VANUATU takes centre stage in the Nines universe this weekend while in Papua New Guinea an elaborate mini-season of the abbreviated form of rugby league has been announced. All stops have been pulled out for the island of Espiritu Santo to hold the Luganville Nines on Saturday, with teams from neighbouring Malo island competing and an administrative team flying in…
The Sepik Nines for 2021 have been confirmed for November 4-6 at Pora Oval in Wewak. Organisers have extended an invitation to every team in Papua New Guinea for the second staging of the event. Twenty men’s teams took part last year, with QPR Colts of Port Moresby taking the title. Meanwhile, a successful tournament in New Ireland was recently…
OFFICIALS at the University of Papua New Guinea say they hope a Nines tournament will help calm simmering tensions over alleged sexual harassment on campus. The Port Moresby institution was the subject of national media attention last week when female students staged a protest over persistent harassment by what they described as a minority of male students. The protest was…
