: Fri Feb 20, 2009 8:41 am  

Wii Bowling


2 million and all of them direct clones of stanley gene , now they sorted the anti ageing gene

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:29 am  

50% of the population are under 19

Life expectancy is 56 years old

85% of the population live in traditional rural villages.

Must be one hell of a jnr set up they've got if 2million out of the three million males in the country are playing RL!

ps 40% of the population live on less than $1 a day. How much do you think they will take in gate receipts???

Try $200million and they might have a stadium! One stand costs $50-75million.

I'd love for the NRL to have enough money to bankroll a PNG team in a few years time but it ain't going to happen, probably ever.

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 11:37 am  

JB Down Under wrote:

Must be one hell of a jnr set up they've got if 2million out of the three million males in the country are playing RL!

I must have overlooked the rule that says women can't play rugbyleague. Can you provide a pointer to it?

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 12:27 pm  

I read somewhere that half of all children ages 4-18 play rugby league in some shape or form, probably in school

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:06 pm  

John Charnock wrote:

I must have overlooked the rule that says women can't play rugbyleague. Can you provide a pointer to it?

In PNG? I may be wrong (I can't find anything to prove either way) but given the ratio of male to female RL players is it likey that many of the alleged 2million are women? Of course PNG could be different to every other sporting country in the world and have a large number of players in a physical contact game be female!

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:06 pm  

John Charnock wrote:

I must have overlooked the rule that says women can't play rugbyleague. Can you provide a pointer to it?

In PNG? I may be wrong (I can't find anything to prove either way) but given the ratio of male to female RL players is it likey that many of the alleged 2million are women? Of course PNG could be different to every other sporting country in the world and have a large number of players in a physical contact game be female!

Theres no rule that says 75 year olds can't play RL but I am willing to bet there aren't alot of 75 year old RL players in that alleged 2million either!

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 9:39 pm  

But they only play the game because the IRLF gave money to them that should have gone to Widnes and Leigh.

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:10 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

hes the PM champ.

Which if you knew anything about him means that what he is saying is very unlikely to be true. The PM has a less than spotless record about making honest pronouncements - I live here and should know.

dally messenger wrote:

would you rather the promise was made by a homeless man in the street?

Doesn't matter, the results of the promise would be the same.

dally messenger wrote:

the fact the Cowboys were able to secure that sponsor was reported by the Aussie media as evidence that PNG can support an NRL team.

The company in question is actually using this sponsorship as a perk for senior management, it gives them an excuse for a few more overseas "business" trips. Their commitment to RL has been pathetic over the years in fact they have given more to yawnion.

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:15 pm  

dally messenger wrote:

PNG rugby league president Danny Holmes said an estimated third of PNG's six million population plays league.

Holmes is talking out his bum and he knows it as he has the number of registered players. He also knows that the finances of the PNGRL are in a very shaky state.

: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:20 pm  

JB Down Under wrote:

In PNG? I may be wrong (I can't find anything to prove either way) but given the ratio of male to female RL players is it likey that many of the alleged 2million are women? Of course PNG could be different to every other sporting country in the world and have a large number of players in a physical contact game be female!

Women do not play RL in PNG, there are no organised women's competitions and it isn't played informally either. PNG is a very sexist society and the women are there to grow food, cook, clean up and raise children while the men play footy.