Stay committed to cause, Raminai says

EVERY team in the Queensland Rugby League’s Intrust Super Cup that played the SP PNG Hunters this season had to put in extra effort.
These were the encouraging words of Vice-Minister for Sports Wesley Raminai, pictured, when addressing the Hunters players and staff during the club’s awards presentation night recently.
Raminai made these remarks as a leader who was passionate about the growth of rugby league in the country and wishes to ensure the players remain with a positive mindset despite having to bow out of the competition and missing out on finals football and a chance to defend the title they won last year.
“This year was always going to be tough because every team that was playing us knew they were facing the defending champions of the competition,” Raminai said.
“They would have been meticulous in their preparations also because of the fact that these teams knew they were facing a team from another country.
“That will always be the challenge for the Hunters and we must always remember to ensure we leave no stones unturned in our preparations for every game in the future.”
Raminai also urged the Hunters to remember that they were role models to many young Papua New Guineans and needed to remember to maintain their professionalism wherever they were.
The Hunters squad is set to going into a rebuilding phase with the loss of up to seven players from this year’s squad.
Captain and five-eighth Ase Boas and brothers Watson have signed on to play for the Featherstone Rovers in the English second division.
With five others players also expected to annouce their departures over the coming months, Hunters coach Michael Marum will have to start the rebuild by going to the Digicel Cup franchises as well as other domestic competitions.