{"id":555945,"date":"2026-03-22T00:30:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555945\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T00:30:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T00:30:11","slug":"peter-vlandys-reveals-third-party-tax-free-earnings-for-png-chiefs-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/555945\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter V’landys reveals third-party tax-free earnings for PNG Chiefs players"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peter V’landys<\/a> has revealed an extra incentive for players to join the PNG Chiefs<\/a> when the expansion team joins the competition in 2028.<\/p>\n

The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reported on Sunday that all third-party earnings will also be tax-free on top of the salaries included in the NRL salary cap.<\/p>\n

V’landys confirmed the stance, which will no doubt pique the interest of players.<\/p>\n

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“Any revenue they earn in PNG is tax-free. It’s like you’re doing a tax return in PNG, it’s all tax-free. Playing in PNG will set them up for life,” the ARL Commission boss said.<\/p>\n

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Alex Johnston will consider a move to PNG in 2028.\u00a0Getty Images for RLWC<\/p>\n

There is proof of potential third-party earnings for players as well, with retired PNG international Justin Olam earning up to $300,000 per year on top of his salary through personal sponsorship agreements while he was playing.<\/p>\n

With the salary cap for NRL clubs continuing to rise and tax-free earnings on offer, the latest news will only further tempt stars to make the leap.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2026 NRL season live and free on Nine and 9Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s the latest boost for the league’s 19th franchise, who have the backing of V’landys as well as both the Australian and PNG governments.<\/p>\n

“We used to have the Brisbane Broncos as a one-city team. This is a one-country team, where people are fanatical about rugby league,” V’landys said.<\/p>\n

“Can you imagine 10 million people following one team? It’s a monopoly because it’s the only sport that’s played there. People don’t realise how big PNG is going to be.”<\/p>\n

Rabbitohs winger Alex Johnston has already confirmed his interest in playing for the Chiefs<\/a> once they enter the competition, while many others are expected to follow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Peter V’landys has revealed an extra incentive for players to join the PNG Chiefs when the expansion team…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":555946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-555945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/555946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}