2020 Papua New Guinea Hunters season

2020 Papua New Guinea Hunters season
Queensland Cup Rank	6th
2020 record	Wins: 1; losses: 0
Team information
CEO	Reatau Rau
Coach	Mathew Church
Captain	Ase Boas
Stadium	National Football Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	3 (Terry Wapi)
Goals	6 (Ase Boas)
Points	12 (Wapi, Boas)
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The 2020 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters seventh season in the Queensland Cup after securing their future with a four year license from 2019 until 2022. ^[1] A 28 man squad was announced for the season. ^[2] However the 2020 QRL season was suspended on 17 March after Round 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ^[3]

2020 squad

PNG Hunters

First team squad								Coaching staff
Terry Wapi – FB Junior Rau – WG Joe Joshua – FB, CE Brandon Nima – CE Brendon Gotuno – WG Charlie Simon – SO Ase Boas – HB (c) Enoch Maki – PR Nicky Hasu – HK Junior Rop – PR Epel Kapinias – SR Kevin Appo – SR Ila Alu – LK (vc)		Stanley Olo – HK Mark Piti – PR Rhadley Brawa – LK Stanton Albert – PR Emmanuel Waine – CE Joe Frank – WG Justin Yoka – HB Francis Takai – SR Patrick Morea – HK Shane Nigel – CE Smith Siviri – CE Casey Dickson – SR Steven Bruno – SR		Gairo Kapana – WG Roy Ellison – WG Baundo Aba – LK				Head coach Mathew Church Assistant coach Glen Nami Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 3 January 2020 Source(s): [4]

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Squad movement

Gains

Player	Signed From	Until End of	Notes
Rhadley Brawa	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	2020	[6]

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Moses Meninga	Townsville Blackhawks	2020	[7]
McKenzie Yei	Central Queensland Capras	2020	[8]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Easts Tigers	1	1	0	0	0	44	4	40	2
2	Burleigh Bears	1	1	0	0	0	34	6	28	2
3	Tweed Heads Seagulls	1	1	0	0	0	16	10	6	2
4	Townsville Blackhawks	1	1	0	0	0	16	10	6	2
5	Redcliffe Dolphins	1	1	0	0	0	22	16	6	2
6	Papua New Guinea Hunters	1	1	0	0	0	32	30	2	2
7	Norths Devils	1	1	0	0	0	23	22	1	2
8	Mackay Cutters	1	0	0	1	0	22	23	-1	0
9	Souths Logan Magpies	1	0	0	1	0	30	32	-2	0
10	Sunshine Coast Falcons	1	0	0	1	0	16	22	-6	0
11	Northern Pride	1	0	0	1	0	10	16	-6	0
12	Ipswich Jets	1	0	0	1	0	10	16	-6	0
13	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	1	0	0	1	0	6	34	-28	0
14	Central Queensland Capras	1	0	0	1	0	4	44	-40	0

• The team highlighted in blue has clinched the minor premiership
• Teams highlighted in green have qualified for the finals
• The team highlighted in red has clinched the wooden spoon

Fixtures

Pre-season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals
Saturday, 22 February	Trial 1	CQ Capras	National Football Stadium	30 – 12
Saturday, 29 February	Trial 2	Northern Pride	Barlow Park	24 – 36
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

Regular season

Date	Round	Opponent	Venue	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance
Sunday, 15 March	Round 1	Souths Logan Magpies	Davies Park	32-30	Wapi 3, Appo 2	Boas 6/6
Legend:   Win  Loss  Draw  Bye

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References

1. "Hunters secure Intrust Super Cup future". Loop PNG. 7 February 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
2. "Wigmen duo make final cut- Pacific Star Limited". thenational.com.pg. Retrieved 3 January 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. "Sport: Queensland Cup suspended, PNG Hunters to return home". Radio New Zealand . 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "Wigmen duo make final cut- Pacific Star Limited". thenational.com.pg. Retrieved 3 January 2020.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
5. Sukina, Fidelis (19 November 2019). "Church to Coach Hunters - EMTV Online". Emtv.com.pg. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
6. Longbut, Terry (19 December 2019). "Brawa back with Hunters -Loop PNG". www.looppng.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
7. Sukina, Fidelis (18 January 2016). "Meninga A Blackhawk - EMTV Online". Emtv.com.pg. Archived from the original on 15 November 2019. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
8. Edwards, Colleen (17 March 2020). "Yei feeling at home". News Corporation. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
9. "12 home games for Hunters – the National". Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.