By Alice Barker Park Ridge has climbed their way to the top of the QFA Division 4 in their inaugural season and held the Grand Final trophy high, defeating Maroochydore 32-points. The Pirates were forced to wither the constant Roos…

AFL Queensland have formally advised the Southport Sharks of their entry into the 2020 QFAW Division 1 competition. AFL Queensland State Football Operations Manager, Barry Gibson, said that the club have worked hard to build a pathway for young females. “Granting Southport…

By Terry Wilson SECOND SEMI-FINAL Palm Beach Currumbin v Surfers Paradise At Salk Oval, 2pm Saturday Ins: Palm Beach Currumbin – Jack Anthony, Dirk Kornen, Cooper Portelli. Surfers Paradise – no changes. Outs: Palm Beach Currumbin – Dale Neuhaus (omit),…

By Hayley Hinze Two Brazilian goal umpires have topped off their first season by officiating the QFAW Division 2 North Grand Final, between Hinterland and Ipswich last weekend. University students Aline Leonel and Juliana Almeida Magelhaes began their AFL experience…

As regular community football seasons across the nation draw to a close, the Byron Bay AFL9s Invitational is fast-approaching with its usual promise of fast footy action and picturesque off-field relaxation. On the 25th and 26th of October, 27 teams from across…

On Sunday AFL Queensland celebrated the achievements of players, coaches, volunteers and administrators from the AFL Capricornia competition when it hosted the annual Senior Awards Presentation event. More than 120 guests gathered at the Frenchville Sports Club in Rockhampton, with AFL Capricornia…

Last Sunday saw AFL Darling Downs celebrate the region’s 2019 Youth Competition and it’s award winners in a huge weekend of junior football which included the Junior End of Year Carnival. Over 120 people packed out the Norfolk Room of…

By Alice Barker As the final siren for the 2019 QAFLW season rung at Leyshon Park on Sunday, a chorus erupted. The crowd had gathered for the team but there was one player whose esteem permeated above all else. It…

By Ant Wingard Coorparoo’s fate in the 2019 QAFLW Grand Final was sealed somewhere early in the second term. The Kings, desperate to ensure a third straight loss in the title bout was not on the cards, had just booted…

Last Wednesday AFL Mackay recognised the achievements of local upcoming junior players, volunteers, coaches and parents at Harrup Park for the 2019 Mackay Isuzu UTE Junior Awards Night. AFL Queensland Competition & Club Development Manager – Mackay, Christina Likos commended all…

By Terry Wilson Poor Panthers were easy prey for the Demons The Surfers Paradise tsunami has steamrolled another victim, this time the Morningside Panthers in the QAFL qualifying final at Sir Bruce Small Park on Saturday. The rampaging Demons, clearly…

By Ant Wingard It’s taken three long years but Coorparoo are back at the pinnacle of senior women’s football in Queensland following an annihilation of Bond University by 76-points at Leyshon Park. For long, Coorparoo ruled the roost in the…

By Ant Wingard Burleigh Bombettes v Kedron Lions: QFAW Division 1 Grand Final An eleventh hour upset has jolted Kedron into the QFAW Division 1 Grand Final but somehow, it seems rather fitting and fair the Lions get to contest…

By Hayley Hinze Leading into the QAFLW Grand Final this weekend, minor premiers Bond University reflect on the year’s rises and falls to prepare for a tough match against Coorparoo. Only three weeks ago in Round 14, Bond University was…

By Terry Wilson QUALIFYING FINAL Surfers Paradise v Morningside At Sir Bruce Small Park, 2pm Saturday Ins: Surfers Paradise – Jack Taylor, Josh Matulis. Morningside – no changes. Outs: Surfers Paradise – Nathan Trevena (omit), Connor McKenzie (omit). Morningside –…

By Hayley Hinze Well this is it; it’s the closing instalment of the QAFLW Development League which will either see Coorparoo finally get the upper hand over Bond University, or see the minor premiers successfully round off their season. Rewind…

By Ant Wingard Bond University coach Shane Atkins is expecting a fierce contest in this weekend’s Bond University QAFLW Grand Final against Coorparoo, labelling the Kings a classy side. Despite finishing the season atop the ladder and claiming the minor…

By Peter Blucher Queensland football’s extraordinary ‘Class of 2006’ is down to one following the exit of David Armitage from St Kilda today. This will leave Gold Coast veteran Jarrod Harbrow as the last of a what was a staggering…

Three goals against Sandgate last weekend, on top of some promising form through the season with Morningside, has resulted in Brock Aston receiving the round 19 nomination for the QAFL Rising Star Award. Aston is 20, with a physical build,…

By Ant Wingard Grand Final appearances and Coorparoo always seem to go hand in hand. It’s nearly a given each year that the Kings will be one of the final two teams remaining to compete in the season’s final game.…

Mackay’s Alana Gee has been awarded the 2019 Troy Clarke Scholarship, named after former Brisbane Bear and AFL Queensland Development Manager Troy Clarke. The scholarship is designed to support a young person from Regional Queensland who displays the core values…

By Peter Blucher It’s going to be one of the great football trivia questions in years to come … can you name the Queenslanders who have been senior coaches in the AFL? Michael Voss, coach of the Brisbane Lions 2009-13,…

By Ant Wingard This weekend’s Bond University QAFLW Grand Final pits  Ellie Hampson (COORPAROO) Football is often referred to as a game of inches and there is perhaps no better player capable of changing field position in an instant than…

Next Friday the Garbutt Magpies will host their annual Garbutt Magpies Cup, an educational, cultural and sporting event like no other. Thirteen primary schools from across far North Queensland will compete in the event, held at the Murray Complex in Annandale.…

YERONGA SOUTH BRISBANE v. COORPAROO Coorparoo                               0.0,  0.4,  6.6,  8.8  (56) Yeronga South Brisbane         2.2,  2.3,  3.4,  6.4  (40)   GOALS, Coorparoo: Wuetschner 3, J. Tawhiao-Wardlaw 2, T. White 2, P. Parker 1. Yeronga South Brisbane: Farquharson 2, M. Goodwin…

By Terry Wilson Same five clubs left to fight out the premiership After all the permutations, what-ifs, possibilities and theories leading into the 2019 QAFL finals series the dust has settled and, surprise surprise, the five teams that made the…

By Peter Blucher There’s never a bad time to win selection in a home-and-away AFL side bound for the finals but if there’s a best time it might just be Round 22. Or the penultimate round. By Round 22 the…

By Terry Wilson Final-round frenzy as seven into five doesn’t equate. It is a QAFL premiership race featuring nine clubs. In one of the most absorbing seasons for years seven of those nine clubs remain in contention for places in…

By Ant Wingard It’s quite fitting that the season’s penultimate game – and by far the most important for either side competing – will be played between two of the competition’s most revered and tenured clubs. This weekend’s Preliminary Final…

By Terry Wilson Some words of advice from club legend Ben Jaekne-Cain early this year have proved pivotal in the development of Western Magpies teenager Riley Greene. Greene, only 17, is the Round 18 nominee for the QAFL Rising Star…