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24-08-2010 - NRL BOSS GALLOP TO VISIT PNG IN FEBRUARY
HISTORIC VISIT SEEN AS ANOTHER ‘TRY’ IN BID PROGRESS NATIONAL Rugby League (NRL) boss David Gallop will visit Papua New Guinea in February to be briefed on the status of the PNG NRL license bid. The visit, at the invitation of PNG Sports Minister Philemon Embel, will allow him to personally appraise the unique bid components and general progress of the PNG effort. Confirmati...
18-08-2010 - Teachers get full praise
FORMER referee director for Queensland Rugby League Richard Johnston has praised teachers for showing a huge interest in the PNG All School Boys accreditation program. The Lae leg of the program finished off on a high note at the Unitech SRC Hall yesterday with major sponsor Coca-Cola adding some flavour to the last day. Igam primary school teacher Hoilyn Dau, 37, thanked the PNGNRL Bid team, sa...
08-08-2010 - Schools league program starts
THE PNG All Schools program kicked off with 55 teachers including sports masters and physical education teachers attending the NCD program in Port Moresby yesterday. A full strength team comprising of NRL Bid general manager Beverly Broughton, head of marketing, sponsorship and media Michelle Monsour, NCD Governor Powes Parkop, national director of New Zealand Rugby League Dennis Ward, founder of...
07-08-2010 - U16s to meet Titans
Gold Coast Titans star fullback Preston Campbell, coach John Cartwright, trainer Ron Palmer and former Australian Kangaroos captain Brad Fittler will be at the PNG NRL Bids U16s Tops Camp later this year. This was revealed by Bid general manager Bev Broughton in Lae last week on the second leg of the bid team’s PNG All Schools Rugby League rollout program. She said students...
06-08-2010 - All Schools rugby league roll-out program on show
PAPUA New Guinea is above the cutting edge when it comes to the PNG All Schools Rugby League program according to the PNG NRL Bid general manager Bev Broughton. She said the All Schools Rugby League roll out program is the first to be done by any bid team or licenced NRL clubs in Australia. Broughton’s husband Paul is the chairman of the Gold Coast Titans where flashy PNG K...
30-06-2010 - Development researcher backs development of rugby league in PNG
By New Zealand International A development studies researcher from Massey University in New Zealand says there is potential for rugby league in Papua New Guinea to become a success story. Dr Rochelle Stewart-Withers is in Papua New Guinea studying how sporting success can help developing nations’ economic and social well-being. She says PNG is aiming to enter a team into Australasia...
30-06-2010 - Research begins - Can rugby league address national goals!
By LESLIE OMARO, Post-Courier Online A research into rugby league is underway with the main focus to look at how rugby league can be used to address the national goals of the country. Dr Rochelle Stewart-Withers a lecture at the Massey University in New Zealand is here in Papua New Guinea to do research on the country’s national sport. “Oh yes I heard that PNG is the only country ...
30-06-2010 - SPORT - BIDDING - CONVENTIONS - MEDIA
Australian rugby league legend Phil Gould told a top-level Port Moresby business and media breakfast this morning that the promise of developing better school education through sport is the Papua New Guinea’s National Rugby League License Bid’s strongest asset. The former NSW State of Origin coach, Footy Show regular and commentator touched down in Port Moresby on Monday for a hecti...
27-06-2010 - Help PNG develop its league and we help to unify a nation
Hit ... Phil Gould is mobbed while in PNG to investigate its belief that having a side in the NRL will help unite its 800 tribes and counter a raft of social problems. Three days in Papua New Guinea is not a long time - but some of the things I saw, and everything I learned, will last me a lifetime. My trip came at the request of the PNG NRL bid team, which is keen to see this country repre...
10-06-2010 - THE MAN ON A MEDIA MISSION FOR THE NRL BID
The man who is advising NRL chief executive David Gallop on its next broadcasting contract is on a media mission in PNG as a key advisor to the PNG NRL Bid. Colin Smith, the boss of LEK’s regional Sports, Gaming, Media and Entertainment Division is regarded as Australia’s best sports broadcast advisors and has worked on the biggest TV deals in Australia’s s...
