Lachie Weller experienced a contrasting high and low of epic proportions on Saturday night in arguably the best performance of his burgeoning career. Weller, playing his 35th AFL game, had his first 30-possession game and suffered his first 100-point loss…

100 games for Whitecross.                           If Brendan Whitecross wanted to wallow in self-pity he’d look at his AFL games tally at birthday time each year and think how…

Results Rd 1: Gold Coast 4.7 (31) def by Brisbane Lions 5.8 (38) Fankhauser Reserve, Southport Sat, Mar 25 Rd 2: Brisbane Lions 11.12 (78) def by Tasmania 15.12 (102) Redlands Sat, Apr 22(rescheduled following Cyclone Debbie) Rd 3: Northern Territory 8.6 (54)…

In conjunction with the Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round this week, match balls designed by former Essendon Brownlow medalist and Port Adelaide star Gavin Wanganeen, will be deployed at several QAFL and QFA games throughout the South East Queensland area.…

Classic photos Following up last week’s classic photo ( https://aflq.com.au/tuesday-talking-points-64/ ) is this 1978 ripper sent in by Broadbeach supporter Rick Trewavas, featuring ‘Pops’ McKinnon standing on a rubbish dump that would became the Broadbeach Cats’ home ground. If you have…

The AFL launched the 2017 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round today in Melbourne’s Parliament Gardens outside a statue of Sir Doug and Lady Gladys Nicholls. This is the eleventh year the AFL has celebrated Indigenous Round and the…

Geelong ruckman Zac Smith has had a weird season. But weird turned to wonderful over the weekend. Smith produced arguably the best performance of his 94-game career when it mattered most for the Cats in a nostalgic home win over…

Is Matthew Hammelmann a forward or a defender? Right now even he probably doesn’t know, and he definitely doesn’t care. All that matters to the 198cm 21-year-old is that he’s back in the Brisbane Lions side for Round 9 of…

  The Brisbane Lions have affirmed their commitment to grassroots football, launching a new series of education workshops aimed at community clubs. In conjunction with AFL Queensland and the Brisbane Juniors team, the Lions will host the Community Club Masterclass…

Ken Murphy, former Chief Executive of AFL Queensland and the Brisbane Lions, will be remembered at a memorial gathering on Wednesday afternoon, 24 May, at the Queensland Cricketers’ Club (4pm). Members of the football community are invited to join friends…

Nick Riewoldt is the new holder of Queensland AFL games record. Riewoldt played his 326th game for St.Kilda on Saturday to surpass the previous mark of 325, which stood to the credit of Jason Akermanis. The 34-year-old Gold Coaster heads…

  Jarrod Harbrow will return home from the Gold Coast Suns’ historic visit to China with a memorable personal keepsake. The Suns games record-holder, playing his 120th game in the red and yellow, had a club best 35 possessions in…

Claye Beams will compete an AFL ‘grand slam’ with his 50th AFL game for the Brisbane Lions against Hawthorn in Launceston on Saturday. The talented but unlucky 25-year-old, in his eighth year in the AFL, has played against every opposition…

The Caloundra Panthers have pulled off a major coup with the signing of former Brisbane Lions defender Daniel Merrett. Merrett will play the majority of games for the Panthers this season and is set to trouble opposition sides with his…

Ballenden back in business After a relatively slow start in the NAB AFL U18 Academy Series, highly rated Brisbane Lions academy prospect Connor Ballenden is now in great form. Ballenden was up and about against the Sydney Swans Academy last…

  In a game that is being over-run with statistics two numbers are critical. Contested marks and marks inside the forward 50m zone. Together they identify players having a genuine impact on the outcome of games, and are why Port…

AFL Queensland CEO, Mr. Dean Warren, today welcomed Federal Government funding to support the building of AFL Cape York House for Girls. AFL Cape York House is a residential facility in Cairns for young Indigenous men from remote Indigenous communities across Cape York…

Scheer to debut for SUNS.                                                                  Friday 25 November…

Round Seven of the 2017 Toyota AFL Premiership Season has been designated Community Umpiring Week with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the grassroots level. Umpires at each AFL match this weekend will…

QWAFL overtaken by Devils Yeronga South Brisbane have monstered the competition in their first two games. Lions players Sabrina Fredrick-Traub and Kate McKarthy have put on a clinic, along with the consistent Emma Aeschlimann to give the Devils two big…

Charlie Dixon enjoyed a triumphant homecoming Saturday night to be the standout Queensland performer in Round 6 of the Toyota AFL premiership season. The big Port Adelaide key forward put on a clinic in his team’s 83-point Gabba win over…

There is an athlete gliding across the Gabba turf this season, who once rubbed shoulders with Tony ‘Plugger’ Lockett, was there, when one of the most dominant teams in recent memory, the Michael Voss captained Brisbane Lions, terrorised the competition…

If GWS Giants coach Leon Cameron sat down and privately ranked his talent-laden playing list from 1-44 the odds are that Queenslander Sam Reid wouldn’t be in the top 22. Not even close. But as the 2017 premiership favorites prepare…

Tickets to the Round 18 Toyota AFL Premiership Season match between the Western Bulldogs and the Gold Coast SUNS, scheduled for Saturday July 22 at Cazalys Stadium Cairns, will go on sale today from 9.00am AEST via ticketdirect.com.au or the…

It was all set up to be the best day of Jake Spencer’s football life. About to play for Melbourne against Richmond in the Anzac Day Eve blockbuster, Spencer stood in the shadows in the middle of the MCG as…

It’s a fickle business being a young player trying to establish a career in the AFL. Especially tough is selection night each week. Just ask Brisbane Lions’ player Liam Dawson. Inevitably team announcement each week is very good news or…

Brisbane Lions midfielder Dayne Zorko continued his powerhouse start to the 2017 AFL Toyota season with his fourth consecutive ‘century’ in Champion Data ranking points. Zorko is in elite company after the first month of the season as one of…

Jake Spencer will surely be an advocate for the old saying ‘good things come to those who wait”. Spencer has waited 10 years for a chance to play senior AFL football on a regular basis, and finally it has arrived.…

The Australian Football community is mourning the passing of AFL Queensland Hall of Fame member, Ken Murphy. Ken played a pivotal role in the development of Australian Football in Queensland through the 1980s as the first full-time General Manager of…

As they say in the classics, it was a big weekend for Queensland football. Especially on the Gold Coast. And for all sorts of reasons. The Gold Coast Suns emerged from a tumultuous week to post the biggest win in…