PNG's back.

[Pippen94]

How many Aus domestic sports have introduced an overseas club from a country other than NZ? Only one I can think of is NBL going yo Singapore.

That said, I can only see this lasting a few years and could be a combo breaker for our wooden spoon run should we win the next 3.

PNG hunters have been going for 11 years

 

[MugaB]

PNG hunters have been going for 11 years

Yes them too

 

[Eion]

Anyone who thinks the arl should turn down between 750 million and a billion dollars is a fruit loop

Fumblers are getting over a billion for a team in a tiny place like Tasmania and they are all supportive of it

League is the national sport of png

Test matches v Australia will end up on par with origin

Agree. Why wouldn’t the nrl go for it? The worst that happens is that it fails and albo largely gets the blame for wasting money.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Some may see it as a 2-3 year money grab and go for it.
But let’s face it, moresby is a dangerous, hot place and they’ll need the tax incentives and more to get anyone there

Yep agreed.

It's a daft decision purely driven by politics.

V'landys got seduced by Tennis Albo throwing taxpayer money at it in a pathetic, cynical attempt at a legacy after his previous attempts ended in miserable failure.

 

[Pippen94]

I know politics and sport have always gone hand in hand since Greek times but is this the first politically motivated prof sports club ever to come into existence?

A ton of soccer clubs in Europe have state run history.

 

[Pippen94]

Yep agreed.

It's a daft decision purely driven by politics.

V'landys got seduced by Tennis Albo throwing taxpayer money at it in a pathetic, cynical attempt at a legacy after his previous attempts ended in miserable failure.

Libs signed off on it

 

[Foreign Legion]

I know politics and sport have always gone hand in hand since Greek times but is this the first politically motivated prof sports club ever to come into existence?

Majority of Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc sports club where affiliated with Government sectors. This is nothing new, just its never been done before in Australian sport.

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Libs signed off on it

Either way when it all ends in failure Tennis Albo will rightfully get the blame for it.

 

[Pippen94]

A team in PNG where people love rugby league will have stronger future than a team in Perth which will simply be a commercial venture.

 

[Perth Red]

The spending is split roughly in half between the NRL club and other rugby league-related development activities in the Pacific.

$290m will go towards the NRL franchise and $250m is for rugby league programs in the region. $60m will be paid directly to the NRL as a licence fee, which is expected to be shared between existing clubs.

$120m of the money committed will come from existing government programmes, leaving an average annual cost to the budget of $48m.

Papua New Guinea granted historic NRL expansion licence after years of campaigning

PNG will field an NRL team from 2028 after the Australian government confirmed a $600m deal that aims to deepen diplomatic ties in the Pacific

www.theguardian.com

 

[Pippen94]

The spending is split roughly in half between the NRL club and other rugby league-related development activities in the Pacific.

$290m will go towards the NRL franchise and $250m is for rugby league programs in the region. $60m will be paid directly to the NRL as a licence fee, which is expected to be shared between existing clubs.

$120m of the money committed will come from existing government programmes, leaving an average annual cost to the budget of $48m.

Papua New Guinea granted historic NRL expansion licence after years of campaigning

PNG will field an NRL team from 2028 after the Australian government confirmed a $600m deal that aims to deepen diplomatic ties in the Pacific

www.theguardian.com

Another bid gets up before Perth lol

 

[MugaB]

Either way when it all ends in failure Tennis Albo will rightfully get the blame for it.

Who cares, besides, why would you want it to fail?
Who hates on a sporting team that represents a 3rd world country, I mean the warriors were homeless during covid, no one hated them, poor basterds had to slum it out in gosford where the fk is your heart!!!

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Majority of Soviet Union/Eastern Bloc sports club where affiliated with Government sectors. This is nothing new, just its never been done before in Australian sport.

Most Pakistani sports teams are company teams for the government & military too.

 

[Perth Red]

Looks like funding isnt just going to grassroots in PNG:

"The partnership will support young people in the Pacifc, girls and boys, women and men, to play rugby league with a focus on PNG but also on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa."
The 10-year agreement will "support investment into grassroots, pathways and elite rugby league" across the Pacific.

https://www.nospam47.com/au/rugby-l...-club-confirmed-2028/782967f6bc7ba2a085b2a8e1

 

[MugaB]

Looks like funding isnt just going to grassroots in PNG:

"The partnership will support young people in the Pacifc, girls and boys, women and men, to play rugby league with a focus on PNG but also on Fiji, Tonga and Samoa."
The 10-year agreement will "support investment into grassroots, pathways and elite rugby league" across the Pacific.

https://www.nospam47.com/au/rugby-l...-club-confirmed-2028/782967f6bc7ba2a085b2a8e1

Pacifika

 

[Wb1234]

“In Port Moresby, the demand is so high that some junior games have to be limited to as little as seven minutes each way to enable all teams an opportunity to play.”

 

[MugaB]

Where's that fkwit reporter Ben fordham that has confirmed it now, it's a done deal folks

 

[Pippen94]

Most Pakistani sports teams are company teams for the government & military too.

Housing Building Finance Corporation was class team

 

[AdelaideSharky]

Who cares, besides, why would you want it to fail?
Who hates on a sporting team that represents a 3rd world country, I mean the warriors were homeless during covid, no one hated them

Considering we're living in a f**king cost of living crisis where our own country's population is doing it tough, our so called government pissing money up a wall on a vanity project by funding a sports team in a foreign country (and third world one) at that is pretty f**king disgraceful.

The money Tennis Albo pissed down the drain on this could've been far better spent on helping Australians in this cost of living crisis.

But we all know he doesn't give a fat rat's arse about Australians doing it tough.

The sooner the election comes and this merkin is sent packing so he can f**k off to New York to work for the UN the better.

 

[Wb1234]