Enga Mioks (established 1992) is a semi-professional
rugby league
Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...
team based in
Enga Province
Enga is one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea (PNG). Enga is geographically situated in the northern region of Papua New Guinea and was separated from the adjacent Western Highlands at the time of national independence in 1975. The majority ...
,
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean n ...
. The team competes in the
Papua New Guinea National Rugby League
The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (or the PNGNRL for short, for sponsorship reasons the PNGNRL Digicel-ExxonMobil Cup) is a semi-professional rugby league competition held annually in Papua New Guinea. Changes in sponsorship ...
competition. They play at Johnson Siki Aipus Oval, Wabag located at 3 km outside the provincial capital
Wabag
Wabag is the capital of Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the least populous provincial capital in the country. It is on the Lai River; the Highlands Highway passes through the town, between Mount Hagen and Porgera. Europeans first visited th ...
.
History
The team qualified for the SP Inter-city Cup in its 1998 season. In their maiden season they lost the second-last. The following season under new coaching staff and new sponsors Toyota they improved significantly coming fourth. In their third season with the smart recruiting of power-house international prop
Raymond Karl the Mioks won their first minor premiership and SP Intercity Millennium Cup title in 2000.
Entering the new PNGNRL competition on 2005 they had a scrappy season finishing a lonely second last. In 2006, however they improved just missing out on the finals play off by points difference.
Mioks were runners up in 2009 to Rabaul Gurias losing 24-14 and again in 2018 to Goroka Lahanis losing 10-6. Mioks eventually won the Exon-Mobil Digicel Cup in 2023 again against Goroka Lahanis 26-6.
2022 squad
Honours
* Cambridge Cup Club Champions: 1995, 1996, 1997
*
SP Cup/
Bemobile Cup/
PNGNRL
The Papua New Guinea National Rugby League Competition (or the PNGNRL for short, for sponsorship reasons the PNGNRL Digicel-ExxonMobil Cup) is a semi-professional rugby league competition held annually in Papua New Guinea. Changes in sponsorship ...
:
**Champions (2): 2000, 2023
**Runner-Up (2): 2009, 2018
** Finishes in top 5 every season
See also
References
External links
www.lbcbombers.com.pgwww.thenational.com.pgwww.postcourier.com.pg
{{Rugby League in Papua New Guinea
Rugby league teams in Papua New Guinea
Rugby clubs established in 1992
1992 establishments in Papua New Guinea
Enga Province