The Queensland State Academy class of 2016 gets down to business this Sunday in their first practice match against Victoria Country in Melbourne. Following this weekend, the Academy will play two TAC Cup games against the Northern Knights and Western…

AFL Queensland today announced the coaches for the 2016 AFL Queensland State Representative Program. Three of Queensland’s most respected coaches, John Blair, Rick Hanlon and Danny Craven will coach the three representative sides in this, the 150th year of football…

Each week throughout the 2016 season, the Queensland Australian Football Forensics (QAFF) will bring you a short article about our code’s history in Queensland over the past 150 years.  Both the QAFF and the AFLQ hope this will pique your…

Familiar faces square off Friday night, the AFL-AIS Academy, which includes Jacob Allison, Jack Rolls, Jack Bowes and Brad Scheer, took to the MCG for a practice match against VFL side Werribee. The Queensland connection didn’t stop there, with ex-academy…

By Peter Blucher Tippett joins 2×50 Club   Kurt Tippett became just the 10th member of the Queensland 2×50 Club on Sunday. The 28-year-old Gold Coast forward/ruckman became the 10th Queenslander to play 50 games for two different AFL clubs…

The Under 15 AFL National Diversity Championships will begin this Sunday April 3 at Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville, the traditional land of the Bindal and Wulgurukaba people. Currently in its third year, the AFL National Diversity Championships has been developed…

  Three Women’s Exhibition Matches will be television broadcast in 2016.  Matches will be broadcast by FOX SPORTS and will be aired live nationally.  All three matches will be made available live on afl.com.au and the AFL Live App on mobile…

By Peter Blucher.  Whitecross getting close Brendan Whitecross, one of the AFL’s saddest stories in recent years, is one step away from a fairytale return to the game at the top level this weekend. The double knee reconstruction victim was…

  By Peter Blucher  If you ask St.Kilda captain Nick Riewoldt to reflect on his extraordinary AFL career he’ll tell you ‘no regrets’. It’s what champion players and champion people do. And as he prepares for his 300th game against…

Tickets the Round 17 Toyota AFL Premiership Season match between the Western Bulldogs and Gold Coast SUNS scheduled for Saturday July 16 at Cazalys Stadium, Cairns will go on sale from Friday April 1 at 9.00am EST. As part of the…

By Peter Blucher   Tom Hickey has written his name into the Queensland AFL record books with a career-best performance for St.Kilda in the season opener against Port Adelaide in Adelaide on Sunday. Hickey had 56 hit-outs – the most…

UQ does Europe Over the weekend there was a real Queensland connection to the second annual AFL Europe Champions League played in Amsterdam. 13 men’s and five women’s teams played for the title of best domestic team on the continent.…

Beautiful Burleigh Heads provided the perfect backdrop to launch the 150-year celebrations of footy in Queensland and 2016 AFL season today. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan was joined by AFLQ Chief Dean Warren, as well as SUNS’ and Lions’ captains Gary…

Almost 1000 Brisbane Lions guernseys will be given free to AFL Brisbane Juniors players born in 2007 (under 9’s) as part of a partnership between the Lions and AFL Queensland. It is hoped this new incentive will encourage Queenslanders to…

This week, South East Queensland is playing host to the AFL Nauru All-Stars team Twenty-two of AFL Nauru’s best, combined with a few players from local communities in Queensland, will play two games against South East Queensland teams this weekend.…

The Australian Football League tonight launched the 2016 Toyota AFL Premiership Season at a function in Melbourne. Please find attached below the speech given by CEO Gillon McLachlan. Gill McLachlan, March 17, 2016 Welcome everyone to the launch of the…

The Queensland Women’s Academy will travel to Melbourne Friday for a high performance camp. The camp includes two games against the AFL Victoria Women’s Academy on March 18 at Whitten Oval, and March 20 at Punt Road. The weekend will…

The AFL Umpire roadshow landed in Queensland this week, with three AFL listed umpires touring schools and umpire training sessions within South East Queensland. The Umpire Roadshow is an AFL initiative which enables elite level umpires to visit metropolitan and…

  2016 represents 150 years of Australian Football in Queensland. A band of volunteer historians, Queensland Australian Football Forensics (QAFF), has spent the past six years researching the history of our code in our state.  The culmination of their work…

Metricon Stadium today released a free app that will maximise the stadium’s new high-density Wi-Fi delivering customers the connectivity they desire and a more immersive fan experience. Gold Coast SUNS, along with global ICT giant, and SUNS’ Major Support Partner,…

Queenslanders Julian Hunt, Alex McTaggart, Charlie Ezra, Heath Molloy, Isaac Gallagher-Cheetham and  Lenny Christie have been selected for the 2016 AFL Rio Tinto Footy Footy Means Business Program, which has begun with its first development program in Darwin, led by coaches Aaron Davey…

Red-hot pre-season It’s been a very big week for the UQ Red Lions, but not with the Sherrins. First up, UQ’s men’s side took on Mitchell’s Gaelic Football Club in their annual international rules match. For the record, UQ lost,…

Under 18 Academy trial match Gold Coast SUNS Academy 8.12.60 defeated Brisbane Lions Academy 7.6.48 GOALS SUNS: S. Watson 2, K. Sheers 1, B Scheer 1, J. Esam 1, J. Williams 1, N.Kempe 1, J. Bowes 1 Lions  J. Tomkinson…

The Gold Coast SUNS and Brisbane Lions Academies have released their squads for their second trial match this Friday at Metricon Stadium. The game, the second of two matches, will determine the 30 man Queensland State Academy team to play…

The Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS Academies are half way through their trial games to determine the Queensland Under 18 State Academy squad. The SUNS took out game one Burpengary last Saturday, with the second game at Metricon Stadium…

  Join us in recognising and celebrating the achievements of Queensland women and girls. In 2016 Queensland has expanded International Women’s Day celebrations into a week-long, state-wide series of events and activities called Queensland Women’s Week. The week will recognise and…

Developing a national war cry and increasing the number of Indigenous Australians who finish high school are just two of AFL legend Adam Goodes’ goals post-retirement. During his brief visit to Cairns, the former Australian of the Year ran a football…

The AFL wishes to advise that today’s NAB Challenge match between the Brisbane Lions and St Kilda at Mackay has been called off. The AFL made the decision in consultation with both clubs after the ground conditions at Mackay deteriorated…

Under 16 Academy trial Gold Coast 10.14.74 defeated Brisbane Lions 8.8.54 Goals: SUNS T Giacoumis 3, Z Palmer 2, C Portelli 2, M Smith 2, C Offerman 1 Lions: B Drake 2, Z Rollason 2, T Ansell 1, C Birmingham…

Tomorrow, March 5, the best underage players in Queensland will be on show all in the one spot. The Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex in Burpengary will play host to an academy triple header, when the Gold Coast SUNS and…