PNG's back.

[Perth Red]

No, but being poor is being poor, and those advocating for a team in both those areas cant say png doesn't offer the same hurdles

There's poor, then there's poverty. they are very different. A poor person is choosing Kayo over Fox or watching NRL on fta, a poverty stricken person doesn't have a tv or electric.

To suggest SEQ and PNG are remotely similar because there's a few poor people in SEQ and a few wealthy people in Port Moresby is pretty laughable

 

[Perth Red]

Time in the air is fatiguing coz body is taking in less oxygen. Travel would be worse for perth than PNG team

In your opinion. As a frequent traveler I know I'd rather be doing 24 flights a year than 48 and spending less time travelling overall.

 

[MugaB]

There's poor, then there's poverty. they are very different. A poor person is choosing Kayo over Fox or watching NRL on fta, a poverty stricken person doesn't have a tv or electric.

To suggest SEQ and PNG are remotely similar because there's a few poor people in SEQ and a few wealthy people in Port Moresby is pretty laughable

Kayo over fox?? Whats the difference what planet are you on... oh i forgot perf, no poor people in perf, plenty of cash to spend on sport around there.
Again not everyone in PNG is povo...

 

[Bukowski]

So the 10% rich/well off (that aren't poor) who would probably get upto half million maybe morso wont want to pay for tix or merch ....please, theyll have the Chinese knock offs there quicker than they could make them, every person that can get there hands on a jersey will get one

The bias against having a png team is unbelievable here on this forum... we all talk of population bases/metros and who plays the game in what areas, png smashes all that...
We cant even figure out which area NZ2 would be in, thats why theres no bid...

Do we know the numbers of participants there?

 

[Canard]

Kayo over fox?? Whats the difference what planet are you on... oh i forgot perf, no poor people in perf, plenty of cash to spend on sport around there.
Again not everyone in PNG is povo...

What you know about PNG, you could fit on a postage stamp.

 

[Canard]

Do we know the numbers of participants there?

Mate, they don't even have an accurate census data or a competent government.

Despite what some people choose to believe, it's a third world country.

 

[Wb1234]

I’m really not sure about this PNG push, one of my sons mates played the PNG Headhunters in the Q Cup on Saturday in Port Moresby, he said it was certainly an eye opening experience.
They had armed security guards most places they went but he was blown away with how the locals knew who they were and how they greeted them.
He said he certainly knew he had played a game of footy afterwards but he did point out they were very basic in a lot of areas which did make things alot more easier.
He said he couldn’t imagine opposition fans travelling over there to watch a game.
Another one of my sons mates plays for Wynnum Manly so I’ll check if they play in Port Moresby this year and see what he thinks.

Fans like that are a credit to rugby league

 

[Wb1234]

There's poor, then there's poverty. they are very different. A poor person is choosing Kayo over Fox or watching NRL on fta, a poverty stricken person doesn't have a tv or electric.

To suggest SEQ and PNG are remotely similar because there's a few poor people in SEQ and a few wealthy people in Port Moresby is pretty laughable

Lmao fmd you love to twist arguments around your

 

[Wb1234]

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Wow Perth red caught out there

that’s embarrassing

 

[The Great Dane]

What you know about PNG, you could fit on a postage stamp.

The level of ignorance some are displaying about PNG is astounding, and the nonchalant attitude to extreme poverty is despicable.

 

[Pneuma]

https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Rugby-League-as-a-tool-for-Development-in-Papua-New-Guinea.pdf

Interesting article written over a decade ago citing rugby league as a tool for development in PNG. It’s not short but it shows the potential our game has to assist PNG grow to overcome many of its current issues.

 

[Pneuma]

Do we know the numbers of participants there?

Depends on the source you rely on. I’ve seen stats as high as 40000 players but none cite direct evidence. Apparently there are 280 clubs there. Whatever the real figure is , it would grow exponentially with a NRL team and the correct supporting processes in place. It’s why I support a team there at the right time. The growth potential is outrageous.

 

[Pippen94]

In your opinion. As a frequent traveler I know I'd rather be doing 24 flights a year than 48 and spending less time travelling overall.

Different oxygen saturation at higher altitude is fact not opinion lol.

 

[Perth Red]

Different oxygen saturation at higher altitude is fact not opinion lol.

Flying 48 times instead of 24, is also a fact


Flying hours alone
PNG 123 hours a year
Perth 116.5hours a year

However you want to spin it a PNG team based in Cairns is flying/travelling a lot more than a Perth team will need to.

 

[DIOGENES]

So RL is a relatively minor sport in PNG and the Pacific.
There are more than 200,000 AFL players in that area.

Participation in AFL grows in PNG and Fiji | Loop PNG

Involvement rate in AFL is growing rapidly in Papua New Guinea and Fiji.

www.looppng.com

 

[Pneuma]

So RL is a relatively minor sport in PNG and the Pacific.
There are more than 200,000 AFL players in that area.

Participation in AFL grows in PNG and Fiji | Loop PNG

Involvement rate in AFL is growing rapidly in Papua New Guinea and Fiji.

www.looppng.com

It’d be 2,000,000 by now. 4,000,000 would be female applying the fumbleball calculator.

 

[Pippen94]

So RL is a relatively minor sport in PNG and the Pacific.
There are more than 200,000 AFL players in that area.

Participation in AFL grows in PNG and Fiji | Loop PNG

Involvement rate in AFL is growing rapidly in Papua New Guinea and Fiji.

www.looppng.com

League is main sport in PNG. Afl numbers are bs. Claim 250k participants in Canada too

 

[Pippen94]

Flying 48 times instead of 24, is also a fact


Flying hours alone
PNG 123 hours a year
Perth 116.5hours a year

However you want to spin it a PNG team based in Cairns is flying/travelling a lot more than a Perth team will need to.

About 15 hours to Auckland for single leg. Add that fixture when u have time

 

[Perth Red]

About 15 hours to Auckland for single leg. Add that fixture when u have time

Thats ok, we wont play warriors away lol

15 hours one way? By hot air ballon maybe!
6.5hrs there, 7.5hours back Per - Auck direct flight

 

[DIOGENES]

League is main sport in PNG. Afl numbers are bs. Claim 250k participants in Canada too

I once went on a business trip to New York with a Victorian. When we were booking into the hotel he asked the clerk if there were any local AFL games on and which station was broadcasting the Australian games.

This was a highly educated man. Obviously when you cross the Victorian border you enter some sort of bubble