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This is the official Australian government advice for travelers to PNG. http://smartraveller.gov.au/Countries/pacific/Pages/papua_new_guinea.aspx

You just can’t ignore fans of the Bye Team

While I wish Australia all the best and hope they win at least one match, I’ll be watching the NRL instead of their match against France.

I’ve never seen that here in Canberra for NRL games. Counting tackles in your head becomes second nature. Just watch out for the “6 more tackles” and “last tackle” hand signals. I suppose a tackle count on the screen could be helpful for newbies though.

If you want to make a crowd of brits and Australians realise how culturally similar they are, bring Americans into the room.

Bunnies, Melbourne and Brisbane in the mix. Most likely in California https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/06/13/all-systems-go-for-nrls-california-start-to-2019-season/

It’s only helpful if it’s supported by a proper plan or it will have the same influence as the State Of Origin that was played there ages ago.

This is an unusual thing for the official NRL media to say as they’d know the real situation. “Multiple media reports say the game is set to be played in the US, with planning already underway to make it a reality.”

Do they use ball boys/girls in Toronto to run the sidelines retrieving and giving the balls to the players?

Huge numbers of NRL fans enjoy the Warriors and want them in the competition. To suggest otherwise is to reveal personal prejudices.

It’s the perfect kind of rugby!

I don’t think that’s hard to do. They probably just pay the fee and up it goes

Why is he doing that with everyone walking slowly in the background?

Yes https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/05/24/nrl-orders-referees-to-crack-down-on-dummy-half-passes-into-defenders/

Lifted off Twitter. This is in PNG