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[mikail-eagle]

New rugby league youth academy in PNG aims to develop future NRL stars - ABC Pacific

Seventy-eight of Port Moresby's top under-14 and under-16 players are taking part in an eight-week pilot program aimed at preparing them for a career in professional football.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Wouldn't Darwin be a better base for a Government-funded PNG team than Cairns?

Six games in Darwin. Six games in Port Moresby.

Colours red, gold and black.

Club is called The Crocodiles and targets Papuans and indigenous Australians.

Compared to the PNG/Pasifika model, it will be an easier sell because the funding will at least go towards indigenous Australians and the top end. If it becomes too expensive and troublesome flying in and out of Port Moresby then the club can relocate permanently to Darwin.

Would it cause too much division between indigenous Australians and Papuans or could it work?

If it worked then our game will have expanded to Darwin before AwFuL.

I wouldn't go choose this model because it has so many flaws, but it's got more upside than the PNG/Pasifka model that certain people are pushing.

 

[MugaB]

Wouldn't Darwin be a better base for a Government-funded PNG team than Cairns?

Six games in Darwin. Six games in Port Moresby.

Colours red, gold and black.

Club is called The Crocodiles and targets Papuans and indigenous Australians.

Compared to the PNG/Pasifika model, it will be an easier sell because the funding will at least go towards indigenous Australians and the top end. If it becomes too expensive and troublesome flying in and out of Port Moresby then the club can relocate permanently to Darwin.

Would it cause too much division between indigenous Australians and Papuans or could it work?

If it worked then our game will have expanded to Darwin before AwFuL.

I wouldn't go choose this model because it has so many flaws, but it's got more upside than the PNG/Pasifka model that certain people are pushing.

Cairns is only just over an hour away, and is already league heartland, Darwin is further away, but yes it has its merits, if they are pushing the pasifika model then Cairns is closer again

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Cairns is only just over an hour away, and is already league heartland, Darwin is further away, but yes it has its merits, if they are pushing the pasifika model then Cairns is closer again

The cost of broadcasting games from Port Moresby, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji would be significant.

 

[Brian potter]

New rugby league youth academy in PNG aims to develop future NRL stars - ABC Pacific

Seventy-eight of Port Moresby's top under-14 and under-16 players are taking part in an eight-week pilot program aimed at preparing them for a career in professional football.

www.abc.net.au

Good stuff but these kids need to be exposed to the queensland youth competitions or at the very least annual tours to queensland.

 

[MugaB]

The cost of broadcasting games from Port Moresby, Samoa, Tonga and Fiji would be significant.

No different to rural country games no less

 

[Canard]

No different to rural country games no less

We're you stoned when you wrote this post.

Think a little harder next time.

 

[MugaB]

We're you stoned when you wrote this post.

Think a little harder next time.

Explain the difference sunshine, the country areas like albury , bega or dubbo, dont have the cameras setup ready to go, or stable areas to shoot from..
Qcup have most of their games televised, that would include the hunters so they'd have something set up already

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Explain the difference sunshine, the country areas like albury , bega or dubbo, dont have the cameras setup ready to go, or stable areas to shoot from..
Qcup have most of their games televised, that would include the hunters so they'd have something set up already

Ch9/Foxtel would have to pay a lot to get their HD cameras and production equipment into PNG.

The Bunker relies on something like 7 or more different camera angles when adjudicating on a call.

Would the broadcasters in PNG have the equipment to stream 7 different feeds back to The Bunker in Sydney?

 

[Canard]

Explain the difference sunshine, the country areas like albury , bega or dubbo, dont have the cameras setup ready to go, or stable areas to shoot from..
Qcup have most of their games televised, that would include the hunters so they'd have something set up already

Lay off the weed.

You must be either trolling or a completely ignorant.

Port Moresby doesn't even have reliable electricity or running water.

The amount of thought put into this brainfart of an idea, from V'landys and RL media, is baffling shallow.

 

[The Great Dane]

Lay off the weed.

You must be either trolling or a completely ignorant.

Port Moresby doesn't even have reliable electricity or running water.

The amount of thought put into this brainfart of an idea, from V'landys and RL media, is baffling shallow.

I assure you that it's the latter.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Here's the facts.

Eighty-five percent of Papuans don't have access to reliable electricity and survive on subsistence farming because they don't have any income. That prevents 85% of Papuans from watching a PNG NRL team on television, attending a game or buying merchandise.

Port Moresby is not accessible by road from the country's other major cities. That means game day will rely on people from Port Moresby and the small towns it is connected to via road. The majority of these people don't have enough disposable income to buy a season pass to attend all 12 games.

The RLPA will never allow this stupid proposal to come to fruition. No player would want to take his family to live in Port Moresby. Nor would they want to relocate to Cairns and fly around the South Pacific every week. It's the dumbest proposal put forward by Albanese and the media. Even dumber than the airtime and newspaper columns devoted to bringing back the Bears over the last 20 years, all of which turned out to be wrong because the club is still fighting for inclusion.

 

[MugaB]

Here's the facts.

Eighty-five percent of Papuans don't have access to reliable electricity and survive on subsistence farming because they don't have any income. That prevents 85% of Papuans from watching a PNG NRL team on television, attending a game or buying merchandise.

Port Moresby is not accessible by road from the country's other major cities. That means game day will rely on people from Port Moresby and the small towns it is connected to via road. The majority of these people don't have enough disposable income to buy a season pass to attend all 12 games.

The RLPA will never allow this stupid proposal to come to fruition. No player would want to take his family to live in Port Moresby. Nor would they want to relocate to Cairns and fly around the South Pacific every week. It's the dumbest proposal put forward by Albanese and the media. Even dumber than the airtime and newspaper columns devoted to bringing back the Bears over the last 20 years, all of which turned out to be wrong because the club is still fighting for inclusion.

Great facts... yet still are on track wth their academies and bid to apply for the 18th team, way ahead of anything the Brisbane tigers could offer unless they picked themselves up and left SEQ, and ditto for NS bears who need to leave NSW to also have a chance, it might be stupid to you, but so was the NQ cowboys inclusion in '95, for me, not when there was such small population of 131k...
and so is having a team in Logan, when the broncos already service the area! Jump on the bus mate, they are looking like great odds to win the premiership this year... you should support your local team donkey..
You potato counting hick

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

Great facts... yet still are on track wth their academies and bid to apply for the 18th team, way ahead of anything the Brisbane tigers could offer unless they picked themselves up and left SEQ, and ditto for NS bears who need to leave NSW to also have a chance, it might be stupid to you, but so was the NQ cowboys inclusion in '95, for me, not when there was such small population of 131k...
and so is having a team in Logan, when the broncos already service the area! Jump on the bus mate, they are looking like great odds to win the premiership this year... you should support your local team donkey..
You potato counting hick

Poor old MuggyB. So desperate for my attention he resorts to posting the dumbest shit on LU. I live rent free in his head.

 

[Pneuma]

Poor old MuggyB. So desperate for my attention he resorts to posting the dumbest shit on LU. I live rent free in his head.

Potato

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

We need mods to clean up this forum. MuggyB and Psycho have ruined it with their idiotic trolling.

 

[MugaB]

We need mods to clean up this forum. MuggyB and Psycho have ruined it with their idiotic trolling.

Po ta to

 

[MugaB]

Poor old MuggyB. So desperate for my attention he resorts to posting the dumbest shit on LU. I live rent free in his head.

Hahaha rent free in logan, yeah no shit, no one wants to live there... suppose i need to head to the expansion threads that threaten the most logan team im ever gonna get, oops i forgot that team already exists, it's the broncos hawhawhaw
Howabout i type a whole heap of bullshit about any subject, and when wookie turns up to debate me on it, i cringe, cry and bitch and put everyone on ingore..

 

[MugaB]

PNG bid gaining momentum from PM​

The push for Papua New Guinea to become the 18th team when the NRL expands in the coming years is gathering pace on the back of the Australian Government’s push into the Pacific.

PNG is in the process of formulating a bid to coincide with the country’s 50th anniversary of independence in 2025 with a view to being included in the NRL when the competition likely expands two years later.

Earlier this month the International Rugby League Commission endorsed a five-year plan to grow international rugby league. Critical to that strategy was to create the Pacific Championships.

On Wednesday, the NRL announced in Brisbane a two-year agreement with the Australian Government to contest the tournament which will encompass men and women playing from seven Pacific nations.

The championships will include six international men’s teams and seven women’s teams and a valuable opportunity to grow pathways and nurture talent.

NRL News: Brooks fires parting shot at Tigers, Roosters confident Manu will re-sign, PNG bid gathers steam from Albo – The Roar

 

[MugaB]

Pacific Championships another big step as PNG closes in on 18th NRL licence​

ByAdrian Proszenko​

August 16, 2023 — 3.29pm

The momentum for Papua New Guinea to be granted the NRL’s 18th licence continues to build after the Australian Government committed $7 million to stage internationals in the Pacific.
Men’s and women’s teams from seven nations will compete in the inaugural Pacific Championships, which will be held from October 14 to November 5. Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Australia will co-host the tournament this year and Fiji will co-host the competition with Australia in 2024.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has made no secret of his desire for PNG to become the NRL’s next franchise, a sentiment he expressed again at Wednesday’s official announcement.
PNG bid team officials hope to be granted an NRL licence in 2025, the year the nation celebrates 50 years of independence, with a view to entering the competition as soon as 2027.

“The timelines that the PNG consortium identified … are ones that are logical,” Pat Conroy, the Federal Minister for International Development and the Pacific, as well as the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said.
“Obviously, it is ultimately up to the NRL, but if we focus on having a very competitive franchise ready to go, those timelines are very attractive from a symbolic point of view ...
“I’ve been refreshed with how committed the NRL is in growing the game in the Pacific – that’s great.
“The other thing I’d like to highlight is we see this as a great avenue for gender equality in the region. The fact that women and men’s players will be paid the exact same match payments [for the Pacific Championships] is a great initiative.

Papua New Guinea players celebrate during their game against Tonga at the World Cup. The rivalry is set to be rekindled in the Pacific Championships.

“We are in Matilda land; we’re seeing the great power of female participation and excellence in sport. Using rugby league as a vehicle for gender equality is a great opportunity.”
The latest announcement follows the government’s pledge of $5.5 million last month to grow the game in PNG. The investments are part of the government’s soft diplomacy at a time when PNG holds increasing geopolitical importance for Australia as China extends its influence in the Pacific.
Almost half of all NRL players – as well as nine of Penrith’s starting 13 from last year’s grand final – are of Pacific heritage.
The Australian Government has reportedly indicated that up to $25 million a year would be committed to underwriting a PNG franchise. The PNG Government, as well as a slew of cashed-up corporate behemoths in the region – such as ExxonMobil, Santos and Newcrest – are expected to cover any shortfall.
Albanese said a PNG-based NRL team could help counter the encroachment of China in the Pacific.

“We know we have a bit of competitive tension in the region, and engagement, if you like, in soft diplomacy, showing the relationship between Australia and our neighbours, that is so important,” Albanese told SEN radio.

“PNG will celebrate the 50 years of independence in a short period of time, in a couple of years, and that would be, I think, a pretty important opportunity to have some symbolic and real support.”