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Jasper Bruce

PNG on a 10-year journey to transform the NRL

Papua New Guinea will be looking to make an immediate impact when it joins the NRL. (Mark Evans/AAP PHOTOS)

Two years of planning, $600 million of Australian taxpayer funding and the hopes of 12 million people have combined to turn Papua New Guinea's NRL dream into a reality.

But for those closest to the bid, none of these appears to be the magic number. The more important figure? It is 10 - 10 years, in fact.

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