PNG's back.

[Colk]

This bid does not deserve to be taken seriously.

I don’t think it has much chance to be honest.

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I don’t think it has much chance to be honest.

It has zero chance. Cairns doesn't even have a rectangular stadium. The Pride play out of an athletics park. Flying to Port Moresby on gameday will be a massive hurdle for a club that will struggle in the player market.

 

[Perth Red]

This bid does not deserve to be taken seriously.

I dont think anyone is except Wb lol

 

[Get Rid of The Donkeys]

I dont think anyone is except Wb lol

MugaB is keen on the idea.

 

[Wb1234]

I dont think anyone is except Wb lol

And nine million Papuan new Guineans lol

 

[Wb1234]

Footy diplomacy v China’s Pacific expansion: why Australia must back PNG’s bid for an NRL team

Australia may not be able to match China’s influence through infrastructure investment or granting loans, but we can build deep bonds with PNG through its shared passion for a game: rugby league.

www.smh.com.au

Nrl expansion to stop Chinese expansion

 

[Colk]

Footy diplomacy v China’s Pacific expansion: why Australia must back PNG’s bid for an NRL team

Australia may not be able to match China’s influence through infrastructure investment or granting loans, but we can build deep bonds with PNG through its shared passion for a game: rugby league.

www.smh.com.au

Nrl expansion to stop Chinese expansion

The government will have to fund the whole thing.

 

[Menaiduck]

Footy diplomacy v China’s Pacific expansion: why Australia must back PNG’s bid for an NRL team

Australia may not be able to match China’s influence through infrastructure investment or granting loans, but we can build deep bonds with PNG through its shared passion for a game: rugby league.

www.smh.com.au

Nrl expansion to stop Chinese expansion

Funnily enough afl tried to invade China and the Chinese repelled it with indifference. In contrast the NRL will repel the Chinese invasion of the South Pacific by adopting a PNG team.

 

[Wb1234]

Funnily enough afl tried to invade China and the Chinese repelled it with indifference. In contrast the NRL will repel the Chinese invasion of the South Pacific by adopting a PNG team.

This is brilliant. Love it

 

[Foreign Legion]

Australian rugby awaits watershed decision from World Rugby Council

SPOTLIGHT: Two years after financial turmoil forced serious consideration of a return to amateurism, Australian rugby will be looking to the World Rugby Council to deliver a watershed moment for the game Down Under.

rugby365.com

 

[Colk]

Funnily enough afl tried to invade China and the Chinese repelled it with indifference. In contrast the NRL will repel the Chinese invasion of the South Pacific by adopting a PNG team.

AFL trying to take over China is one of the funniest things ever

 

[Perth Red]

If the Australian Govt is prepared to underwrite it for a guaranteed 30 years, then sure let them in lol.

 

[Menaiduck]

AFL trying to take over China is one of the funniest things ever

They nominated clubs to own certain parts of the world. Essenbong had India from memory. Covid saved them from the embarrassment of a massive world wide fail.

 

[Menaiduck]

If the Australian Govt is prepared to underwrite it for a guaranteed 30 years, then sure let them in lol.

It’s a great idea. Almost clever.

 

[Colk]

It’s a great idea. Almost clever.

I still don’t think it will happen, at least not for the next side.

I do worry about how competitive a PNG side would be even IF (and that’s a big if) the government decide that they are going to back this bid year in and year out. How are they going to recruit and retain anybody?

 

[Perth Red]

I still don’t think it will happen, at least not for the next side.

I do worry about how competitive a PNG side would be even IF (and that’s a big if) the government decide that they are going to back this bid year in and year out. How are they going to recruit and retain anybody?

Not to mention convincing Nine and Fox to cover games from PNG, the lack of value in terms of Australian TV audience growth, the reluctance of all the other clubs to travel for games to PNG, the inability to sign Australian and kiwi players as who wants to travel EVERY week especially internationally for your home game (presuming the loopy Cairns idea has traction) and so the challenges beyond financial sustainability go on.
Be fun for them to give it a go though just for shts and giggles.

 

[Colk]

Not to mention convincing Nine and Fox to cover games from PNG, the lack of value in terms of Australian TV audience growth, the reluctance of all the other clubs to travel for games to PNG, the inability to sign Australian and kiwi players as who wants to travel EVERY week especially internationally for your home game (presuming the loopy Cairns idea has traction) and so the challenges beyond financial sustainability go on.
Be fun for them to give it a go though just for shts and giggles.

It is not even that. How likely, if and when they start producing NRL standard players, that they are able to keep them?

 

[Wb1234]

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Australian rugby awaits watershed decision from World Rugby Council

SPOTLIGHT: Two years after financial turmoil forced serious consideration of a return to amateurism, Australian rugby will be looking to the World Rugby Council to deliver a watershed moment for the game Down Under.

rugby365.com

Izzy Folau will be happy

 

[Wb1234]

I still don’t think it will happen, at least not for the next side.

I do worry about how competitive a PNG side would be even IF (and that’s a big if) the government decide that they are going to back this bid year in and year out. How are they going to recruit and retain anybody?

If the govt do fully fund it (they won’t) this will be an additional team to team 18

the arlc will actually get free extra content to sell to Australian tv companies

 

[Wb1234]

It is not even that. How likely, if and when they start producing NRL standard players, that they are able to keep them?

They could produce a thousand plus nrl players. It wouldn’t be just them to benefit