Rewa to face Suva in the Punjas BOG final

It will be a southern derby in western soil as Suva will take on Rewa in the final of the Punjas BOG at Churchill Park at 3pm tomorrow.

Sairusi Nalaubu scored the winning goal in the extra time as Suva came from behind to beat Nadi 2-1 in the second semi final.

Nadi led 1-0 through a Rusiate Matarerega goal in the second half and did well to lead for some time.

Suva made some changes and injected fresh pair of legs and got the equaliser through Ravinesh Karan Singh.

The match was pushed into extra time and Suva looked the better of the two sides and applied relentless pressure.

Nalaubu sneaked in to score in the first extra spell after Nadi defenders failed to clear the ball from inside their penalty box.

Semi Matalau also missed a penalty in the extra time after Meli Codro was fouled in Nadi's penalty box.

In the first semi final, Rewa beat Ba 6-5 on penalties.

Both teams were locked 2-2 at full time.

Ba started the match on a high and came close to scoring on several occasions but it was Rewa who took the lead through Josaia Sela.

Setareki Hughes doubled Rewa’s advantage a few minutes later as they led 2-0 at the break.

Junior Narendra Rao pulled a goal back for Ba in the second half and a goal from Abbu Zahid in the 92nd minute took the game into extra time.

Ba's 17 year old goalkeeper, Isikeli Sevanaia played a gallant game and saved three penalty shots but it was not enough to send Ba into the final.