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Warriors victorious
Toyota Enga Mioks
bogged down again
By GRAYSON TAU
PAGINI Warriors edged out Toyota Enga
Mioks 14-12 in a tough encounter played at the Ipili Sports
Complex, Porgera, Enga province, on Sunday.
The Warriors scored all their points in the opening half while
Mioks replied with an unconverted try.
The Simbu team hit back with three tries to lead 14-4 at half
time.
In the second stanza, the Mioks dominated the first 20 minutes by
scoring two tries but Simbu boys did not retreat but stood their
ground to maintain the lead by two points.
Mioks had themselves to blam because two of their tries were not
converted. Had they been, victory could have been theirs.
The game was played under trying condition as the ball was
slippery from overnight rain.
More than 3,000 Porgera spectators packed the stadium to witness
their first national rugby league game, and also see four see of
their tribesmen playing in the Mioks team.
Porgera chief landowner Nixon Koeka Mangape welcomed both teams,
sponsors and officials, saying that the Ipili Sports Complex had
an international size football field and wanted more game to be
staged there.
Mangape also thanked the Toyota Mioks management team for
selecting Porgera as the venue for such big game.
He asked the people to support rugby league as well as other
sports in the valley because it was brining in more money.
Mioks team manager Eddie Mullar said all the home games for Toyota
Mioks this year will be played in Porgera as Aipos playing ground
in Wabag was undergoing maintenance work.
Among the spectators at the weekend match were Ela Motors PNG
operations manager Don Fox and Ela Motors branch manager Jerry
Tiso.
Two Porgera teams, East and West, played the curtain raiser which
East won, prevailing over Wests 16-14.
 
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