Sine confident forwards will stop Hela Wigmen

By PARKER TAMBUA
LAE Snax Tigers vice-captain Enoch Sine is confident his forwards will lift to contain their Wigmen counterparts when the two sides meet in the Digicel Cup grand final at the National Football Stadium in Port Moresby on Sunday (3pm kick-off).
The in-form centre told The National on Wednesday that his forwards had monitored the Hela pack in recent games and they knew what to expect on game day.
“The Wigmen have a young and hungry forward pack, we have watched their games recently and they are a pretty strong side,” Sine said. “As for us, our forwards know what to do, we have our defensive structures in place. We’ve got our tackling tactics and we’ll try to slow the play around the ruck which is vital in tiring their big men in the middle. Defence has been our main strength this season and this game is no exception, we are ready and looking forward to execute our defensive structures to contain the Wigmen forwards.”
The Tigers have an experienced pack with the likes of Roy Kela, Mark Piti and former Hunters Ismael Balkawa, Junior Rop and Andy John who will be out in full force to cause problems for the Wigmen. However, the Wigmen have nothing to lose and coach Andrew Andiki has declared that his forwards in the likes of the in-form Emanuel Waine, Ham Tina, Junior Mel and veteran Benjamin Hetra will come out firing on all cylinders.
The battle of the forwards in the middle of the park is expected to go a long way in determining who takes out the Digicel Cup premiership.