The Moni Plus NCDC Port Moresby Vipers have opened up their 2022 Digicel Cup quest with their first win at the Santos National Football Stadium yesterday paving way for a great season ahead.
Although the Vipers took on an easy 22-8 win over the Mt Hagen Eagles, coach Joe Sipa said there is still room for more improvement as a few errors would have costed the game yesterday.
“There were some mistakes we made throughout the game which nearly costed us our game but we went back to the drawing board and worked on our mistakes and completed our sets.”
Coach Sipa said the boys’ quick actions to work on their errors is what turned the game to their favor eventually winning by a safe margin.
Vipers Frank Tole, Yeki Benjamin and debutant Manu Soli bagged the first 4 tries for the season with Tole bagging 2 of these tries.
Vipers will now take on Agmark Rabaul Gurias in round 2 of the Digicel Cup competition.
The Eagles however have identified more areas that they need to improve on and will make sure they work harder in training this week to correct those errors.
Meanwhile, in the second game of the day, the Gulf Isous walked away with their first win over the JPG Waghi Tumbe with a scoreline of 16-8.
Tumbe Coach Baundo Aba attributed the loss to a lack of proper preparations on their part with travel delays also contributing to the result for the first game however, he said they have no excuse but to go back and work on the errors and perfect their game for the next round.
The JPG Waghi Tumbe will take on the Bintangor Goroka Lahanis on their home ground in Minj for Round 2 of the Digicel Cup Competition.