The Papua New Guinea Kumuls have restored lost pride by running over the touring Fiji Batis 54-10 at Kagamuga Showground in Mount Hagen this afternoon.
The Batis side boosted with 8 players from last year's world cup squad that made it to the semi-finals against Australia did not seem to have made much difference given the scoreline. The Kumuls comfortably overcame them.
Our National Team having been relegated from 4th to 6th spot on the International Ranking by Fiji and France after the world cup now have something to smile about.
The win certainly helps to build confidence in the team to take on the Batis in the second fixture this Saturday at PRL and most importantly, the Pacific cup at the end of the year.
The Pacific cup will see PNG battling it out with Fiji, Samoa and Tonga with the top team to be included in next year's Four Nations Series, an expansion of the Tri-Nations between Australia, England and New Zealand.
Congratulations to the boys for raising our heads. We've got to do it again this weekend and hopefully at the end of the year.
Go Kumuls...Take em on.
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Now this is where the value of having such a Blog is obvious Chris.
ReplyDeleteYou're officially the first website in the world to post that information. Keep it up.
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Thanks man. I wish I had it up soon after the game but was caught up with other things. Nonetheless, I guess I beat not only other websites but even the local media too.
ReplyDeletegreat job in posting it, i was very keen to hear the results.
ReplyDeleteGreat job. I am surprised to read and hear the results.
ReplyDeleteGood to see the Kumuls restore some sporting pride to PNG after the two beltings that the Pukpuks received from another fellow Pacific Island country Samoa.
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work and we look forward to more victories in the near future.