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Former Kumul suggests second SP Cup
team from Goroka
By JAMES KILA
A former Kumul and Goroka Lahanis
strongman, Ivan Mosoka is confident Goroka rugby league can enter
a second strong team in the country’s semi-professional rugby
league competition, the SP Cup.
Mosoka who on a number of occasions tasked to coach Goroka
Nokondis, a second team from Lahanis, said Goroka is certainly
capable of fielding a second competitive team in the SP Cup.
However, he said the onus was now on potential sponsors or a
franchise to finance and pave way for the team into the SP Cup
race.
A couple of weeks ago a team coached by Mosoka humiliated a
visiting side from Simbu 30-10 in a trial match at the Sir Danny
Leahy oval in Goroka.
Mosoka claims there are sufficient players produced by the Goroka
rugby league who certainly would be competitive in the
semi-profession competition, however, just because there is only
one team in Goroka they unfortunately miss out.
Moreover, Mosoka said it is evident that products from Goroka
league, especially those who can not make it to the Lahanis team
are getting selected in other centres. “There is enough evidence
to show that Goroka rugby league was still the best and a very
competitive association in the country and we can have a second
team,” Mosoka said.
Mosoka even acknowledged that Goroka rugby league under the helm
of president Pat Siwi and game organiser namely, NATHAN “Belbel”
MOTE were doing a great job in maintaining was doing a great job
in strengthening the competition.
“The management of Pat Siwi and people like Nathan Mote and others
have greatly boosted the local competition in Goroka to be
functioning
He said unlike other centres around the country who have quite a
set-back or hiccups in the local competition because most of their
star players are in the SP Cup, Goroka league does not experience
that. The local competition flows smoothly and players still
maintained the keen interests to play.
He said Goroka league is currently the only league which boasts
having two of its imports, namely Stanley Gene and Makali Aizue
now contracted with Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League
competition in England.
Mosoka said big companies who support rugby league must consider
assisting a team from Goroka to be in the SP Cup race because this
team would be an entity they would be proud of.
 
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