PNG bid gains momentum with Albo’s Pacific push, Johnson no guarantee for Kiwis despite career-best form

The push for Papua New Guinea to become the 18th team when the NRL expands in the coming years is gathering pace on the back of the Australian Government’s push into the Pacific.

PNG is in the process of formulating a bid to coincide with the country’s 50th anniversary of independence in 2025 with a view to being included in the NRL when the competition likely expands two years later. 

Earlier this month the International Rugby League Commission…