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PNG's back.

AlwaysGreen

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Practice run for when the NRL shatter the dreams of hyped up media fed locals by not admitting them to the competition as the 18th team.

Build up and professionalise their domestic comp teams and their state competition expansion teams (i.e. PNG Hunters) at age divisions and senior levels.

Give PNG a greater role in spreading the game in Africa and South America.
Agree accept for the last part.
If the Hunters were dominating QLD Cup a PNG side would deserve greater consideration.
They are mid table at best.
Any money given to the png should be used to creating better pathways to the hunters.

Then if there's improvement there they can bid for an nrl licence. See you in 2130 png.
 

Iamback

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Agree accept for the last part.
If the Hunters were dominating QLD Cup a PNG side would deserve greater consideration.
They are mid table at best.
Any money given to the png should be used to creating better pathways to the hunters.

Then if there's improvement there they can bid for an nrl licence. See you in 2130 png.

You don't have the money with the Hunters though, That is the problem.

Their money goes on Transport and security.

I see this as a test case for a future PNG side, Next time expansion comes up in 2050 or something
 

Wb1234

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..East's tigers enter
Or they play half their games in cairns to make up the shortfall

play all the qld teams at Townsville stadium would generate huge gates

would generate huge sponsorships too

eg toyota were a long term sponsor for cowboys

a rival car maker will be attracted to a Cairns based team instead
 
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You morons think the Broncos are a North Brisbane team, doesn't get any more clueless than that.
You think the Brisbane Tigers are based in East Brisbane.

Everyone who follows rugby league in Brisbane knows the Tigers are based at Langlands Park in Coorparoo, across the road from Villanova.

Was there less instability in PNG when it was an Australian territory?
 

Wb1234

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You think the Brisbane Tigers are based in East Brisbane.

Everyone who follows rugby league in Brisbane knows the Tigers are based at Langlands Park in Coorparoo, across the road from Villanova.

Was there less instability in PNG when it was an Australian territory?
The anti png mob don’t even know png was part of Australia once

heck one of the dopes didn’t even know it was a former colony which we exploited economically and treated the locals awfully

the general level of ignorance from the anti png mob is an eye opener I must say
 

Wizardman

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A PNG NRL team would be an absolute disaster for rugby league.

*I don't think people realise how poor and dangerous that country truly is....not to mention a completely corrupt government. Those reasons alone are good enough to not do it.

*Ongoing funding. I'd hate for our tax dollars to go there to support a team. If PNG were to get a team, they would need to finance it themselves. If not, our dollars towards a team there would never end.

*Player talent. Who in f**k would want to live there? Even if they were to fly in and out of there, it is not a attractive existence for players. Clubs like St George and Tigers have trouble enough attracting players as is.....and those clubs are in Sydney. Good luck getting anybody with origin type ability over there.
Roster-wise, the only way they could do it is with a lot of PNG players in the team. There are clearly not enough png players that can cut it in NRL level yet.

A PNG bid now is a crazy idea.
 
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The anti png mob don’t even know png was part of Australia once

heck one of the dopes didn’t even know it was a former colony which we exploited economically and treated the locals awfully

the general level of ignorance from the anti png mob is an eye opener I must say

I think PNG would benefit from becoming a state of Australia. At the very least it will hold its politicians to a great degree of scrutiny and help it receive more money to build the infrastructure it currently lacks. Australia will benefit from gaining access to the country's natural resources.
 
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I think PNG would benefit from becoming a state of Australia. At the very least it will hold its politicians to a great degree of scrutiny and help it receive more money to build the infrastructure it currently lacks. Australia will benefit from gaining access to the country's natural resources.
PNG was under Australian administration until 1975.

Samoa was also under NZ administration.

I can't see it going back to being 'assumed' by a colonised / bigger neighbour
 

Maximus

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*I don't think people realise how poor and dangerous that country truly is....not to mention a completely corrupt government. Those reasons alone are good enough to not do it.

The people who support the bid heard they love rugby league and that's all the knowledge that they have of PNG.
 

mongoose

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You think the Brisbane Tigers are based in East Brisbane.

Everyone who follows rugby league in Brisbane knows the Tigers are based at Langlands Park in Coorparoo, across the road from Villanova.

Was there less instability in PNG when it was an Australian territory?
East Brisbane and Coorparoo are neighbouring suburbs, plus I couldn't give a f**k about Easts Tigers lol
Thinking the Broncos are strictly a north Brisbane side because their base is in Red Hill is f**king clueless though.
 

Perth Red

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A PNG NRL team would be an absolute disaster for rugby league.

*I don't think people realise how poor and dangerous that country truly is....not to mention a completely corrupt government. Those reasons alone are good enough to not do it.

*Ongoing funding. I'd hate for our tax dollars to go there to support a team. If PNG were to get a team, they would need to finance it themselves. If not, our dollars towards a team there would never end.

*Player talent. Who in f**k would want to live there? Even if they were to fly in and out of there, it is not a attractive existence for players. Clubs like St George and Tigers have trouble enough attracting players as is.....and those clubs are in Sydney. Good luck getting anybody with origin type ability over there.
Roster-wise, the only way they could do it is with a lot of PNG players in the team. There are clearly not enough png players that can cut it in NRL level yet.

A PNG bid now is a crazy idea.
If the NRl had any sense it would have been campaigng for Govt funds to improve the Digicel cup, have a massive schools RL program and a second club in the QRL. Trying to get Australian and Kiwis and the odd PNG player to live in cairns and fly to PNG is just about the worse expansion model Ive ever heard of! Makes the Bears look like a good idea.
 

Perth Red

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I think PNG would benefit from becoming a state of Australia. At the very least it will hold its politicians to a great degree of scrutiny and help it receive more money to build the infrastructure it currently lacks. Australia will benefit from gaining access to the country's natural resources.
Good to see colonialism is alive and well! Not surprised its coming from redneck Brisbane lol
 

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