The AFL audience world-wide held its collective breath shortly after 5pm on Saturday 28 September 2018 as West Coast’s Dom Sheed stood 25m from goal on the boundary line at the MCG with the result of the AFL Grand Final…

A total of 197 Queenslanders have played in the AFL since Kedron’s Erwin Dornau was the first at South Melbourne in 1948 and 131 of them have done so since Mark Browning took charge of the Queensland talent pathway in…

Jo Butland loves nothing more than to hear the words ‘Thanks Jo’ from any of the countless young girls who have followed a pathway that the Cairns-based women’s football icon has blazed in Queensland. It makes it all worthwhile, she…

In ancient England the name ‘Daddow’ means ‘good fella’ in the Cornish and Celtic dialects. But if they were to invent an area-specific dialect at Noosa it would have an extended meaning ….it  would be ‘good fella and club legend’.…

By Daniel Viles Qualifying Final: SOUTHPORT v BOND UNIVERSITY Saturday 12 August 2023, 2pm at Fankhauser Reserve, Southport Live stream with commentary on YouTube Head-to-Head: Played 5 – Southport won 3; Bond University won 2 Head-to-Head at Fankhauser Reserve: Played…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The penultimate round of the QAFL Senior home and away season will be epic. It’s hard to pick a winner across most games this round; almost as much as it is to pick the final order…

Many of the most promising under-17 boys footballers from Victoria, New South Wales, ACT and Queensland will be in action in Melbourne this Sunday, August 13. The young stars will feature in a double-header at Werribee’s Avalon Airport Oval. The…

Cameron Buchanan tells a story that goes right to the heart of Queensland football. When as a teenager, he started at senior level with Windsor-Zillmere in 1987, he was the only boy in a family of three children, yet 36…

In its inaugural season, wheelchair AFL in Queensland has taken off, building to an intense finals series between the four foundation clubs. Following the conclusion of the season, QClash returns in September, and both the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast…

They say if you can find something you love and make it your career, you’re a lucky man. So Peter Blucher is one very lucky man. A one-time journalist and all-time sports ‘nut’, he’s been involved in Australian football in…

AFL Queensland has partnered once again with McDonalds Brisbane for the fifth annual Ronald McDonald House Charity Round across the South East Queensland Footy4Fun and Youth competition. The Ronald McDonald House Charities South East Queensland (SEQ) accommodate for up to…

The Darling Downs Crows have a long history of filling the gap between early-age football and senior football in the Darling Downs. The Crows program returned in 2021 following a challenging period due to the COVID pandemic and re-launched the…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   The QAFL Senior Men’s competition took another drastic turn in the run to the 2023 Finals in Round 19 action on Saturday. With three games taking place in the final split round of the season;…

There have been dozens of southern recruits to Queensland football who have been pivotal to the game’s growth over the past 40 years, but as important as any was a Melbourne journalist whose first love was horses and was a…

Jamie Charman spent more than 4,000 days as a Brisbane Lions player from 2001-11. He had a lot of good times in a 129-game career, but there was one day that was special – so special it made all the…

It’s a rare footballer who plays almost 500 games of senior football, but to supporters of Windsor-Zillmere and Aspley, that’s only half of the story when it comes to Terry Weller. He’s just a rare person, they say. A footballer…

As a 16-year-old, Wes Parry was invited to train at Footscray in 1963 under the legendary Ted Whitten. Already a senior player at Yarram in Gippsland for two years, it was a dream come true. He played two practice matches…

The AFL has today released the names of 61 players invited to attend the 2023 AFL Draft Combine.   The AFL Draft Combine will showcase many of the country’s most talented draft-age boys footballers. Queenslanders William Graham, Ethan Read, Jake…

AFL Queensland strongly condemns all forms of vilification in the football community and is deeply disappointed by recent incidents involving players and spectators. Under the AFL’s policies, it is prohibited to threaten, disparage, vilify or insult another person on any…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend With just three rounds remaining in the 2023 QAFL Senior Home and Away season and three games taking place this weekend, the race for the top six will go that one step closer to being finalised.…

Affectionately known as ‘Mr Coorparoo’, Vic Giffin was a pivotal figure in the formation, success, and ageless legacy of the Coorparoo Football Club, and a 50-year servant of Australian football in Queensland as a player, visionary and administrator. Born in…

By Peter Blucher   In a sport in which loyalty is becoming a fading commodity, Noosa junior Jack Payne has defied the trend to lock in his long-term future with the Brisbane Lions. The powerhouse ex-Lions Academy defender, an appealing…

John Finn is in his 50th year with the West Townsville Football Club, now known as the Thuringowa Bulldogs. He played in five senior premierships over 18 years and was a premiership coach. He was a best and fairest winner,…

It was a huge moment in Queensland football when the VFL Match of the Day came to television in the early 1970s. From 2pm each Saturday, fans would tune in to Channel Seven for the only live coverage of the…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend With just three games taking place in Round 18 of the QAFL Senior competition; each game had a lot riding on the result; not just for the winners, but those who play in the second round of…

The Brisbane Lions were the undisputed kings of the AFL in 2001-02-03, going back-to-back-to back to be one of only six teams in history to win three premierships in a row. And if ‘Emperor’ is the king of kings, as…

In Round 14 1981 Fitzroy beat South Melbourne at Lake Oval by 14 points. It was Robert Walls’ 14th game as coach as the great Bernie Quinlan played his 249th game in the 250th of great mate and South champion…

It’s a great trivia question. In the Brisbane Lions’ golden era of 2001-02-03-04, when they won three premierships and played in a fourth grand final, who was the only player to win All-Australian selection each year? Michael Voss? Simon Black?…

Cherie Brockwell had a fair clue very early in life that she was going to live in the football world …. on her way home from Royal Brisbane Hospital, just a few days old, she stopped in at Crosby Park…

by Daniel Viles BOND UNIVERSITY v UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Saturday 29 July 2023, 4:45pm at Bond University Oval, Robina Live stream with commentary on YouTube Head-to-Head: Played 14 – Bond University won 7; University of Queensland won 6; Drawn 1…