Cats, Eagles bag wins in POM AFL pre-season

CATS and Bismark Maritime West Eagles have taken an early lead in the Moni Plus-sponsored Port Moresby Australian Football League pre-season lightning premiership.
The pre-season kicked off last weekend at the Colts Oval with Cats and Eagles registering two-straight wins in the round-robin matches.
On Saturday, Cats clawed rookies Port Power, of Port Moresby Technical College, 6.2 (38) to 3.6. (24) while the Eagles flew over traditional rivals Concept Koboni 4.4 (28) to 3.0 (18).
On Sunday, Cats tamed Tigers 6.7 (43) to 3.2 (20) while the Eagles humbled Dockers 6.6 (42) to 3.3 (21).
Cats and Eagles sit atop the ladder on eight points apiece, followed by Koboni, Dockers, Port Power and Gereka Bombers who each are on four points.
Bombers registered their win over Tigers on Saturday 4.3 (27) to 1.1 (7) while Koboni triumphed over Bombers 4.5 (29) to 2.2 (14) on Sunday.
Dockers earned their four points on Saturday with a 5.4 (34) to 1.1 (7) win over Gordon Kokofas who are still re-grouping for this year’s re-entry into the competition.
Power got a free passage to the scoreboard without a sweat when Kokofas failed to make the number for their match on Sunday.
Kokofas and Tigers are yet to register a win.
In the women’s division, Kokofas and Eagles sit atop the ladder on four points apiece after winning their matches over the weekend while Koboni and Dockers are yet to register a victory.
On Saturday, Kokofas edged Dockers 3.1 (19) to 2.1 (13) while West scraped home by a point over Koboni 1.2 (8) to 1.1 (7) on Sunday.