Six teams sign up in Goroka
BY CLIVE HAWIGEN
SIX teams in the Goroka Rugby
Football Union started its pre-season rugby tens competition at
the National Sports Institute (NSI) last Saturday.
Goroka Rugby Football Union secretary Velda Feka said yesterday
that the pre-season will see these six teams competing over two
weeks before the season proper starts.
She said the same will kick off the 2007 season. Meanwhile, they
are urged to pay up their K300 club registration fee and player
registration fee with the latter amount still be worked out.
These six teams that took part on Saturday's preseason competition
were Doggies, IMR Mosquitoes, Harlequins, Norths Jets, Kama Sharks
and Silverbacks.
Ms Feka, who is also the PNG Rugby Football Union vice-president,
said that PNGRFU will be presenting rugby merchandise to the six
teams this Saturday. The merchandise includes footballs and other
items that would help them in their trainings.
Despite the wet conditions at NSI last Saturday a lot of people
both players and spectators turned up for the start of the
pre-season games.
The results from these games: Doggies (2) 22 beat IMR Mosquito (1)
0, Harlequins (2) 5 beat Norths 0, Doggies (1) 17 beat IMR
Mosquitoes (2) 5, Kama Sharks (2) 10 beat Silverbacks (1)0, Sharks
(1) drawing 0-0 with Harlequins (1); and Doggies (2) 36 beat
Norths Jets (2) 0.
