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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Daniel Pratt

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Mark Browning

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Jo Butland

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Len Daddow

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’.

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Bond University QAFLW Semi Final – Teams

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

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QAFL PREVIEW – ROUND 20

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

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FUTURE STARS TO FEATURE IN DOUBLE-HEADER ON SUNDAY

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Cameron Buchanan

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

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QUEENSLAND WHEELCHAIR AFL QCLASH #1 DRAFT PICKS ANNOUNCED

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Peter Blucher

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

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RONALD MCDONALD HOUSE CHARITY ROUND IS BACK FOR 2023

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

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DARLING DOWNS CROWS ARE BUILDING FOR SUCCESS

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

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QAFL Review – Round 19

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;

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Brian Burke

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Jamie Charman

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Terry Weller

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

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Wes Parry

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

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QUEENSLANDERS INVITED TO AFL AND STATE DRAFT COMBINES 2023

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

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AFL QUEENSLAND VILIFICATION STATEMENT

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

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QAFL PREVIEW – ROUND 19

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.

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2023 Queensland Football Hall of Fame – Vic Giffin

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

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QUEENSLANDERS IN THE AFL – ROUND 20

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

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – John Finn

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,

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – Peter Cummiskey

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

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QAFL Review – Round 18

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

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – Simon Black

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

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – Jonathan Brown

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

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – Nigel Lappin

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?

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2023 Queensland Hall of Fame – Cherie Brockwell

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

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BOND UNIVERSITY QAFLW TEAMS – ROUND 16

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

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