2017 Digicel Cup

The Tigers are sitting on top of the competition points ladder on eight points after their 14-8 win over EPG Enga Mioks on Sunday.

The PRK Mendi Muruks are in second place, having lost only one game to the Kroton Hela Wigmen back in round one.

The Mioks and Waghi Tumbe have only registered one win this season, while the NCDC Port Moresby Vipers are still winless.

The current standings:

In the double header played in Port Moresby this afternoon, PRK Mendi Muruks def. NCDC Vipers 10-8 and Lae Snax Tigers def. Kroton Hela Wigmen 20-16.

Up in Minj, Waghi Tumbe def. EGP Enga Mioks 16-14, while across in Kokopo, the Agmark Rabaul Gurias def. Bintangor Goroka Lahanis 24-12.

In the opening match of the season yesterday in Port Moresby, the Hela Wigmen beat PRK Mendi Muruks 20-12.

To the matches today, the reigning premiers Snax Tigers def. Agmark Rabaul Gurias 40-0 in Lae, Mioks def. NCDC Vipers 16-10 in Wabag and Goroka Lahanis def. Waghi Tumbe 35-16 in Goroka.

The Wigmen were on the board after six minutes through good vision from halfback David Joseph who ran a second man play to put Standford Talita into space to score.

A mistake from Muruk’s fullback and PNG Pukpuk’s star, Tisa Kautu led to the second try from the Wigmen in similar fashion, but this time to Junior Rau.

An unsuccessful conversion from captain and five-eighth William Mone put the score at 8-0.