[2] The Hunters are the second Papua New Guinean side to enter the Queensland Cup following the Port Moresby Vipers who competed for two seasons in 1996 and 1997.

The Hunters' home ground is the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby and their team colours are gold, black and red.

[4] The Australian Labor Party have pledged their support behind a PNG team entering the National Rugby League competition.

[9] Titled 'Growing and Supporting Rugby League in Papua New Guinea', it is an Australian Government initiative to develop pathways for PNG teams[10] like the Hunters Under 21s[11][12][13] and Hunters Women's[9] to play in high-level Australian sporting competitions with a focus on female athlete development, wellbeing and education, and commercial sustainability under the three year program.

The first ever home match in the Intrust Super Cup was against the defending champions Mackay Cutters on 8 March 2014 which the Hunters won 24-16.