PNG Hunters v Northern Pride Round 9 preview

The PNG Hunters camp is happy and confident following a strong performance against the Burleigh Bears last weekend. However, the star of the match Adex Wera – who scored four tries in the 42-6 victory – is out of this game having taken an early guilty plea for a dangerous throw. However, coach Michael Marum has named a 20-man squad for this game so will have a number of options to make up for his absence.  The Pride head to Port Moresby with confidence as well after the held on to claim a hard-fought win over Norths at Bishop Park last weekend. The Pride – who had two players named earlier this week in the XXXX Queensland Residents team – hold a 3-2 head-to-head advantage over the Hunters and actually won the first game between these two sides in Kokopo. However, the remaining four games have been won by the home team.

PNG Hunters

1. Stargroth Amean 2. Bland Abavu 3. Israel Eliab 4. Adex Wera 5. Wawa Paul 6. Ase Boas (c) 7. Watson Boas 8. Henry Wan 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Esau Siune 11. Nixon Putt 12. David Loko 13. Wellington Albert 14. Rahdly Brawa 15. Willie Minoga 16. Enock Maki 17. Stanton Albert 18. Butler Morris 19. Ishamel Baikawa 20. Moses Meninga

Coach: Michael Marum

Northern Pride

1. Jared Allen 2. Gideon Gela-Mosby 3. Bradley Stephen 4. Luke George 5. Marcus Jensen 6. Jordan Biondi-Odo 7. Ryan Ghietti (c) 8. Darryn Schonig 9. Benjamin Hampton 10. William Bugden 11. Graham Clark 12. Tom Hancock 13. Joel Riethmuller 14. Colin Wilkie 15. Troy Kapea 16. Patrick Mago 17. Connor Jones 18. Brad Lupi 19. Jack Brock 20. Nathan Wales 21. Aidan Day

Coach: Ty Williams


National Football Stadium on Saturday, April 29 - 3pm
Referee: Michael Gordon
Head-to-Head: Pride 3 PNG 2
Twitter: #intrustsupercup #PNGvPRIDE
Source: qrl.com.au