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]
Winners (3): 2014, 2020, 2022,
Runners up (1): 2019,