Pacific Islands Rugby League Federation

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

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

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

History

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). Archived 2011-06-14 at the Wayback Machine

See also

• Sports portal