PNG's back.

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

These lads doing it the old fashioned way:

Faith, family and footy obsession behind PNG players' drive to find rugby league glory in Australia

They grew up playing footy in cow paddocks at home, where "rugby league is a religion". Now, these young men are preparing to grace footy fields in Australia, hoping to one day represent their country.

www.abc.net.au

But Pommy Red said development officers are needed to get kids to play the game?

 

[MugaB]

These lads doing it the old fashioned way:

Faith, family and footy obsession behind PNG players' drive to find rugby league glory in Australia

They grew up playing footy in cow paddocks at home, where "rugby league is a religion". Now, these young men are preparing to grace footy fields in Australia, hoping to one day represent their country.

www.abc.net.au

Samuel looks fkn scary... imagine him in beast mode running over you

 

[The Great Dane]

Interesting thread. There is no $600 million government outlay for this proposal. Andrew Hill has made the absolutely clear. The proposed team’s funding is part of a $600 million package. Without seeing what is proposed the thread is merely speculation a lot of which is based on irrational prejudices both ways. I have no idea whether this will work because I don’t know what it is yet. In the mean time speculate away.

I'm sorry but saying PNG can't sustain an NRL side isn't 'irrational prejudice'.

Neither is saying that government funding is unreliable, or that there'd be little public support for such a project in the current climate.

A PNG NRL side would be nothing more than an unsustainable vanity project for a relative handful of elites, and it'd only be a matter of time before it bit the NRL in the arse.

 

[Wb1234]

I'm sorry but saying PNG can't sustain an NRL side isn't 'irrational prejudice'.

Neither is saying that government funding is unreliable, or that there'd be little public support for such a project in the current climate.

A PNG NRL side would be nothing more than an unsustainable vanity project for a relative handful of elites, and it'd only be a matter of time before it bit the NRL in the arse.

Dolphins says hello

 

[The Great Dane]

Dolphins says hello

You need rehab.

 

[Wb1234]

You need rehab.

Dolphins are in great shape

 

[Vlad59]

I'm sorry but saying PNG can't sustain an NRL side isn't 'irrational prejudice'.

Neither is saying that government funding is unreliable, or that there'd be little public support for such a project in the current climate.

A PNG NRL side would be nothing more than an unsustainable vanity project for a relative handful of elites, and it'd only be a matter of time before it bit the NRL in the arse.

Agree to disagree

 

[Canard]

PNG is unsustainable, has huge logistical issues, will be politically unpopular, struggle to attract any talent and is totally reliant on government funding.

 

[MugaB]

PNG is unsustainable, has huge logistical issues, will be politically unpopular, struggle to attract any talent and is totally reliant on government funding.

 

[final say]

PNG is unsustainable, has huge logistical issues, will be politically unpopular, struggle to attract any talent and is totally reliant on government funding.

In a small impoverished city...

 

[Wb1234]

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Loved that simpsons episode

 

[Canard]

PNG will be sustainable because the guy leading the bid, says they will be?

Relying solely on the whims of govt and corporate sponsorship has no risk associated with it at all.

 

[The Great Dane]

Agree to disagree

You can't defend your position, so you're going to baselessly accuse your opposition of being prejudiced and pretend you're enlightened by hiding behind agreeing to disagree.

So yeah, there's no need for me to agree to disagree when you're so plainly wrong.

 

[Vlad59]

You can't defend your position, so you're going to baselessly accuse your opposition of being prejudiced and pretend you're enlightened by hiding behind agreeing to disagree.

So yeah, there's no need for me to agree to disagree when you're so plainly wrong.

Good grief. You’ve been here too long if you are going to carry on like that mate.

 

[Iamback]

In a small impoverished city...

Small country yes but a bigger population than RL's other options for expansion

 

[Iamback]

The amount that they are spending on the Fijian side (not that I think either is a good idea) absolutely pales in comparison to what is being suggested here

Australian Government announces funding boost for Fijiana and Fijian Drua teams - Ministry of Sport

In a momentous development for Fijian rugby and the code’s fans across the Pacific, the Australian Government has announced a substantial funding commitment to support the Fijiana and Fijian Drua teams.

ministryofsport.com

Need to see where the funding goes. If it goes to areas outside of the NRL team then it is fine

Take the plan to get PNG a national road network, Speeding that up would help both the NRL side and PNG as a whole.

So too updating a couple of schools to improve training facilities

 

[Canard]

Small country yes but a bigger population than RL's other options for expansion

Population is irrelevant in this respect.

100% of nothing is still nothing, when it comes to financial viability.

 

[Bukowski]

Small country yes but a bigger population than RL's other options for expansion

It's gonna be a Port Moresby club seeing as its cut off from the rest of the country. 400k mostly poor people. Perth is 2 mill.
Unless Perth can claim the rest of the country too.

 

[Iamback]

It's gonna be a Port Moresby club seeing as its cut off from the rest of the country. 400k mostly poor people. Perth is 2 mill.
Unless Perth can claim the rest of the country too.

Except the ad was posted to hire 4 new talent coaches/scouts to work in various other regions.

So it would be more than Port Moresby although that is where most of the action will be from

 

[Canard]

Need to see where the funding goes. If it goes to areas outside of the NRL team then it is fine

Take the plan to get PNG a national road network, Speeding that up would help both the NRL side and PNG as a whole.

So too updating a couple of schools to improve training facilities

That's a decades long piece of work, and literally billions, if not trillions of dollars of work.