Submitted by Peter Blucher. Saturday 2 April 1977. Melbourne played South Melbourne at the MCG to give birth to a connection between Queensland football and the oldest club in Australia. Making his debut for the Demons was Barry Denny, a…

Remember Glen Scanlon? The Queenslander who played nine AFL games with North Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs in 1977-78? If not you’re not alone. Because he’s a man with something of a confused identity. Across four historical publications and websites…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. For fifty-seven years Alan Hunter has been an anonymous pioneer in Queensland’s AFL history. A name and some bare-boned statistics. He played 15 games with Footscray from 1964-67 for four wins and eight goals. There was…

A former Sydney Swans and Gold Coast SUNS player, Nick Malceski played 210 professional AFL games in his 14-year career capped off by winning a premiership flag in 2012 and earning all Australian selection in 2014. After retiring in 2016…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. There was a slightly weird ‘look’ in the room at the Gabba on Sunday night as Port Adelaide’s Ollie Wines won the 2021 Brownlow Medal and Dayne Zorko topped the Queensland count. Sitting among the Lions…

By Celia Drummond – AFL Media Community photographers Russell Freeman and Grant Viney went from competition entrants to shooting AFL games, courtesy of Footy Focus On September 30, one lucky community photographer will be announced as the winner of the…

Thanks to the generous support of this year’s Toyota Australia Good for Footy Raffle clubs across Australia have raised $1 million, with 100 percent of proceeds going directly to community clubs around the nation. Impressively Queensland clubs the Jindalee Jaguars…

By Peter Blucher. Brisbane Lions captain Dayne Zorko is a hot favorite to head the local vote count in the 2021 AFL Brownlow Medal on Sunday night. Having won his fifth club championship at the Lions last weekend, Zorko could…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend THE RUN DOWN After yet another COVID-19 interrupted season, we have now reached the summit of AFL in Queensland with the 2021 QAFL Senior Grand Final at Southport. This match between Broadbeach and Maroochydore is historical…

Ahead of this Saturday’s QAFL Grand Final between Broadbeach Cats and Maroochydore Roos, we take a trip down memory lane to look into the history of the Joe Grant Medal – awarded to the Best on Ground player in the…

By Peter Blucher And then there were two. After 30 Queenslanders played in the 2021 Toyota AFL season only Port Adelaide pair Charlie Dixon and Aliir Aliir are “alive” at the penultimate round of the year. Dixon and Aliir will…

Week Two of the 2021 Toyota AFL Finals featuring the Geelong Cats, GWS GIANTS, Brisbane Lions and the Western Bulldogs attracted a total audience of 3.15 million viewers, up nine per cent on Week Two of the 2019 Toyota AFL…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   After defeating just one of the top six teams across the home and away season, Maroochydore has firmed as one of the bolters of the QAFL Senior competition when it took down reigning premers Morningside…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   Broadbeach has secured the opening spot in the 2021 QAFL Senior Football Grand Final at Southport after an inspiring four-point win over Labrador on Saturday.   After kicking 3.12 in the first half, the Cats…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Semi Final – 1 | Labrador Oval  Labrador v Morningside  In Brief These two teams have been the bench mark of the 2021 Reserves season. Labrador has continued its extraordinary rise as a football club, going…

AFL Queensland is excited to announce that every SEQ Youth Grand Final across all three venues this weekend will be live streamed! KAWANA Field 1 Kawana https://livestream.com/accounts/9457344/events/9825234<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/livestream.com/accounts/9457344/events/9825234__;!!MoAtgck!L9n_Lbseo23CFzYoR3lxSTPMi42xbIELMk7P9ZEPcmolseQ8SXwze7GBbThZshXMTg$ Field 2 Kawana https://livestream.com/accounts/9457344/events/9825236<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/livestream.com/accounts/9457344/events/9825236__;!!MoAtgck!L9n_Lbseo23CFzYoR3lxSTPMi42xbIELMk7P9ZEPcmolseQ8SXwze7GBbTiUZQYFAQ$   SOUTHPORT Field 1 – Friday 3 September https://youtu.be/7e4BE6OfmjM…

By Peter Blucher Keidean Coleman is living proof that 12 months is a long time in football. This time last year, as the Brisbane Lions prepared for their second final of the Covid-interrupted 2020 season against Geelong at the Gabba,…

AFL Queensland congratulates the following Queensland Volunteer of the Year Award recipients. You are the unsung heroes of our game and your work to progress our sport is very much appreciated. Category Winners Name Winners Club/League Toyota AFL Community Football…

The AFL thanks all supporters for a strong start to the 2021 Toyota AFL Finals Series which saw a total average audience of 5.84 million, a 15 per cent increase compared to the first week of the 2019 Toyota AFL Finals…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. There are more than 20 Queenslanders who will wholeheartedly endorse the appointment of former Brisbane Lions flyer Craig McRae as the new Collingwood senior coach this week. All have much to thank McRae for, having played…

The AFL has today informed all 22 VFL Clubs that the 2021 VFL Premiership Season will not be completed, due to the challenges surrounding the COVID-19 situation across the country.   A 2021 VFL Premier will not be awarded with…

The AFL is pleased to announce the 2021 Toyota AFL First Semi-Final match between the Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs will be broadcast in traditional Yolngu Matha language for the first time.   The history-making broadcast will be conducted by…

Three Queenslanders have been listed in the Therabody All Australian s 40-person squad in contention for selection for the 2021 AFL All Australian Team; Aspley junior and now Port Adelaide superstar Aliir Aliir, who first picked up a Sherrin as…

Queensland’s Austin Harris, Will Bella and Bodhi Uwland, who all hail from different parts of the state, have been invited to the 2021 NAB AFL Draft Combines to be held across multiple locations across Australia in the coming months. Bella,…

The four goal posts and football might look familiar, but AFLX is no ordinary game, in fact it’s X-traordinary! An exciting game created by the AFL, AFLX is all about showcasing some of the most thrilling elements of Australian football.…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. Jarrod Harbrow walked into the Gold Coast Suns team hotel in Melbourne this week and ‘the place just lit up’. So said teammate Zac Smith. It was one retiring Queenslander to another and it said it…

Beloved Queenslander Jarrod Harbrow has announced his retirement after 261 games over 15 AFL seasons. The 33-year-old started his football journey in Cairns as a junior at the Manunda Hawks and later the South Cairns Cutters. He left the tropics…

The AFL has today announced an update to the 2021 VFL Premiership Season.   As a result of the evolving COVID-19 situation across the country, previous interruptions to scheduled games and an extension to the Victorian State Government lockdown, the…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. A small but very significant moment in Gold Coast Suns history will leave the club this week with the retirement of veteran ruckman Zac Smith. It was a moment eight minutes and five seconds into the…

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the 2022 AFLW Community Ambassador program. The AFLW Community Cup Ambassador program was established in 2021 to recognise members of the football community who have been instrumental in facilitating and nurturing the remarkable…