The AFL has announced important developments in relation to the return to play protocols in the concussion guidelines for AFL and AFLW and all levels of Australian Football, including community football.   In AFL and AFLW, where there are advanced…

AFL Talent Ambassador Kevin Sheehan has released his top 30 prospects ahead of the 2023 AFLW Draft. The list includes players from every state, with players sorted in alphabetical order and not ranked. Sheehan’s prospects do not include the players selected…

On Sunday 3 December, the Brisbane Lions will take on North Melbourne at Ikon Park in the NAB AFLW Grand Final. This is the Brisbane Lions’ fifth AFLW grand final, with a premiership in 2021, and a heartbreaking loss in…

Five AFLW players have signed on as ambassadors for the AFL Schools program, which aims to provide teachers across Australia with the resources and opportunity they need to connect students with our great game. Taking on ambassador roles this year…

The AFL has today released the names of 83 players invited to attend the 2023 AFLW Draft Combine, which includes 12 Queenslanders. The 2023 AFLW Draft Combine will showcase the country’s most talented draft-age girls footballers and will again be…

Today, the AFL notified all clubs that the 2023 NAB AFLW Season will commence on the first weekend of September. Clubs will begin their preparations for the 2023 NAB AFLW Season on May 29. Round One of the NAB AFLW…

The QAFLW and Queensland U18s team continues to provide a pathway to the elite level, with five Queenslanders selected in the AFLW Season Eight Supplementary Draft. For the first time, players were able to nominate for a national pool which meant…

The Gold Coast SUNS have locked 12 Queenslanders in for the upcoming NAB AFLW 2023 season, including four inaugural SUNS AFLW squad members who have signed on for their fifth seasons at the club. Among the 23 players re-committing to…

Another four Queenslanders are set to return to the Lions’ den as Brisbane bolsters its playing list for the 2023 season.  Premiership players Sophie Conway from Zillmere and Belle Dawes from Maroochydore and Kate Lutkins from Wilston Grange headline the…

A Queensland local has returned home following one of the biggest trades in AFLW history involving five clubs. Jordan Membrey will return home to the Gold Coast where her football journey began at the Carrara Saints. She went on to…

Queensland’s AFL Women’s competition continues to be a major source of talent for the Brisbane Lions, with 17 former QAFLW players part of the first batch of 19 Lions locked in for NAB AFLW season eight in 2023. All 17…

In an unprecedented achievement for Australian football in Queensland, four born-and-bred umpires have reached the ultimate goal of joining the AFL list for the 2023 season. Field umpires Andrew Adair, James Strybos, Matthew Young and boundary umpire Ty Duncan have…

AFL Queensland has taken another step forward in the progression of women and girls in community football by aligning its uniform policy with the AFL, following the national governing body’s historic uniform policy change announced late last year. Senior and…

By Madolyn Sushames A month before the AFLW Grand Final, AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan walked across the oval at Brighton Homes Arena to meet with AFLQ Grounds Maintenance Manager Chris Dalton and was chuffed with what he saw.    A…

Queensland’s best-performing senior footballers will once again have the opportunity to represent their state in 2023 with the return of senior men’s and women’s interstate representative football. The selected teams will take on Tasmania on the famous North Hobart Oval…

AFL Queensland congratulates Brisbane Lions superstar and local product Ally Anderson on winning the 2022 AFLW Best-and-Fairest award for season seven.   Anderson won a thrilling vote count on Tuesday night and finished on 21 votes, with three votes in…

The AFL, in partnership with NAB, is pleased to announce the AFLW Premiership Cup will hit the road this month, as part of the inaugural 2022 NAB AFLW Premiership Cup Tour Season Seven which will commence from November 11-24. The…

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the 2022 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador program. The Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Cup Ambassador program was established in 2021 to recognise members of the football community who have been instrumental in facilitating…

The next wave of emerging stars in the women’s game will come together this weekend as part of the inaugural NAB AFLW Futures program. 46 of the country’s most talented 17-year-old footballers will assemble in Melbourne for a training camp…

10 Queenslanders have been invited to take part in the 2022 NAB AFLW Draft Combine, with the AFL releasing the full list of invitees today.  This year’s NAB AFLW Draft Combine will again be state-based, with dates and locations to…

Three Queenslanders have been selected in the 2022 NAB AFLW Academy squad to face off against the Under-23 All Stars. Gold Coast SUNS Academy products Fleur Davies and Alana Gee; who hails from Mackay in Central Queensland, and Ella Smith…

Queensland is ready to start it’s 2022 NAB AFLW National Championships campaign. They’ll meet Vic Metro at Metricon on Tuesday, April 19 before heading to Melbourne to face Vic Country on Friday, April 22. They’ll take on the Allies (NT/Tas/NSW/ACT)…

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…

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…

The University of Queensland will begin its first defence of the Bond University QAFLW Premiership by not specifically thinking about it. While some clubs find a grand final victory warps into believing that only a repeat is acceptable, the Red…

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…

By Daniel Viles Coorparoo has opted for revolution rather than evolution as it seeks new ways to achieve the successes of old. After five years under Michael Hewitt in which the Kings never missed the finals and won the 2019…

AFL Queensland has polled the eight QAFLW club captains for their views on the impending 2022 Bond University QAFLW Season, and they see Maroochydore and Southport at the top end of the ladder as the teams to beat. Five clubs…

By Daniel Viles Southport enters the Bond University QAFLW in 2022 with a near-perfect track record, an enhanced playing squad, and a desire to make an immediate impression. After making a very late entry into women’s Australian football, the Sharks…

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…