A select side from the Southern Nines Rugby Tournament has been named to take part in the Cabramatta Rugby Nines Challenge in New South Wales next year.
There will be two separate teams and the PNG Southern Region Nines train-on squad was named straight after the recently concluded Southern Nines challenge.
The Southern Nines tournament has set a higher bench mark for youths in the Central Province to train harder for next year’s tournament.
Director of the annual Southern Nines Tournament Ivan Ravu says the Southern Nines competition has grown and more talent has been discovered from Central teams.