PALM Beach-Currumbin officials will be closely monitoring key pair Lee Clark and Matt Boyd after they both sustained potential season-ending injuries during the win over Maroochy-Northshore at Salk Oval on Saturday.

WILSTON-Grange reclaimed second spot on the ladder after demolishing Springwood by 92 points at Lowe Oval on Saturday.

DIFFERENT week, same old story for the Mayne Tigers, who have again thrown away an early lead to remain winless for the season.

IN danger of slipping out of the top five, premiers Noosa are sure to be fired up for their 2010m grand final rematch against Sandgate at Weyba Road Oval on Saturday.
Sandgate have taken all before them since losing to Wilston-Grange in round one, but the Hawks trek up the Bruce Highway with several key personnel missing.
Noosa are fourth on the ladder, but have Palm Beach-Currumbin, Surfers paradise and possibly Coolangatta eyeing their place in the top five.
Palm beach-Currumbin, emerging as genuine flag contenders, host Maroochy-Northshore on the Gold Coast on Saturday and should win, putting much more pressure on Noosa.
In other matches on Saturday, Mayne are playing finals hopeful Surfers Paradise at Everton Park and Springwood host Wilston-Grange at Lowe Oval.
On Sunday, Burleigh are playing Coolangatta in a Gold Coast derby that could seal the fate of both clubs’ finals hopes.
Western Magpies have the round-11 bye.

THE only way to look at the Gold Coast derby between Burleigh and Coolangatta is that it is an early elimination final.

IT remains a week-by-week walk of the finals tightrope for the Surfers Paradise Demons, who trek north to play Mayne in another must-win game.

SPRINGWOOD are set to field perhaps their youngest first-grade side in history when they tackle Wilston-Grange.

FORMER club champion Darren Beaufoy will again take over the coaching reins from absent Craig O’Brien when the Lions host Maroochy-Northshore on the Gold Coast on Saturday.

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SANDGATE kept up the pace as ladder leaders with victory over Wilston-Grange in the north Brisbane derby on Saturday.
The Hawks, whose only loss of the season was at the hands of the Gorillas in round one, scored by 12 points after coming from well behind at half-time.
The biggest talking point of round 10, though, came from the Gold Coast where Palm Beach-Currumbin put the cleaners through 2010 champions Noosa.
PBC scored by a convincing 33 points and sounded a clear message that, with a favourable draw ahead, they are genuine top-three contenders.
At Bill Godfrey Oval, Mayne’s on-permit full-forward Cleve Hughes kicked 11 goals but the Tigers still manage to lose by a whopping 75 points after a shocking second half.
Elsewhere, Surfers Paradise had to come from behind to beat Springwood at Sir Bruce Small Park and the Western Magpies had too much run in the end for Maroochy-Northshore at Chelmer.

A TOP-three finish is now well within reach of Gold Coast powers Palm Beach-Currumbin after a clinical demolition of reigning premiers Noosa at Salk Oval on Saturday.

THE Western Magpies continue to search for a resolution to their poor conversion rate despite beating struggling Maroochy-Northshore by a big margin at Chelmer Oval on Saturday.

THERE’S something about the Mayne Tigers that is simply inexplicable.
Earlier in the year – against Burleigh, the same opponents as on Saturday – the Tigers had veteran Andrew House kick 10 goals, yet he still finished in a well-beaten side, after Nathan Sullivan kicked 11 for the Bombers.

FINALS football remains on the radar for Surfers Paradise after the Demons had to dig deep to see off Springwood at Sir Bruce Small Park on Saturday.

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the “Female in Football Award” to coincide with the AFL’s Women’s’ Week.

IT’s the battle of north Brisbane when Pineapple Hotel Cup ladder leaders Sandgate host Wilston-Grange in a huge derby at Lemke Road Oval on Saturday.
At stake is not only outright ladder leadership, but also the unofficial title of best team north of the Brisbane River, the Hawks on top of standings, one win clear of Wilston-Grange.
In another huge match, this one on the Gold Coast, premiers Noosa travel to Salk Oval to take on the desperate Palm Beach-Currumbin Lions.
This is a match the Lions simply have to win or kiss goodbye to their chances of a top-three finals finish.
In other matches, Burleigh play Mayne at Bill Godfrey Oval, the Western Magpies host Maroochy-Northshore at Chelmer and Surfers Paradise play Springwood in the third match being staged on the Gold Coast.
Coolangatta have the round 10 bye.

IT is time to for Palm Beach-Currumbin to turn from ‘perhapsers’ to the real deal when they take on fierce rivals Noosa in the battle of the Coasts at Salk Oval.
Assistant coach Darren Beaufoy knows only too well that it is crunch time for the Lions – and even for premiers Noosa – with seven rounds remaining to the finals.

MAYNE have pulled off a surprise mid-season mini-coup by adding last year’s AFLQ state league leading goalkicker to their list for the away match against Burleigh.

IT’S fair to say that Springwood have a score to settle when they travel down the M1 for a rematch with Surfers Paradise.

THE Western Magpies have made five changes for their home clash against Maroochy-Northshore at Chelmer Oval.

REMEMBER last year when Coolangatta kicked 13 final-quarter goals against Mayne at Len Peak Oval – yet still lost the match?
The ghosts of Len Peak Oval must have remembered that remarkable clash because on Sunday, at the same venue, Coolangatta produced another remarkable final term – but this time they took the bacon home.

LAST season’s runners-up Sandgate have surged to outright leadership of the Pineapple Hotel Cup after a thrilling win over Palm Beach-Currumbin on the Gold Coast on Saturday.
The Hawks prevailed by four points in a pulsating clash at Salk Oval, a victory that put them four points clear of former co-leaders Wilston-Grange, who had the round-nine bye, and the Western Magpies.
In another key match on the Gold Coast, new Surfers Paradise coach Beau Zorko masterminded the Demons to victory over Burleigh, the Bombers going down by 37 points.
In other matches Noosa, took the Sunny derby, beating Maroochy-Northshore by 116 points on the Sunshine Coast, while the Western Magpies had a much tougher-than-expected success away to battlers Springwood.

SURFERS Paradise made light of their internal blow-up by giving new coach Beau Zorko his maiden seniors win on Saturday.

BIG forward Danny Brewster shot to the top of the goalkicking list with a double-figure haul in the Sunshine Coast derby against Maroochy-Northshore at Fisherman’s Road on Saturday.

A CONVERSION factor, or lack it it to be more precise, is something the Western Magpies are going to have to work hard on if they are to feature in this year’s premiership.

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the “Female in Football Award” today to coincide with the AFL’s Women’s’ Week.

AFL Queensland is calling for nominations for the “Female in Football Award” to coincide with the AFL’s Women’s’ Week.

WHO will ever forget the remarkable spectacle these two sides turned on at Len Peak Oval last year?
Coolangatta kicked 13 goals in the fourth quarter – yet still lost by three goals in the round-three clash.

SPRINGWOOD were blown away by Palm Beach-Currumbin at their last appearance and things do not get any easier this round when the Western Magpies visit Lowe Oval.

DON’T worry about current positions on the ladder, the Sunny Derby is always a big grudge match up on the Sunshine Coast.