PNG's back.

[Canard]

In a nation of 17 million people can they find 25k a week to pay 25 to 50 for tickets ? Easy

and you’re going to be shocked by their corporate backing

the png govt could basically order companies to back them or face the consequences

heck the govt could put a mining royalty to support the team if they wanted too

So why don't they do that now? Why would they need the funding?

 

[Canard]

And I’m not talking about Penrith today I’m talking about Penrith in 67

it was farmland isolated from the city

parramatta too was barely developed.

It was nothing like a third world country.

And all you needed in 67 was a pie and chips and your costs were covered.

 

[Perth Red]

In a nation of 17 million people can they find 25k a week to pay 25 to 50 for tickets ? Easy

and you’re going to be shocked by their corporate backing

the png govt could basically order companies to back them or face the consequences

heck the govt could put a mining royalty to support the team if they wanted too

for starters they've only got 15k places to sell. And I wouldnt be so sure, its not just finding 15k of them, its finding 15k RL fans who can afford it and having them attend every game. Most NRL tickets are nearer $40-$80. We saw them struggle to get 15k to pay nearly full price to watch the Kumuls.

Maybe, I have my doubts. Its not just sponsorship but box sales at games and the current stadium only has handful to sell.

They could but will they? In a country where the govt cant get roads built and running clean water to a lot of places it would seem unlikely.

A bigger stadium with much better corporates would certainly help but not seen any indication this on the cards. A 35k stadium with tickets at half the normal NRL price might work?

 

[Perth Red]

And I’m not talking about Penrith today I’m talking about Penrith in 67

it was farmland isolated from the city

parramatta too was barely developed.

Clubs didnt need to generate $15-20million a year in 1967 to survive.

 

[Wb1234]

for starters they've only got 15k places to sell. And I wouldnt be so sure, its not just finding 15k of them, its finding 15k RL fans who can afford it and having them attend every game. Most NRL tickets are nearer $40-$80. We saw them struggle to get 15k to pay nearly full price to watch the Kumuls.

Maybe, I have my doubts. Its not just sponsorship but box sales at games and the current stadium only has handful to sell.

They could but will they? In a country where the govt cant get roads built and running clean water to a lot of places it would seem unlikely.

A bigger stadium with much better corporates would certainly help but not seen any indication this on the cards. A 35k stadium with tickets at half the normal NRL price might work?

Stadium upgrade was only mentioned to 25k

bit disappointing tbh I wanted 50k plus

 

[Wb1234]

Clubs didnt need to generate $15-20million a year in 1967 to survive.

Cowboys in 95 were basketcase and now a powerhouse

Not everyone in that country is poor lol

this will have the whole nation behind it

that includes every business in that country big or small

 

[Perth Red]

Stadium upgrade was only mentioned to 25k

bit disappointing tbh I wanted 50k plus

I dont think there was any plan was there? It was mentioned in the upgrade for the games years ago that it could be enlarged to 25k. Not that it will be or that there was a plan to.
Looks like most of the stands are just scaffolding stands so I suppose if the money was available and they were replaced with proper permanent stands that it could be any size?

 

[Wb1234]

I dont think there was any plan was there? It was mentioned in the upgrade for the games years ago that it could be enlarged to 25k. Not that it will be or that there was a plan to.
Looks like most of the stands are just scaffolding stands so I suppose if the money was available and they were replaced with proper permanent stands that it could be any size?

Maybe wait and see what the png govt are putting in before deciding

ground in its current form is unacceptable due security

 

[Perth Red]

Maybe wait and see what the png govt are putting in before deciding

ground in its current form is unacceptable due security

Theyve been running at multi billion $ budget deficits for last few years, how are they affording to build one?

Maybe they can get China to build them one

 

[Wb1234]

Theyve been running at multi billion $ budget deficits for last few years, how are they affording to build one?

Maybe they can get China to build them one

America is funding two wars and has trillions in debt
very few countries run at a surplus

 

[Perth Red]

Great to see. If PNG do get in they should be taking two games to Fiji, not playing them in cairns!

Melbourne Storm, pre-season 2024, Fiji | NRL.com

Melbourne Storm will play the Newcastle Knights in the first-ever NRL-sanctioned rugby league match in Fiji in February 2024.

www.nrl.com

 

[Wb1234]

The png cairns bid is under water

 

[AlwaysGreen]

PNG is hoping to become the 18th team in the NRL. But they're at the centre of a much bigger game in the Pacific

Rugby league is widely loved in Papua New Guinea — it's even the national sport. And if their bid to become the 18th team in the NRL is successful, there could be benefits for Australia beyond the field.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Wb1234]

“we have Telstra in [the] country now for televising live across the country”

hmm streaming rights in png


“What [the] NRL is basically saying to us is that if there was a successful PNG team [bid], it would enter the competition in 2027; it could be brought forward to 2026, it really is subject to the NRL," Mr Sonk said.”

@Perth Red

 

[DIOGENES]

The next week is when governments put out the news trash. Will we hear an announcement?
I think it is great for Australia and the NRL but a hard political sell in the lesser states.

 

[MugaB]

PNG is hoping to become the 18th team in the NRL. But they're at the centre of a much bigger game in the Pacific

Rugby league is widely loved in Papua New Guinea — it's even the national sport. And if their bid to become the 18th team in the NRL is successful, there could be benefits for Australia beyond the field.

www.abc.net.au

12 million, marape speak in volumes now, a few years back he wouldn't say the population, just a could be upto ???
Good article, shows how the bid realises that it needs to be self supported eventually, and that the aus govt are helping them set up, but they won't want to be spoon fed after that time, looks like the decade long funding is simply a one off

 

[Foreign Legion]

I watched that report, the PNG hunter will be the feeder club, so that means they will have a new name. my God the "AFL Vic Tards" will be choking on the their coco pops today after watching this.

 

[Canard]

“we have Telstra in [the] country now for televising live across the country”

hmm streaming rights in png


“What [the] NRL is basically saying to us is that if there was a successful PNG team [bid], it would enter the competition in 2027; it could be brought forward to 2026, it really is subject to the NRL," Mr Sonk said.”

@Perth Red

Streaming rights?? Haha f**k me.

 

[The Great Dane]

I watched that report, the PNG hunter will be the feeder club, so that means they will have a new name. my God the "AFL Vic Tards" will be choking on the their coco pops today after watching this.

Choking back hysterical laughter at the absurdity of it lol.

 

[Canard]

7.30 understands the two countries are in discussions about a potential decade-long agreement worth more than $100 million.

That's not going to get it done.