PNG's back.

[Canard]

Under the agreement, the NRL can’t ask for more funding over the next 10 years, nor can it seek additional money when it ends in 2035. (The deal starts now, not from 2028 when the team enters the premiership).

According to government sources familiar with the intricacies of the deal, the licence cannot be rebranded or recycled, nor can it simply be propped up with NRL money should PNG do a deal with China and Australia pulls out.

So the 600m is already in effect, so the team is essentially unfunded in its final years, and is non-transferable and no more money can be sought.

This is a bad, bad deal.

 

[Bukowski]

So the 600m is already in effect, so the team is essentially unfunded in its final years, and is non-transferable and no more money can be sought.

This is a bad, bad deal.

PVL will long gone my then. Probably the others who allowed this to happen too.
Plus, if the ten year deal starts this year then it ends in 2034, they'll be funded for just the first 7 years of they existence.

 

[Perth Red]

House of cards. One Chinese whisper and it falls down.

 

[Wb1234]

 

[Dark Corner]

PVL will long gone my then. Probably the others who allowed this to happen too.
Plus, if the ten year deal starts this year then it ends in 2034, they'll be funded for just the first 7 years of they existence.

Would the PNG team work if it was St.George illawarra split between Cairns and Port Moresby or would it not be better all the NRL/some/most teams took a game to Port Moresby for 10 fixtures a season ?

 

[John bird]

Good player who wouldn’t look out of place in the NRL.

 

[Bukowski]

Would the PNG team work if it was St.George illawarra split between Cairns and Port Moresby or would it not be better all the NRL/some/most teams took a game to Port Moresby for 10 fixtures a season ?

I could see them moving to Cairns

 

[Canard]

Would the PNG team work if it was St.George illawarra split between Cairns and Port Moresby or would it not be better all the NRL/some/most teams took a game to Port Moresby for 10 fixtures a season ?

There is no venue in Cairns to house a NRLteam

I could see them moving to Cairns

Cairns is Cowboys territory, despite what you Mexicans think.

 

[Perth Red]

I could see them moving to Cairns

That was Plan A,
Cowboys said no way, PNG said no way,
they moved on to Plan B lol

 

[Bukowski]

There is no venue in Cairns to house a NRLteam

Cairns is Cowboys territory, despite what you Mexicans think.

Mexican? is there a west Mexico.

 

[Perth Red]

Mexican? is there a west Mexico.

It'll all be America the great soon enough

 

[SirPies&Beers]

That was Plan A,
Cowboys said no way, PNG said no way,
they moved on to Plan B lol

again with your incorrect stories of plan a’s b’s ‘c’s lol.
perthwrongs, ding dong

 

[John bird]

Are PNG entering junior teams into the Queensland competitions?

 

[John bird]

PNG NRL Bid academy shows promising growth in 2025

The PNG NRL Bid Academy is showing significant progress in developing rugby league talent across Papua New Guinea, according to an update from Joe Grima, the Academy's Coaching and Pathway Manager.

www.postcourier.com.pg

 

[Perth Red]

Documents obtained by Capital Brief provide key insights into one of the biggest and most complex government funding deals for Australian professional sport.​

Bureaucrats working on the Australian government's $600 million deal to fund the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea questioned the policy rationale for the move and whether a lack of transparency would put taxpayer funds at risk.

Documents obtained by Capital Brief under freedom of information laws also show that officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in March last year queried whether the Peter V'Landys-led Australian Rugby League Commission would be best placed to administer the funding, and flagged several unusual aspects to what was then still a proposal.

“Typically grant programs are developed using policy objectives/criteria (in accordance with the grant guidelines) to protect core Commonwealth principles, namely achieving value with relevant money and transparency of taxpayer funding expenditure,” department officials wrote on a presentation slide titled “other funding considerations”.

“It is not immediately clear what those policy objectives/criteria would be and if the ARLC [Australian Rugby League Commission] is best placed as the delivery partner. Non-competitive grants of this scale would involve additional obligations including service standard requirements, payments being linked to completion of milestones, reporting obligations (including visibility of [how] taxpayer funds are being spent),” it continued.

Anyone else access the rest?

DFAT officials raised alarms over NRL's $600m PNG deal

Documents obtained by Capital Brief provide key insights into one of the biggest and most complex government funding deals for Australian professional sport.

www.capitalbrief.com

 

[Wb1234]

Wow so Pvl got dfat to subvert normal grant policy of the commonwealth controlling the money to it being controlled by the arl

What a great result that is

 

[Mother Nature's Son]

Wow so Pvl got dfat to subvert normal grant policy of the commonwealth controlling the money to it being controlled by the arl

What a great result that is

Yeah it is incredible, NRL the NGO, pull this off and what other strife torn country will they send us into. LOL.
Nah, but been thinking this for a while, we`re getting in on the ground-floor of a fast developing, resource rich country, the opportunities for strategic investment and long-term revenue generation could be game-changing.

 

[Wb1234]

Yeah it is incredible, NRL the NGO, pull this off and what other strife torn country will they send us into. LOL.
Nah, but been thinking this for a while, we`re getting in on the ground-floor of a fast developing, resource rich country, the opportunities for strategic investment and long-term revenue generation could be game-changing.

I think the club itself will end up minted / well off financially

PNG tv deal won’t be for much but maybe after ten years it will be something decent

Juniors is the big area imo

Like kiwis represent around 32 percent of nrl players png will end up with a decent double digit percentage

That will help provide players for clubs in afl states or even help teams in traditional areas and help the nrl get to 24 teams

Plus a strong kumuls will mean the pacific cup / World Cup / tests will make more money