Alicia Murray will be representing the Gold Coast Sunsets in this weekend’s Youth Girls State Championships. Murray nabbed her first Queensland U18 guernsey this season and after a taste of state action, she is determined to impress at this championships.…
Three years after coming out of retirement, Dave Kettle clinched his first Wilston Grange best and fairest. Kettle pipped captain, Steve Brittain, at the post in a thrilling count, with the nuggetty midfielder standing out in the wet conditions of…
Former Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn player, Rhan Hooper, is coming back to Ipswich in 2015. The Ipswich junior will take on a playing coach role for the Eagles next season and is excited for the new challenge. There’ll be plenty…
AFL Brisbane Juniors umpire, Jessica Stewart, lives and breathes footy. Playing for Calamvale as a junior, Stewart switched to umpiring this season, keen to be involved in footy in any way. A fanatical Brisbane Lions supporter, Stewart and her family…
The 2014 AFL Queensland Under-17 Youth Girls State Championships kick off tomorrow, Thursday October 23 at Yeronga. The four-day Championships will see 10 regional teams compete across two divisions. Teams with existing youth girls competitions – Brisbane North, Brisbane South,…
By Grant Hitzman
AFL Queensland has launched the #girlsplaytoo campaign to promote female football ahead of the Youth Girls State Championships that kick off in Brisbane on Thursday. Aimed at 10 to 15 year old girls, the campaign showcases current youth girl players…
We recruited some female footballers to star in AFL Queensland’s #girlsplaytoo campaign. As part of the campaign, which showcases current youth girls players and highlights the various pathways into the game, young women were picked to represent different aspects of…
Todd Bryant’s dream debut in Queensland footy continued last weekend, with the 23 year-old winning Palm Beach’s best and fairest. Bryant, who came to the Lions from the Wodonga Raiders in the Ovens and Murray League this season, made an…
There were some heavy hitters down at the recent Byron Bay AFL 9s Invitational, headlined by AFL General Counsel, Andrew Dillon. Dillon and his team, Southern Comfort, battled valiantly through the two-day, but even their secret weapon, Josh Vanderloo –…
UQ’s Michael Stewart claimed his third best and fairest award, after another outstanding season. While he missed three games through the year his form through the rest of the season was enough to secure him his third best and fairest…
Aden Rutledge won the 2014 Norm Reidy Medal, as Sandgate’s best and fairest. The 19 year-old was a standout for the Hawks through a turbulent season, playing in a variety of roles. Rutledge proved the most consistent of the side,…
By Grant Hitzman
Helensvale State High have claimed the title as Queensland’s best under 14 school team for 2014. Against a valiant St Augustine’s College, Helensvale came from behind in the oppressive 32 degree Cairns heat to win 4.12.36 to 4.7.31. The local…
Will Hamill’s wet weather form helped him over the line at last weekend’s Jim Fletcher Medal, awarded to Mt Gravatt’s best and fairest. Hamill finished on 47 votes to claim the win, with Vultures captain, Joe Murphy, second on 40…
Nathan Kinch won his second Devery Kelly Medal, as Morningside’s best and fairest, on Saturday night. Kinch joins Jacob Gough and David Lillico as dual winners of the medal, since it was first awarded under that name in 2000. Kinch…
Surfers Paradise defender, Sean Atkinson, has claimed the Surfers Paradise best and fairest. Atkinson was one of the most consistent Demons this season and played in the QAFL representative side in June. The half-back flanker pipped big ruckman, Michael Cunningham,…
Ryan Davey capped off a stellar individual season, winning his first Danny Newman medal as Labrador’s best and fairest. Davey finished on 93 votes , 15 votes ahead of Simon Seddon on 78, with veteran Todd Featherstone third on 74.…
Magpies ball-magnet, Ben Jaenke-Cain, took out his first Bill Pierce Medal, as the Western Magpies best and fairest. The win came as little surprise to most, with Jaenke-Cain the team’s standout player in 2014, after a breakout season. Jaenke-Cain finished…
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