Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation

Founded| 2009
IRL affiliation| 2009
Responsibility| Southern Hemisphere
Headquarters| Auckland, New Zealand
Key people| Philemon Embel (Chair)

As of 19 December 2011

The Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation (PIRLF) is the governing body of rugby league in the South Pacific.

Papua New Guinea's Sports Minister Philemon Embel is the chairman of the PIRLF.

## History[edit]

It was formed by the governing bodies of rugby league in Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League), Tonga (Tonga National Rugby League), Samoa (Rugby League Samoa), Fiji (Fiji National Rugby League) and the Cook Islands (Cook Islands Rugby League Association) in December 2009 and affiliated to the Rugby League International Federation (RLIF). [1]

## See also[edit]

* Sports portal

## References[edit]

## External links[edit]

* Rugby League International Federation Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

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Rugby league in Oceania

Main articles|

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tokelau
* Tonga

Major federations|

* Asia-Pacific
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tonga

Major competitions|

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Papua New Guinea
* Tonga
* Solomon Islands

National teams|

* American Samoa
* Australia
* Cook Islands
* East Timor
* Fiji
* Guam
* Kiribati
* Marshall Islands
* Nauru
* New Caledonia
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Norfolk Island
* Palau
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Solomon Islands
* Tahiti
* Tokelau
* Tonga
* Tuvalu
* Vanuatu
* Wallis and Futuna

Women's national teams|

* Australia
* Cook Islands
* Fiji
* New Zealand
* Niue
* Papua New Guinea
* Samoa
* Tokelau
* Tonga

Pacific Cup|

* 1975
* 1977
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1997
* 2004
* 2006
* 2009

Pacific Rugby League International|

* 2010
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2022

Oceania Cup|

* 2019
* ~~2020~~

International competitions|

* Anzac Test
* Four Nations
* Peter Leitch QSM Challenge Trophy
* Pacific Games

National competitions|

* Fiji National Rugby League Competition
* National Rugby League
* NZRL National Competition
* Digicel Cup
* Tonga National Rugby League

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