As the AFL heads to Adelaide this weekend, there’s plenty of footy to watch in Brisbane and the Gold Coast with the clubs hosting their very own Gather Rounds right here in the Sunshine State. This Friday, Heritage Bank Stadium…

By Peter Blucher There was a moment in the last week of November 2013 when two newcomers to the Sydney Swans from extraordinarily different backgrounds with extraordinarily different football profiles met for the first time. One was a Kenyan-born refugee…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Noosa hosts Wilston Grange in the third successive Good Friday stand-alone blockbuster. Both teams have split the results with Wilston Grange winning the opening clash by less than a kick at Noosa in 2021 before Noosa…

By Jarrod Landells There has been a distinct hum of energy and action as AFL Vanuatu’s Plei Footy Blong Jenis’ (Play Footy For Change or PFBJ), a program for gender equity supported by the Australian Government’s Team Up’ initiative, finally…

By Peter Blucher  It was a picture that told 1000 words … all of them sad. Lying face down in the middle of Marrara Stadium in Darwin, Lachie Weller thumped the ground. Not once or twice but repeatedly. Surging forward…

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…

AFL Mackay is proud to announce Mackay Isuzu Ute has returned as the major sponsor of the Junior Competition for an eighth straight year. Mackay Isuzu Ute has been a long-standing valuable partner and supporter of junior footy in the…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend ASPLEY v BROADBEACH Aspley will take to the field at home in the re-match of the 2022 Grand Final with 16 of its premiership heroes taking the field in the season opener. Tom Templeton and Jonathon Freeman…

With the QAFL Season kicking off this weekend, AFL Queensland quizzed 13 of the captains and co-captains on the teams and players they think will stand out this year. Aspley and Broadbeach have been tipped to feature in the big…

State League footy – live and free!   AFL Queensland is pleased to announce the streaming of both Men’s and Women’s State League Competitions; QAFL and Bond University QAFLW will increase significantly over the 2023 season.   Approximately half of…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   The 2022 season was one that produced some incredible highs, and some frustrating lows for the Wilston Grange outfit. When this team was hot and running with confidence; they certainly took some beating; but when the…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   After a stunning loss in the 2021 Preliminary Final at home; Labrador rolled into the 2022 season looking to take that next big step and make the premiership decider. The quest for premiership success started perfectly…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Panthers will be looking to claw their way back into the finals hunt in 2023 after a disappointing 2022 season. The team started the year with a challenging 102-point loss at home against the might of…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Palm Beach Currumbin shook the foundations of the QAFL competition in 2022 when it went within moments of a match-up with Aspley in the Preliminary Final, a team that would ultimately salute as the number one team…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend  Noosa was the Cinderella story of the 2022 QAFL season. After failing to secure a victory in its maiden year in the competition in 2021; the club had a busy pre-season with a solid recruiting campaign and…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend There are shades of Essendon’s 1999 to 2001 run about Broadbeach as it heads into the 2023 season. After being one of the most dominant teams in the COVID-impacted season of 2020 and going down in the…

By Peter Blucher  AFL draft guru Callum Twomey is an unabashed Will Ashcroft fan. So much so that he says the boom Brisbane Lions’ newcomer has served the best AFL ‘apprenticeship’ in history. Now back in Queensland after a short…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Another season, another quality Redland Victoria Point Senior outfit to take the Totally Workwear Park. The Sharks were red-hot in season 2022. A smokey for the flag in a covid-interrupted 2021 season, they hit the ground running…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend What a difference a year makes. Aspley moved from the VFL into the QAFL across the 2022 pre-season with high hopes that it can compete and challenge for the title. After joining the NEAFL in 2011; with…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   This is a massive season for the 2021 finalists and 2019 Grand finalists. Last season was one that started with great promise when it went down to Palm Beach Currumbin by two-points in the season-opener on…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Mt Gravatt has a massive season in front of it as it looks to climb back up the QAFL ladder and challenge for finals. Dittmer Park has long been a nightmare for visiting clubs; but a wonderful…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Pies come into the 2023 season filled with confidence and rejuvenation after a big pre-season and determination to overcome a disappointing 2022 season. Sherwood was on track to improve on its 2021 season, a year that…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Roos from the Sunshine Coast will be eager to return to the post-season in 2023 after a frustrating and some-what disappointing 2022 season. After powering through to the 2021 decider and going down to red-hot premiership…

The 2023 Townsville KS Pilates Senior Women’s Cup and Townsville RMS Men’s Premiership and Reserves seasons kicked off on the weekend with quality clashes across all three competitions. The defending premiers, Thuringowa Bulldogs continued their reign with a win over…

By Peter Blucher Sherwood junior Samson Ryan has done what no other player in AFL history has done. He has kicked three goals with his first three kicks – in just his second game. Adding further potential to one of…

Friday night footy is almost back with the fixtures for QFA Division 3 and 4 locked in.   The newly restructured competition will now feature teams in QFA Division 3 North and South and QFA Division 4 North and South.…

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…

Sophie Wheeler, AFLQ Competition Administration Lead and Sam Cairns, AFLQ Development Coordinator   Interested in working at the AFL? Many of our full time staff began their AFL career as a casual staff member, delivering programs in schools and clubs!…

Suitable for all registered South East Queensland and Northern Rivers club coaches coaching a junior team in 2023.   PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Finer details will be sent to the nominated email address at least one week prior to…

By Peter Blucher  Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has been like a second father to Charlie Dixon. He has steered the big ex-Cairns basketballer through much of his 15 years in the AFL, and together they share a special player/coach…