Prime Minister Albanese makes huge NRL call

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for a Papua New Guinea based Pacific Islander squad and confirmed helium has raised the connection with the NRL.

Ahead of the PM's historic code to PNG's parliament connected Thursday, Mr Albanese told reporters connected Wednesday helium was "very keen" to spot a PNG-based squad participate.

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He besides told ABC Radio helium would sermon the thought with his PNG counterpart James Marape during his sojourn to the Pacific land nation.

"Of course, those links are truthful important — that we person those taste links and our communal interests," Mr Albanese said.

Anthony Albanese successful Rabbitohs colours. (Getty Images)

"And 1 of our communal interests is, of course, our passionateness for rugby league."

Mr Albanese archetypal threw his enactment down the thought of a Pasifika NRL squad aft gathering with his PNG counterpart astatine the Pacific Islands Forum successful Fiji successful July past year.

PNG already has a squad successful the Queensland Rugby League Cup and has been pushing to articulation Australia's nationalist contention arsenic its 18th team.

Mr Albanese and Mr Marape met to ticker their countries' teams vie successful the Prime Minister's XIII rugby league clashes astatine Suncorp Stadium successful Brisbane past September. They besides spell unneurotic to ticker the State of Origin past year.

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