PNG Digicel Cups expands in 2019

[mikail-eagle]

Round 18 Fixtures

1. Gulf Isou vs Mendi Muruks (Pom)
2. Pom Vipers vs Mt Hagen Eagles (Pom)
3.Central Dabaris vs Hell Wigmen (Pom)
4. Rabaul Gurias vs Enga Mioks (Kokopo)
5. Goroka Lahanis vs Lae Tigers (Goroka)
6. Kimber Cutters vs Waghi Tumbe (Kimbe)

Triple header in Port Moresby this weekend.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Forgot to mention that this is the final round.
Finals footy starts next week.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Round 18 Results

1. Gulf Isou 23 Mendi Muruks 20
2. Pom Vipers 26 Mt Hagen Eagles 6
3. Central Dabaris 16 Hell Wigmen 44
4. Rabaul Gurias 20 Enga Mioks 10
5. Goroka Lahanis 6 Lae Tigers 2
6. Kimber Cutters 16 Waghi Tumbe 18

 

[mikail-eagle]

 

[mikail-eagle]

There are no games this weekend.
Finals will start the following weekend for the top 6.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Alright!!!! The wigmen sneak into the the playoffs.

 

[deluded pom?]

Alright!!!! The wigmen sneak into the the playoffs.

What’s the playoff format?

 

[mikail-eagle]

The Port Moresby Vipers carry their retiring Captain Larsen Marabe off the field after Full-time.

After almost 18 years of playing in the Digicel Cip plus a year with Featherstone Rovers in the UK Larsen has finally hung up the boots.

He won 3 premierships. 1 each with the Rabaul Gurias, Hell Wigmen and the Port Moresby Vipers.

 

[mikail-eagle]

What’s the playoff format?

Here is the Finals Format.

18th August 2019
Elimination Finals
Game 1: Rabaul Gurias vs Hela Wigmen
Game 2: Goroka Lahanis vs Mt Hagen Eagles

Lae Tigers and Waghi Tumbe will have the weekend off.

25th August 2019
Major Semi Final
Game 3: Lae Tigers vs Waghi Tumbe.
Winner progresses to the Grand Final.

Game 4: Winner game 1 vs Winner game 2

1st September 2019
Preliminary Final
Game 5: Looser Game 3 vs Winner Game 4

8th September 2019
Grand Final
Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 5

 

[deluded pom?]

So fifty per cent of the teams get a shot at the title. Top five would be better IMO.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Big upset in the first Elimination Final this afternoon.
6th placed Hela Wigmen have knocked out 3rd placed Rabaul Gurias 13-4.

2nd Elimination Final under way.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Defending Premiers the Goroka Lahanis have defeated the Mt Hagen Eagles 22-4 to march on to next week.

 

[Walter sobchak]

Big upset in the first Elimination Final this afternoon.
6th placed Hela Wigmen have knocked out 3rd placed Rabaul Gurias 13-4.

2nd Elimination Final under way.

Wigmen coming good when it matters.

 

[Stallion]

Are these PNG games well attended ? If so what type of numbers for a big drawing game are achieved? Thanks in advance for the information.

 

[yakstorm]

Last week's Elimination Finals had an announced crowd of 9,900.

For regular season games, as mentioned earlier, it varies drastically from where it is played, who is playing, etc. Teams outside of the Capital often draw capacity crowds at home, but only have small venues, teams that play matches in Port Moresby (which all seem to play a few 'home' matches at the National Stadium) vary from a few thousand to quite large crowds.

On the 2020 Digicel Cup, looks like a team from New Ireland is set to join called the Ailan Chiefs.

Leaves Bouganville as the last 'major' island in PNG without a Digicel Cup team.

 

[Stallion]

Last week's Elimination Finals had an announced crowd of 9,900.

For regular season games, as mentioned earlier, it varies drastically from where it is played, who is playing, etc. Teams outside of the Capital often draw capacity crowds at home, but only have small venues, teams that play matches in Port Moresby (which all seem to play a few 'home' matches at the National Stadium) vary from a few thousand to quite large crowds.

On the 2020 Digicel Cup, looks like a team from New Ireland is set to join called the Ailan Chiefs.

Leaves Bouganville as the last 'major' island in PNG without a Digicel Cup team.

Thanks. So around 10000 for a big game in Port Moresby?

 

[Walter sobchak]

Last week's Elimination Finals had an announced crowd of 9,900.

For regular season games, as mentioned earlier, it varies drastically from where it is played, who is playing, etc. Teams outside of the Capital often draw capacity crowds at home, but only have small venues, teams that play matches in Port Moresby (which all seem to play a few 'home' matches at the National Stadium) vary from a few thousand to quite large crowds.

On the 2020 Digicel Cup, looks like a team from New Ireland is set to join called the Ailan Chiefs.

Leaves Bouganville as the last 'major' island in PNG without a Digicel Cup team.

Is Bouganville actually a part or territory of PNG?

 

[mikail-eagle]

Last weeks 2 Elimination Finals were both played at the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby as a double header.

And eventhough none of the 4 Teams that played are based in the Capital City they still have a very big following here.

The Gurias usually draw out most of those from the Island Provinces while the Teams from the Highlands Provinces draw out the huge population in the city.

 

[mikail-eagle]

Is Bouganville actually a part or territory of PNG?

Bougainville is currently an Autonomous Region but could get full Independence from PNG with a referendum set to be held in October.

 

[mikail-eagle]

The Hela Wigmen caused another upset today beating defending Premiers Goroka Lahanis in their Elimination Final.

The Lahanis are now out after the 18-4 loss to the Wigmen.