Michael Chammas
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1,038 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 31 Jul
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And the answer to your part about the Melbourne example, the only reason Papua New Guinea hasn't had, and there's been a lot of players who have played in the NRL or Super League from Papua New Guinea, but the only reason it hasn't had more is because the development pathways have never been in place.
The country isn't developed the way Australia is.
So simple things as having access to a football, simple things as wearing footy boots, it's
Well, they're playing on roundabouts, mate.
They're playing on the road.
These things impact the ability to actually –
I think Joey showed us a graph of how many hours go into the development of an Australian player before they crack it at the age of 18 compared to how many hours of rugby league PNG kids will play.
It's like 10 times the amount.
There's no junior leagues that you can go training every night.
You're just playing where you can play on anything you can play with whatever you can find.
Well, that's why this money is important because we try and bridge that gap.
You try and bridge that gap and provide every kid an opportunity to play with a football boots.
We've got a ball.
It makes a difference to everything that they do, but also their coaching.
They just haven't had the coaching over the years to do that.
So guys like...
You know, Willie Peters obviously at the head of that, but the people under that went to coach the coaches.
So that filters down into the younger kids and they're learning the right habits at a young age.
And it's not just habits with football.
It's off the field.
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