Quote: PHIPPS "
Ok so you may get many thousands turning up to watch a game there but Port Moresby itself is little more than a poverty stricken crime ridden slum. This place makes places like Leeds, Hull and Bradford look like paradise.'"
The way you have described it reminds me alot of Brazil. These factors have prevented them from becoming a strong footballing nation right?
Quote: PHIPPS "Agreed. PNG won't ever be able to support an NRL team and neither will the island nations. It's a shame but that's the way it is. The best thing would be for NRL clubs to open up RL academies and scouting networks in these places. The Jamaica RL are trying to set up a similar thing at the moment. What these nations would benefit from would be regular home international fixtures.'"
Dont compare PNG to the Pacific island nations, they have a population of over 6.7 million, probably more than all the pacific nations combined.
This can be done, but like I said, they should have had a team or two in the Q Cup years ago....