International Cup Finals Fever Hits Papua New Guinea
- Wednesday, September 03 2008 @ 01:16 pm ACST
- Contributed by: Sean Finlayson
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Although the sport has had the occasional story in PNG media in the past and PNG has always been one of the better supported teams in the cup, the level of attention that the team is currently getting is unprecedented in the country.
Today's front sports page ran the story "Mossies raring to sting".
The article highlights the real threat that a much improved South Africa poses to the Mosquitos' International Cup campaign.
Additionally, the weekend Courier published a story "Awesome foursome" profiling their exciting junior players Peter Labi, Amua Pirika, John Vogae and Emmanuel Tupia who at just 17 are all playing in the International Cup for the first time.
People are obviously getting excited about the Mozzies in PNG and with this much press one would expect signficant interest in the country if the team can either make the Grand Final or win the International Cup.