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- Justice Karen Grau rejected NZ Rugby’s injunction against the NRL’s PNG Chiefs name.
- The dispute will be fully heard in a New Zealand court early next year.
- PNG Prime Minister James Marape and ARLC chair Peter V’landys support the new team.
- The NRL argues its Chiefs name does not breach NZ IP law and rebranding is impossible.
- PNG Chiefs will begin recruitment on November 1, and a loss could deter player sign-ups.
