Tigers open their campaign with win
Rugby League
BY FRANKIY KAPIN
The 2019 Digicel Cup round one of the national rugby league competition played at the lae rugby league oval in Lae, Morobe province started off on a high note yesterday.
The competition between the hosts, Lae Snax Tigers and Kroton Hela Wigmen saw Tigers defeat Wigmen 12-8 as they celebrated their first win of the Digicel Cup round one.
The Tigers were victorious and praised for their best defence against the Wigmen with an outstanding performance by captain John Andy, inside centre Jokedi Bire and fullback Sonny Wabu.
Andy scored the opening try for his team followed by Bire with corner try that saw Tigers lead 8 points from the first half of the game. Not long after, Wigmen’s left wing Gilmo Paul charged in for his first try to take the scores 8 to 4.
The second half was again tough as expected however with another Wabo magic from the Tigers’ backline saw captain Andy reaching out for his second try bringing the home side to a 12-4 lead.
Just after the first 20 minutes of the second half, the Wigmen began rolling with the ball into the Tigers’ territory with another try by inside centre Spiro Thomas taking the score to 8-12 still in favour of the Tigers.
It was in the dying minutes of the game that Wigmen seemed to pick up from their game plan but failed to charge in against the time as a result of a number of errors within the field.
Tigers lost six of its points from three unsuccessful conversions while Wigmen lost four points with two unsuccessful conversions.
Despite the unsuccessful conversions, Tigers managed to stand firm in the heat of the challenge by Wigmen in the dying minutes and defended their try line to their victory on their home soil.
Thousands of rugby league fans were also given a latest of the home side as they witnessed the first win by Snax Tigers over Hela Wigmen.
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