By Ant Wingard Coorparoo’s fate in the 2019 QAFLW Grand Final was sealed somewhere early in the second term. The Kings, desperate to ensure a third straight loss in the title bout was not on the cards, had just booted…

Last Wednesday AFL Mackay recognised the achievements of local upcoming junior players, volunteers, coaches and parents at Harrup Park for the 2019 Mackay Isuzu UTE Junior Awards Night. AFL Queensland Competition & Club Development Manager – Mackay, Christina Likos commended all…

By Terry Wilson Poor Panthers were easy prey for the Demons The Surfers Paradise tsunami has steamrolled another victim, this time the Morningside Panthers in the QAFL qualifying final at Sir Bruce Small Park on Saturday. The rampaging Demons, clearly…

By Ant Wingard It’s taken three long years but Coorparoo are back at the pinnacle of senior women’s football in Queensland following an annihilation of Bond University by 76-points at Leyshon Park. For long, Coorparoo ruled the roost in the…

By Ant Wingard Burleigh Bombettes v Kedron Lions: QFAW Division 1 Grand Final An eleventh hour upset has jolted Kedron into the QFAW Division 1 Grand Final but somehow, it seems rather fitting and fair the Lions get to contest…

By Hayley Hinze Leading into the QAFLW Grand Final this weekend, minor premiers Bond University reflect on the year’s rises and falls to prepare for a tough match against Coorparoo. Only three weeks ago in Round 14, Bond University was…

By Terry Wilson QUALIFYING FINAL Surfers Paradise v Morningside At Sir Bruce Small Park, 2pm Saturday Ins: Surfers Paradise – Jack Taylor, Josh Matulis. Morningside – no changes. Outs: Surfers Paradise – Nathan Trevena (omit), Connor McKenzie (omit). Morningside –…

By Hayley Hinze Well this is it; it’s the closing instalment of the QAFLW Development League which will either see Coorparoo finally get the upper hand over Bond University, or see the minor premiers successfully round off their season. Rewind…

By Ant Wingard Bond University coach Shane Atkins is expecting a fierce contest in this weekend’s Bond University QAFLW Grand Final against Coorparoo, labelling the Kings a classy side. Despite finishing the season atop the ladder and claiming the minor…

By Peter Blucher Queensland football’s extraordinary ‘Class of 2006’ is down to one following the exit of David Armitage from St Kilda today. This will leave Gold Coast veteran Jarrod Harbrow as the last of a what was a staggering…

Three goals against Sandgate last weekend, on top of some promising form through the season with Morningside, has resulted in Brock Aston receiving the round 19 nomination for the QAFL Rising Star Award. Aston is 20, with a physical build,…

By Ant Wingard Grand Final appearances and Coorparoo always seem to go hand in hand. It’s nearly a given each year that the Kings will be one of the final two teams remaining to compete in the season’s final game.…

Mackay’s Alana Gee has been awarded the 2019 Troy Clarke Scholarship, named after former Brisbane Bear and AFL Queensland Development Manager Troy Clarke. The scholarship is designed to support a young person from Regional Queensland who displays the core values…

By Peter Blucher It’s going to be one of the great football trivia questions in years to come … can you name the Queenslanders who have been senior coaches in the AFL? Michael Voss, coach of the Brisbane Lions 2009-13,…

By Ant Wingard This weekend’s Bond University QAFLW Grand Final pits  Ellie Hampson (COORPAROO) Football is often referred to as a game of inches and there is perhaps no better player capable of changing field position in an instant than…

Next Friday the Garbutt Magpies will host their annual Garbutt Magpies Cup, an educational, cultural and sporting event like no other. Thirteen primary schools from across far North Queensland will compete in the event, held at the Murray Complex in Annandale.…

By Terry Wilson Same five clubs left to fight out the premiership After all the permutations, what-ifs, possibilities and theories leading into the 2019 QAFL finals series the dust has settled and, surprise surprise, the five teams that made the…

By Peter Blucher There’s never a bad time to win selection in a home-and-away AFL side bound for the finals but if there’s a best time it might just be Round 22. Or the penultimate round. By Round 22 the…

By Terry Wilson Final-round frenzy as seven into five doesn’t equate. It is a QAFL premiership race featuring nine clubs. In one of the most absorbing seasons for years seven of those nine clubs remain in contention for places in…

By Ant Wingard It’s quite fitting that the season’s penultimate game – and by far the most important for either side competing – will be played between two of the competition’s most revered and tenured clubs. This weekend’s Preliminary Final…

By Terry Wilson Some words of advice from club legend Ben Jaekne-Cain early this year have proved pivotal in the development of Western Magpies teenager Riley Greene. Greene, only 17, is the Round 18 nominee for the QAFL Rising Star…

More than 30 community coaches from the Townsville region had the opportunity to hear firsthand from Gold Coast Suns coach Stuart Dew about the value he places on building the skills to understand, recognise and manage mental health issues in…

Last Friday AFL Queensland recognised the contribution of AFL game development ambassadors and volunteers across Queensland and NSW Northern Rivers at this year’s AFL Queensland Game Development Thank You Function. More than 150 AFL School Ambassadors, Junior Match Program Coaches and…

By Terry Wilson Updated following the Sunday QAFL Fixture Panthers all but guarantee a top-three finish Morningside look like they have wrapped up a top-three finish for the finals and are in a powerful position to grab the important second…

By Peter Blucher  What is your favorite sporting rivalry? In a week in which Australia beat England to get a jump start in the cricket Ashes, one of the truly great international sporting rivalries, it is an intriguing question. Historically,…

By Ant Wingard Image: David Layden Photography Bond University v Yeronga South Brisbane Saturday August 10, 3:00pm Bond University There is no question about it – Bond University have been far and above the best and most consistent team to…

By Terry Wilson Image: RF Photography Two rounds to go and the only certainty for the finals is that Palm Beach Currumbin will be in top spot. With 48 points and a healthy percentage, the Lions will take the minor…

By Ant Wingard AFL Queensland is pleased to announce the Queensland Under 17 representative team that will face Victoria Metro this weekend. The Queensland side will round out their three-game Under 17 Futures Championships at Ikon Park this Sunday, August…

Brisbane North is pleased to announce their youth representative teams for the upcoming AFL Queensland State Championships next month. In total, the Brisbane North region will field five representative teams at the Championships that take place at Maroochydore Multisport Complex…

By AFLQ Media More than 500 of north Queensland’s brightest young male and female AFL talent will head to Mackay next week for the 2019 AFL Queensland Schools Cup North Queensland Championships. The two day championship event will be held…