HUDSON CAPTAINS INDIGENOUS U15s
Jeffrey Hudson from Cairns has been named captain of the Queensland side for the AFL Indigenous Kickstart U15 championships on the Gold Coast,
Jeffrey Hudson from Cairns has been named captain of the Queensland side for the AFL Indigenous Kickstart U15 championships on the Gold Coast,
Wednesday 31 August 2011 The first semi-final showdown between the Gold Coast Suns Reserves and Morningside has been moved to Southport on Saturday following a request from the AFL. In a direct swap, the National Under 15 Kickstart Championships grand…
The Queensland Government have just introduced a new app for iPhone users which will enhance the AFL experience. The only app of its kind in Australia – Megafan provides detailed information on nine different Queensland venues and their events all…
AFL Queensland has paid a special tribute to two stalwarts of the Queensland Independent Schools competition, John Stackpoole and Margery McIntyre, by naming premiership cups in their honour, just as they did Jason Dunstall and Michael Voss, among others. Here,…
SANDGATE kept their premiership dreams alive when they downed Western Magpies in a thrilling Pineapple Hotel Cup first semi-final at Chelmer Oval on Sunday.
Last year’s grand finalists took the nail-biter by 16.12 (108) to 15.12 (102) to earn a crack at Palm Beach-Currumbin in the preliminary final on the Gold Coast next Saturday.
SUNSHINE Coast powers Noosa wrapped up a third successive grand final appearance after they downed Palm Beach-Currumbin in a muddy second semi-final at Weyba Road on Saturday.
Friday, 26 August, 2011 The Gold Coast will host the NAB AFL National Draft in 2012, 2013 and 2014 in an initiative that has prompted League insiders to suggest the tourist strip is fast become the AFL’s home away Queensland…
Friday, 26 August, 2011 The hugely popular nab Auskick program has broken into previously unchartered territories in the Mackay region this term. According to local reports, AFL Mackay has been busy hosting AFL clinics in the Western and Central Highlands…
Preliminary Final Caloundra vs. Coorparoo Caloundra and Coorparoo will both want to lock down on the last spot in the 2011 State Association division one Grand Final this week when they do battle at Kianawah Road on Saturday. The Kings…
Nambour & Hinterland vs. Logan City In the biggest game of the year, the competition’s two most consistent performers will battle it out at O’Callaghan Park on Saturday to see who will take home the ultimate prize. The two sides…
Kedron State High and St.Ursula’s from Toowomba have won this year’s grand finals in the Brisbane Lions Cup secondary schools girls’ competition.
Mt.Gravatt’s Clay Cameron is the final nomination for the 2011 NAB NEAFL Rising Star Award (Northern Conference).
SANDGATE captain-coach Ben Long has thrown down the gauntlet to cross-city rivals Western Magpies by suggesting they are the side under most pressure for the Pineapple Hotel Cup elimination first semi-final at Chelmer Oval on Sunday.
Backed up by a sound record over the Magpies this season – the Hawks have won both previous encounters – Long believes the home side is the one under most attention.
A PLACE in a home-town grand final is at stake when arch rivals Noosa and Palm Beach-Currumbin go for the title of kings of the football jungle on Saturday.
These two sides, who have had many great battles ever since the merging of the GCAFL and the South Queensland AFL, clash in Noosa territory at Weyba Road.
On Sunday 21st August, the Division 3 Central Grand Final was played between the two top teams throughout the year. The Bond Uni Bullsharks, the minor premiers, met the Jimboomba Redbacks (the reigning Premiers) for the fifth time this year. With the ledger all square at 2-2, this shaped up to be a blockbuster.
CHAMPION Noosa midfielder Lucas Matthews has taken the Duncanson-Todd Medal for best and fairest player in the Pineapple Hotel Cup.
Matthews, who landed Aspley’s best and fairest award in the QAFL in 2009, scored the prestigious honour with 19 votes at a count at Royal on the Park in Brisbane on Monday night.
AFL Queensland’s strong push into the Indigenous football ranks of South East Queensland has reaped an early dividend, with strong metropolitan representation in the historic first Queensland U15 Indigenous side for the national Indigenous championships on the Gold Coast next week
School teachers in rugby league heartland in Dalby and Townsville have won AFL Queensland’s School Ambassador of the Year awards.
Yeronga/South Brisbane have completed a stunning debut season in the Brisbane Women’s League, beating Morningside by nine points in the grand final.
Park Ridge’s U15 girls team have claimed the club’s first premiership – boys or girls.
PALM Beach-Currumbin emerged victorious, but badly damaged, after beating Western Magpies in a torrid Pineapple Hotel Cup qualifying final at Chelmer Oval on Sunday.
Logan’s Jade Pregelj has been crowned the Brisbane Women’s League Best & Fairest Player for the second year in a row.
Sunday 21 August 2011 The first weekend of NEAFL northern conference finals will feature two Sunday games in Brisbane. When the dust settled on a remarkable final round tonight, Morningside and Aspley had claimed fourth and fifth positions. They will…
ANOTHER shot at a premiership flag remains in the sights of last season’s beaten grand finalists Sandgate after the Hawks took a riveting elimination final against Wilston-Grange at Lemke Road Oval on Saturday.
Sandgate snaffled the north Brisbane derby by 15.5 (95) to 13.12 (90) to advance to an away first semi-final next weekend against either Western Magpies or Palm Beach-Currumbin.
Red Lions 1 vs. Coorparoo Kings Second Semi Final The second Semi Final at St Lucia will see the two favourites for the flag face off in what could be a preview to Grand Final day in two weeks time.…
Logan and Beenleigh will fight for the final place in the 2011 State Association division two Grand Final at Wynnum on Saturday. Both sides are coming off very different games in the second week of finals action and will want…
THERE’S no tomorrow for the loser of the north Brisbane derby between Sandgate and Wilston-Grange at Lemke Road Oval on Saturday.
The losers of the elimination final go into mothballs while the winner live to fight another day in the knockout first semi-final next weekend – against either Western Magpies or Palm Beach-Currumbin.
Another crackerjack match should be at Chelmer Oval on Sunday when Western Magpies host Palm Beach-Currumbin in the qualifying final.
The winner of this match goes into the second semi-final away to Noosa next weekend, while the losers earn home-ground advantage against either Sandgate or Wilston-Grange.
While all this is going on, minor premiers and 2010 champions Noosa sit back to take in events after earning the first week of finals off courtesy of finishing on top of the ladder.
In reserve grade (matches start at 11.45am), the elimination final is between Surfers Paradise and Wilston-Grange at Lemke Road on Saturday, while Sandgate play Western Magpies in the qualifying final on Sunday at Chelmer Oval.
Qualifying final: Western Magpies v Palm Beach-Currumbin
Chelmer Oval, 2pm Sunday
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