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Guria praised for nurturing juniors
rugby league players
By VERONICA MANUK
AGMARK Guria, the SP Cup franchise in
the Islands region, have been praised for their support in
training the NGI juniors.
The PNG Rugby Football League chief executive officer Jeff Wade
was impressed with Guria taking the East New Britain junior league
development squad under the wings.
The squad 20 juniors – U16, U17, U18 and U19 boys – underwent
training in Kokopo, which started on Monday and ended today, under
the guidance of former Guria coach Norm Norris and senior players
like Solbat Lucas.
Wade was facilitating the training with the assistance of the NGI
PNGRFL officers.
Wade said the support given by the Guria was overwhelming and
showed that Guria were interested in bringing up top rugby plays
for the region in the future.
Noris said Guria would help the squad in any way so that the
players could develop their skills, talents and confidence at an
early stage.
He said some of the players in the squad could be future Guria
players.
Meanwhile, Wade said the aim of training squad was to build the
players’ confidence and skill levels in preparation to be in the
top four in the 2008 World Cup in Australia.
The training is beneficial as the players will return to their
respective schools and local leagues to pass on the skills.
Wade, therefore called on schools and local leagues to give
opportunity to the members in the squad to show others the skills
they had learned.
He also encouraged parents and teachers to attend such clinics to
support the squad.
Majority of the members in the squad were from ENB, two from
Kavieng, one from Buka and one from Kimbe.
 
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