18th club, whose next?

[Maximus]

Herald journo wrote lazy article listing two options which don't even exist, while ignoring current 11 applicants. Ritchie actually went to PNG to view situation on the ground. Strange he's copping flack. Rather somebody who actually puts work into piece.

He didn't just go there to do it. It's a puff piece paid for by the PNG govt. That is not real journalism.

 

[Wb1234]

Yes. PNG wanted independence from Australia. They got independence from Australia 50 years ago. I say we hold them to their word and let them be truly independent from the Aussie tax payer.



So he's a hypocrite?

On the one hand he wants PNG to be an independent country with its own government. On the hand he wants the Aussie tax payer to give him money to field a football team in an Australian competition.

He's a fat corrupt arsehole and cannot be trusted to look after his people.



Except they really f**king are because PNG's extreme poverty prevents it from being able to support an NRL team without aid from the Aussie tax payer.



It ain't a red herring to point out that a bid that isn't financially viable shouldn't be given an NRL licence. The fact the PNG bid will rely on $29m per annum from the Aussie tax payer makes it unviable.

You should run for png pm

 

[Maximus]

MYTH: PNG DOESN’T HAVE THE MONEY

TRUTH: It’s ill-informed bulls**t. PNG will be among the richest clubs in the NRL, alongside the Brisbane Broncos. The Australian Government’s $600m investment is only part of the financial conglomerate and business plan PNG will build. Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape hosted a dinner last weekend where he asked the top-end-of-town to donate to PNG’s bid – and they will. I’m not talking peanuts here. Yes, the lower class in PNG is poor but the high-flyers are wealthy, exceptionally wealthy.

And PNG rugby league has an influential supporter in its bid chairman, Wapu Sonk, managing director of Kumul Petroleum. This isn’t a Sydney team restricted by suburban boundaries. This is an entire country.

So why haven't they been able to put forward a bid that doesn't include govt money? Surely if the corporates are putting forward so much, they should have had a bid submitted already and don't need to wait for the Aust govt to approve funding?

MYTH: VISITING NRL TEAMS WON’T BE SAFE.

TRUTH: Teams playing PNG will be safe. It’s not their job to worry about what happens away from footy in PNG. They are there to play football and that’s it. Teams will travel on commercial flights and stay at the five-star Stanley Hotel in Port Moresby.

I stayed a night at the Stanley and it’s as good as anything I saw in Las Vegas earlier this year.

Games are likely to be played at the all-seat 15,000 PNG National Football Stadium which is expected to be revamped to a 20,000 arena by 2028, when PNG is hoping to enter the NRL. The dressing rooms and corporate facilities are NRL standard. PNG PM James Marape said NRL players will be treated like “rock stars and royalty.” Opposition teams will be safe and secure, provided some rogue idiot doesn’t wander off into the darkness at night.

Lol at that last sentence. Just proved in 1 sentence that it's not a myth.

MYTH: IMPORTED PLAYERS WILL FEEL THREATENED?

TRUTH: The PNG bid has multiple site options for a village-style resort on Port Moresby Harbour. The complex will varying accommodation options along with shops and supermarkets. Prospective players will be thoroughly informed about the positives and negatives of Port Moresby before signing.

The fear mongering is unfair. Players will be paid well to play well and they’ll train at a yet-to-be-built state-of-the-art high performance centre. They will live in secure accommodation and told when and where they can go during their down time. Buses would take kids to school and Port Moresby General Hospital is the largest hospital in PNG.

These players won’t be the first international athletes who have shifted to another country to pursue their sporting careers. There are already around 10,000 Australians living in PNG.

So they will only be safe if they stay in the complex. They will need to be told when and where they can go on the few times that they are allowed to leave the complex. Totally safe.....

Also lol at having to talk about how big a hospital it has. That doesn't help your argument.

MYTH: PNG DOESN’T HAVE THE PLAYERS TO COMPETE IN THE ELITE NRL.

TRUTH: You bet they bloody do. I watched a 12-team, two-day NRL bid carnival in Goroka last weekend involving 240 players and the standard was unbelievably high. They just need a little more finesse and that will come with time and expert coaching.

Wow they played well against each other, so therefore they are NRL quality.

This is all just blatant propaganda, and even then he still can't hide how dangerous it is.

told when and where they can go during their down time

I can't believe he actually wrote this sentence in an article about why PNG should get a team

 

[MugaB]

it shouldn't be flying journos around in private jets to write fluff pieces instead of spending that money on sorting out basic life necessities, no.
But hey we all have different priorities in life, personally when it comes to govt spending mine leans to public welfare not professional sport.

What happened to the soapbox picture?

 

[Pippen94]

He didn't just go there to do it. It's a puff piece paid for by the PNG govt. That is not real journalism.

Lol, anything you don't agree with is because journo is paid off!!

 

[Diesel]

yellow and red would be good and diff enough to anything else in NRL. They should just get the back list of Catalans Dragons jerseys and pick one! Its a shame Dolphins didnt go with red and grey.

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Pretty sure that’s the dolphins colours

 

[MugaB]

Correct. Professional sport isn't a charity. There are bids with a strong business case that will be overlooked so that an unviable one from Port Moresby can be given a licence.

They are only overlooked due to the bid it stands for, not for the money they have or their worthiness, no one denies east tigers are a great candidate for a licence, but dolphins pipped them, and the nrl are looking at areas that aren't SEQ/Brisbane

 

[MugaB]

He didn't just go there to do it. It's a puff piece paid for by the PNG govt. That is not real journalism.

Neither is any Roar article

 

[MugaB]

Not no homeless

a reduction in homeless that the money spent on a Perth nrl team will achieve

just like the 60 million pa a png nrl team will receive is supposed to solve all of the social issues in png lol

So WB1234 you fucƙed up here, there ARE NO homeless in WA as there are No Pokies to make them that way.... also there is no homeless in North Shore, so then there is no need for the WA govt to be involved in funded said team as NS bears are footing the bill for the bid..
Hence why the PR train is full steam ahead for the red and black...

Besides WB, Png is a crime ridden country that doesn't deserve anything from us white anglo aussies, so if they want bejing to build them hospitals and other infrastructure for their backing in any future diplomatic adventure, then they can, we shouldn't care, coz we aren't affected by their corruption, we aren't in the business of caring about anyone but ourselves and our precious and very limited NRL licences, of whom we need to keep aside for when Brisbane 4,5&6 are ready

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

You should run for png pm

No f**ken way would I want to run that country.

 

[Wb1234]

Australia raped png for a long time in terms of resources

paying foreign aid back is to make up for this

plus having a large nation on your doorstep which is collapsing

So WB1234 you fucƙed up here, there ARE NO homeless in WA as there are No Pokies to make them that way.... also there is no homeless in North Shore, so then there is no need for the WA govt to be involved in funded said team as NS bears are footing the bill for the bid..
Hence why the PR train is full steam ahead for the red and black...

Besides WB, Png is a crime ridden country that doesn't deserve anything from us white anglo aussies, so if they want bejing to build them hospitals and other infrastructure for their backing in any future diplomatic adventure, then they can, we shouldn't care, coz we aren't affected by their corruption, we aren't in the business of caring about anyone but ourselves and our precious and very limited NRL licences, of whom we need to keep aside for when Brisbane 4,5&6 are ready

fhey have a lot of cash converters to make up for it !!!

 

[Wb1234]

png set to host World Cup games !!

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

So WB1234 you fucƙed up here, there ARE NO homeless in WA as there are No Pokies to make them that way.... also there is no homeless in North Shore, so then there is no need for the WA govt to be involved in funded said team as NS bears are footing the bill for the bid..
Hence why the PR train is full steam ahead for the red and black...

Besides WB, Png is a crime ridden country that doesn't deserve anything from us white anglo aussies, so if they want bejing to build them hospitals and other infrastructure for their backing in any future diplomatic adventure, then they can, we shouldn't care, coz we aren't affected by their corruption, we aren't in the business of caring about anyone but ourselves and our precious and very limited NRL licences, of whom we need to keep aside for when Brisbane 4,5&6 are ready

If you're an expansionist then why aren't you pushing for the three weakest Sydney clubs to permanently relocate to Perth, Port Moresby and Adelaide?

If the NRL did that they could introduce NZ2, Bris3 and NZ3 to round out a 20 team competition. We all know why you won't advocate for something like this. You're a greedy hypocrite who wants to limit Brisbane and New Zealand to just two teams each so Sydney can have nine.

Not only are you not making any sacrifices for expansion. You want a 10th Sydney club to steal Perth's licence so a few nostalgic old wankers from Sydney can get their team back.