The 2023 J.A. Grogan and Emma Zielke Medal Night was held at The Gabba on Sunday 10 September, recognising Queensland’s best QAFL and Bond University QAFLW Players.   The full vote counts from the following awards can be accessed here: …

Thursday Island, with a total area of 3 sq km and a population of 2,805, located 39km north of Cape York Peninsula, is a tiny ‘home’ to some really big personalities. Like NFL Super Bowl champion Jesse Williams, dual Olympic…

The 1970 QAFL grand final is remembered for the intervention of police and trainers to quell a series of wild brawls, a withering Sandgate comeback that delivered a drought-ending premiership, and Warren Lloyd. The then 19-year-old ruck/forward starred at full…

The Surfers Paradise Demons AFC are seeking to appoint a Reserves and a Colts head coach for 2024. Surfers Paradise Demons is in the premier league in QLD the QAFL. The reserves head coach will need a minimum level 1…

The umpires have been announced to officiate the QAFL Colts, Reserves and Seniors Grand Finals on Saturday 16 September at Giffin Park, Coorparoo.  AFL Queensland’s High Performance Umpire Coach Chris Fawcett, said, “All of the umpires selected this for matches…

ASPLEY V REDLAND VICTORIA POINT, 2.30PM, GIFFIN PARK Aspley QAFL B: Liam Dawson(24), Lachlan Rayner(15), Jackson Allen(11) HB: Jasper Craven(14), Jordon Arnold(18), Daniel Joseph(20) C: Daniel Henderson(4), Coen Harker(43), Jordan Hayden(2) HF: William O’Dwyer(36), Thomas Watson(39), Michael Best(19) F: Jonathan…

Known to everyone at Sandgate as ‘Bear’, Will Forbes was a 231-game star of the 1970s who epitomised what the tag ‘clubman’ is all about. He was one of the very best – on and off the field. A junior…

Photos: Anthony Byron Photography and Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend BROADBEACH v ASPLEY Meetings – 2023 Round 1 Broadbeach 12.8.80 defeated Aspley 7.9.51 Round 16 Broadbeach 15.12.102 defeated Aspley 2.10.22 Qualifying Final Broadbeach 13.9.87 defeated Aspley 7.13.55  …

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend MAROOCHYDORE v PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN Meetings – 2023 Round 19 Palm Beach Currumbin 7.10.52 defeated Maroochydore 2.6.18 Qualifying Final Maroochydore 7.11.53 defeated Palm Beach Currumbin 7.8.50   MAROOCHYDORE High score – 26.17.173…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend ASPLEY v REDLAND VICTORIA POINT Meetings – 2023 Round 8 Aspley 12.9.81 defeated Redland Victoria Point 7.9.51 Round 20 Aspley 17.16.118 defeated Redland Victoria Point 9.9.63 Semi Final Aspley 17.9.111 defeated Redland Victoria Point 8.7.55  …

SUNSHINE COAST NORTH – NOOSA   Registrations for this AFL Superkick Centre are now open.   Cost: $50pp  Starts: Friday 3rd November 2023 – Friday 8th December 2023  Venue: Noosa Tigers AFC | 149 Weyba Rd, Noosaville   Time: 4:30pm – 5:30pm | 6 Weeks   Age: 8 –…

Former Windsor-Zillmere star player Andrew Martyn will present the 2023 Joe Grant Medal to the player judged Best on Ground at the QAFL Grand Final on Saturday September 16th.  The Joe Grant Medal has been presented to the Best on…

Local football clubs across Australia will receive an $8 million boost over the next four years as the AFL and Telstra today unveiled Telstra Footy Country Grants. With a pool of $2 million to be distributed each year starting in…

The Beenleigh Senior football club is seeking applications for senior coach and senior assistant coaches for the 2024 season. We are a highly respected QFA Div 1 club and been very successful in our short time in this division. We…

If you were going to write a football fairytale you’d start with Robert Copeland. Born in Redcliffe, a long-time resident of Kilcoy and a product of the Strathpine Swans, he lived exactly that in an extraordinary debut season with the…

The AFL has today announced a squad of 46 players who will feature in the 2023 AFL Futures match. Many of the most talented under 17 footballers from across the country will take part in the match, which will be…

Listen closely to Andrew Martyn say New Zealand. It’s ‘New Zuland’. Just like the multitude of people from across the Tasman Sea and for very good reason. The former Windsor-Zillmere/Aspley and CCC star and Joe Grant Medallist is a Kiwi.…

Do you want to be a Gold Coast SUNS Academy Coach in 2024? We are seeking expressions of interest for all our football programs: HUB Coaching Roles (M/F, U13s-U15s) U16s & U18s (M/F) Assistant Coaching Roles U15s-U17s M/F North Queensland…

Aspley Hornets and Redland-Victoria Point Battle for State Glory Coorparoo’s Giffin Park to host 2023 QAFL Grand Final this Saturday   The Aspley Hornets will be aiming for back-to-back premierships while Redland-Victoria Point Sharks will be hunting their maiden premiership…

The Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club (Sherwood Magpies) is an inclusive club that offers the best possible personal and football development for all players, of all abilities, in a family friendly and community driven environment. THE OPPORTUNITY The Sherwood Football…

By Chris “Yeendy” Yeend.   PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN 10.6.66 defeated BROADBEACH 9.8.62 With the Lions going into the contest as minor premiers and filled with confidence; the Cats had to play at to their full potential. Former Coolangatta Colts player…

By Chris “Yeendy” Yeend   ASPLEY 14.12.96 defeated PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN 10.5.65   In a re-match of last year’s Preliminary final that had the Lions win by less than a kick to advance to the premiership decider (won by Labrador);…

By Chris “Yeendy” Yeend   REDLAND Victoria Point has secured its place in the 2023 QAFL Senior Men’s Grand Final after a remarkable 53-point win over Wilston Grange at home on Saturday. The victory was made even more sweeter when…

Southport Sharks’ Stephanie O’Brien was awarded the Emma Zielke Medal and Broadbeach Cats’ Kwaby Boakye claimed the 78th J.A Grogan Medal, Queensland AFL’s highest individual footballing honours, in front of almost 300 guests at The Gabba earlier this evening. It was…

Pine Rivers Swans is a family friendly, community-based local AFL club with a rich history, dating back over 50 years. In 2023 the club’s culture grew to unprecedented heights gaining support from the local community and afar. Pine Rivers field…

There are a lot of great football stories that begin in an unlikely fashion, and then there is the Darrel Dunnett story. It belies belief. Invited to a local game, he arrived thinking he was a going to watch rugby…

Bernie Gottke was a rugby league man. He knew nothing of Australian football until he went to watch his son Phillip play a school’s grand final at the old cricket ground in Rockhampton in 1979. They were six goals down…

Photo: Anthony Byron Photography By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend ASPLEY and Palm Beach Currumbin go head-to-head for the second consecutive Reserves Preliminary final in neutral territory at Redland Victoria Point. ASPLEY v PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN ASPLEY Key ins – Connor Goeldner,…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend REDLAND-Victoria Point hosts Wilston Grange in the Preliminary Final at The Tank in one of the most highly anticipated clashes of the season. REDLAND-VICTORIA POINT v WILSTON GRANGE REDLAND-VICTORIA POINT Key ins – None Key outs…