Kalabond Field
Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Kalabond Field, Kokopo, Papua New Guinea — opened Not confirmed, 28 rugby league games hosted, home of Agmark Gurias (rugby league); PNG Hunters used it as a home venue during the 2014-2015 Queensland Cup seasons before relocating to the National Football Stadium (Port Moresby) after the 2015 season.
Sourcing caveat: Opening date and floodlights are not confirmed. A suggested PNG Kumuls Test match beyond the 2013 Prime Minister's XIII fixture could not be confirmed and is deliberately omitted.
Ground facts
| Opened | Not confirmed (Rugby League Project uses 'Kalabond Field,' Wikipedia uses 'Kalabond Oval' — treated as the same ground with two informally used names, not a documented formal rename.) |
| Home club | Agmark Gurias (rugby league); PNG Hunters used it as a home venue during the 2014-2015 Queensland Cup seasons before relocating to the National Football Stadium (Port Moresby) after the 2015 season |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 28 |
| Top recorded crowd | 9,000 |
| Capacity | 7,000 |
| Test matches hosted | 1 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Years used | 1982–2015 |
| Location | Kokopo, East New Britain |
Name history
- Kalabond Field / Kalabond Oval — no documented former name; two informal names in current use across sources
Rugby league history
A rugby league ground in Kokopo, East New Britain, notable for sitting at the foot of the active volcano Tavurvur. News-article headlines suggest the venue was approved for, or hosted, a PNG Kumuls (national rugby league team) international at some point, but the article content could not be retrieved to confirm the date, opponent, or result, so this is not stated as fact here.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 2013 — Papua New Guinea v Australia, Prime Minister's XIII match
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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