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AFL Talent Scouts flock to PNG National Talent Camp

Authored by: NQfootyfan
on Sunday, January 10 2010 @ 05:41 pm ACDT

pretty good article....but wasn't Amua Parika picked for the new gold coast team?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWLu51AkfwA

AFL Talent Scouts flock to PNG National Talent Camp

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Sunday, January 10 2010 @ 06:03 pm ACDT

Yes but...

Amua Pirika was given a chance with the Gold Coast and did play some games for them, but it was never confirmed that he signed an International Scholarship List position - it was implied that he had, but it was complicated and the lists were new and GC wasn't officially an AFL club. We asked for formal confirmation but never got it.

So in amongst those related issues, I think he was not definitely tied to them beyond 2009, and they have tremendous access to young talent, so I gather they released him and Brisbane have picked him up. We were just in the process of trying to confirm who is where when this information came out. We'll confirm exactly what their positions are as soon as we can.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

AFL Talent Scouts flock to PNG National Talent Camp

Authored by: NQfootyfan
on Monday, January 11 2010 @ 12:32 am ACDT

ok cheers

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

AFL Talent Scouts flock to PNG National Talent Camp

Authored by: Michael Christiansen
on Tuesday, January 12 2010 @ 11:19 am ACDT

Noticed the following reports out of PNG Post-Courier from Dec 2 and Dec 30 respectively :

"New cub in Lions lair

Amua signs with Brisbane

EIGHTEEN-year-old Amua Pirika will depart Port Moresby today to link up with AFL club Brisbane Lions as one of the five PNG talents on the AFL international rookie list."

and from Dec 30 :

"Certainly the likes of David Meli (Essendon Bombers), Peter Labi (Carlton Blues), Donald Barry (Brisbane Lions), Amua Pirika (Brisbane Lions) and Stanis Susuve (Gold Coast FC), are only the tip of the iceberg here in PNG."

Also of note from November action and on the AFL PNG website :

In a nail-biting finish to Series One of the 2009/2010 AFLPNG BSP Super Series, Komatsu Bulldogs showed true grit to win by 8 points from the Kwila Insurance Cats.

It was the Amua Pirika show in the first quarter of the game with the young Brisbane Lions bound forward banging home three goals out of the four for the Kwila Cats to take the lead out to twenty five points to two.

the last paragraph is interesting:

There was all the more reason to celebrate the Series One Final for all four teams as Andrew Cadzow announced that after the second Series in January a Representative side will be picked to participate in the AFL Cairns pre-season competition. This would be a real opportunity to see the dynamics of having a PNG based side play regularly in either AFL Cairns or the AFL Queensland State competition.

The BSP Super Series Two will start January 23rd 2010.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

AFL Talent Scouts flock to PNG National Talent Camp

Authored by: Brett Northey
on Tuesday, January 12 2010 @ 01:43 pm ACDT

All I can say is that none of that is official and we are in regular contact with PNG officials (including the last 24 hours). We should be able to make the situation clearer by the end of the week.

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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Brett Northey - Co-founder and Chief Editor of WFN

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