Wellington Albert – Widnes’ new PNG star bringing two unlikely communities together

When Wellington Albert first decided to take up Rugby League, it was frowned upon by his father. "Three times he tore up the consent form in front of me and told me no rugby," says the Widnes Vikings star, the second-youngest of six children in the household in a remote village near Mendi, capital of Papua New Guinea's Southern Highlands provinc

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