State of Origin in PNG.

Blue's Die Hard.

Maroons supporters

The Papua New Guineans proudly given their supports to the games played in another countries by watching life through their TVs and listening life broadcasting in Radios.
Three very special times for PNG to watch and listening are the State of Origin games 1,2 and 3 which played in Australia in every year.
They're, New South Wales (Blues) and Queens Land (Maroons) teams.
In these seasons, the 8,000,000 and plus people of PNG divides in two groups to support the teams.
Half of these eight million supports the New South Wales Blues
and the other half supports the Queensland Maroons. 
To show that they are the die hard of their teams, they have to paint designs on their faces with blue and maroon colours.
Here is; one of the artists in Port Moresby painting and printing designs on the faces of young girls representing the team which they support to have competition for the next two hours.
They have print different designs with the selected blue and maroon colours.

Printed in Maroon paint

They also command to the local artists to print their favorite and best player's jersey number and names on their faces.
Before the game kicks off, they have to bet money with other friends and collects the price when the game is over.
The effects of supporting the games like these in Papua New Guinea is that; they have big fights already and several men and women confirmed to death.
In the second State of Origin game for the 2013 in Port Moresby, two of the Highlands market women bet the sum of PGK150.00 each for their favorite teams.
All the bet money was kept by the NSW Blues supporter and went home to watch the game in their own houses.

By the way, the game was won by the Queensland Maroons and the bet money was with the Blues supporter that night. She felt so distressed about her money and planed to escaped from the appearance of the Maroons supporter.
The Maroons supporter was so happy that she will receive the winning money plus her own money and waited for the woman to come but she did not come at the place they expect to meet till afternoon.
She called her on her mobile phone but the phone was called to be off.
Lately, in the afternoon, around 3 pm she met the woman at another market place, and she asked the money but she said, "am sorry, the money was stolen by somebody in the house so here only your money." The Maroon supporter, felt so angry and grumbled and swear at her and the other did the same thing to the Maroons supporter as well. At last they had a big fight and some men came in and separate each other.
That was the effect of betting money in the State of Origin Game for the Australian Rugby League in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.