Monday 21 February 2011 A major fundraiser to support the rebuilding of the Western Magpies/Sherwood Junior Football Club is being planned for 16 March. All members of the south-east Queensland football community are being encouraged to buy tickets to the…

Monday 21 February 2011 Coomera’s first season as an entity was so successful that the club has been elevated a division for its season year in the State Association. Coomera finished third in the Division 3 Central in 2010, falling…

Palm Beach Currumbin AFC have indicated they are keen to have a Women’s Football team competing in the AFL Qld Women’s League in 2011. A team from the Gold Coast hasn’t played in the competition since 2008 when the successful…

Thursday 17 February 2011 The Gold Coast Suns Reserves have been given approval by the AFL to use their full list of players unrestricted in the inaugural NEAFL season. Included in the NEAFL Northern Conference alongside the Brisbane Lions Reserves…

Thursday 17 February 2011 Mt Gravatt have pulled off a significant late recruiting coup with the acquisition of quality midfielders Albert Proud and Andrew Scott. Proud went straight back to the Vultures, where he graduated as a junior, after being…

Wednesday 16 February 2011 Last year’s QAFL grand finalists Labrador will have searching test first-up in the Club Aid pre-season competition when they clash with Southport and the Gold Coast Suns on the opening day. With two 40-minute matches for…

Wednesday 16 February 2011 South-East Queensland-based umpires had no hesitation in pledging their full support to the flood relief aspect of the Club Aid pre-season competition, which takes place next month. Umpires from the former State League, Division 2 Pineapple…

Tuesday 15 February 2011 Jason Cotter will coach the State team for the fifth year this winter but will be joined on the coaching panel for the first time by ex-Morningside star Jacob Gough. Cotter has presided over two of…

Tuesday 15 February 2011 A new gymnasium at Dittmer Park has ensured that Mt Gravatt are in a far better position to hit the ground running in the 2011 NEAFL season. Construction work through the 2009-10 summer coupled with a…

Tuesday 15 February 2011 The growth of the State Association Division 3 North has been one of the success stories of grass roots football in recent seasons and the Sunshine Coast region competition continues to expand. The competition boasted just…

The Irish AFL are seeking Queensland-based players to represent Ireland in the 2011 International Cup in Sydney and Melbourne later this year.

Monday 14 February 2011 The introduction of four Scorpions sides into the Club Aid Trophy pre-season 20/20 competition will have multiple benefits for the State’s best young talent – and NEAFL clubs in the process. Almost 100 teenagers have been…

Monday 14 February 2011 The State Association has realigned its competitions in 2011 to feature 10 clubs competing in both Division 1 and 2. Last year’s Division 2 grand finalists Kedron and Robina have both been elevated to the top…

Monday 14 February 2011 Quest Community Newspapers, a valuable ally of AFL Queensland, has introduced the Kick-Start initiative to help grass roots sporting clubs get back onto their feet in the wake of the Greater Brisbane region’s floods.  The newspaper…

Friday 11 February 2011 Queensland-based NEAFL clubs, those in the Pineapple Hotel Cup, and State Association teams will participate in ‘20/20’ carnivals for the Club Aid Cup next month. The full days of 40-minute long matches at central venues will…

Friday 11 February 2011 Umpiring stocks in South-East Queensland appear to be in great shape after 100 whistle-blowers and flag-wavers attended an umpiring season launch at Zillmere on Monday night. Fears that the move from longtime training base Coorparoo to…

Thursday 10 February 2011 The presence of recently-retired AFL superstar Andrew McLeod will be a huge boost to the newly-formed North East Australian Football League. The NT Thunder officially confirmed last night that McLeod (pictured courtesy NT News) would wear the…

Thursday 10 February 2011 Veterans David Lillico and Nick Clark are training strongly and are keen to push on to register 200 senior games for the Panthers this season. Longtime State representative Lillico will be like a new recruit after…

The AFL’s Female Coach Scholarship scheme was instigated in 2010 to address the absence of higher level female coaches in the system.  At that time there were only 5 accredited Level 2 female coaches and 1 level 3.  After the…

Morningside, Labrador and the NT Thunder will be part of a new-look Australia-wide knockout competition, to be conducted throughout the 2011 AFL season and shown nationally on pay television.

Wednesday 9 February 2011 Longtime well-performed lower division player Rohan Cash will test himself at the higher level with Mt Gravatt this season, while the Vultures have also added another Papua New Guinean to their playing stocks. Cash, a standout…

Wednesday 9 February 2011 Inspirational NT Thunder captain Jarred Ilett has stepped down from the role but will continue to play on in the inaugural NEAFL season. Ilett was one of the standout players of the 2009 QAFL season in…

Tuesday 8 February 2011 Broadbeach will receive a huge mid-season kick-along when star WAFL midfielder Rory Walton joins the Cats. Walton, 25, has played 102 games for Claremont in the WAFL but is a keen overseas traveller and will spend…

Tuesday 8 February 2011 Former nab QAFL Rising Star winner James Charlesworth is in the best physical condition in his three years at Victoria Point in a promising sign for Redland’s 2011 season. Charlesworth had a delayed start to 2010…

The Brisbane Lions will spend Thursday and Friday in Toowoomba this week as part of the 2011 Telstra AFL Community Camps.

Monday 7 February 2011 Labrador have received an unexpected bonus with gifted wingman Todd Grayson remaining at the club for the 2011 North East Australian Football League season. The dynamic youngster, who finished runner-up to NT Thunder gun Zephi Skinner…

Monday 7 February 2011 Former Morningside grand final player and ex-Brisbane rookie Adam Spackman is back with the Panthers for 2011. An employee of the Lions, Spackman spent last season playing for the club after getting special dispensation as a…

Friday 4 February 2011 Labrador grand final coach Jarrod Field is back in local football – as club development manager at Broadbeach. The man who played a pivotal role in turning around the fortunes of the perennial underachieving Tigers found…

Friday 4 February 2011 The club that had all their rivals looking nervously over their shoulders in last year’s QAFL finals series will be a serious threat again in 2011. Mt Gravatt, who soared into the finals on the back…

Thursday 3 February 2011 Redland have won the race for the signature of highly-rated midfielder Travis Johnstone and in doing so landed their third prized recruit of the summer. The Bombers signed the 30-year-old former AFL star last night, beating…