PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:41 am  

http://www.nrl.com/png-score-shock-roun ... fault.aspx A good win away from home. I can't see anyone beating them in PNG, so if they can win away as well, they will give this title a big shake in their first year.

http://www.nrl.com/png-score-shock-roun ... fault.aspx A good win away from home. I can't see anyone beating them in PNG, so if they can win away as well, they will give this title a big shake in their first year.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:16 am  

roopy wrote:

http://www.nrl.com/png-score-shock-round-1-win/tabid/10874/newsid/76528/default.aspx
A good win away from home.
I can't see anyone beating them in PNG, so if they can win away as well, they will give this title a big shake in their first year.

looking forward to tracking their progress this year!

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:25 am  

There was a bit in a Sydney paper this morning that said Mark Mexico was about to sign with Manly and the PNG coach said he was happy to lose any of his players to another team and he had 15000 young guys ready to step up to fill any vacancies.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 8:48 am  

roopy wrote:

There was a bit in a Sydney paper this morning that said Mark Mexico was about to sign with Manly and the PNG coach said he was happy to lose any of his players to another team and he had 15000 young guys ready to step up to fill any vacancies.

Bloody hell 15000 wish we in Britain had 15000

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:30 am  

Papua-New Guineas represent the wave of the future.

15,000 kids ready to step up.

I foresee them in the NRL before too long.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 11:31 am  

Not in the next twenty years, if ever, in the real world.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:19 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

Papua-New Guineas represent the wave of the future.

15,000 kids ready to step up.

I foresee them in the NRL before too long.

It is a severely under developed country with a massive crime and corruption problem. I can't see it in the next 20 years.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 1:56 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

a severely under developed country with a massive crime and corruption problem.

Your description could also be applied to large areas of Wext Yorkshire, yet we have 4 or 5 top flight professional clubs from that area.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 3:18 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

Not in the next twenty years, if ever, in the real world.

The PNG is in the Queensland Cup for a reason: to prepare for eventual entry into the NRL.

Everyone knows the problems of PNG. This is a period when the rugby league authorities learn how to adapt to the problems. There is a powerful lobby in favour of PNG entry, and it includes the legendary coach Wayne Bennett.

I am sure that a club from Perth and one from Brisbane/South Queensland have more immediate priority for the NRL. However it is not fanciful to expect that PNG, along with Wellington, will be seriously considered after Perth and the second Brisbane club.

Re: PNG Hunters win first competiton game. : Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:17 pm  

Tre Cool wrote:

It is a severely under developed country with a massive crime and corruption problem. I can't see it in the next 20 years.

I didn't realise things were that bad in GB but then we have a government with no scruples so perhaps it's not a surprise