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: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:19 pm  

Running.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 1:59 pm  

Good news, I can see a PNG team tbh in the next 3-5 years!

Re: An estimated 2 million people play RL in PNG : Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:02 pm  

manly4ever wrote: :shock: What other sport has 2 million people playing one sport in there country ,besides soccer that is . http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=32350 Must be a big pitch

manly4ever wrote: :shock: What other sport has 2 million people playing one sport in there country ,besides soccer that is . http://rleague.com/db/article.php?id=32350 Must be a big pitch

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:21 pm  

beg and plead wrote:

Good news, I can see a PNG team tbh in the next 3-5 years!

Aye, they will be the expansion side in place of Widnes/Leigh

[tb]

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:27 pm  

beg and plead wrote:

Good news, I can see a PNG team tbh in the next 3-5 years!

There's one now. They played in the world cup.


If you man a PNG based club – there's a full league of them.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 3:38 pm  

Impressive considering the total population of PNG is estimated at around 6,300,000.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:19 pm  

Wow surely if the sport is that popular they can have their own league similar to the NRL and super league in years to come?

Re: An estimated 2 million people play RL in PNG : Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:22 pm  

vastman wrote:

Must be a big pitch

I somehow doubt they all play on the same pitch. But you never know.

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:22 pm  

Article quoted in OP wrote:

The passion for the game is that strong that people play the game all year round in searing heat, on all sorts of surfaces and often in bear feet.

Now that's amazing !

: Thu Feb 19, 2009 4:48 pm  

Saddened! wrote:

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Fishing would also top that in most countries I would guestimate.

"Sport"?

How is sitting on a riverbank, swigging from a hip-flask, "sport"?