Seven years since she first picked up a whistle, 22-year-old Belinda Maher will make her AFLW field umpiring debut tonight when the Brisbane Lions take on the Western Bulldogs at Brighton Homes Arena in NAB AFLW Round 4.  It marks a…

AFL Queensland is excited to announce that Morningside Australian Football Club and Moreton Bay Lions Australian Rules Sport Club have been granted licenses to join the Bond University QAFLW in season 2025. This expansion will increase the competition to 10…

The QFAW Division 1 Senior Grand Final will see a new champion crowned, as Sandgate and Sherwood vie for their first premiership in this competition tommorrow at the South Pine Sports Complex. Sandgate enters the final as the clear favourite,…

Southport has been crowned the 2024 Bond University QAFLW Premiers following a dominant 35-point victory over Bond University at People First Stadium. The day was historic for women’s Australian rules football on the Gold Coast, with powerhouse clubs Southport and…

People First Stadium, the home of the Gold Coast SUNS, will host the Bond University QAFLW Grand Final on Sunday August 25th to herald the start of the AFL Queensland finals series. Four huge weekends of finals footy will be…

As the Bond University QAFLW finals series approaches this weekend, AFL Queensland is pleased to announce the 2024 Bond University QAFLW Squad of the Year.  Forty-two players have been listed in the squad with the 2024 Bond University QAFLW Team…

Women’s Coaching Month has officially kicked off in the AFL, as the football community celebrates and recognises the contribution of women and girls in coaching roles across the country.   Established in 2020 and proudly supported by BHP, Women’s Coaching…

The Queensland Girls Under 18 squad has been named to take part in the 2024 Marsh AFL National Championship – Under 18 Girls competition.   The Championships will again feature six teams, including Queensland, South Australia, Victoria Country, Victoria Metro, Western Australia…

Even without AFL ovals back home, young female footballers from the nation’s remote far north are kicking goals with AFL Cape York. This week (30 April), a schoolgirls side from Bamaga and Thursday Island thrilled  against the best schools in Cairns,…

Five AFLW players have signed on as ambassadors for the AFL Schools program, which aims to provide teachers across Australia with the resources and opportunity they need to connect students with our great game. Taking on ambassador roles this year…

The AFL has launched the third annual ‘Women’s Coaching Month’, supported by BHP, to take place throughout July.   Women’s Coaching Month presents an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of current women and girls in coaching roles across the country…

The AFL has launched the third annual ‘Women’s Coaching Month’, supported by BHP, to take place throughout July. Women’s Coaching Month presents an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of current women and girls in coaching roles across the country and…

The AFL has launched the third annual ‘Women’s Coaching Month’, supported by BHP, to take place throughout July. Women’s Coaching Month presents an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of current women and girls in coaching roles across the country and…

The AFL has launched the third annual ‘Women’s Coaching Month’, supported by BHP, to take place throughout July.   Women’s Coaching Month presents an opportunity to celebrate the contribution of current women and girls in coaching roles across the country…

Ten Queenslanders have been named as part of the Woomeras and Medleys squads named by the AFL today.  More than 75 of the country’s most promising 16-and-under girls footballers with Indigenous or multicultural backgrounds will come together on the Gold…

The annual North Queensland v South Queensland Representative Clash is less than a week away and men’s and women’s final squads have been locked in. North Queensland will be defending their titles on home soil this year, with both games…

A squad of 29 girls has been named in the Queensland Under 18 State Team selected to represent Queensland at the upcoming National Championships.   The Championships will feature the country’s most talented under 18 female footballers, some of whom…

Saturday July 1 is when Queensland’s best-performing senior footballers will have the opportunity to represent their state in 2023 with the return of senior men’s and women’s interstate representative football.   Both Queensland teams are set to take on Tasmania…

For the first time, all teams at the Glenmore Bulls Australian Football Club will don their Indigenous guernsey for Sir Doug Nicholls Round to recognises the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributions to the great game of Australian Football. The…

Thousands of kids across the state will lace up their boots this weekend with the return of junior footy fixtures. This season, an extra 54 teams will compete in the South East Queensland (SEQ) Junior Competition with the under 13s…

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…

There is plenty to celebrate at AFL Queensland (AFLQ) this International Women’s Day with more women and girls than ever involved in Australian football. Madi Crowley-Long, who stepped up to become Women and Girls Community Football Lead last year and…

AFL Queensland has taken another step forward in the progression of women and girls in community football by aligning its uniform policy with the AFL, following the national governing body’s historic uniform policy change announced late last year. Senior and…

What is the Junior Female Startup Fund? The program is to help clubs wanting to start an U/9 girls team, an All Girls Auskick group or All Girls Superstars team by providing funding to go towards a new set of…

Earlier this year Seven community football representatives from across Australia were acknowledged for their outstanding contribution to women’s football as part of the 2022 Chemist Warehouse AFLW Community Ambassador program. Each Ambassador received a $1,000 grant from the Women’s Football Fund to…

AFL Queensland congratulates Brisbane Lions superstar and local product Ally Anderson on winning the 2022 AFLW Best-and-Fairest award for season seven.   Anderson won a thrilling vote count on Tuesday night and finished on 21 votes, with three votes in…

Consistent on field performances, combined with a strong strategy has elevated the Sandgate Hawks’ QFAW Division 2 team to QFAW Division 1, starting from season 2023.   Over the past few years, the Brisbane based club has focussed strongly on…

The AFL, in partnership with NAB, is pleased to announce the AFLW Premiership Cup will hit the road this month, as part of the inaugural 2022 NAB AFLW Premiership Cup Tour Season Seven which will commence from November 11-24. The…

2022 saw the Yeronga Devils launch a youth female football program, which ensured all girls youth teams had a female coach.   The initiative was aimed to leverage the benefits of positive female role models whilst also providing dedicated opportunities…

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