Current season, competition or edition: 2023 | |
| Sport | Australian rules football |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1955 |
| President | Douglas Lai |
| Divisions | 4 |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Country | Papua New Guinea |
| Headquarters | Port Moresby |
| Most recent champion(s) | Mens: Gerehu, Gereka Women's: Gerehu |
| Most titles | Mens: Koboni (19) Women's: Gerehu (2) |
| Sponsor(s) | Moni Plus |
| Official website | POMAFL |
The Port Moresby Australian Football League (also known as the Port Moresby Australian Rules Football League or POM AFL) is the longest running Australian rules football league outside of Australia, founded in 1955.[1] It is Papua New Guinea's most popular league in the sport and for a time in the 1970s shared similar prominence to the Port Moresby Rugby League competition playing to large paying crowds at Hubert Murray Stadium.
Port Moresby's Koboni Demons club (founded 1965 it is one of the longest running outside Australia), consisting mainly of players from the Central Province with 19 premierships has dominated the competition along with its major rival West (consisting of players from West New Britain).
The league since the 1980s has struggled for recognition, and following ongoing disputes with Cricket PNG over use of its grounds plays mainly out of Bisini Park Colts Oval - however due to the rapid growth of the sport in 2023 funding was allocated for its re-development to AFL standards.[2]
The POMAFL premiership is contested by 11 clubs with senior men's (10 teams), men's reserves (10 teams), senior women's (6 teams) and junior/colts divisions.
- ^ "PRESENTING PORT MORESBY'S '56 ALL STARS". Papua New Guinea Post-courier. International, Australia. 3 September 1975. p. 27. Retrieved 12 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ K10 Million for New AFL Stadium in Port Moresby by Emmanuel Maipe 23 January 2023