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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Rebecca Kuku in Port Moresby and Jack Snape

‘It’s time’: PNG residents back NRL team but cost and benefits uncertain

Wellington Albert of Papua New Guinea is tackled during a Rugby League World Cup in 2017 in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea bid for a NRL expansion rugby league club is closer to becoming a reality amid concerns over how funding will be spent. Photograph: Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images

It’s a long-held dream close to becoming a reality, and Papua New Guinea’s residents are still coming to terms with the news: they may soon have a NRL team to call their own.

Robert Laa, a 26-year-old construction worker from Central, believes the country has waited long enough. “Every year, we Papua New Guineans live for NRL, we’ve been supporting teams in Australia and it’s time we have our own team to support,” the Brisbane Broncos fan said.

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