Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Sun Nov 17, 2019 11:50 pm  

Dropkick Murphy wrote:

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.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Mon Nov 18, 2019 12:49 pm  

Freddie Miller. wrote:

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.

To be honest, when you put it like that, PNG should have hammered us by more with that level of playing pool to choose from

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:04 pm  

Wilde 3 wrote:

To be honest, when you put it like that, PNG should have hammered us by more with that level of playing pool to choose from

But PNG does not have the training facilities or the physical health that comes from careful diet discipline that the wealthy nations have. Given those facts, it is remarkable that they can perform so well.

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Mon Nov 18, 2019 10:46 pm  

JEAN CAPDOUZE wrote:

But Wakefield or Leigh does not have the training facilities or the physical health that comes from careful diet discipline that the wealthy nations have. Given those facts, it is remarkable that they can perform so well.

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Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:33 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

Elliot Whitehead and Joe Philbin have had a good tour, well played.

The rest of them have been a joke!

But worst of all have been the tactics, coaching and selection.

BENNETT OUT!

Agree we have to start again and get a good coach or we will loose every game

Re: Can Great Britain possibly beat Papua-New Guinea? : Tue Nov 19, 2019 11:34 pm  

Psychedelic Casual wrote:

Elliot Whitehead and Joe Philbin have had a good tour, well played.

The rest of them have been a joke!

But worst of all have been the tactics, coaching and selection.

BENNETT OUT!

Agree we have to start again and get a good coach or we will loose every game