Mt Hagen Eagles' captain Levai Andrew is in hot water after being hit with two grade three contrary conduct charges by the Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition match review committee. The charges stem from incidents during the Eagles' round four clash with Central Dabaris at the Jonah Ambane Oval in Minj, Jiwaka.
Andrew, playing in the centre position for the Eagles, was found guilty of swearing at referee Bonny Bin and refusing to leave the field after being sin-binned during the match. As a result, he now faces a suspension of more than 10 weeks, pending the outcome of the disciplinary process.
Pathways and performance general manager of PNGNRLC, Tony Archer, stated that Andrew has 48 hours to respond to the charges before disciplinary action is taken. "The player is charged, and it depends on if the player pleads guilty and accepts the penalty," Archer explained. "The club has 48 hours to make a decision or make a submission."

Lae Tigers have thrashed the Wigmen wrapping up the double header in Lae.
At halftime the home side led 18-4, and didn't look back.
MAN OF THE MATCH PROUDLY SPONSORED BY DIGICEL PNG - JOSHUA MIRE (TIGERS)

​Below is the results after round 5

The Lae Snax Tigers held of determined Muruks outfit  a convincing win with 14 - 10 score. The Tigers will have a week off and will meet the winner of the Mendi Muruks and Wahgi Tumbe game. 

By Emmanuel Eralia 
The mighty PRK Mendi Muruks have taken this year’s Digicel Cup competition by storm as they plotted 6/7 wins to sit on the second position. This is a great improvement compared to the past 6 seasons.
They are playing a more structured football and scoring good tries from set plays. If you are able to watch the highlight of their match against the Dabaris, you would see that. 
Head Coach Rodrick Puname is a strict man of discipline; always promote young players and emphasis on a more structured way of playing.  This is having a positive impact so far on the team.

​FIVE-EIGHTH Joshua Lau steered Lae Tigers to a 48-20 win over Mt Hagen Eagles in round one of the Digicel Cup in the Morobe capital on Sunday.Tigers vice-captain Roderick Tai opened the scoring with a try, the first of his double, but Lau missed the conversion. The Eagles were quiet in the opening minutes but they managed to draw level through winger Moses Tali who scored on the left edge.Tigers captain and prop Junior Rop restored the Lae Biscuit Company-sponsored side’s lead with a try under the uprights and man of the match Lau added the extras.The hosts forced the visitors to defend in their red zone which allowed Rop to offload to Lau who crashed over for try and converted the extras for a 16-4 lead. 

MENDI Muruks kicked off their season with a 16-12 win over Enga Mioks in round one of the Digicel Cup at the Lae Rugby League Ground on Sunday.Played behind closed doors due to the semi-professional competition’s Covid-19 measures, the match was slow and riddled with errors as both sides struggled to gain the ascendency.The Muruks opened the scoring with an unconverted try through Abraham Wallace before Yaweye Dikala added another four-pointer to push his side out to an 8-0 lead.But refusing to back down, the Mioks pack forced the match into an arm-wrestle and were reward with an unconverted Owen Walis try off a penalty. 

The 2021 Digicel Cup Season scheduled for kick-off this weekend has been delayed by three (3) weeks to the weekend of May 29th, 2021. The decision was made at a special PNGNRLC Board meeting today.
PNGNRLC Chairman Adrian Chow in a statement issued today said the delay was due to members of one of the Digicel Cup teams testing positive for Covid-19 following routine tests undertaken on players and officials of the participating franchises teams.
Chairman Chow said the team underwent RTD Antigen tests this morning prior to their departure to Port Moresby in line with travel requirements put in place for all teams. 
“The results of the tests received indicated that two (2) of the members tests results returned as “positive” whilst the rest of the members were cleared as “negative” for the covid-19 virus, Chow said. “The two (2) affected members were immediately isolated pending further investigations and testings whilst the rest of the team has been put into ‘bubble-isolation’ for the required 14 days”.

​These are teh Digicel Cup Team Captains for year 2021 
1. Central Dabaris -  Adam Korave 
2. Goroko Lahanis -  Charlie Buka
3. Mendi Muruks   -  Wesa Tenza 
4. Hagen Eagles.    - Yambra Jul
5. Gulf Isou          -     Reiko Jimmy
6. Kimbe Cutters -    Jah Hogan 
7. Waghi Tumbes  -  Joe Frank 
8. Enga Mioks.    -      Sani Lipu
9.  Port Moresby Vipers - Thompson Teteh
10. Agmark Gurias  - Ade Rami
11. Lae Snax Tigers - Butler Morris
12. Hela Wigmen - Valentine Culligan 

​LAE Tigers coach and three-time premiership winner Stanley Tepend has given an insight on his team’s training ahead of the new Digicel Cup season.
The Papua New Guinea Kumuls assistant coach made a presentation to other Digicel coaches on some technical parts of his training with the aim to improve standards in the inter-city competition.
“Short burst and power is always the focus of our training,” he said.
“During the pre-season, we always do three sessions a week.
“The first phase is to build strength.