Even the rain couldn’t stop it from happening, the inaugural Port Moresby Australian Football League (AFL) MoniPlus Easter Cup challenge kicked off this afternoon with a total of six teams: four men’s and two women’s teams, each representing the four regions.
Port Moresby AFL Association President Mr. Douglas Lai who was at the sidelines today, said the men’s division started things off.
The first game saw the Momase region with 7 goals and 5 behinds to reach 47 in the fourth quarter to defeat Southern which secured 4 goals and 3 behinds reaching total 27.
In the second match of the men’s division saw Highlands defeating Niugini Islands 22 to 17.
The Highlands region boys secure 3 goals and 4 behinds to reach 22, while the Niugini Islands boys managed to secure 2 goals and 5 behinds to reach 17 in the final quarter of the match.
This state of origin like format of challenge is being played out at the Colts Oval with the grand finals set for tomorrow Easter Sunday 17th April.
“We will go back and workout the points table and then start off with the finals tomorrow. There will also be trophies and prize money to be given out and there will be prize money for runners up as well.”
“There’s two thousand Kina prize money to be given, so we will work out how much will go to winners and how much will go to runners up.”
The MoniPlus Easter Cup challenge this long weekend should see things geared towards or lead up to the 2022 proper season, which is to start next week Saturday the 23rd of April.
The president also added that the success of this first Easter Cup challenge will see it continue for years to come as an annual Easter match event for the code, and hopefully adopted by other AFL associations in the country as well.