By Stanford Mul - Madang Correspondent
This was the match the Madang community was waiting for all year and it finally came to the tourist town. Crowd converged to watch the first Bemobile cup match for the year in Madang as early as 9am on Sunday morning. The Ron Albert rugby league oval was packed to capacity to watch the match between Bingator Goroka Lahanis and ACTL Lae Bombers.
The crowds were given their money’s worth of entertainment when the big men from both teams exchanged big hits and strong runs. This led to a dust up between the two teams in the opening 15 minutes but was quickly taken under control by local Bemobile referee Paul Poka. The Lahanis pack led by Nigel Hukula and local boy Sigfred Gande were cheered on by the vocal crowd created havoc for the ACTL Lae Bombers. This allowed the Lahanis backline to run freely and create defensive headaches for the Bombers.
The ACTL Lae Bombers were the first to score when a bomb was spilled by the Lahanis’s fullback. Unfortunately, that was the only bright point for the ACTL bombers as the Lahanis turned on another gear in the second half to score 3 unanswered tries leaving the ACTL Lae Bombers stunned and gasping for air. Bintagor Goraoka Lahanis tireless lock Glen Nami who was everywhere on the park was awarded the man of the match. The matched ended with Bintagor Goraoka Lahanis winning 17-6.
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Thanks for the match round up Stanford
ReplyDeleteGreat to have a post here from a correspondent outside of Moresby.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great site. I'm a former PNG resident now living in UK. This is what PNG needs to promote it's local breed of players. I sent an email to PNG's local dailies, Post Courier and The National commending your work and I also sent a copy to you. Hope the email gets published so more people could read this blog.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot Richard. I read the email and was so grateful that at least a PNG fan out there is noticing my efforts and helping to promote it. Really appreciate it.
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