Ipswich Jets v PNG Hunters at North Ipswich Reserve on Saturday, May 20 – 3.05pm<\/p>\n
Ipswich Jets
\n1. Wes Conlon 2. Michael Purcell 3. Ben White 4. Nemani Valekapa 5. Richard Pandia 6. Chris Ash 7. Dane Phillips (c) 8. Mitch Carpenter 9. Luke Capewell 10. Nat Neale 22. Tyson Lofipo 12. Seb Pandia 13. Rory Humphreys 11. Sam Martin 15. Lachlan Roe 16. Huskie Teatau 21. Jesse Roberts
\nCoach: Ben Walker and Shane Walker<\/p>\n
PNG Hunters
\n1. Stargroth Amean 2. Bland Abavu 3. Israel Eliab 4. Adex Wera 5. Paul Wawa 6. Ase Boas (c) 7. Watson Boas 8. Wellington Albert 9. Wartovo Puara 10. Esau Siune 11. Nixon Putt 12. Row David Loko 13. Stanton Albert 14. Silas Gahuna 15. Rahdly Brawa 16. Enock Maki 17. Moses Meninga 18. Ishamel Baikawa 19. Muka Peter Kalu 20. Butler Morris
\nCoach: Michael Marum<\/p>\n
Head to Head: PNG Hunters 4 IPSWICH Jets 3.<\/p>\n
LAST TIME THEY PLAYED:
\nPNG HUNTERS 18 (Adex Wera, Justin Olam, Bland Abavu tries; Ase Boas 3 goals) def IPSWICH JETS 16 (Fakahoko Teutau, Michael Purcell tries; Haydan Lipp 3, Carlin Anderson 1 goal) at National Football Stadium, Port Moresby.<\/p>\n
ROUND 11, 2017.
\nThe Jets have had two wins over the Hunters at North Ipswich. In 2014 and 2016 the Jets came away with the win.
\nIPSWICH JETS 25 (Kurt Capewell, Nemani Valekapa, Sam Martin, Keiron Lander tries; Wes Conlon 3, Brendon Marshall goals; Dane Phillips field goal) def PNG HUNTERS 12 (Dion Aiye, Timothy Lomai tries; Roger Laka 2 goals) at North Ipswich Reserve.<\/p>\n
IPSWICH JETS 30 (Richard Pandia 2, Carlin Anderson, Nathaniel Neale, Nemani Suguturaga tries; Carlin Anderson 5 goals) def PNG HUNTERS 12 (Thompson Tetah, Watson Boas tries; Noel Zeming 2 goals) at North Ipswich Reserve.
\nThe Jets lost 32-14 in 2015.<\/p>\n
The Jets are currently on 10 points and just outside the top six, while the Hunters are flying high in second on 16 points.
\nThe Jets and Hunters have both scored 222 points this season. In defence the Hunters have the Jets\u2019 measure with 168 points compared to 229.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s an advantage of 61 points.
\nThe Hunters have played four games away from home this season for three wins. They lost to the Sunshine Coast.<\/p>\n
At home the Jets have won one from four. The Jets only win was against the Bears.<\/p>\n
HUNTERS TO WATCH
\nThe Hunters last outing against the Pride they gave them a football lesson. The Hunters made eight line breaks to one.
\nWartovo Puara is the Hunters\u2019 hooker and loves to run and cause plenty of damage. He\u2019s the Hunters\u2019 most capped player in their history so he brings plenty of experience to the hooking role. If the Jets get caught on the ground he will be gone.<\/p>\n
Ase Boas is the Hunters\u2019 leading points\u2019 scorer this year with 86 points. The Hunter\u2019s number six can score tries and kick goals. He also is the Hunters\u2019 main kicker in general play.
\nIsrael Eliab is no stranger to the Jets. He scored three tries against the Jets in their two games against each other in 2015. Including two in Ipswich. The former Hunters\u2019 captain still has plenty of pace and is a great support player.<\/p>\n
JETS TO WATCH
\nThe Jets have won four games in a row for the first time since late last season. Bears was grinding and Capras was fancy. Jets need to combine the two and have a great win at home.
\nAgainst the Capras the Jets dominated with 54% of the ball and made eight line breaks to three.<\/p>\n
Ben White
\nBen White\u2019s passing game has been a real weapon this year, he runs and then looks for options that are better than the situation he may find himself in with the ball. He is then excellent at getting a pass away. It\u2019s a big wrap but there has been a bit of Brendon Marshall about White so far this year.
\nBen had two line break assists against the Capras.<\/p>\n
Nemani Valekapa
\nThe King of Kalbar was back on the weekend and two tries in the first 15 minutes signal what a comeback. Even if you tackle Nem you don\u2019t really tackle him. He makes ground.
\nNem broke six tackles against the Capras.<\/p>\n
Lachlan Roe
\nRoe made a great bust on the weekend, running hard and straight then got a great ball away. That\u2019s great skill. Roe and Mitchell this year have been like the \u201cBash Brothers\u2019 from Mighty Ducks. It\u2019s not complicated it\u2019s just football give me the ball if I\u2019ll make ground and offload.
\nRoe\u2019s defence has been outstanding making 76 tackles and only missing six this season.<\/p>\n
This is a great game with a great atmosphere and vibe about the whole day. Both these sides have great skills.
\nThe Jets will offload and try and move the bigger Hunters\u2019 forwards around while the Hunters\u2019 will be there to out-attack the Jets and give up points confident they can score tries.
\nHopefully the Hunters\u2019 start a bit slow after the week off and the Jets can get the jump early and go from there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3960,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[],"post_layout":[],"class_list":["post-2878","club_news","type-club_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/club_news\/2878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/club_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/club_news"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/club_news\/2878\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media\/3960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_layout","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipswichjets.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/post_layout?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}