| Asia-Pacific Rugby League Federation | |
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| Founded | 2010[1] |
| RLIF affiliation | 2010[2] |
| Responsibility | Southern Hemisphere[3] |
| Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand[1] |
| Key people | Mark Gosche[4] (Chair) |
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The Asia-Pacific Rugby League Federation (APRLF) is an umbrella body for nations playing the sport of rugby league football in the Southern Hemisphere.[3] The Federation aims to act as a counterpart to the Rugby League European Federation. The formation of the APRLF was agreed at the Rugby League International Federation's annual general meeting in May 2010.[2] The Federation was established with 7 founding full members.[1] The APRLF is based at the New Zealand Rugby League's Auckland headquarters and will focus much of its efforts on developing the sport in the Pacific Islands.[1] Under the new RLIF constitution agreed in 2010, the APRLF may appoint a delegate to the five-person International Federation executive.[2]
In 2011, the Asia-Pacific Rugby League Confederation met in a meeting in Auckland over December 5-6. At the meeting the chairman of the Fiji National Rugby League Peni Musunamasi has been elected as a director to represent the Asia Pacific region on the Rugby League International Federation which has been labelled a "significant milestone for the sport". Amongst many issues that were discussed at the two- day meeting was the application for membership of the federation from India, Philippines, Tahiti, Tokelau and American Samoa that shows the growing popularity of the sport in the region.[5][6]