Australian rules football in Papua New Guinea is a rapidly developing team sport which was initially introduced by Australian servicemen. The sport has a long and somewhat shaky history, but has recently achieved big strides in the Papua New Guinea community and is now the second most popular sport behind Rugby League.
The Papua New Guinea national Australian rules football team are current International champions, having won the 2008 Australian Football International Cup.
Players of Papua New Guinean heritage have played professionally in the Australian Football League, the most famous of which is "king" Mal Michael. In 2010, at least 4 players had been recruited from Papua New Guinea to AFL lists. A larger number of players of Papua New Guinean origin now participate in semi-professional state leagues around Australia.
The game is covered by both the The National and Papua New Guinea Post-Courier newspapers.
In PNG, the sport is typically referred to as "AFL", but also as "rules", "rules football" or "AFL rules".
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