ENGLAND Knights will travel to Papua New Guinea for a two-game series later this year, the RFL has confirmed.

The team will face the Kumuls in Lae on October 27 before facing them again in Port Moresby on November 3.

Jack Hughes is The Wire's only representative in the Knights elite performance squad, which is being led by former Huddersfield boss Paul Anderson.

"The England Knights programme is an integral part of our vision for a successful national team in the next four years and beyond," Ralph Rimmer, the RFL's interim chief executive, said.

"We were determined that we would create meaningful games and experiences that would test this squad of players.

"Travelling to the other side of the world, to one of the most passionate and avid Rugby League nations on the planet will certainly do that."

The Kumuls reached the quarter-finals of the Rugby League World Cup last year before being knocked out by England.