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A Three year strategic plan put in place by the current Papua New Guinea Rugby Football League (PNGRFL) will ensure a good outcome for rugby league in PNG.
PNGRFL board chairman Sandis Tsaka said the PNGRFL board has put in place programs that identifies players from Under six through to the elite programs.
“The board has put in a three year strategic plan and we came up with the competition structure in place, meaning that for the first time rugby league instead of being played on ad hock basis we have a development of the game from the Under six to the elite Kumul and is structured as a six tier program.
“We have programs in place that identify children at the age of six to the elite program we have the program Under six to the Under 13 program that’s run in partnership with the Australian National Rugby League that’s tier one than we have the school boys competition Under 14 to 18 which is the tier two which is also known as the School Boys program.
“ After that we have the affiliate leagues we have 49 affiliate leagues throughout the country which are under tier three following that we have the Digicel Cup competition the tier four and then we
have the Hunters program the tier five and then we have the team Kumul program the Tier six,” Tsaka said
He added that with that structure in place we have a good choice of talent going into the World Cup.
“Starting from our domestic path way through to the hunters and with the international pool of talent that we have produced when this board was in power for the last three years, I think we are more ready than we have ever been in the last 40 years.
“And I can tell you with confidence the pool of players we have in PNG through the hunters program and internationally are of a better and higher quality than we have before this board came into place three years ago,” Tsaka said
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