Hela Wigmen Explained

Clubname:Kroton Hela Wigmen
Colours:Blue, Yellow, Red
Founded:2009
Sport:Rugby league
League:PNG NRL
Ground:PNG Football Stadium
Premierships:3
Premiershipyears:2014, 2020, 2022
Runnerups:1
Runnerupyears:2019

The Kroton Hela Wigmen is a semi-professional Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Hela Province. They currently compete in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition. They have been playing their home games in Port Moresby while waiting for their new stadium to be completed in 2022,[1] the new stadium will be based in Tari, the capital of Hela Province.

In 2014, they won the Digicel Cup, beating the Rabaul Gurias 34-8 in the grand final in Lae.[2] They won their second premiership title in 2020 defeating Lae Snax Tigers 14-6 in the grand final in POM.[3] They won their third premiership title in 2022 defeating Rabaul Gurias 8-6 in the grand final in POM.[4]

In 2023, the Kroton Hela Wigmen ensured that the Melanesian Club Championship remained in Papua New Guinea following a 28 – 18 win over the Western State Maroons in Lautoka, Fiji.[5]

Honours

League

Winners (3): 2014, 2020, 2022,

Runners up (1): 2019,

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hela Wigmen to have a stadium by next year . the National .
  2. Web site: Hela Wigmen crowned 2014 Digicel cup champions. PNG Hunters.
  3. Web site: PNG rugby league ends disrupted 2020 season with a bang. 20 October 2020. RNZ.
  4. Web site: Hela Wigmen claim 2022 PNG Digicel Cup title in 98 minute thriller. Asia Pacific Rugby. League. 24 September 2022. Asia Pacific Rugby League . https://web.archive.org/web/20221007083830/https://asiapacificrl.com/2022/09/24/hela-wigmen-claim-2022-png-digicel-cup-title-in-98-minute-thriller/ . 7 October 2022.
  5. Web site: Hela Wigmen claim Melanesian Club Championship. Asia Pacific Rugby. League. 25 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230425050155/https://asiapacificrl.com/2023/03/25/hela-wigmen-claim-melanesian-club-championship/ . 25 April 2023.