PNG's back.

[Chief_Chujo]

The PNG team will secure world peace, solve world hunger and turn that country into a super power.

Said no one ever. We have a free shot at a massive upside. Look for the positives.

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Said no one ever. We have a free shot at a massive upside. Look for the positives.

I look for the positives and can see them.

But I'm a realist and I'll be damned if I'll follow people into delusionville.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

I look for the positives and can see them.

But I'm a realist and I'll be damned if I'll follow people into delusionville.

So you can see positives? And it's costing the NRL nothing to do it? Seems a pretty good idea to me.

 

[Gordie]

Someone made a point of comparing it to Brazil and the players that come from there in particularly from the poor, incredibly high crime rate ridden favelas. Great comparison.

Yeah, I’d agree with all of that and even though it’s not a nice situation for the kids of PNG to be in it’s still a cold hard reality and nothing motivates people more than poverty and a chance to escape it.

 

[Perth Red]

In 20 to 50 years png will be one of the biggest rugby league clubs in the world

Its going to take the whole game of rugby league to another level

Some people need to look past economic snobbery

Will they be playing in cairns by then?

 

[blue bags]

Hull FC used 45 player's in 2024
Wow

 

[Wb1234]

Will they be playing in cairns by then?

Remember when you laughed your head off about png ever getting an nrl team and said it would never happen

Same with tax incentives and a players compound

 

[BuffaloRules]

Remember when you laughed your head off about png ever getting an nrl team and said it would never happen

Same with tax incentives and a players compound

What did he think about the Dolphins?

 

[Wb1234]

What did he think about the Dolphins?

Said Brisbane already had an nrl team
Said dolphins was a bad idea vs firebirds

 

[Matt_CBY]

lol firebirds.

 

[blue bags]

lol firebirds.

Thunder Bird's Are GO

 

[Gherkin]

Bring on the PNG team. There’s so much untapped raw rugby league talent there. Even if we can harness 0.0001% of the 10million known population that’s 1,000 potential players to stream into the NRL and NRLW competitions. If only 20-50 of that 1,000 potential players are talented enough to make regular first grade then that’s a win.

That pool will only increase with the right pathways, infrastructure and systems in place. Persistence is the key.

If I were the NRL I would ask and pay to have some of the best talent identifiers from club land spend a few weeks in the coming off seasons in assisting the PNG franchise work out how best to set up shop.

They've already had Joey Grima over there working with them for a year or so on this

 

[MugaB]

I look for the positives and can see them.

But I'm a realist and I'll be damned if I'll follow people into delusionville.

Says the Canberra Raiders fan....
Stick with Ricky ey? Delusional is following Canberra

 

[AlwaysGreen]

Says the Canberra Raiders fan....
Stick with Ricky ey? Delusional is following Canberra

No, that's called loyalty.

 

[mikail-eagle]

They've already had Joey Grima over there working with them for a year or so on this

 

[MugaB]

No, that's called loyalty.

Delusional Loyalty...... ask any WESTs!!!!! Tigers fan

 

[Bukowski]

Delusional Loyalty...... ask any WESTs!!!!! Tigers fan

We're just f**ked in the head

 

[Wb1234]

Delusional Loyalty...... ask any WESTs!!!!! Tigers fan

So Aussies can be loyal to their awful clubs but the good citizens of png can’t show the same loyalty for the sport

What next ? Time to build a wall

 

[AlwaysGreen]

So Aussies can be loyal to their awful clubs but the good citizens of png can’t show the same loyalty for the sport

What next ? Time to build a wall

I know your mind is preoccupied by your team's flag final but your stupidity has gone to another level today.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Says the Canberra Raiders fan....
Stick with Ricky ey? Delusional is following Canberra

Why you shitting on my team bro?