NAB AFL Auskick Ambassador Dayne Zorko and Gold Coast SUN David Swallow will launch the 2016 NAB Auskick season this Saturday, January 30, at Wet’n’Wild. It will run from 10am-2pm, and everyone is invited. As well as all the Wet’n’Wild…

The AFL and Australia Post are pleased to announce its Multicultural Program will expand to 18 player ambassadors in 2016, which includes Queensland based players Dayne Zorko, Adam Saad and Tom Nicholls, and for the first time will include two…

2016 is no longer a thought, it’s a reality, and that’s exciting. Here’s just a taste of what you’ve got to look forward to this year in Queensland footy.   Pre-season Have you sat around this summer, reflecting on 2015,…

Mabior Chol, drafted last month to Richmond, said he wouldn’t be where he is today without the help of Geoff Palmer. Palmer, the 2015 National Multicultural Ambassador of the Year, introduced Chol to football at Yeronga State High School six…

The AFL Indigenous Woomeras tour of NZ concluded on Sunday afternoon at a sunny North Harbour Stadium where the touring side defeated the U18 New Zealand Kahu in both games of the series, with both sides showing great skill and…

With 2015 winding to a close, the AFL Queensland media team have looked back on some of the best, and most lighthearted moments of the year that was. Check them out below.   Best quote This one was a late…

The Western Magpies are the clubhouse leader for signing of the off-season, with Brent Staker putting pen to paper to pull on the black and white in 2016. Staker’s familiarity with the Magpies, and his first hand experience of what…

The AFL has announced locations and dates for the 2016 Australia Post AFL Community Camps which will see the 18 AFL Clubs visit both metropolitan locations and regional centres. The 2016 Australia Post AFL Community Camps will be held in…

The good news for Queenslanders realising their AFL dreams just keeps on coming, except this time, it’s from a different side of the game. Alex Whetton, a 20 year old who has been umpiring throughout Queensland for the last nine…

Every second counts Our Queensland draftees had no time to sit back, kick their feet up, and enjoy their good news over the last week; it was straight to business. As soon as Corey Wagner landed in Melbourne he was…

IF YOU took a guess at which club produced the most mature-age draftees from last month’s national and rookie drafts, where would you start? Somewhere in the VFL? Wrong. The WAFL? The SANFL? Wrong and wrong. How about Redland Football…

by Michael Whiting www.afl.com.au WHAT started as a trickle has quickly turned into a flood of teams heading to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast for pre-season training camps. St Kilda made its first trip north during the past week and will be…

  Queenslanders Te’anna Fujii (Marsden, QLD), Moesha Morris (Edmonton, QLD), Pamai Dau (Condon, QLD) and Delma Gisu (Wulguru, QLD) have departed for Auckland as part of the 2015 AFL Indigenous Woomeras team tour. Currently in its second year, the AFL Indigenous Woomeras program…

The Gold Coast Suns, with the assistance of the AFL, are proud to be launching the Jarrod Harbrow Leadership Academy – a culturally-appropriate talent program designed to provide a wide range of support and services to first-choice indigenous athletes from…

There were 11 Queenslanders drafted for the first time in 2015. There were 11 different stories of how they got there. The draft class of 2015 proved just how many options and pathways are available to Queensland players, from NAB…

Buzz the cult hero It didn’t take long; actually it only took minutes. When Wylie Buzza’s name was read out at pick 69, he instantly became a cult hero at Geelong. Some have called him the best name in the…

Out of the 11 Queenslanders drafted last week, 10 were products of the Brisbane Lions or Gold Coast SUNS Academies. Eric Hipwood, Ben Keays, Corey Wagner, Wylie Buzza, Rueben William, Mabior Chol, Josh Smith, Josh Wagner and Matt Uebergang have…

Seven Queenslanders were today selected in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft, bringing the total number of Queensland draftees in 2015 to 11, after four were selected in the NAB AFL Draft. On Tuesday night, Eric Hipwood, Ben Keays, Corey Wagner…

The first ever Diversity Championship trials were held at Pioneer State High School on November 23, with 16 school students from indigenous and multicultural backgrounds vying for selection to represent Queensland at the 2016 National Diversity Championships. The National Diversity…

Daniel Webster’s start in coaching may have come a few years sooner than he would have hoped, but since entering the system he hasn’t looked back. Webster, the 2015 AFL Queensland Assistant Talent Coach of the Year, wore a few…

For four Queenslanders, last night their dreams came true. Ben Keays, Eric Hipwood, Corey Wagner and Wylie Buzza all had their names read out by AFL clubs at the Adelaide Convention Centre on draft night, obtaining a spot on an…

Six years ago, Mabior Chol played his first game of school footy. That year, he helped his team win the Lions Cup at the Gabba. Five years ago, Mabior Chol played his first game of club footy at the Yeronga…

With the NAB AFL Draft just four days away, we thought we would look at some of the other Queensland Academy contenders from 2015 that are all a chance to be picked up next Tuesday night, or in the rookie…

Wagner is very famous name around Sandgate, and has been for many years. Now, With the NAB AFL Draft just seven days away, two brothers are hoping it becomes a famous name in the AFL as well. Both Josh and…

The favorite son returns There’s not too many players held in higher regard around Chelmer than Jimmy Rozynski, so it’s fair to say the club is pretty excited to hear that the two time Bill Pierce Medalist and triple premiership…

Remember that kid growing up who seemed to be good at any sport they had a go at? Whether they had played it before or not, it was just natural, and they picked it up with ease? That’s Eric Hipwood.…

The 2015 AFL Flying Boomerangs squad took on a Victorian Diversity All Stars team on Saturday November 14, in Melbourne, with the Boomerangs running out 62-point winners. The match was the culmination of a week-long high performance camp held in…

The 2015 AFL Flying Boomerangs squad will take on a Victorian Diversity All Stars team tomorrow, Saturday November 14, in Melbourne. The match is the culmination of a week-long high performance camp held in Victoria for the 2015 AFL Flying…

Rueben William, to the naked eye, is a line breaking, athletic, highly skilled player who can change the tempo of a game off his own boot, but his story runs so much deeper than that. Reuben was born in South…