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| SP PNG Hunters celebrating their Minor Premiership milestone |
BY FIDELIS SUKINA
The SP PNG Hunters have claimed the 2017 Queensland Intrust Super Cup minor premiership with a 28-22 win over the Wynnum Manly Seagulls at the Oil Search National Football Stadium on Sunday.
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| Try scoring sensation Stargroth Amean shaking hands with PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Niell |
The Hunters made history winning their first ever minor premiership since entering the competition in 2014.
The round 24 match saw the Hunters beating the seagulls five tries to four, in a game that saw both teams exchanging try’s right through the dying minutes of the match.
The Seagulls scored first in the seventh minute through Paora Kemp for an unconverted try to take the lead 4-0.
The Hunters went on the board in the 13th minute through Stargroth Amean, a conversion by Ase taking them to a 6-4 lead David Mead was too strong bumping off Adex Wera and taking Butler Morris with him into the try line to take the seagulls to a 10-6 lead into half time.
Wellington Albert and Enock Maki made a huge impact in the forwards with solid runs Captain Ase Boas’s inside balls put the forwards through some tiered seagulls defense.
The Hunters came strong in the second half forcing two penalties which led to an individual try to Israel Eliab in the 42nd minute.
An unsuccessful conversion leaving the scores tied at 10-10, the Hunters furthered the score line to 16-10 after a good passage of play found Bland Abavu offloading to Nixon Putt for a try.
The Seagulls had to fight through some Aggressive Hunters defense with Captain Mitch Frei taking the lead scoring a converted try in the 59th minute to level the scores 16-16.
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| Hunters center Israel Eliab going in for a try against the Seagulls |
The Seagulls started to look tiered with the Hunters forwards running through their defense, Ase Boas foot work caught them napping breaking through from the 40 meter line linking up with try scoring sensation Amean for a center try in the 63rd minute the conversion taking them to a 22-16 lead.
Ase Boas continued his good form for the second time finding an opening in the Seagulls defense line slipping past two players to score a try with a successful conversion of his own taking the lead to 28-16 with 12 minutes of play remaining.
The visitors going to Mead for the last try leaving the scores at 28-22.
David Mead had a tough match of his own with the Hunters numbering up on the Kumuls fullback, but he managed to get past them for two tries.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill was on had to celebrate with the players after their milestone yesterday.
Ase Boas continued his good form for the second time finding an opening in the Seagulls defense line slipping past two players to score a try with a successful conversion of his own taking the lead to 28-16 with 12 minutes of play remaining.
The visitors going to Mead for the last try leaving the scores at 28-22.
David Mead had a tough match of his own with the Hunters numbering up on the Kumuls fullback, but he managed to get past them for two tries.
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill was on had to celebrate with the players after their milestone yesterday.
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