Tonga has heard of a man who allegedly drugged his daughter with crystal methamphetamine and raped her.The father from Hahake, Tongatapu has pleaded not guilty to 15...
View ArticlePNG Orchids named for world cup
Mt Hagen born Amelia Kuk has been included in the Oil Search PNG Orchids squad that was announced yesterday.The 24-year-old debuted for the Australian Jillaroos in last month’s curtain raiser to the...
View ArticleDigicel Fiji announces Mike Greig as new CEO
Digicel Fiji today announced the appointment of Mike Greig as its Chief Executive Officer.Effectively immediately, Mike will have complete operational oversight across the entire business including...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls 20 men squad to face Wales on Saturday
James Segeyaro and Lachlan Lam have been named in the PNG LNG Kumuls extended bench for their first world cup clash against Wales at the Oil Search Football Stadium in Port Moresby on Saturday. Ase...
View ArticleFiji Bati are on a giant-killing mission for glory
The Fiji Bati are on a World Cup giant-killing mission with Broncos prop Korbin Sims declaring Fiji fears no one but God.Fiji has bunkered down in Brisbane ahead of Saturday’s opening match against the...
View Article10 NRL young guns of RLWC 2017
The 2017 Rugby League World Cup is set to unearth players on the world stage that will springboard them into the next decade of dominance in the National Rugby League. England front-rower James Graham...
View ArticleRugby League World Cup opener special for PNG Kumuls
TOMORROW’S World Cup opener against Wales at the Oil Search National Football Stadium holds special significance for the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.It will be the first PNG LNG Kumuls match to be played...
View ArticlePapua New Guinea army prepares to enter detention centre, 600 men still inside
The Papua New Guinea Defence Force could start to take control of the Manus Island detention centre with about 600 men refusing to leave the site following its official closure.The refugees and asylum...
View ArticleIreland will be tough, PNG Kumuls skipper says
PAPUA New Guinea captain David Mead thinks Ireland will be a tougher proposition than their first opponents, Wales.Ranked 7th in the world, Ireland made a statement last Sunday with a 36-12 win over a...
View ArticlePNG Kumuls coach makes changes to lineup to face Ireland
CRAFTY Canberra Raiders hooker Kurt Baptiste has been brought in by coach Michael Marum into the Kumuls starting line-up for their second Pool C match against Ireland on Sunday.Stargroth Amean moves...
View ArticleCAR THEFT ON THE RISE IN HAGEN
A ten seater vehicle owned by Oilmin Mining and Explorations company based in Mt Hagen was hijacked and driven away at Kimil 1, right at the border of Dei District in Western Highlands Province and...
View ArticleSalvation Army gets K80,000 from Malaysian Association
THE Salvation Army received a cheque for K80,000 from the PNG Malaysian Association last Friday.“The actual amount for this year is K40,000. The other K40,000 is from last year which we didn’t give but...
View ArticleSuspect arrested in Sogeri carjacking bid
A suspect has been arrested following a failed carjacking attempt on an Australian family in Sogeri, Central province, last Saturday, police said.Sogeri Police Station commander Senior Inspector...
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