Douglas Tomuriesa, Pope Francis and James Marape

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  Opposition Leader Douglas Tomuriesa said he is disappointed and embarrassed over the way His Holiness Pope Francis was treated by Prime Minister James Marape over the last three-days during the Papal visit, and the lack of courtesy and respect shown by the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister continuously declares PNG as a ‘Christian country’ and prides himself on being a religious individual but he was surprised when the Pope was continuously snubbed by the PM over the weekend since the Pope’s arrival on Friday. “The Pope is the head of the Catholic church, the largest Christian church in the world and he is also a head of state. “PNG not only being a Christian country, but a country that prides itself as a ‘friend to all, enemy to none’, the PM should be according the Pope with the highest level of respect,” Tomuriesa said. The Opposition Leader pointed out that on Friday, the Prime Minister did not welcome the Pope at the airport, a tradition he had accorded to many othe...
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Macdonald eyes NRL

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By PARKER TAMBUA
CRONULLA chief executive Dino Mezzatesta believes new signing and one-time Storm centre Will Chambers can form a strong edge combination with Papua New Guinea international Nene Macdonald.
He told The National on Sunday that Newtown Jet Macdonald, who turns 27 next Tuesday, had lacked consistency during training and matches with the Sharks’ New South Wales Cup feeder club.
But Mezzatesta said the former Rooster, Dragon and Cowboy was in contention for another National Rugby League (NRL) call-up, given Cronulla’s bad run of injuries and form slump.
Cronulla have now gone four games without a victory, having last won in round four against North Queensland at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium in Sydney at the beginning of last month.
But interim coach Josh Hannay, who has had a baptism of fire since replacing John Morris in round six, hasn’t made wholesale changes despite the Sharks winning just two of their opening eight matches.
Biding his time in the reserve grade, Macdonald showed good signs when he played alongside former Australian and Queensland Origin back Chambers in the Jets’ 30-14 win over Mounties last month.
“Chambers is more a centre than a winger and Nene is more a winger,” Mezzatesta said.
“Chambers and Nene formed a strong combination in their only game together for the Jets a fortnight ago.
“With the Sharks suffering an injury crisis, our depth has been tested and Nene is getting closer to a call-up to our NRL team.”
Macdonald, who has so far scored 35 tries and is just two matches shy of his 100th NRL appearance, is yet to add to his two games from 2020 following his mid-season signing as injury cover last year.

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