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BuffaloRules

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That was my first thought but given the threat to the islands of death from them thought wave was a little more appropriate lol. Also the wave that is fighting back the chinese hoards seemed quite apt!

I was joking …they wont be calling it that…

I don’t like Wave either …name it after some PNG animal or bird

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I was joking …they wont be calling it that…

I don’t like Wave either …name it after some PNG animal or bird

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It depends how hard on the govt is for a 'pacific' team. Though it would be more logical (not that theres much logic in either tbh) to have a png team in port moresby AND a pacific team based in nz rather trying to be everything to everyone with PNG.
 

BuffaloRules

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It depends how hard on the govt is for a 'pacific' team. Though it would be more logical (not that theres much logic in either tbh) to have a png team in port moresby AND a pacific team based in nz rather trying to be everything to everyone with PNG.

Well.. North Sydney Bears seems to think that there will be a different Pacific Team…

Where is a Pacific team going to play? If you are suggesting in South Island Nz… don’t
 

MugaB

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It depends how hard on the govt is for a 'pacific' team. Though it would be more logical (not that theres much logic in either tbh) to have a png team in port moresby AND a pacific team based in nz rather trying to be everything to everyone with PNG.
Nz2 wont be a Pacific team... theres a failing RU version of that... best if its going to be a roaming team that its based in aus... purey due to the 16 other teams that they'll be playing here, as opposed to the one Nz team and 6-8 home games in Pacific
 

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Well.. North Sydney Bears seems to think that there will be a different Pacific Team…

Where is a Pacific team going to play? If you are suggesting in South Island Nz… don’t
It'll be interesting to see the Hamilton crowd at the weekend, maybe a base for a pacific team (Id leave Sth Island for NZ2 eventually). Again only reason you would even entertain the notion is if Govt was paying for it. Dont get me wrong I think they are both dumb ideas that will fail eventually but this is Vlandys world where investing in dumb ideas seems to be the go.

as for bears, just lol
 

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Nz2 wont be a Pacific team... theres a failing RU version of that... best if its going to be a roaming team that its based in aus... purey due to the 16 other teams that they'll be playing here, as opposed to the one Nz team and 6-8 home games in Pacific
Im not suggesting it should be. Just if Govt want to fund a PNG and Pacific team that would be the logical, hahah, place to put it.
 

BuffaloRules

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It'll be interesting to see the Hamilton crowd at the weekend, maybe a base for a pacific team (Id leave Sth Island for NZ2 eventually). Again only reason you would even entertain the notion is if Govt was paying for it. Dont get me wrong I think they are both dumb ideas that will fail eventually but this is Vlandys world where investing in dumb ideas seems to be the go.

as for bears, just lol

I think you underestimate PVL… I’ve mentioned to you before that an idiot wouldn’t survive in NSW Racing for so long and have carved something out this time of the year up against Vic Racing …

Im not sure the Govt will pay for another team ,,, they will have their hands full with PNG …
 

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It'll be interesting to see the Hamilton crowd at the weekend, maybe a base for a pacific team (Id leave Sth Island for NZ2 eventually). Again only reason you would even entertain the notion is if Govt was paying for it. Dont get me wrong I think they are both dumb ideas that will fail eventually but this is Vlandys world where investing in dumb ideas seems to be the go.

as for bears, just lol
Bears would be smart to relocate to Hamilton as the NZ2 team... unless an actual nz2 bidder exists
 
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All good, and I take your point, but I was just after a bit of the lighter talking points like design, colours, logos etc. The constant gnashing of teeth here is over the top and quite frankly dull, but there are some people here that can add more interesting stuff at times…

Keen for your “Cannibals” branding to have a run though!

Isn't the Fijian national RL team named after cannibals?
 

The Great Dane

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Pretty disappointing thread.
Not a single mention of woke yet. If we can put a team in Vic-tardia and make it work than surely we could make it happen in a place that actually likes rugby league.
Personally I don't think it would work right now, but it has to be somewhere in the future when the country is more developed.
That's literally every sensible person's position on a PNG NRL side. . . It's probably inevitable given time, but neither the league nor the country is ready for it yet, and it'll end in tears if it happens too early.
 
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The Great Dane

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A quick read on Wikipedia says the Bati is a Warrior Caste, but I think there was a history of cannibalism post battle for the Fijians.
There's a history of cannibalism basically everywhere, in fact it's so ubiquitous that culture's without some history of cannibalism are the unusual ones. It's one of those quirks of human behaviour that polite society and academia likes to pretend is overstated or even didn't really exist, more myth than reality, but is actually a common behaviour, especially amongst hunter gatherers.

The only reason cannibalism is more associated with the PI's than some other places is because it was still a common within recent times in most pacific cultures, even within living memory, and in New Guinea's case (both West Papua and PNG) it's a very rare, but still extant, behaviour.

There's absolutely no chance that the NRL, or any other serious sporting organisation for that matter, would ever allow one of their teams to be called the Cannibals, nor was I seriously suggesting that they should be. The fallout would be f**king hilarious if they did have to balls to pull a move like that, and that merch would be an instant buy even if it was just for the laughs.
 

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