AFL

No blues for Weller in career best win

Submitted by Peter Blucher Three Queenslanders walked of Metricon Stadium proud and pleased on Sunday evening after the Gold Coast Suns’ win over Carlton, but none more so than Lachie Weller. The dashing half back flanker had a career-high 31

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The eagerly awaited return of Byron 9s!

Mark your calendars – the Byron AFL9s Invitational is BACK in 2022! Against the iconic backdrop of the world-famous Byron Bay, the two-day carnival will see teams from across Australia come together to compete for up to $20,000 worth of

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Mt Gravatt local returns home from NAB AFLW Grand Final experience

Queensland’s Kate Guy has returned home from a trip of a lifetime, as part of her role as a 2022 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador. Kate was one of seven community football representatives from across the country to be named

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QAFL Round 2 Preview

Submitted by Chris Yeend Round One of the 2022 Senior QAFL season is in the books and we were treated to a memorable start to the season. We had the debut of former AFL utility Liam Jones who guided Palm

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QAFL and QAFLW Round 1 Stats Report

Click through the following PDFs to view this rounds stats. Bond University QAFLW Aspley v Coorparoo: Bond University QAFLW Bond v Wilston Grange: Bond University QAFLW Maroochydore v UQ: Bond University QAFLW Yeronga South Brisbane v Southport: QAFL Aspley v

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Townsville’s Braydon Preuss and his career best AFL game

Submitted by Peter Blucher What does a number sequence that goes 843-7-6-6-106-7-8-7-689-9-78-7-7-13-21-357-7-16-572 mean to you? It’s a page out of Braydon Preuss’ diary. Or at least it would be if he was counting the days between senior games in his

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2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final kicking goals in Queensland

Queensland’s historic 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final is kicking goals for community AFL with a Palaszczuk Government and AFL partnership delivering 25 club infrastructure projects. Member for Nudgee Leanne Linard said the AFL Grand Final Facilities Fund and a $100,000

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2022 QAFL Preview – Morningside

By Chris ‘Yeend’ Yeend Morningside were determined to stake its claim as the team to beat in 2021 after securing the 2020 premiership in a COVID year. There is no doubt it was one of the hardest premierships to win

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Queensland Academies bound for Melbourne for NAB League Boys Round 1

Teams representing the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns Academies will travel to Melbourne this weekend as the 2022 NAB League Boys season starts.  The Lions and SUNS will take part in the first four weeks of the season, along

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Gold Coast SUNS player announced in Queensland U18 coaching team

Fresh from a superb year with the Gold Coast SUNS, AFL Women’s Premiership player Sarah Perkins has switched her attention to inspiring the next crop of AFLW players. Perkins has been announced as an Assistant Coach for the Queensland Under

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2022 QAFL Preview – Sherwood

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend When you look back and reflect on Sherwood’s 2021 season, you cannot help but be blown away with how much it achieved with the young and developing list it had. The Pies handed Labrador a 40-point

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Queensland’s Tom Hickey and his “role” in the Buddy show

Submitted by Peter Blucher. Tom Hickey will always be able to tell his children and his grandchildren he was there when Lance Franklin made football history. And that he even made it happen. It’ll be a bit of a stretch,

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2022 QAFL Preview – Aspley

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ YeendAspley takes centre stage in the QAFL after decorated stints spread across the NEAFL and the VFL. The Hornets finished in 21st position on the ladder in a COVID interrupted season in the 22-team VFL competition in

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QAFL Captains have their say on the upcoming 2022 QAFL Season

The captains have been polled and the votes are in ahead of what’s being touted as one of the most anticipated QAFL seasons in recent history. Reigning Premiers Broadbeach are tipped to make back-to-back Grand Final appearances, with Labrador and

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2022 QAFL Preview – Surfers Paradise

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend  2019 QAFL Premiers, Surfers Paradise launched into the 2021 QAFL Senior home and away season with expectations that it could get close to capturing its Premiership success of two-years ago. After failing to make the finals

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New home for QAFL/QAFLW live-streaming and statistics

AFL Queensland has announced a new home for livestreaming and statistics for the QAFL and Bond University QAFLW seasons with new filming, vision platform and statistics partners on board for Season 2022. DoubleTake Sports, an industry-leading sports broadcasting company, has

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2022 QAFL Preview – Palm Beach Currumbin

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Palm Beach Currumbin were oh-so-close to fulfilling another successful mission into the finals in 2021 and the pre-mature end to the season due to COVID didn’t do them any favours. Its final game of the season,

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2022 QAFL Preview – Redland-Victoria Point

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Redland-Victoria Point launched into its 2021 campaign filled with optimism and confidence as the club elected to join the QAFL after the NEAFL had disbanded at the end of 2020. Redlands merged with Victoria Point to

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NAB and the AFL helping flood-hit footy clubs get back on the ground

NAB in conjunction with the AFL is providing grants to more than 50 local football clubs across Queensland and New South Wales to help get them back on the field and to support communities to recover from the devastating floods. 

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2022 QAFLW Preview – Yeronga South Brisbane

By Daniel Viles Yeronga South Brisbane is relying on its resilient nature and an injection of young talent to return to finals football in the 2022 Bond University QAFLW. No fewer than ten regular top-grade players missed games through injury

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SUNS Academy and Cairns Product Alex Davies delivers in his 2nd AFL game

By Peter Blucher Gold Coast Suns youngster Alex Davies will never forget his first AFL goal. Or the game in which it came. In just his second AFL appearance on Sunday, eight days after his 20th birthday, Davies kicked the

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2022 QAFL Preview – Wilston Grange

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend If you were to look back at the ladder of 2021 and see Wilston Grange finishing the premature end to the home and away season in 10th position with three wins; it would be easy to

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2022 QAFLW Preview – Aspley

By Daniel Viles A renewed emphasis on attack will be the key to Aspley building on its breakthrough 2021 season and pushing for an inaugural finals appearance in the 2022 Bond University QAFLW. After enduring a winless 2020, Aspley upset

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List of players eligible for the 2022 NAB AFL Rising Star Award

The NAB AFL Rising Star Award was initiated in 1993 to recognise talented young players in the AFL Competition. The winner of the NAB AFL Rising Star award will receive the Ron Evans Medal, a $20,000 personal investment portfolio and

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Sharks, Suns and Lions ready for 2022 VFL Season

The AFL has locked in the Victorian Football League (VFL) 2022 fixture for Rounds Two to Eight. Round Two will see the Gold Coast Suns take on the Sydney Swans in a Friday night (1 April) battle at Blacktown International

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Team lists ahead of Lions/SUNS triple header

A blockbuster day of Academy games will be played at the Moreton Bay Sporting Complex, Burpengary on Sunday, 20th March:  Brisbane Lions Academy vs GWS Giants Academy (Level 3 Boys ) – 9:45am Gold Coast SUNS Academy vs Sydney Swans Academy

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Queensland State League players nominated for AFL COVID Contingency Lists

The AFL is pleased to release the list of players nominated by clubs as part of the Playing List Guidelines to further support the competition in circumstances where clubs are impacted by AFL Covid Health and Safety Protocols.   The full

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Long wait nearly over for Comeback Quartet

By Peter Blucher Thirty-four Queenslanders listed with AFL clubs will eagerly await the start of the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership, but none more so than four who are unlikely to play in Round 1. Gold Coast’s Connor Budarick and Rory

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2022 QAFLW Season Preview – Maroochydore

By Daniel Viles Maroochydore begins its sixth year in the Bond University QAFLW with realistic hopes of not only making it to a Grand Final, but even bringing the flag back to Fishermans Road. One quarter separated the Roos from

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2022 QAFL Season Preview – Maroochydore

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend  Maroochydore will be forever remembered for the best 10-minutes of football in the QAFL that has ever been witnessed in recent memory as it locked itself a sport in the 2021 QAFL Grand Final against Broadbeach.

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