Rd 16 #intrustsupercup – Live
#Pride v #PNG

NORTHERN PRIDE v PNG HUNTERS
Date: Wednesday June 21, 2017
Time: 5.35pm
Venue: Barlow Park, Cairns
Referee: Michael Gordon
Commentators: Mike Rabbitt and Adrian Vowles
Hashtag: #intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG

TEAM LISTS

Northern Pride
1. Bradley Stephen 2. Gideon Gela-Mosby 3. Javid Bowen 4. Justin Castellaro 5. Marcus Jensen 6. Jordan Biondi-Odo 7. Jared Allen 8. Sheldon Powe-Hobbs 9. Connor Jones 10. William Bugden 11. Nathan Wales 12. Graham Clark 13. Patrick Mago 14. Ryan Ghietti (c) 15. Troy Kapea 16. Tom Hancock 17. Darryn Schonig 18. Colin Wilkie 19. Keelan White
Coach: Ty Williams

PNG Hunters
1. Stargroth Amean 2. Bland Abavu 3. Israel Eliab 4. Adex Wera 5. Wawa Paul 6. Ase Boas (c) 7. Watson Boas 8. Muka Peter Kalu 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Esau Siune 11. Nixon Putt 12. Rahdly Brawa 13. Stanton Albert 14. Silas Gahuna 15. Willie Minoga 16. Lawrence Tu’u 17. Brandy Peter 18. Karo Kauna Jr. 19. Butler Morris
Coach: Michael Marum,

PNG Hunters are currently leading the championship despite coming in off a loss last week. Missing the Magic Boot, Ase Boas, who was absent due to an ankle injury, the Hunters lost to the last placed, Tweed.

Stargroth Amean is out with a hamstring injury and Bland Abavu slots into fullback.

The shock loss at home, and the return of Ase Boas should see the Hunters fight to retain their championship lead this week in what should be a tough game against Northern Pride.

FIRST HALF:

Strap yourselves in! RD 16 #PRIDEvPNG #intrustcup match at Barlow Park, Cairns has kicked off!

#PNG have started slowly & a dropped ball on their own line saw Connor Jones score an easy try for Pride.
#PRIDEvPNG 6 v 0

Northern Pride opened up the Hunters left hand side and were lucky to stop what was a certain try.

Sheldon Powe-Hobbs scores #PRIDE’s 2nd try in the 1st 7mins.
#PRIDEvPNG 12 v 0

Rain is now playing a role with both teams making unforced errors.

A big hit from Karo Kauna Jr. caused #PRIDE to cough up the ball and Wartova Paura grounded it for #PNG
#PRIDEvPNG 12 v 4

#PNGHunters Lawrence Tu’u looks to have suffered a serious knee injury and is being taken off the field. Later update: It is an ankle injury.

9mins to half time.

HALF TIME: PRIDE 12 v PNG 4

HALF TIME COMMENTS:

Once again PNG defence, combined with unforced handling errors, in wet weather conditions, have cost PNG. Northern Pride started fast but the latter stages of the first half had Pride showing signs of fatigue with the Hunters gaining momentum.

PNG need to re institute a disciplined and aggressive defensive line, clean up the handling errors and keep the penalties down to a minimum. Combined with that much loved PNG flamboyance in attack, it could put the Hunters right back in the game in the second half.

SECOND HALF:

#PNGHunters racking up the penalties against them. Right now they look to be out of sorts.
#intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG 14 v 4

#PNGHunters put in a set of 5 one up plays and a kick. That isn’t going to cut it.
#intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG 14 v 4

TRY TIME to Bland Abavu! Boas adds the all important 2 points!
#intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG 14 v 10

Israel Eliab hits the line at pace and scores a try. A tied ball game with a kick to come!
#intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG 14 v 14

Ase Boas add the much needed extras and puts the Hunters in front!

Pride 14 v PNG 16 with 6 to go!

PNGHunters earn the penalty in front and Ase Boas puts it straight through the posts!
#intrustsupercup #PRIDEvPNG 14 v 18

FULL TIME SCORE:

And that, thankfully for the #PNGHunters is the full time siren in today’s #intrustsupercup
#PRIDEvPNG 14 v 18
#PNGKumuls #QLDPNGKokomos

FULL TIME COMMENTARY:

The Hunters looked at sixes and sevens in the second half and strangely abandoned their normal flamboyant attack totally and played sets of six, with five one-up runs and a kick on the last.

Their best plays were when they shifted the ball wide and fast, PNG-style! A win is a win but the Hunters certainly won that one the hard way!

NORTHS DEVILS v PNG HUNTERS

RD 13 INTRUST SUPER CUP CHAMPIONSHIP – LIVE
Date: Sunday June 3, 2017
Time: 3.05pm
Venue: Bishop Park, Nundah
Referee: Gavin Reynolds
Commentators: Ben Dobbin and Adrian Vowles
Hashtag: #intrustsupercup#DEVILSvPNG

TEAM LISTS
Norths Devils
1. Javarn White 2. Michael Lucas 3. Delouise Hoeter 4. Luke Pollock 5. Dane Chang 6. Jack Miers 7. Todd Murphy 8. Francis Molo 9. Billy Brittain (c) 10. James Taylor 11. David Faamita 12. Matiu Love-Henry 13. Dalton Phillips 15. Stephen Coombe 16. Michael Molo 17. Josh Afoa 14. Danny Kerr

Coach: Mark Gliddon

PNG Hunters
1. Stargroth Amean 2. Bland Abavu 3. Israel Eliab 4. Willie Minoga 5. Adex Wera 6. Ase Boas (c) 7. Watson Boas 8. Wellington Albert 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Esau Siune 11. Nixon Putt 12. David Loko 13. Stanton Albert 14. Silas Gahuna 15. Brandy Peter 16. Enock Maki 17. Moses Meninga 18. Rahdly Brawa 19. Wawa Paul 20. Butler Morris

Coach: Michael Marum

First placed PNG Hunters take on 7th place, Norths Devils.

The #PNGHunters go into today’s match against the #Devils off a 42-4 win over Townsville @TsvBlackhawks at the NFS, POM.

#PNGHunters take the field at Bishop Park, Nundah. They will honour slain policeman, Brett Forte, with a minutes silence.

FIRST HALF:

PNG Hunters kick off.

Luke Pollack scores for Norths #Devils.
#DEVILSvPNG 4 v 0 (kick missed)

TRY TIME Stargroth Amean! Ase Boas’ kick sees the flags go up!
#DEVILSvPNG 4 v 6

Minoga MAGIC! A try for the #PNGHunters! Boas makes it 2 from 2.

#DEVILSvPNG 4 v 12

Norths #Devils take it up to the #PNGHunters as they start to slip into their lax defensive ways.
#DEVILSvPNG 10 v 12

#PNGHunters concede a head high followed by holding down the player in the play the ball saw #Devils Chris Sandow add 2 from in front.

12 All

HALF TIME SCORE: 12 all.

HALF TIME COMMENTARY:

PNG Hunters started off playing great structured football but in the last 10-15 minutes their defensive play dropped off allowing the Norths Devils big men to dominate the attack.

Coach, Mark Marum, won’t be happy with the lack of discipline in defense in the latter part of the half.

It will be interesting to see if fatigue plays a role in the latter stages of the second half for the big men in the Norths Devils pack.

SECOND HALF:

A beautiful break from Minoga put Wera over just 50 seconds into the 2nd half! #PNG 16 v #Devils 12 with the kick to come.
#intrustsupercup

Boas missed the kick.

Anything you can do ABAVU can too! Try to Bland Abavu! Boas adds the 2!

#PNGHunters 22 v #Devils 12

The #Devils fight back with a try by Javarn White. Sandow adds the extras.

#DEVILS 18 v #PNG Hunters 22

Stanton Albert crosses for a try for #PNG Hunters from an Eliab break. Boas kicks the goal.

#PNGHunters 28 v #Devils 18

The Albert try comes off some brilliant defense in the previous set of 6 who kept #Devils from scoring twice.

A beautifully timed pass from Wartavo Paura puts Nixon Putt over for an easy try for the #PNGHunters.

#DEVILS 18 v #PNG 34

8 minutes left to play in this RD 13 #intrustsupercup #DEVILS 18 v #PNG 34 match.

A beautifully timed pass from Wartavo Paura puts Nixon Putt over for an easy try for the #PNGHunters.
#DEVILS 18 v #PNG 34

Moses Meninga Try! Boas boots it!
#DEVILS 18 v #PNGHunters 40

FULL TIME SCORE: Devils 18 v PNGHunters 40

FULL TIME COMMENTARY:

PNG Hunters stunned Norths in the opening 8 minutes of the second half with that fast flowing, ball passing attacking game that is typical of the PNG style of play. Beautiful to watch for rugby league fans of all flavours.

More importantly, PNG Hunters defense regrouped, got more disciplined and held out repeated Norths attacking runs. Character isn’t about making mistakes but rather what you do to correct them and today the PNG Hunters showed plenty of character to record their second 40

Match Report by Karen Paiyo
Media Manager at QLD PNG Rugby League

Email: mediamanager@qldpngrugbyleague.com

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