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George Clarke and Dan Himbrechts

The sights and sounds of PNG's rugby league love affair

The passion for league starts young in PNG, with local under-10s in action in Port Moresby. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

It's a hazy, sticky afternoon in downtown Port Moresby as a group of teenage boys play rugby league on a field with no grass.

A small crowd jeers, mothers sell single cigarettes and lollies under shade, as cars race past on roads stained red with the remnants of betel nut.

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