Port Moresby Vipers

The Port Moresby Vipers (formerly the Port Moresby Bulldogs) are a Papua New Guinean rugby league team from Port Moresby. The team currently competes in the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition and is bidding to join the NSW Cup competition in Australia .

Port Moresby Vipers
Club information
Founded1986
Current details
Ground(s)
CompetitionPNG NRL
Records
Premierships5 (1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2013)
Runners-up2 (1993, 2005 (as Port Moresby Bulldogs))

History

The club competed in the Panasonic Cup in 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989. In 1990, they joined the new competition SP Cup where they won 3 premierships, up until 1995. They joined the Queensland Cup competition in 1996 and 1997. Due to the cost of transportation to and from Australia they were not invited to compete in the Queensland Cup for 1998.[1] They returned to the SP Cup in 1999 for one season, before being demoted to the Port Moresby Domestic Competition. Another franchise Club that represented Port Moresby in the semi-professional competition was the Port Moresby Brian Bell Bulldogs.

Richard Sinamoi, William Bussil Junior, Paul Komboi, and POMRFL Chairman Solomon Ravu orchestrated the re-entry of the Vipers in the national competition, during the SP Cup transition period to Bemobile Cup in 2008. The Vipers ended with the wooden spoon in its maiden year returning to the high level national competition, but finished strongly in the following seasons (7th in 2009, and 5th in 2010). When Digicel took the naming rights of the national competition, the Vipers finished 5th in 2011, and 4th in 2012. The team eventually became premiers, winning the cup in 2013.[2]

The club is a national and flagship identity in the metropolitan city of Port Moresby and its players are from a mixture of all provinces in the country. The club's feeder league is the Port Moresby Rugby League competition.

New South Wales Cup Bid

The Port Moresby Vipers have launched their bid to join the Knock-On Effect NSW Cup competition in Australia.[3] They have an Academy with the major focus on Women's and Juniors. The rugby league nursery in Port Moresby is the biggest in Papua New Guinea supplying players to all PNG Digicel Cup teams and will be the backbone of the Port moresby vipers bid for the NSW Cup.[4][5][6]

2023 squad
Moni Plus NCDC Port Moresby Vipers
First team squad Coaching staff
  • Maya Clark – HK
  • Philip Komboi – SR
  • Julius Yakopa – SR
  • Charles Sul – CE
  • Weiyah Koi – CE
  • Jarran Pitten – WG
  • Abel Rami – WG
  • Junior Mel – CE
  • Simon Arana – PR
  • Milex Winis – CE, FB
  • – LK
  • Frank Tole – WG
  • Peter Mondo – SR
  • Philemon Kimisive – SO
  • Aaron Kamba – SR
  • Mesno Laki – PR
  • Max Tonia – HK

Head coach

  • Joe Sipa


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 6 June 2022
Source(s): [7]

Results

SP Cup/Bemobile Cup/PNGNRL
  • Winners (5): 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 2013
  • Runners up (1): 1993,

Intercity Cup since 1990
  • 1990 Premiers Runner up Hagen Eagles
  • 1991 Premiers Runner up Hagen Eagles
  • 1992 Premiers Runner up My Hagen Eagles
  • 1993 Runners up to Goroka Lahanis
  • 1994 Premiers Runner up Goroka Lahanis.
  • 2013 Premiers Runner up Goroka Lahanis

**** 1996 Foundation Club Queensland (Channel 9 cup now Intrust Super Cup)

*" Some Original Coaches and Players

1990 Sam Kaia ( Coach)

1991 John Wagambie ( Coach)

1992 John Wagambie ( Coach)

1993 Adrian Genolagani

1994 Adrian Genolagani

  • Some Original players
  • Johnson Tia
  • John Oeka
  • Kes Paglipari
  • Tuksy Karu
  • Sauna Babaga
  • John Oeka
  • Richard Wagambie
  • Joe Gispe
  • James Naipao
  • Kera Ngaffin
  • Luke Waldiat
  • Wata Sauna

See also

References
  1. "PNG league legend Paul Aiton to discuss PNG Queensland Cup bid for 2013 in live Facebook chat - EM TV". Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 23 October 2013.
  2. "Port Moresby Vipers into Grand after beating Agmark Gurias 32 -8". September 2013.
  3. "Vipers launch NSW bid – the National".
  4. "We can make it happen: Parkop". 12 October 2021.
  5. "Vipers eye NSW Cup spot". 7 February 2023.
  6. "Vipers eyeing spot in NSW Cup, says official – the National".
  7. "Vipers announce 2022 squad". 30 November 2021.
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