By Peter Blucher.    Zorko the No.1 Queenslander.  Dayne Zorko has been the best-performed Queenslander in the AFL to the halfway mark of the 2016 season, according to Champion Data ranking points. The Brisbane Lions vice-captain, who missed Round 1…

By Peter Blucher. Breakout game for Weller.                                 . Lachie Weller enjoyed a breakout game as the Fremantle Dockers posted their first win of the…

Wide Bay’s Bruce Reville has been awarded the 2016 Troy Clarke Scholarship,  named after the former Brisbane Bears player and respected AFL Queensland Game Development Manager who passed away in 2013 at just 44 years of age. The scholarship is…

  By Peter Blucher. Jesse’s slice of history Jesse Joyce will carve his own slice of football history with his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday night. The 18-year-old midfielder/defender will be the first product of the…

Since it’s initial start up in November 2009 the AFL Club Academy program at the Brisbane Lions is now entering its 7th year of operation and has resulted in 13 Academy players graduating onto AFL senior and rookie playing lists,…

Armitage’s tackling record – by Peter Blucher St.Kilda’s David Armitage has written himself into the Queensland football record books again with a supreme tackling performance on Saturday. Armitage had a staggering 18 tackles in the Saints’ win over Fremantle at…

By Peter Blucher.  It’s hardly a headline-grabber and doesn’t guarantee anything, but at least it’s a confidence-booster for Jono Freeman and a reason for optimism in the Brisbane Lions camp. Playing just his second game of the 2016 AFL season,…

By Peter Blucher. Good news for Dempsey, Joyce. Two players at opposite ends of their AFL career grabbed the Queensland spotlight in selection for Round 10 of the Toyota AFL premiership overnight. Essendon veteran Courtenay Dempsey, sidelined for the past…

When Mt Gravatt player Jesse Green runs out against Surfers Paradise in the QAFL on Saturday, it just won’t be any old game. This weekend, the AFL celebrates the Indigenous connection to our game through Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round.…

Eleven Queenslanders have been named in the inaugural Allies squad that will compete in the 2016 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships. Nick Kemp, Jack Rolls, Brad Scheer,  Jack Bowes, Josh Williams, Daniel Charlesworth, Max Spencer, Jacob Allison, Declan Watson, Elliot Himmelberg…

Williams is a jet When Josh Williams took three bounces down the wing, baulked two opponents, steadied from 35 on the run and kicked the goal of the day for Queensland against Tasmania in the Under 18’s yesterday, you couldn’t…

  By Peter Blucher.  Jesse White answers the challenge Travis Cloke or Jesse White? Ordinarily it would be a no-brainer. You’d take the power-marking Cloke over the athletic but sometimes inconsistent White every time. Cloke, with 429 goals and 47…

A classy Melbourne outfit was too strong for the Brisbane Lions in yesterdays AFL women’s exhibition match. The Demons, made up of players from the Victorian Women’s Academy, ran out 71-point winners over the Lions, made up of players from…

GOLD Coast academy member Jack Bowes put in another brilliant performance to put forth his case to be drafted at No.1 this year. Bowes finished with five goals and 20 disposals as Queensland ran out 18.11 (119) to 4.7 (31)…

Queensland made it 2/3 in the NAB AFL Under 18 Championships on Sunday at Metricon, with a dominate performance over Tasmania. Read how they got the job done here below

By Peter Blucher. Tom Hickey will play his 50th AFL game for St.Kilda on Sunday, but 50 won’t be the number foremost on his mind. More important will be nine. And next week 10. And so on. Nine? That’s how…

By Peter Blucher. Another pair of AFL brothers? Corey Wagner has moved one step away from completing Queensland’s eighth set of brothers to play AFL football. In his first season at North Melbourne after being taken at No.43 in last…

By Peter Blucher. The Gold Coast Suns have eased the pain of Alex Sexton’s broken arm, extending the young Queenslander’s contract to the end of the 2019 season. Sexton, facing four-six weeks on the sideline with a plate in his…

AFL Queensland CEO, Dean Warren, knows all about what it means to pull on the Queensland jumper. In fact, he has done it six times. Andrew Wiles caught up with him to hear what his best memories of the state…

This Sunday, on their home deck, the Queensland Under 18’s  play their final game of the NAB AFL Under 18 National Championships against Tasmania. Before you head to the ground, or tune in to the live blog on www.aflq-new.fspdev.com, here’s…

This Sunday, the Brisbane Lions (made up of representatives for the AFL Queensland Female Academy) and the Melbourne Demons (made up of representatives of the AFL Victoria Female Football Academy) will play each other at the MCG. The Exhibition Match…

The University Hawks AFC has been the pioneers of promoting the Indigenous Round of football in Townsville and has worked tirelessly over the past few years to establish a healthy relationship with the local indigenous educational facility, Shalom Christian College.…

The AFL will celebrate Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round* across Round 10 of the 2016 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, May 27-29. AFL Queensland is inviting all clubs and affiliate leagues to join in celebrating the connection between the game and…

Selectors have named a Brisbane Lions squad of 23 players from the AFL Queensland Football Academy to play Melbourne at the MCG this Sunday, May 22. The game is the seventh in this year’s Women’s Exhibition Match Series and will…

Cairns leaders have praised the work of a ‘special’ Indigenous boarding house in Bungalow. Around 60 guests attended the opening of AFL Cape York House’s new $850,000 multipurpose facility on Friday. RELATED: Indigenous boarding house dances against domestic violence Mayor…

Milestone man Game 100 was a long time coming for Mt Gravatt’s Troy Moncur on the weekend, but he certainly made the most of it. Moncur, a member of Mt Gravatt’s 2002 premiership side, returned to Dittmer Park this year…

Friday night treat for Zac Smith. By Peter Blucher. There’s something pretty special about Friday night footy. Just ask Zac Smith. Starting in the ruck for Geelong in the blockbuster Round 8 clash with the Adelaide Crows in front of…

QUEENSLAND          5.1      11.6    14.8    22.9 (141) defeated NT                                  0.5      2.9      5.10    7.12 (54) When a team plays four quarters of relentless football as one unit, results like…

The Brisbane Lions have signed their first women’s player ahead of the 2017 AFL National Women’s League Season, securing 19-year-old Tayla Harris in an historic milestone for the Club. Harris – one of the most exciting players in the women’s…

Queensland 22.9.141 defeated Northern Territory 7.12.54 Goals Jacks Rolls 3, Jack Bowes 2, Jacob Dawson 2, Jacob Allison 2, Joel Perry-Warren 2, Elliot Himmelberg 2, Harry Simmington 2, Reid Gordon 1, Luca Mason 1, Shawn Watson 1, Josh Williams 1,…