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KUMUL Larsen Marape said reports of player dissatisfaction in the World Cup squad was not the issue.
“All those people who organise rugby league in PNG should come and put their heads together and forget about politics and get on with it,” Marape told The National while at a British High Commission-sponsored Equal Playing Fields project on Monday. He said the coaching was not a problem but it was with the players to pick up their performances. “The coach (Adrian Lam) gives the orders and we just have to follow it. You know he’s the coach so what he says we just do it. We are just players. “We didn’t feel good playing out of position but he was the coach so we had to follow his orders.” Marabe, who played in the front row, said that as players it was their responsibility to listen to the coach and implement the game plan. Fellow Kumul Richard Kambo said for the senior players, their transition to playing in different positions during their training sessions before the World Cup was easier but the newer players struggled to adjust. Kambo said the players needed to have a high quality week-in, week-out competition. “Why not send players overseas? We need a weekly grind against tough competition so that we are competitive in test matches and international games,” Kambo said. Playing in Digicel Cup is great but we need more tough games every week. Especially like the Q-Cup.” Kambo, when asked why David Mead was chosen to kick gave a smile, shrugged and said: “I never seen him kick a ball but at the end of the day, it was the coach’s decision and I have no say in that.” Both men including Kumuls teammate Sebastian Pandia were accorded Ambassadors for the RLAV in the Equal Playing fields Project sponsored by the British High Commission. The National Comments are closed.
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