Santos National Football Stadium
Port Moresby, Central, Papua New Guinea
Santos National Football Stadium, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea — opened 1975, 211 rugby league games hosted, home of Papua New Guinea national rugby league team; PNG Hunters.
Sourcing caveat: Attendance figures for the 1986 and 1988 tour matches (around 17,000 and 12,107 respectively) come from a single secondary source (Wikipedia/Austadiums) and were not independently corroborated against a second source; they are reported here as commonly cited rather than fully verified.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1975 (Sources confirm rugby league internationals were being played at the venue (then Lloyd Robson Oval) from 1975, but do not clearly state the ground's original construction/opening date as distinct from that first international.) |
| Home club | Papua New Guinea national rugby league team; PNG Hunters |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 211 |
| Top recorded crowd | 17,000 |
| Capacity | approximately 15,000 (all-seated) |
| Years used | 1975–2026 |
| Location | Port Moresby, Central |
Name history
- Lloyd Robson Oval — original name, used through at least the 1970s-80s
- PNG Football Stadium — name used for a period before/around the 2015 redevelopment
- Oil Search National Football Stadium — sponsorship name used for a period
- Santos National Football Stadium — current sponsorship name, since Santos naming-rights deal
Rugby league history
Papua New Guinea's national stadium in Boroko, Port Moresby, is the country's premier rugby league venue and the long-standing home of the PNG Kumuls (national team), hosting its first recorded international on 6 July 1975 (a 40-12 defeat to England). It has staged Ashes and World Cup-era tour matches against Australia and Great Britain, including a 1986 Kangaroos tour match reported as drawing a then-record crowd of around 17,000, and a 1988 Great Britain Lions fixture watched by 12,107. The stadium underwent a complete redevelopment ahead of hosting the 2015 Pacific Games, adding a permanent covered main grandstand (seating around 3,000) alongside temporary stands, modern floodlighting and a video screen. It is now also the regular home venue for the PNG Hunters, who play in the Queensland Rugby League/Intrust Super Cup competition, underlining the ground's role as the central hub of rugby league in Papua New Guinea, a country where the sport is widely followed as the national game.
Also PNG's national football (soccer) stadium — home to the men's and women's national football teams and hosted matches including the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup final.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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