World Footy News

Emmaus Wartovo, a key member of Papua New Guinea's victorious 2008 International Cup squad, is having a great season for Labrador in Queensland's top state league. The Mosquito representative has so far booted 17 goals in 7 games, including 5 goals on the weekend, but it wasn't enough to get the team over the line, losing by 7 points to Morningside. Despite the excellent haul for a small forward (he was listed at 173cm at age 21 for IC08), Emmaus has only featured in the best players once. He also had a great run in Tasmania in-between Queensland stints and was a major goalkicker during the Mozzies' victorious 2008 Cup campaign.

Meanwhile in the same league, countryman Amua Pirika had a breakout game for Mt Gravatt, with his best on ground performance steering the Vultures to a 4 point win over NT Thunder in Alice Springs (the Northern Territory have a pseudo-representative side in Queensland's top league). PNG's John James was named Mt Gravatt's third best player.

With so many Papuans playing well across Aussie leagues, in a forthcoming article we'll ask the question, just how good is PNG's best side?