The country’s governing body for Rugby League, the Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League have opened up opportunities for interested associations around the country to express interest in affiliating themselves with the body.
PNGRFL Game Development & Participation Coordinator, Nigel Hukula said the body released an advertisement last week, with the intention of garnering interest from potential leagues in the country.
For the past 2 years, the Body have not been able to He added that with the expression of interest they would like to see existing affiliates, who have been with the PNGRFL for a number of years and new potential affiliates that may be coming in.
“The whole purpose of the EOI is to start getting the momentum of rugby league going back in the community. There’s been a lot of focus in many areas but community rugby league is an area that this is the foothold or the base of a lot of our other programs,” Hukula said.
Hukula expressed that this juncture is the precursor to what the body would like to envisage in the games development.
He reiterated that so far the EOI has gone out on social media as well as mainstream media, to which he reiterate the purpose of the PNGRFL develop the interest.
Due to past experiences with local leagues paying affiliation fees and just moving forward without proper guidance from the PNGRFL, Competitions and Pathways Coordinator Saku Ank said the governing body over the years has been advocating to get guidelines and processes in administering the sport moving forward.
Ank said that they have set up their affiliation processes, based upon the New Ireland model that was piloted a few years ago.
He added that this will be a big help to local leagues in terms of governance of football and grow talent to perform at their peak at professional level.