A total of 12 countries will be participating in this tournament and debutant PNG is grouped in Pool A alongside big guns New Zealand, Canada and France.
Coach John Larry pointed out that the last few days of training, leading to this weekend, will focus on defense and improvements in the ruck areas.
Larry said: “When the game is in the ruck areas we need to circle the ball back.
“We are playing against the big teams so there’s got to be fast rucks, we got to work as threes and pass the ball wide.
