PUKPUKS END FIRST DAY ON GOOD NOTE

FOR TUESDAY SEPT 10 ...

TEAM PNG rugby 7s team ended their first day of competition on a good note by thrashing struggling Wallis and Futuna 46-0 on day 7 of the 2013 Mini Pacific Games in Wallis and Futuna.

Hat tricks to speedsters Tisa Kautu and Hubert Tseraha saw the Pukpuks completely in control of the last game of the day.

Tseraha opened up the scoring just over a minute into the game at Kafika Stadium by running up the left flank.

It did not take long for other tries to follow from Tisa Kautu, Roland Namo, and Albert Levi before Tisa closed the first half with two more tries, one of which was converted successfully.

At half time PNG led 34-0.

Good play by players by the Pukpuks in the second half piled on another 12 points to wind up the day with a 46-0 score line.

The day though did not start well for the Pukpuks 7s when they were thrashed by Samoa 40-0 in their first game.

In their second game, the Crocodiles fared better and beat New Caledonia 26-14. Outstanding players in the game were Levi, Namo and Tseraha.  

PS. The National Rugby team of PNG is called the Pukpuks, which means Crocodiles in Tok Pisin, the PNG creole.