A: The WILD women of Papua New Guinea! ATHERTON-based Superleague rugby player David Bradbury will have more than the opposition to worry about when he flies out with the Great Britain rugby league squad on Friday.

He and his hunky team mates could end up having to protect their "crown jewels" from the rampant women of Papua New Guinea. A report published in the women's magazine Marie Claire claims the women seldom take no for an answer. "No member of the male sex with full working parts beneath his loincloth is safe," the magazine claims.

And it claims the bare breasted women snare their masculine prey by setting up roadblocks - before taking it in turns to have their wicked way with their "catch".

But the worst indignities are saved for victims who fail to rise to the occasion.

One man was trussed naked to a pole like a pig, and carried back to the village where he was forced to suffer all kinds of indignities.

David, 24, of Hamilton Street, Atherton, was visibly shaken when he was told of the quaint customs practised by the grass-skirted women on the beautiful South Sea island, which the team will visit along with Fiji and New Zealand.

"Don't worry. I will be taking all the necessary and unnecessary precautions," the Oldham player said.

Media manager for the Great Britain team Paul Harrison was gutted when he learned of the women's "vitality".

"Oh no. I'm not going this time," he wailed. "I wonder if I can get a last minute flight?"

He added: "We have been to Papua New Guinea many times before and we know what to be beware of. However, I've not been aware of this problem before so I will be warning the lads to watch out for the women.

"But they should be alright as we will be having a 6pm curfew and they won't be allowed out without a guard," he said.

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