Queensland's Joe Burns has been named captain of Italy's T20 cricket team.

Joe will lead the team in June for qualification games to secure a sport in the Cricket World Cup.

He told Jason Matthews on Wide World of Sports, "As a player, you hear people say all the time, you want to leave the game in a better place than what you found it, it's a great opportunity to do that."

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The NRL has announced Australia's $600 million deal to enter Papa New Guinea into the NRL in 2028.

However, there have been concerns over safety in PNG.

NRL CEO Andrew Abdo told Jason Matthews on Wide World of Sports, "We've had the Prime Minister's games, we've had the Pacific Championships being played there...It works, we know how to do it, we're experienced with it, we've got people on the ground and to get that developed and scaled up for an NRL or NRLW competition and team is just an extension of that."

"There is going to be a significant investment in infrastructure and security over the next four years as we lead to the introduction of that team," Mr Abdo continued.

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