Daddycool wrote:Only one problem with this. Toulouse and Catalans are the only clubs that can now get the likes of minga in. New uk visa regulations will prohibit 95% of Southern Hemisphere players from getting a gig in the uk

Sir Kevin Sinfield wrote:Kuni has kicked 2017 off with a hat-trick

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:Have just watched the video highlights of some Toulouse Olympique matches. The French club, which has defeated Leigh in the Challenge Cup and pushed Wakefield in a 40-22 Challenge Cup defeat at Wakefield (the score was Wakefield 28 Toulouse 22 at one stage), has unearthed an outstanding PNG winger/centre named Kuni Minga. The lad, who is only 23, has great speed and footwork and could be a SL star in the near future. He regularly scores tries for Toulouse.

I hope that Toulouse can keep him all the way in their rise to Super League status because he is a potential match winner. But his talent, appearing out of nowhere, suggests that there is a huge reservoir of rugby league talent in PNG that could bolster Super League, and the PNG national team, if only it could be uncovered by SL and NRL rugby league scouts.

roopy wrote:If you go through the player profiles for players in the American comp, big numbers of them are PNG born.
The Americans worked out about 5 years ago that very high quality players from PNG would give them great value for the cost of sponsoring a green card and getting them a job as a dish washer.
It's a great partnership. The PNG boys are lifting the on field standards in America very quickly at practically no cost, and kids from PNG are turning rugby league skills into great life opportunities.