2015 PNG Hunters season

2015 PNG Hunters season
Queensland Cup Rank	2nd
Team information
CEO	Reatau Rau
Coach	Michael Marum
Captain	Israel Eliab
Stadium	Kalabond Oval
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The 2015 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters second season in the Queensland Cup.

Season summary

For their second campaign the squad changed very little. The major losses were Garry Lo, David Loko and Joe Bruno who joined the coaching staff following his retirement. The main gains being Kato Ottio and Nickson Borana. The season began with the Hunters losing 3 of their opening 6 fixtures, but they then went on an unbeaten run of 17 games to the end of the regular season securing second place in the league, missing out on top spot by 1 point. Ipswich Jets ended their season in the preliminary final. Off the field Head Coach Michael Marum was voted coach of the year, and during the season CEO Brad Tassell was forced to resign.

2015 squad

PNG Hunters

First team squad								Coaching staff
Adex Wera – FB, WG George Benson – WG Thompson Teteh – CE Israel Eliab – CE Butler Morris – WG Noel Zeming – SO Roger Laka – HB Enoch Maki – PR Wartovo Puara – HK Willie Minoga – PR		Noel Joel – PR Timothy Lomai – PR Brandy Peter – SO Adam Korave – WG Edward Goma – SR Esau Siune – PR David Loko – LK Ase Boas – SO Lawrence Tu'u – SR Sebastien Pandia – SR						Head coach Michael Marum Assistant coaches Nigel Hukula Solomon Kuliniasi Roger Laka Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 14 December 2018 Source(s): [1]

Squad movement

Losses

Player	Signed To	Until End of	Notes
Kato Ottio	Canberra Raiders	2017
Sebastien Pandia	Ipswich Jets	2018
Israel Eliab	London Broncos	2016
Willie Minoga	Townsville Blackhawks	2016