Papua New Guinea Hunters
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Papua New Guinea Hunters Rugby league Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Hunters |
| Short name | PNG Hunters |
| Website | www |
| Colours |
Red Black Gold |
| Founded | 2013 |
| Current details | |
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| CEO | Bob Cutmore |
| Chairman | Graham Osborne |
| Coach | Michael Marum |
| Manager | Arnold Krewanty |
| Captain | Adam Korave and Noel Zeming |
| Competition | Intrust Super Cup |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 0 |
| Runners-up | 0 |
| Minor premiership | 0 |
The Papua New Guinea Hunters (PNG Hunters) are a professional rugby league football club based in PNG. They were formed in 2013 and currently compete in the QRL's Intrust Super Cup which is the second tier of Rugby League in Australia, although there is no direct promotion to the National Rugby League (NRL). The Hunters are the second Papua New Guinean side to enter the Intrust Super Cup following the Port Moresby Vipers who competed for two seasons in 1996 and 1997. Every Hunters match is shown live on national free to air television. The Hunters' home ground is the Lloyd Robson Oval in Port Moresby and their team colours are red, black and gold.
On 12 December 2013 head coach Michael Marum announced a 25-man squad for the Hunters' inaugural season. included were Wellington Albert, Israel Eliab, Roger Laka, Enoch Maki, Mark Mexico, Joe Bruno and Sebastien Pandia who were all members of the Kumuls squad that competed at the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. The squad was impacted when Wellington Albert signed with the Penrith Panthers in Australia. The Hunters won their debut match away at Redcliffe Dolphins 24-18 with captain Israel Eliab scoring the clubs first ever try, and by the end of the season having lost only twice at home, missed out on the end of season play-offs by just 1 point finishing 6th. Gary Lo finished as the competitions leading try scorer with 24, while Roger Laka was an ever present. The club used only 23 players during whole the season.
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