Hohola fly over Waga Hots

The NCD Mangi Rugby competition concluded its season on Saturday with the finals in the boys under 19 and 16 and girls under 16 and open categories.
The competition, in its second year running, is a joint effort by Port Moresby Rugby and Yumi Lukautim Mosbi project, and saw teams from suburbs in Port Moresby compete in 7s and 10s formats.
The results at the final whistle on Saturday were:
* Bowl – Kekeni 7s U/16 – Hohola Flies 17 def. Poreporena Green 5
Open – Hohola Flies 10 def. Elevala City Mates 5
* Bowl – Mangi Rugby 10s U/16 – Gerehu Rats 12 def. Hohola Flies 0
U/19 – Poreporena Green 12 def. Poreporena White 7.
* Plate – Kekeni 7s U/16 – Waga Hots 7 def. Gerehu Rats 5.
Open – Waga Hots 12 def. Poreporena White 5.
* Plate – Mangi Rugby 10s U/16 – Elevala City Mates 5 def. Waga Hots 0.
U/19 – Gerehu Rats 5 def. Elevala City Mates 0.
* Cup – Kekeni 7s U/16 – Elevala City Mates 15 def. Poreporena White 0.
Open – Gerehu Rats 17 def. Poreporena Green 5
* Cup – Mangi Rugby 10s U/16 – Poreporena Green 13 def. Poreporena White 0.
U/19 – Hohola Flies 7 def. Waga Hots 5
Meanwhile, the PNG Under 20 Pukpuks lost their World Tournament qualifier against Cook Islands 27-7 in Auckland on Saturday.
At half time the Cooks led 6-0 courtesy of two penalties while the Pukpuks were disallowed two tries.
The Cooks went on to win the game by a 20-point margin, scoring three tries to one but assistant coach Ian Liveras speaking last Friday evening about the teams performance said a lack of composure did not help the Pukpuks at crucial moments in the game.
“We lost concentration at crucial times during the match. Although we held our own in the set pieces, those two disallowed tries in the first half sapped our morale.”