Emerging centre Deine Mariner will be a Bronco until at least the end of the 2027 season. Mariner, 19, was already signed with the Broncos to the end 2024 – and he has now committed to a three-year extension on top of that. The former Australian Schoolboys representative made his NRL debut for the Broncos at centre in Round 20 last season against the Tigers at Suncorp Stadium, and also played in Round 21. The Dolphins have re-signed back-rower Connelly Lemuelu for an additional season, locking him at the club until at least the end of 2025. Lemuelu’s re-signing is the second in…
Author: PNG Haus Bung
Two powerhouses of the modern era will look to make one almighty statement when they kick off Round 6 on tonight in Melbourne. The Storm and Roosters have both won three games in 2023 to sit inside a top eight that bears little resemblance to the way things finished last year with the Sharks, Rabbitohs, Cowboys and Eels all on the outer after moderate starts to the season. Craig Bellamy’s men have home ground advantage and momentum up after an impressive win over the Rabbitohs in Round 5 while the Roosters are also coming off a victory, having taken care…
Port Moresby’s Hekari United are giants of Papua New Guinea football. Founded in 2003 originally under the name of PRK Souths United, the club holds the record for the most titles in the PNG National Soccer League. They won a staggering eight titles in a row between 2006 and 2014 and are one of just two clubs from outside New Zealand and Australia to have won the OFC Champions League, the other being New Caledonia’s Hienghene Sport. (2019) Hekari United’s greatest success came in 2010 when they represented OFC at the FIFA Club World Cup in Abu Dhabi. They had…
After a draining first five weeks which has included 30 hours of flying, almost all of the Warriors frontline players were rested from training on Wednesday in order to refresh ahead of the Round 6 clash against the Knights. The club’s mid-week field session included just five players who are named to play this week, with captain Tohu Harris and five-eighth Te Maire Martin both taking part after missing last week through injury, and forwards Josh Curran, Bunty Afoa and Tom Ale also present. While a potential rest was already penciled into the schedule, coach Andrew Webster said watching the…
Like many young women in the 1980s, Debbra Harong planned to complete her education and secure a good job. But the Bougainville crisis interrupted her plans. The conflict forced Debbra to leave her high school and relocate with her family to New Ireland Province, where she was able to complete grade 10. As peace was restored to Bougainville, Debbra returned and began volunteering as a Tok Ples teacher in Reito village in North Bougainville. She then began teaching kindergarten and early learning. Debbra longed to become a qualified teacher, but with only a grade 10 certificate, she could not secure…
Fentanyl is a deadly, synthetic opioid, 50 times more powerful than heroin. Americans are dying from it at such an alarming rate, that the US has approved the sale of naloxone – an overdose-reversing drug – without a prescription. But fentanyl’s trail of destruction begins further south. Manzanillo is on the fentanyl frontline. This pretty, seaside town on Mexico’s Pacific coast was made famous in the 1970s when Bo Derek ran along its sandy beaches in the Hollywood movie, 10. But today it lives in the shadow of cartel violence. Manzanillo is home to Mexico’s largest port, the third busiest…
The New York Times has lost its blue tick on Twitter after it said it would not pay to remain verified. Twitter has started removing verification badges from accounts which already had a blue tick, after announcing they would be part of a paid subscription from 1 April. The New York Times, along with several other organisations and celebrities, said they would not pay for the tick. It prompted Elon Musk to launch a volley of insults at the newspaper. “The real tragedy of @NYTimes is that their propaganda isn’t even interesting”, Mr Musk, who owns Twitter, wrote on the…
Thousands of people took to the streets of Lisbon and other cities across Portugal on Saturday in protest against soaring rents and house prices at a time when high inflation is making it even tougher for people to make ends meet. “There is a huge housing crisis today,” Rita Silva, from the Habita housing group, said at the Lisbon protest. “This is a social emergency.” Portugal is one of Western Europe’s poorest countries, with government data showing more than 50% of workers earned less than 1,000 euros ($1,084) per month last year. The monthly minimum wage is 760 euros ($826). Rents in…
Prop Blake Lawrie has revealed that the Dragons have targeted a top-four finish as they aim for a second win against the Titans this season and insists they will continue to improve. After triumphing 38-12 against the Dolphins at WIN Stadium last Saturday night, St George Illawarra are just one point behind fourth-placed Manly and would be higher on the ladder if not for a late fade out against the Broncos. The Dragons conceded four tries in the last 10 minutes to crash 40-18 in Brisbane after leading 16-8 at halftime, and succumbed 40-8 to the Sharks a week later,…
The Warriors have produced one of the club’s biggest comeback wins, mowing down the Sharks 32-30 with a last-minute penalty goal at PointsBet Stadium on Sunday. In a remarkable finish, Shaun Johnson slotted a goal near the siren after Josh Curran was ruled to have been pushed while attempting to chase down a kick, before Nicho Hynes missed his own goal kick at full-time to level the scores. The Sharks picked up where they left off against the Dragons last week to run in four tries in 26 minutes and set up a 20-0 lead but by the 68th minute…