Tigers beat Lions in wet conditions

The Lae Snax Tigers took revenge on their visiting opponents TNA Lions in front of a bumper crowd at the Lae rugby league oval on Sunday.

Tigers mauled Lions 20-10 and are leading the Digicel Cup race with 21 points to Lion's 20.

Tigers proved too strong for the Lions by holding a 16-0 lead at the break and continued dominating the match until the last 20 minutes when their defence appeared to relax.

Lions scooped two tries in the dying stages which at least  made their fans a little satisfied.

Tigers registered an unconverted try through winger Robert Vuia and extended the lead after 20 minutes through replacement forward Mogi Wei Jr scoring under the uprights.

Five eight Mafu Kales converted and his team lead by 10 points to nothing.

Lions kept wandering into the Tigers den but could not burst through.

Second rower Radly Brawa, skipper and forward Otto Sam and Andrew Sipil kept returning the ball for the visitors.

But the hosts were too good to be true in front of the home crowd and crossed the line for the third time through half back Noel Joel.

Kales converted for a comfortable 16- 0 into the break.

The visitors threw everything they had into the battle and tried to cross the opponents line but all efforts were in vain.

However, Lion's Brawa and speedster Geray Mongo collected the consolation points for the visitors to trail by 10 points.

This was a classic revenge. In their first encounter in Kundiawa, Lions gave them a 20 nil scoreline. 

Author: 
Bustin Anzu