POMRFL

The two sides play in men’s U20 division of the SP Port Moresby Rugby Football League (POMRFL) competition and will have the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of what is expected to be sell-out crowd at the NFS.

The curtain raiser will kick off at 4:40pm.

On Sunday, another U20 fixture between the Dobo Warriors and the Kone Storms will play the curtain raiser to the official opening match of the 2016 Digicel Cup at the NFS.

This game kicks off 1:00pm before the PRK Gulf Isapeas and SNS Port Moresby Vipers do battle at 3pm.

Close to 300 people turned up at the Murray Barracks to watch the first of the three POMRFL grand finals.

It was a scrappy first few minutes of football from both sides with poor ball handling.

The fifteen minute mark saw first points to Defence from a penalty goal, kicked 30 metres by five eighth Kennedy Juria.

Defence allowed Brothers back into the game right from the restart giving away a penalty.

Brothers wasted no time getting on the board after a good offload by Steven Yei to give the ball out to winger Abbas Mondia to dive over and score on the wing.

POMRFL operations manager Meke Maino said all 5 games for the U19 and A grade men’s, and women’s divisions will be played on one day.

At 10am is the first of the U19 games with Defence taking on West. At 11am is the encounter between Brothers and Paga Panthers.

Winners from both games will book themselves a grand final spot.

The women’s final will be a lunchtime clash that will see Royals lock horns with Paga Panthers. The winner meets Souths in the grand final.

They dominated possession in the first half through strong running from their forwards and several times came close to scoring.

It took a solo effort from halfback Augusta Livuana who barged her way over to near the uprights one minute from half time.

Livuana added the extras to take her team to a 6-0 lead.

A misread in play in Tarangau’s own 10 metre line allowed Sisters to pounce on the ball and in the very next play pass out wide to a flying Sandy Molumi to score early in the second half.