The Moni Plus Port Moresby AFL 2023 Premiership Cup season is slowly winding down with the preliminary finals set for this weekend at the Colts Oval. Following last weekend’s major and minor semi- finals, the teams that have proceeded on to the preliminary are the now gearing up to do battle for a spot in the grand final. According to the President of the Port Moresby AFL Association Mr. Douglas Lai, the A Grade preliminary final will see the University Tigers meet the Lamana Dockers while in the A Reserve, the Gordons Kokofas will meet the Gerehu Magpies. All in all, the 2023 season has been quite good since the COVID Pandemic disrupted the previous seasons. “We had a good run to the season, and we are happy that the season is almost complete,” said the president. He also said that most of the teams have, for the first time in the competition, made it into the finals season apart from the same ones that usually do. “They are new teams going into the finals and it has shown as well that we have developed as a game,” said Mr. Lai. Meanwhile, the National Championships is coming up in November in the city of Port Moresby and the president is confident that when selections are made for the National Teams for the International Cup 2024 (IC24) after the Championships, most of the Port Moresby based players will be considered to make the teams because of the excellent season and the performance they displayed.