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Rugby league is a popular team sport in Papua New Guinea, and might be regarded as the national sport. The people have a reputation for being passionate supporters of the game in the world. Papua New Guinean rugby league has been hampered by the poor infrastructure in the country, and national competitions have proven difficult to sustain. Violence at large games has also become increasingly of a problem, and nations are reluctant to tour Papua New Guinea due to safety concerns. Nonetheless rugby league continues as a sport, and is played sporadically across the nation, with competitions in major cities and some rural regions alike. == History == Papua New Guinea first came into contact with rugby league during the gold rush in the 1930s through Australian miners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Papua New Guinea )〕 Australian soldiers stationed in the country during and after the Second World War reintroduced the sport and in 1949 and the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League was founded.〔 It quickly became a popular spectator sport. During the 1960s rugby league grew to be the clear national sport of the country.〔(PNG Kumuls' )〕 Despite being the most popular spectator sport, rugby league was mainly played by Australians and New Zealanders at this time. It wasn't until over the following decade did participation numbers grow to reflect spectator numbers. The governing body for rugby league in Papua New Guinea became members of the Rugby League International Federation in 1974 and the national team's first ever Test match was a 40-12 home defeat by Great Britain a year later. They first competed in the Rugby League World Cup in the 1985-89 competition. A record attendance was established at the Papua New Guinea Grand Final held at the Morobean capital on the 8th of September 2010. When the Goroka Lahanis defeated the Mendi Muruks 21-10 in front of a crowd that was believed to be 20,000+ The ''SP Inter-City Cup'' is the national competition and was first held in 1990. Papua New Guinea was represented by Port Moresby Vipers in the Queensland Cup competition in 1996 and 1997. The SP Cup was not held in the 2004 season due to funding problems, but the competition returned in 2005 as the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League (PNGRL). In October 2015, after more than a year of investing and bidding, Papua New Guinea finally sealed a deal to co-host the 2017 Rugby League World Cup along with Australia and New Zealand. Due to this deal, Papua New Guinea were given their 'own pool' where they will host both of their 2 regular group game fixtures along with the additional 'inter-group' match where they will take on another team from the other 3 team pool.〔(Papua New Guinea to co-host Rugby League World Cup ), ''dailytelegraph.com.au'', 8 October 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rugby league in Papua New Guinea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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