Champions Lae City Dwellers and minor premiers Hekari United FC are currently leading the points ladder in their respective conferences of the Telikom National Soccer League.
Hekari remains unbeaten in the Southern Conference with 15 points after round one of the competition eight points clear of its nearest rivals.
Trailing Hekari are PKA Rapatona FC and Erema Gulf FC sharing seven points followed by Gigira Laitepo on five points and sharing four points are Huawei PS United FC and FC Port Moresby.
Dwellers are on 11 points after winning only three out of five games in the Northern Conference.
Welgris Morobe United FC are a point adrift of Dwellers on 10 points followed by Madang FC on eight points, Admiralty FC on seven, Besta PNG United FC on six and struggling Goroka Gosiha FC yet to put a mark on the score board.
The competition will break for the festive season and will return for round two in January.
NSL competitions sub-committee chairman Joseph Ealedona has thanked all franchise clubs for their participation in the new competition format.
Ealedona said earlier that the competition has gone well and urged all franchise clubs to rest well and come back for round two before the NSL heads into the National League format.
This is where the top two teams from each of the two conferences will play in Home and Away format to find the League Champions and the top four placings for the finals.