Not any real problems there I guess.



Police in Papua New Guinea have revealed that three people were killed during widespread fighting after this week's State of Origin rugby league match.



The city's public hospital was also filled with people injured in post-match fights between Queensland and New South Wales supporters.





Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Michael Somare blames corruption in the police force and immigration department for a recent wave of anti-Asian rioting and looting. During a recent week of violence, local media reported PNG police shot four looters in the Highlands region while in Lae, PNG's second biggest city, two looters were killed.



Google Crime + PNG.





The average person earns what about $2,300 per year?

The NRL is a business where is the media or advertising income?

Its a fantasy.

Move on.

youve saved david gallop a lot of work



but watch out for big mal, hes after you



as usual a post lacking in substance



i like the way ken acker uses actual facts rather than bias to make his conclusions

Keep Dreaming Mate.

Why people can not accept what they have instead of always wanting more is one of the problems with this game.

Look at the Crusaders.

There is not a bottomless pit of money and perhaps some consolidation may be called for.

why cant you accept that an average income figure is useless because that will include most of the rural areas, and that a team in Port moresby will draw from a much larger income base?



if RL cant work in PNG, its got zero chance in melbourne



next time you go to port moresby, visit more than a few streets, go with an open mind and you might become more informed



might ...





and your comparison with CC and SL is dumb. we are a dominant sport with saturation media coverage. how can we ignore a RL nation on our doorstep?



lets just wait till afl puts a team there first then realize we are missing the boat.

Might come back with an open head too.

they are discerning canibals.



why put all that effort in for an empty brain cavity?

There is a huge difference between domestic crime and how it would affect the safety and security involved with the operations of NRL games. How is it that touring teams to PNG have never had any problems? The only problems the players have is their own self discipline, everyone wants to buy them a drink and the women throw themselves at them.









So everyone earns exactly the average wage?





If you were really the expert on PNG that you claim be then you would hardly have failed to notice the current building and investment boom. More to the point the interest in a team would be so widespread and all pervading that the sheer numbers involved would turn even small individual contributions into something significant.

Do they have the internet and proper sewers in PNG?



Everytime I've seen pictures or video from there it all seems almost completely rural, with no infrastructure at all.

Of course they have sewers where else would the kids play?







Like most 3rd world cities it has small affluent areas and then big slum areas.

Thats downtown Bassendean

Yes and yes.







Perhaps you need to do a bit more searching. Would you for example expect to see kangaroos and emus roaming around in the middle of Sydney just because you have seen a film on the Australian bush?

Cheers for your input Ken, it's great to have comments from someone "on the ground", so to speak.