Post match - yep it was a result that could have gone the Pepes way, as the Pepes had their chances particularly in the 2nd quarter to take control of the game.
The Q1 score was 15 each and approx halfway through the 2nd Qtr the Pepes were leading by 3 and pressing for 4, but poor pass selection and dropped balls cost the side dearly and they went into the main break down 2 goals 27 -29.
The 3rd qtr did not start well for the Pepes and they found themselves down by 11 at one point, but clawed their way back to be down by 8 at the end of the 3rd qtr. The injection of 19 year old GK Nisha Omi paid off and the Pepes mounted a late challenge to the Fijians reducing their lead to 3 goals with under 3 mins to go, and pressing for another goal but the miss was rebounded by the Fijians who converted to take the lead back to 4 and regain possession with a wayward centre pass.
The Pepes battled to the end but to no avail with Fiji converting the last shot of the match after the siren and winning by a margin of 7.
As I said the Pepes again had their chances, but handling mistakes at crucial times cost them dearly. Crowd support for both sides was fantastic and matched the electricity on court.
PS - Fiji agreed to a request from PNG to have the match sanctioned by IFNA for world ranking purposes, with IFNA endorsing the requested with IFNA appointing NZ umpires in line with their umpiring standards.
I'll send you through a team photo to include.
Posted by Mike P to Near the Hoop - Papua New Guinea Netball News at 28 September, 2009 09:48
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