Not knocking anything you've said about PNG and the potential (although I do agree with the poster who pointed out that there are a lot of the population earning 2 tenths of nothing and the entire country is in need of a complete overhaul)..............
but I have to ask....what is it about the "other" codes that worry you so much?

Wendyball...soccer is pretty much going to grow and grow and grow. The good news for League (and everyone else) is the socceroos flopped in south africa, but be warned, if you win the bid to host the bloody thing, you will see just how powerful the game is.
Fumbleball. AFL have their own axe to grind. Let them get on with it........they get massive crowds, but TBH, that's pretty much it. They will never have an international game (we don't count because it's not AFL, but a hybrid game that's played) and will always be a regional sport.
Union. We are all agreed that without the SANZAR cash and the IRB propping them up, the ARU would be potless already. They are paying over the odds for some players and are tied into contracts that are crippling them......they don't need any help from League to fu(k it up...they are doing fine on their own.

seriously dally.....there is no need for League to worry about anything other than its own house. Players will defect to other codes....they always have and always will, but the world continues to turn and the game doesn't suffer for it. Izzy is off to fumbleball...good luck to him. Cooper wants more money....love him! If he wants to play league he can play on league wages and under the cap. So what if 3 or even 5 current Roos jumped to another code...the development of talent is key and the NRL are getting that right.

1. other codes are trying to mucscle in on RLs turf

2. other sports have more money than they deserve

3. other sports lie about their popularity

4. we should look to see where other sports are doing well and copy them

if AFL thinks PNG might be an expansion area then it certainly should be for RL is my point

...so what? The AFL have their territory, League has its. What's Melbourne Storm all about if not expansion....everyone tries it.

this is an opinion, not a fact.

..opinion, not fact. There were 94,000 in soweto the other night and I read somewhere that the AFL got 90k for a club game recently....lies? That world cup final stadium looked packed to the rafters for the blax box clash.....unless they are using inflatable fans....

agree....but don't get a'rsey when they copy league..and see points 1,2 and 3 above...what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

I agree...if it's not done in a hurry and messed up.

its funny my opinion matters so much to you.

seriously i hate union and think AFL is a game for p**fs.

why is this an issue for you.

im not trying to convince you not to watch union even though id rather have an enema that watch that abortion of a sport

I'll save Gallop the flight........ pipeline dream

Best of luck

Interview with David Gallop regarding PNG's NRL bid: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbea ... 992568.htm

Interview with David Gallop regarding PNG's NRL bid: http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbea ... 992568.htm

Even Dave sounds less than convinced that it is anything but a pipedream.

FOX: Overall, do you think from what you've seen so far, is a PNG-NRL bid realistic?

GALLOP: Oh, look I think it is not around the corner. It's probably still a few years off, but it's something that needs to be looked at seriously and you would never say never, because we know that the game is so popular up there.


sounds like hes making them go through the same hurdles the titans went through

get a new ground, get a good business plan that shows profits and you are in

2015 is too soon but 2018 is very feasible

as someone said on another forum, once the ground is built we should take nrl games there

once they get good crowds there, they will be admitted.

bullox, what he is saying is, "well probably not a cat in hells but if they ever develop from being a 3rd world country and people actually have an expendable income that will allow them to pay more than $2 for a ticket maybe"

Good crowds is the very least of their problems!