The country’s bid to get into the NRL Telstra Premiership in the near future would also depend on finding the best players that Papua New Guinea (PNG) can produce through the training programs especially from the junior programs up, to form that dream team. One person in particular who knows very well about this, is Brisbane Broncos Ambassador and former Club Captain Alex Glen, who was in Port Moresby recently with other Broncos team members including from the NRLW, on a run for BSP to support their financial literacy programs in schools. From his experience in the NRL and from his journey to the top league competition in Australia, he said to be a great athlete one has to develop good qualities and attitude. To achieve this, his advice to the young and upcoming rugby league players in PNG is to set goals and be willing to make sacrifices. “My advice is start setting down goals, writing down goals because goals helped me achieve everything, I wanted in rugby league,” Alex advised. “The reason I say this is because when I stared at my goals and dreams that I had on a piece of paper, it kept driving me on the days I didn’t want to train.” He said one has to be willing to make some big sacrifices as well to achieve the goals and dreams on becoming the best rugby league player. “What I mean by that is sacrificing the bad food, sacrificing the going to parties or hanging out with friends, in order to be able to train as hard as you can. Because nothing ever happens when you don’t put the work in.” Alex himself made 285 appearances, scored 58 ties and racked up 232 points during his career with the NRL and the Brisbane Broncos.