There are a lot of great football stories that begin in an unlikely fashion, and then there is the Darrel Dunnett story. It belies belief. Invited to a local game, he arrived thinking he was a going to watch rugby…

Bernie Gottke was a rugby league man. He knew nothing of Australian football until he went to watch his son Phillip play a school’s grand final at the old cricket ground in Rockhampton in 1979. They were six goals down…

Photo: Anthony Byron Photography By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend ASPLEY and Palm Beach Currumbin go head-to-head for the second consecutive Reserves Preliminary final in neutral territory at Redland Victoria Point. ASPLEY v PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN ASPLEY Key ins – Connor Goeldner,…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend REDLAND-Victoria Point hosts Wilston Grange in the Preliminary Final at The Tank in one of the most highly anticipated clashes of the season. REDLAND-VICTORIA POINT v WILSTON GRANGE REDLAND-VICTORIA POINT Key ins – None Key outs…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend PALM Beach Currumbin takes on Broadbeach for a place in this year’s 2023 Colts Grand Final. The pair met in the 2022 Grand Final where it was Palm Beach Currumbin who was…

REDLAND VICTORIA POINT QAFL SENIORS v. WILSTON GRANGE QAFL SENIORS Redland Victoria Point QAFL Seniors ——————————————– B: Peter Yagmoor(4), Mitch Stallard(9), Scott Miller(12) HB: Adrian Williams(41), Matthew Hambleton(35), Reuben William(19) C: Campbell Aston(5), Jack Rolls(14), William Johnson(26) HF: Damian Steven(18),…

AFL Grand Finals fever has taken over Townsville in the lead up to Grand Final Day on Saturday 9 September. Riverway Stadium will host three grand finals: Townsville Men’s Reserves, KX Pilates Senior Women’s Cup, and the RMS Engineering Senior…

With the QFA & QFAW Division 2 North and South Grand Finals just around the corner, here is your event guide for the day.    QFA & QFAW Division 2 South Grand Final Day – Saturday 9th September Fankhauser Reserve, Cnr…

It’s 7am Tuesday. Rick Hanlon has assembled his ‘crew’ at the offices of AFL Cape York and they set out on a three-day 2,300km round trip to Bamaga. Driving in 11-seat troop-carriers, they’ll go all day, camp out overnight at…

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…

This story contains names deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Only two players in senior football across the country have won a major league best and fairest medal four times. Port Adelaide’s Russell Ebert, elevated to Legend status in the…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend.   BROADBEACH has cemented itself as the first team to advance to the Reserves Grand Final after an impressive 32-point victory over Aspley.   Palm Beach Currumbin set up another Preliminary Final date with Aspley after…

Image by Brooke Sleep Media.  By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend.   ASPLEY is the first team to lock its place into the 2023 QAFL Senior Men’s Grand Final with an impressive 56-point win over Redland Victoria Point at Graham Road on…

It’s one of the great football trivia questions. Which Queenslander captained the superstar Hawthorn quartet of Luke Hodge, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell and Jarryd Roughead? If that’s too hard, who was the Queensland footballer who played under Michael Voss, Dean…

This year the Wheelchair AFL QClash Series returns with the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS naming their teams ahead of game one on Saturday 10 September. Gold Coast SUNS AFL Wheelchair Team     Andrew Miller Ormeau Bulldogs Captain-Coach…

It’s a rare football specimen who plays on the big opposition key forwards as a teenager in the QAFL, heads across the country to become a key forward himself in the WAFL and captain of one of the most successful…

Sunday 27 August 2023, 2:20pm at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield Bond University 10.6 (66) d Aspley 2.5 (17)   Bond University 0.4 (4) 3.5 (23) 6.5 (41) 10.6 (66) Aspley 1.0 (6) 1.2 (8) 2.2 (14) 2.5 (17)   Bond…

Sunday 27 August 2023, 12pm at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield Bond University 9.7 (61) d Coorparoo 4.2 (26)   Coorparoo 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 1.0 (6) 4.2 (26) Bond University 1.0 (6) 3.0 (18) 7.3 (45) 9.7 (61) Coorparoo Goals:…

Australian Football ran into a problem in Brisbane in the late 1960s. Having fought so hard to establish a strong place in the local sporting scene and the cross-code battle for talent, it suddenly found itself besieged by rugby league…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend We are in for a treat with two epic matches in the QAFL Senior Men’s competition with last year’s Preliminary Finalists fighting for a place in the Grand Final again, but in week two of the…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend It’s Semi Final team in the Colts competition with the winner of the Palm Beach Currumbin and Maroochydore contest going into the Grand Final while Broadbeach and Wilston Grange will fight to…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Cats and Hornets started the 2023 season in a big battle against each other; it’s fitting that the pair line up in their opening finals bouts for a place in the…

With the AFLQ Darling Downs Grand Finals on this Saturday, here is your event guide for the day.    AFLQ Darling Downs Grand Final Day Saturday 2nd September, Rockville Park, Tor Street, Toowoomba   Match Schedule: 8:30am – Under 12…

It’s a curious misnomer in football that Che Cockatoo-Collins is not a Queenslander. Just ask him. Born in Brisbane, he moved to Cairns at three and played his early football with the Cairns United, now Cairns City Cobras, at what…

With the QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup & QFAW Division 1 Grand Final just around the corner, here is your event guide for the day.    QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup & QFAW Division 1 Grand Final Day Saturday…

A fresh crop of athletes and tourism and sporting partners have backed Swimming the Gap 2023, as the event claims a significant Australian title. Swimming the Gap is a fundraising swim which raises funds for AFL Cape York House Foundation.…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   The opening week of the Senior QAFL Men’s finals delivered two incredible spectacles that will forever be etched in the minds of those who were present to witness them. Wilston Grange defeated Surfers Paradise by…

Martin Hopp was born to be a rugby league man. His grandfather Frank Hopp was a life member of Easts Rugby League Club and the Easts Juniors clubhouse is named in honour of his father Keith. But at age six…