Digicel Cup 2015-PNG National Competition

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The Grand Final has been moved a day early and will now be on Saturday 5th September.

 

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[Dakink]

Jesus they look hard!!!! Would be like tackling walking rock....

 

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PNG Digicel Cup Finals on Saturday at 3pm on TVWAN Sports.

 

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http://www.looppng.com/content/simbu-lions-set-roar-after-20-years


Simbu Lions set to roar after 20 years


The TNA Lions of Simbu Province will enter the prestigious Digicel Cup grand final after two decades.

And if the convincing 19-12 victory over minor premiers Lae Snax Tigers last weekend at the Dickson Oval is any indication, the cup will surely be in Simbu's capital come Monday week.

It was a dream come true for franchise owner Gerard Philip, who believed in local talents and developing the code in the rural areas.

The last time a Simbu team went into the grand final was in 1996 in Lae, when it was Simbu Warriors.

However, Warriors lost the game and their right to participate in the ensuring years was also thrown into the mud due to spectator violence.

Warriors club was suspended for 10 years. And they were told they had to reapply to be admitted.

Simbu league diehards complied. After serving it's suspension, it was business as usual.

The price has been ultimately paid off after three years under it's TNA banner.

Philip and his young cubs from mountainous Simbu are going for a walk in the nation's capital this weekend.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Talk about a jersey clash...

 

[miguel de cervantes]

Geez. A 10 year suspension. I don't what to even know what the crowd violence entailed.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Talk about a jersey clash...

The Rabaul Gurias have a few other variations of their Jerseys.
I think for the Grand Final they will be dressed in the one pictured below.

 

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http://www.thenational.com.pg/?q=node/93894


League to celebrate 24 years

Source:
The National, Tuesday September 1st, 2015
By JACK AMI

THIS will be the 24th year of Papua New Guinean semi-professional rugby league competition.

It started in 1990, as the SP Inter City Cup, followed by the Bemobile Cup in 2009 and now with the Digicel Cup since 2011.

This season the champions will fetch K65,000, runner up K15,000, third place K10,000 and fourth place K5000. Minor premiership and individual awards will be presented as well.

The 2015 grand final is between Simbu Lions and Agmark Rabaul Gurias, which will be played on Saturday at the Sir John Guise Stadium, Port Moresby.

This will be another different ball game and no favourites are predicted as both teams are currently the best and on Saturday the number one team will be crowned the kings of PNG league 2015.

Lions beat Lae Tigers 19-12 in Kundiawa and Gurias ousted Hela Wigmen 14- 4 in Kokopo, qualifying for the final showdown.

After last weekend’s preliminary semi-finals, all the teams are in recovery process but should be well prepared for the bog challenges.

From the 24 seasons, Rabaul Gurias have appeared in 11 grand finals and have won in 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2012 and runners-up in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2011 and 2014 ,while Lions, formerly Kundiawa Warriors, were runners-up in 1996.

The Gurias have retained the majority of the players from last season, which lost to Wigmen 34-8 in Lae. Most of the youngsters like John Ragi Jr, Jason Missian, Chris Jerry, Watson Boas and Boas Ruru have matured and are premiership-bound in their second finals appearance.

Coach Steven Nightingale has injected a lot of discipline, dedication and determination in the players to secure another finale.

This showdown will be new to the Lions if they can overcome the final football pressure in front of an expected capacity crowd in Port Moresby.

In the third and fourth placing, Wigmen and Tigers will playoff in the curtain-raiser.


Pictured below: Rabaul Gurias players celebrate after their last Premiership win in 2011

 

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The Digicel Cup and the Sports Minister and other Officials arrive by chopper

 

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Teams lined up for the National Anthem

 

[Foreign Legion]

Wish this game was telecast in australia

 

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The Rabaul Gurias have defeated the TNA Simbu Lions 26-18 to claim the 2015 Digicel Cup.

 

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Gurias Captain Albert Patak lifts the 2015 Digicel Cup

 

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2015 Digicel Cup Champions celebrate.

 

[Foreign Legion]

Congrats... the SP's are on me.
They should play the French Champions in the WCC series...


By the way whats a gurias???

 

[deal.with.it]

Congrats... the SP's are on me.
They should play the French Champions in the WCC series...


By the way whats a gurias???

Gurias = volcano i think

They will play the fiji champs for the melanesian wcc

 

[mikail-eagle]

Gurias is the PNG Pidgin word for Earthquakes. The Island of New Britain is prone to earthquakes because of the many live volcanoes.

Infact the Towns of Rabaul and Kokopo are surrounded by about 5 Volcanoes. Three of them had a major eruption in 1994 which resulted in the destruction of Rabaul

 

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The Gurias win now makes the most successful PNG Franchis in the history of the PNG Competition with this being their 6th Major.

 

[Sydney Knight]

Well done Gurias. Any details on crowd?