Rugby league violence, what a shame!

It seems out of all the sports played in Papua New Guinea, rugby league is the only sport which has a huge following yet accounts for frequent on-field violence. Continued violence indicates we Papua New Guineans need to reconsider the way we conduct ourselves when it comes to rugby league.

In fact the NRL bid committee’s proposal to field a team in Australia’s NRL competition looks slim and could be compromised as stated by Minister Philemon Embel.It is a waste of time and resources by bemobile and co-sponsors like SP Brewery who have injected millions of kina to develop and bring the game to a higher level.

I call on the Minister and his team to reconsider PNG’s bid to NRL because it does not make sense. Let us fix our backyard first, then look at the prospect of looking overseas. No wonder countries like Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and France have not shown interest to play in a country that is full of violence.

What is the difference between rugby league played in the ‘60s, 70s,‘80s and now? Think about it and tell yourselves what has gone wrong. I call on the sponsors to take away their support and pump their money into developing rugby union or soccer.

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