Quote: Dropkick Murphy "GB were rubbish, but as a sport rugby league needs to invest massively in PNG and Tonga. I realise most of the Tongan players and fans were born and bred in NZ or Aus, but their passion puts everyone else to shame. PNG is a country of around 8m people who seem to absolutely love RL'"
RL is stated as being the national sport of PNG with about 5o% of under 20's playing the game. Australian Rules Football is the second most played game.
The curtain raiser before the PNG v GB match last Saturday saw the PNG Womens RL team win their first International match with a try in the last minute. Their opponents were England.
