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A show of success
Ruby League revival
in schools
By SAMPSON BONAI
THE PNG Milo schoolboy rugby league
registration roadshow ended in Lae yesterday and more than more
than 3,000 schoolboys in four rugby league-playing centres
registered.
Young players from Goroka, Kokopo, Port Moresby and Lae schools
registered their interest to play and promote the game through the
roadshow which was promoted with the help of Kumul coach Adrian
Lam.
PNG schoolboy rugby league chairman Ifisoe Segeyaro said yesterday
that he was pleased with the support received from all the schools
visited in the past week.
“I want to thank Nestle under the Milo brand for sponsoring the
PNG schoolboy rugby league competition. Believe me, in 10 years
time we will produce some of the best rugby league players that
can beat any team in the world,” Segeyaro said.
“I’m planning another corporate roadshow later this year to seek
more financial support from the corporate sector as this is the
only way to move the game of rugby league forward”.
Kumul coach Adrian Lam said that more than 3,000 schoolboys
registered during the roadshow tour which started in Port Moresby
last Saturday.
“We had huge turnout in Port Moresby and Kokopo. It was a bumper
crowd in Goroka with over 1, 000 schoolboys signing up to play in
their local schoolboys rugby league competition,” Lam said.
Lae Schoolboys League president Dennis Miall was impressed with
the huge turnout in Lae yesterday. “Schoolboy competition will
grow with more schools taking part in the competition this year,”
he said.
 
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