World Footy News

Scores from Days 1 and 3 of the Oceania Cup Under 16s tournament held in Tonga have now been updated.

Ed: The President's 18 is a side made up of players from other countries who were not able to send a full side, including Samoa and Vanuatu.

Day 1

Fiji 4.2.(26) def Nauru 3.0 (18), Report on the FijiTimes website.
PNG 8.9 (57) def NZ 1.0 (6), Report on the NZAFL website
Tonga 6.9 (45) def President's XVIII 3.1 (19)
Bye: Solomon Islands

Day 2

Tonga 4.5 (29) def Fiji 4.0 (24)
New Zealand 4.6 (30) def Solomon Islands 1.0 (6)
PNG 11.7 (73) def President's XVIII 2.4 (16)
Bye: Nauru

Fiji 7.2 (44) def President's XVIII 5.2 (32)
Nauru 2.5 (17) def NZ 2.3 (15)
PNG 11.9 (75) d Solomon Islands 1.1 (7)
Bye: Tonga

AFL Fiji reports that five 15yr olds in the Fiji Squad also played an exhibition game against the experienced Australian Indigenous Boomerangs team. As expected, the Boomerangs won convincingly over the combined under-manned ‘Oceania’ squad. It should be noted that this match was a 4 qtr contest. The ‘Oceania’ U16s squad did not include any PNG lads, and in general had very little experience. The full strength ‘South Pacific’ side will take on the Boomerangs on Saturday morning.

The AFL website reports that the Boomerangs had a massive win, Boomerangs 24.16 (160) def Oceania 2.4 (16).

Day 3 (Thursday – today's games)

Tonga 4.4 (28) def NZ 2.5 (17)
Fiji 7.8.(50) def Solomon Islands 0.0 (0)
Nauru 6.3.(39) def President's XVIII 3.2 (20)
Bye: PNG

Tonga 4.7 31 def Solomon Islands 3.1 (19)
President's XVIII 5.1 (31) def NZ 2.3 (15)
PNG 10.4 (64) def Nauru 0.1 (1)
Bye: Fiji

Day 4 (Friday)

The morning features an AFL Combine and skills sessions and a Super clinic.

Afternoon matches:
Solomon Islands vs President's XVIII
Nauru vs Tonga
PNG vs Fiji
Bye: New Zealand

Day 5 (Saturday)

Fiji vs NZ
Nauru vs Solomon Islands
PNG vs Tonga
Bye: President's XVIII

Day 6 (Sunday) : Rest day, church and excursion.

Day 7 (Monday) : Finals and closing ceremony.

Matches are on a full size field using a full size Sherrin footy. Teams are 18 a side plus 4 interchange. Matches are 2 x 18 min halves, no time on, 5 min breaks, but there is stoppage time in case of stretcher cases.