PNG Hunters in Queensland Cup

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I think we can watch Easts Tigers vs Hunters on http://tigertv.net/

A very impressive website.

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That website is better then any NRL teams website

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Hunters drew with Easts Tigers!

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Ipswich promo video for clash with Hunters

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Hunters to stay on in Australia with short turn around

THE Papua New Guinea Hunters have maintained their usual practice of naming an extended squad of 20 to be reduced by two by travel time.

Hunters CEO Brad Tassell, pictured, said this was despite some slight adjustments in practice with the team to remain in Australia instead of returning home after this weekend’s Round 8 Queensland Cup game against the Sunshine Coast Falcons on Sunday.

The next two back-*to-*back away games are closer in turn around times and the Hunters management decided it was a more sensible option to keep the team in Australia for both games.

There are four days in between games and it has been decided that setting up camp temporarily in Australia would be a much better option to ease the strain of jet-*lag and interruptions forced by travelling.

Currently in sixth position on 9 points following last week’s 36-*26 victory Tweed Heads Seagulls, the Hunters’ next two games are crucial to catapult them back into the top bracket of the points table.

This Sunday they travel to play the Sunshine Coast Falcons at Stockland Park at 2pm, a game that the Hunters are taking very seriously. The game is the Channel 9 televised game of the week and will be shown live in PNG on Imparja, EMTV, Hitron and Channel 8.

The Hunters follow that up with a Friday Anzac Day game against the Burleigh Bears on April 25 at 3.30pm. Following those games is a bye, which is an automatic two points, so effectively the Hunters are guaranteed two points already.

As usual the Hunters will take away 18 players with one to be omitted before kick-*off.

Should there be a need for additional replacements after the Sunshine Coast match, measures would be taken to address that ahead of the Burleigh match on Anzac Day.

Hunters: 1. Adex Wera 2. Garry Lo 3. Thompson Teteh 4. Albert Patak 5. George Benson 6. Israel Eliab (c) 7. Roger Laka 8. Timothy Lomai 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Gonzela Urakusie 11. David Loko 12. Sebastian Pandia 13. Dion Aiye 14. Noel Zeming 15. Willie Minoga 16. Lawrence Tu’u 17. Brandy Peter 18. Adam Korave 19. Edward Goma 20. Esau Siune

http://www.thenational.com.pg

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SP Hunters v Sunshine Coast Falcons

CAPTAIN Israel Eliab is treating Sunshine Coast Falcons with plenty of respect despite the fact that Sunday’s opponent is languished at the bottom of the Intrust Super Cup points table.

Eliab, in second place behind Norths Devils Todd Murphy for the Courier Mail player of the year award, said the Hunters’ preparations for the Round Eight match has been focused on areas that have let them down in recent games.

“In this competition you cannot underestimate anybody, let alone a team that is sitting at the bottom of the points table,” Eliab said.

“Sometimes where a team sits on the table is not a true indication of their playing ability and every team is tough in this competition.”

He said coach Michael Marum has been reminding the team at training the whole week to shut that out of their minds because the last thing “we want to do is underestimate our opposition because that’s when complacency sets in ”.

And when that happens a team’s preparations can be affected as these factors can play up with the players’ minds and smart opposition revel in such conditions.

Eliab said the Falcons are coached by Ivan Henjak, a former Brisbane Broncos coach, whose NRL experience would give him plenty of insight into how to get the best possible preparation for his team.

The Falcons are also playing at home at Stockland Stadium in their first televised game so they will be and teams lift under conditions, which are mostly suited to them than the visitors.

“We have areas of our own that need fixing and improvement upon, that we need to focus on rather than worry about the opposition.”
Eliab knows he also needs another solid game this weekend to help the Hunters overcome the Falcons.

Both halves were outstanding in last weekends 36-26 win over Tweed Heads Seagulls with half Roger Laka taking out the on ground man of the match award and Eliab picking up the maximum 3 points from the match referee.

The match referees award points on a 3-2-1 basis which counts towards the Courier Mail award and Eliab’s all-round performance since the season opener has been impressive wit the Hunters Captain sitting in second spot.

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Hunters currently on nine. Go PNG!

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I'm watching the match ball security seems to be the biggest problems for the Hunters

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AFL PNG get invite from Queensland comp

AFL PNG is on the verge of inclusion in the AFL Queensland competition.
In what will be an historical move for the Papua New Guinean Aussie rules, from 2016 onwards AFL PNG will have a team in the Queensland state competition.

This would be the second foray of a PNG side in an Australian competition with the PNG Hunters inclusion in the Queensland Cup being the first.

This was revealed at a media conference with AFL Queensland’s chief executive officer Michael Conlan.

Conlan’s visit to PNG was to hold talks with the AFL PNG and the national government through its Sports Ministry to broker a way for the state to assist in Queensland AFL plans. “We want to include a Papua New Guinea team in the QAFL restructure. This means that by 2016, PNG will host nine home games of the 18 matches of the competition in a home and away arrangement,” Conlan said.

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Friggin copy cats.

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Half time. SP PNG Hunters up 12 to 6 vs Capras

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David Loko good footwork near the line. Scores in the first 3 min. Conversion unsuccessful 16 to 6

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PNG HUnters on Sunday Footy Show

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PNG Hunters, the sleeping giants of international rugby league

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Hunters beat Souths 42 - 12

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PNG entertains in big wet

THE PNG Hunters scored a comprehensive 42-12 win over Souths Logan Magpies in their round 14 Intrust Super Cup clash at Kalabond, Kokopo, on Saturday.

When the skies opened up prior to kick off it seemed the heavy downpour was going to force both teams to struggle to score points due to the wet conditions.

However, the opposite unfolded as an avalanche of points became the order of the day for the Hunters, particularly in the second stanza, with winger Garry Lo picking up the man of the match award for his four tries.

The Hunters piled on eight tries to the Magpies’ two to centre Brenko Lee and Dallas Anderson, the second highest number of points the newcomers to the Queensland Rugby League competition have posted against opposing teams.

The highest is a 46-14 boilover against Central Queensland Capras in round 3 at the same venue.

At half-time the Hunters enjoyed a slim but handy 10-0 lead following tries to Lo and centre Noel Zemming, one of which was converted.

Then the floodgates started to slowly open in the second half with Lo starting the try-fest with his second and former winger turned second-rower George Benson crossing for his own contribution before Brenko put the visitors on the scoreboard with his effort.

At that stage the score was 18-4 and the Magpies stayed in the contest with powerful runs from their big forwards Patrick Mago, Sam Mataora, Zac Lamberg and equally big backs Ramon Filipine and Lee.

Halves Jack Ahearn and Rys Jacks and hooker Kurt Baptise continued with their scheming plays, probing for openings or trying to put their runners through the Hunters defence.

But the Hunters were ruthless in defence, continually repelling any ascendency the Magpies tried to build with their attacking raids.

“I was very happy with the performance especially our defence, which is an area we have been working very hard on in the last few weeks,” a jubilant Hunters coach Michael Marum said after the match.

Fullback Albert Patak didn’t share in the try spoils but his contribution with kick returns were quite impressive with winger Edward Goma not far behind with his efforts.

Interchange players Dion Aiye, Willie Minoga, Timothy Lomai and Lawrence Tu’u were equally effective when they came on with Marum rotating his players effectively in the slogging conditions.

“They were just having fun and enjoying it so much because they wanted to play and I found it hard taking them off,” Marum explained.

When Lo picked up his hat-trick after a mistake by the Magpies off a bomb to open up a sizeable 28-6 lead, the Hunters switched into entertainment mode.

Captain Isael Eliab got in on the act when he picked up a loose ball from a broken down Magpies play in the Hunters’ red zone, to score a length of the field runaway try.

Then Lo closed the try-fest entertainment in stylish fashion when he latched onto a no-look pass from Minoga after a great break on the left flanks, to send their rain-soaked fans home with great satisfaction that it was worth braving the atrocious conditions to witness an entertaining brand of Hunters football.

PNG HUNTERS 42 (Garry Lo 4, Noel Zemming, Israel Eliab, George Benson, Willie Minoga tries; Noel Zemming 5 goals) def SOUTHS LOGAN MAGPIES 12 (Brenko Lee, Dallas Anderson tries; Patrick Mago 2 goals) at Kalabond Oval, Kokopo.

Final teams

PNG Hunters: 1. Albert Patak 2. Garry Lo 3. Noel Zemming 4. Tiger Emere 5. Edward Goma 6. Israel Eliab (c) 7. Roger Laka 8. Joe Bruno 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Esau Siune 11. George Benson 12. David Loko 13. Adam Korave 14. Dion Aiye 15. Willie Minoga 16. Lawrence Tu'u 17. Timothy Lomai

Souths Logan Magpies: 1. Luke Archer 2. Ramon Filipine 3. Grant Cooke 4. Brenko Lee 5. Dallas Anderson 6. Jack Ahearn 7. Rhys Jacks 8. Luke Page 9. Kurt Baptiste 10. Sam Mataora 11. Andrew Edwards 12. Patrick Mago 13. Zac Lemberg 14. Mitch Cronin 15. Shane Duck 16. Rez Phillips 17. Darcy Wright

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