The Age
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has unveiled the name of the NRL’s 19th franchise at a board meeting in Port Moresby on Sunday.
After months of deliberation between the PNG government, Australian government, NRL, and the new team’s board, key parties agreed on the Papua New Guinea Chiefs.
“Before there was a prime minister, and a King or Queen in England, the sovereign head within the tribe was the chief,” Marape told the PNG board and NRL CEO Andrew Abdo on Sunday morning.
“In our country, about 30 per cent [of tribes] are matrilineal, so it fits in well when girls run on as Chiefs because there is a traditional context in our history.
“In East New Britain and New Ireland, women were chiefs. They hold land rights, they make the final decisions, so the name is fitting.
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