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Township Rollers and Mochudi Centre Chiefs faced off in Francistown over the weekend PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG

FRANCISTOWN: Township Rollers suffered their first defeat of the season to rivals, Mochudi Centre Chiefs, in a closely contested FNB Premiership match played at Obed Itani Chilume stadium here on Saturday night. Off the field, Popa had been going through some challenges but on the field, they had been doing relatively well.

However their first defeat of the season came at the hands of rivals, Chiefs on Saturday.

Following the 2-1 victory, Chiefs moved past Township Rollers and secured the second spot on the log standings with 16 points.

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