01-07-2025
Hopes rising that international rugby league will return to Vanuatu later this year, for the first time in nearly decade
The wheels are in motion for the return of international rugby league to Vanuatu, nine years after they last played on home soil, and seven years since they last played at all.
It's been a long wait for head coach Lionel Harbin to take the reins once again, and serve the country from where his great-grandparents were blackbirded to Australia many decades ago.
Meanwhile with his club hat on, he continues to lead the Capras in the Queensland Cup, and he's just drafted former Rookie of the Year, Morea Morea, into his squad from the PNG Hunters.
Coach Harbin is aiming to get the young Kumul's highly promising career back on track, while in the background he'll be busy raising a squad to represent Vanuatu on their international come back.
