The Brisbane Lions are the pride of Brisbane town! To celebrate their epic victory over Geelong, securing a place in the 2024 Toyota AFL Grand Final, Brisbane’s South Bank will once again transform into a vibrant sea of maroon, blue, and…

By Peter Blucher Seven Brisbane Lions, two former Gold Coast Suns originally from Cairns, and a Kenyan-born Aspley junior will make up a record 10-man Queensland contingent in the 2024 AFL preliminary final weekend. Harris Andrews, Will Ashcroft, Charlie Cameron,…

By Peter Blucher Dayne Zorko is poised to head the Queensland vote-count in the Brownlow Medal for the fourth time on Monday night. The former Lions skipper, who this year became the oldest player in the modern era to win…

By Peter Blucher Bailey Scott is nothing if not resilient. He’s had to be. Because on Sunday the North Melbourne wingman will complete the toughest first 100 AFL games by a Queensland football product in history. The one-time Broadbeach junior…

By Peter Blucher Why is 15 July 2006 a very special day in Queensland football history? It was Round 15 of the AFL season, when, in a Saturday night game under the roof at Marvel Stadium, the 12th-placed Brisbane Lions…

By Peter Blucher What were you doing on Sunday, 10 July 2011? Very few people at the Gabba tomorrow (Saturday) for the Brisbane Lions 2nd v 4th showdown with the GWS Giants will have any idea, but a visiting player…

By Peter Blucher Queensland football Hall of Famer Mark Browning remembers the day he was at Yeronga waiting to watch a Colts grand final, when, five minutes before the first bounce, a worried-looking teenager wearing ‘civies’ raced across the oval…

The AFL has today announced a list of 65 players invited to attend the 2024 Telstra AFL Draft Combine.   The three-day event will be held in Melbourne from Friday, October 4 to Sunday, October 6.   Club interviews will…

Team NAB AFL Auskick has its ninth recruit of the year, with seven-year-old Jackson Chamberlain from the Coorparoo Junior Australian Football Club Auskick Centre in Brisbane joining the team. The 2024 Team NAB AFL Auskick coaches Nick Daicos and Katie…

FLASHBACK: It’s July 1984 and Queensland has made history….winning the national under-16 school Australian Rules Football Championships in Sydney and going through the tournament undefeated. The first Queensland side to take national honours in a schoolboys championships. Queensland completed their…

By Peter Blucher.  Ben Keays has stamped one of Queensland football’s great ‘second chance’ careers, last weekend playing his 100th consecutive game with the Adelaide Crows. It’s like the fortunes of the former Queensland Under-18 captain and dual Under-18 All-Australian…

By Peter Blucher Charlie Dixon, forever in the Gold Coast SUNS history books as the player who kicked the club’s first AFL goal, will bid farewell to his former club in Sunday’s crucial Round 18 clash at People First Stadium.…

By Peter Blucher. Corey Wagner, the almost forgotten Queensland AFL star, did something on the weekend that no other Queenslander has done this year. And in doing so has become a poster boy for AFL aspirants and inadvertently a talking…

Harris Andrews has joined the elite of Queensland football this weekend, becoming the State’s 17th AFL 200-gamer, the equal tallest, the second-youngest and the third most durable. And the first from Aspley. The Brisbane Lions co-captain, one of the leading…

Photo by AFL Photos On Tuesday June 18, Hawthorn great Jason Dunstall became the 32nd person elevated to Legend status at the Australian Football Hall of Fame in Melbourne. He was the very first Queenslander inducted into the Hall of…

Gold Coast SUNS AFLW Player Jamie Stanton to lead Queensland Women’s Team  Leigh Harding reappointed Queensland Men’s Coach   Gold Coast SUNS AFLW star Jamie Stanton will take the reins as Head Coach of the Queensland Women’s side ahead of…

With the unprecedented growth of Australian rules football in Queensland and to help underpin the future of the game across the state, the AFL has launched the Queensland Strategic Advisory Group.   The group, comprising experienced business leaders from inside…

Hornets’ take territory at the top of the ladder by Daniel Viles Aspley sits alone at the top of the Bond University QAFLW ladder after a territorially dominant 14-point win over Southport at Zupps Aspley Oval. The Hornets won the…

By Abby Collins The Morningside Panthers remain undefeated this season following their clash with the Wilston Grange Gorillas. In a gripping ANZAC Round clash, the Wilston Grange home crowd were in full force and full voice, but it was the…

  L-R Reyonce Bassani, Walter Satrick, Callum Liddy, Renee Williams, Lachlan Ngakyunkwokka, Nellie Sailor and Paulilla-May Toby. The AFL has appointed Renee Williams as the new Chair of AFL Cape York Ltd at tonight’s Annual General Meeting. The AFL thanks and congratulates John…

L-R Head of the Office of The Pacific Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Elizabeth Peak; AFL’s Head of Participation & International, James Ceely; the Hon Lionel Aingimea, Foreign Minister for Naura; the Hon Jesse Jeremiah MP, Minister for Sport for the…

Former Brisbane Lions Premiership Captain Emma Zielke will take the reins as Head Coach of the Queensland Under 18 women’s team as they play in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championship – Under 18 Girls competition.   The Championships will again…

By Daniel Viles  Bond turn out the lights on Southport A dominant second half from Bond University was interrupted only by a power failure as they defeated Southport by 20 points at Bond University Oval. With 43 seconds remaining in…

The AFL has announced important developments in relation to the return to play protocols in the concussion guidelines for AFL and AFLW and all levels of Australian Football, including community football.   In AFL and AFLW, where there are advanced…

As the AFL season gets underway this week, we wanted to take the opportunity on behalf of the AFL Commission to thank you for taking part in Australia’s national game and making it the number one sport in the country.…

The QFA Division 2 North Alpha Sport Premiership and QFAW Division 2 North fixture has been released, with the return of some powerhouses and the introduction of fresh faces. In the QFA Division 2, 12 teams will compete for premiership…

Former North Melbourne star Leigh Harding will return as the Queensland men’s coach for the 2024 Rep Rivalry clash against Tasmania in June on the Gold Coast. The state representative match sees some of the best players and rising stars…

The AFL Community Camps have returned for 2024 with the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS visiting community clubs and schools across the state during January.   The Brisbane Lions will be heading to the Sunshine Coast, while the Gold…

AFL Queensland is saddened after learning of the tragic passing of Brisbane Lions Academy and Sherwood JAFC player, Isaac Olver. Isaac was part of Sherwood’s Under 17 team in 2023 and prior to that, also played for Ipswich Cats and…

Australian Rules football descended on Fiji when the 12th AFL Youth Oceania Cup was held in Suva from December 5 to 8, where the best and most promising male and female players from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Nauru, and Tonga…