FORMER Papua New Guinea Hunters skipper Ase Boas,  is urging rugby league players to get into the culture of saving.
Nasfund brand ambassador Boas, who joins the Featherstone Rovers in England for the 2019 season, said: “Planning or saving for the long term is very difficult for most of us Papua New Guineans but planning to save for long term is achievable.
“The question of what would life be after rugby was always something that hit me every time I went home at the end of the season.

PAPUA New Guinea National Rugby League rookies Vitis Central Dabaris kicked off their selection trials at the Bava Park yesterday.
The trials, which will end on Friday, are aimed at giving rural players an opportunity to push for spots in the franchise.
Dabaris head coach Chris Enara is overseeing trials which have attracted players from Rigo, Aroma Coast, Goilala, Kairuku-Hiri and Motu-Koita.
“These are Southern Confederate-affiliated leagues, so they are all eligible to participate in the trials,” Enara said.

​PAPUA New Guinea Kumuls coach Michael Marum, pictured, has hailed Nene Macdonald after the North Queensland Cowboys recruit expressed his desire to represent the country again.
Macdonald — via Facebook — had threatened to turn his back on the Kumuls jumper after the 24-year-old was allegedly assaulted at a club in Port Moresby last month.

The PNGRFL expects to extend the SP PNG Hunters participation in the Queensland Cup in 2019.

Chairman of PNGRFL Sandis Tsaka revealed this during question time at a media conference held at the NSF this week.

Tsaka said the announcement will be made later this month however it is obvious that the Hunters will certainly participate in next year’s Queensland Intrust Super Cup after its long list of train on squad was announced during the conference.

Former SP PNG Hunters Brendon Gutuno is set to part ways and set to sail across the shores of Papua New Guinea to try his luck with NRL club Penrith Panthers on a train and trial deal.
The SP Hunters flyer and winger will be the third Papua New Guinea international to join the NSW club in Penrith after Albert brothers Wellington and Stanton who had stints with the Panthers playing in the under 20 side and the senior Panthers in the New South Wales Cup team from 2015-2016.