Queenslander Sam Michael continues his dairy on tour with the AIS/AFL Academy. This time he reports from London on his football trip of a lifetime.

Monday 18 April 2011 A new wave of boundary and goal umpires is being developed courtesy of the annual school-based umpiring academy. A total of 26 students at Brisbane Boys College recently underwent a three-week course learning about boundary umpiring,…

Monday 18 April 2011 Umpires and umpiring administrators from Bundaberg to Cairns were brought up to date on a range of issues that affect them by two senior officials from AFL Queensland last week. State Umpiring Manager Greg Howell and…

NOOSA continued their absolute dominance of Gold Coast rivals Burleigh with another big win over the Bombers at Weyba Road on the Sunshine Coast on Saturday.

Sam Michael is one of three Queenslanders in the AIS/AFL Academy squad enjoying the football trip of a lifetime to Europe. The big Redland Bombers youngster, originally from Cairns, is writing a tour diary to keep Queenslanders up to speed with events as they unfold. Today is installment No.1 from Melbourne, just prior to the team’s departure for Europe.

The weekend’s action will kick off at Graham Road on Saturday, where Aspley will take on Kenmore. Winless so far this year, the Hornets are coming off a disappointing showing last week where they gave up a 28 point lead…

The State Association Division 2 ladder is starting to take shape after 4 rounds, and Logan are sitting comfortably at the top following their win over Coomera last week. Currently undefeated, the Cobras have been impressive in the early stages…

Coolangatta play their first match of the Pineapple Hotel Cup season with an away match against Wilston-Grange in Brisbane on Saturday. The highlight match is up on the Sunshine Coast where Noosa take on Burleigh in a rematch of last season’s preliminary finalists. Elsewhere, Sandgate host Springwood, and there are two matches on the Gold Coast – Palm Beach-Currumbin against Western Magpies and Surfers Paradise against Maroochy-Northshore.

COOLANGATTA have pulled off a stunning promotional coup by signing colourful former AFL star Jason Akermanis to a one-off match appearance in May. Akermanis, the 300-game former Brisbane and Western Bulldogs star, will feature in a sports dinner at Peak Oval on Friday night, May 20, then turn out for the Blues in a southern Gold Coast derby against Palm Beach-Currumbin on the next afternoon.

Queenslanders Sam Michael, Alex Sexton and Brian Coleman-Broom will leave for Europe on Saturday on a 12-day trip of a lifetime with the AIS/AFL Academy squad.

The AFL is offering discount tickets to the Gold Coast Suns next AFL match at the Gabba against Melbourne on Sunday 17 April.

Wednesday 13 April 2011 Sam Dickens might not play football anymore, but he is kicking plenty of goals off the field in the Brisbane North Region at Zillmere. One of the most enthusiastic and popular members of the AFLQ Brisbane…

Wedesday 13 April 2011 The AFL has launched a partnership with Disability Works Australia (DWA) and the Australian Government to create more job opportunities across the Australian football industry for people with a disability. Twenty two people with a disability…

Monday 12 April 2011 Female participant numbers on the Sunshine Coast are sky-rocketing courtesy of the Jonathan Brown Cup schools competition. The numbers of teams involved in the nine-a-side high school competition have mushroomed from seven last year to 23…

Monday 11 April 2011 They might be a small, growing club but the Jimboomba Redbacks unfurled their State Association Division 3 Central premiership with style last weekend. Before playing their first home game of the season against the Woodsmen in…

Monday 11 April 2011 Gold Coast Suns young guns Joel Wilkinson and Jeremy Taylor were on hand to watch two local sides dominate the Jonathan Brown Cup Year 8 schools competition last week. Palm Beach Currumbin and Helensvale will meet…

NOOSA won the battle of the heavyweights up on the Sunshine Coast and new coach David Martin had instant success when his Wilston-Grange Gorillas rolled hot favourites and last season’s beaten grand finalists Sandgate in highlight matches to open the new Pineapple Hotel Cup season.
Also off to flying starts were Burleigh (against Mayne) and Surfers Paradise, who survived in a thriller against Springwood.
In the other match, the Western Magpies made a triumphant return to the QAFL’s Premier League with an encouraging away win over season 2010 finalists Maroochy-Northshore.

The opening match of round three has Kenmore facing UQ at Chelmer. Both teams are currently undefeated this season, with percentage separating them at the top of the ladder. The Bears had a comfortable 22 point victory last week against…

Coomera will be at home to Logan in the opening round of Round 4 this week. In round 3 action, Caboolture disposed of Coomera by 10 goals. It was another story with the Cobras, who smashed UQ by 166 points.…

AFL Queensland’s Brisbane South East are holding a super fun Footy Fair this Sunday at Springwood Football Club. There will be skills sessions, fun games, Brisbane Lions’ players, inflatable activities and plenty of giveaways. Kids of all ages are welcome…

Friday 8 April 2011 Queensland-raised field umpire Ben Ryan will make his AFL debut this weekend. Ryan, who controlled the big Broadbeach-Southport derby in the NEAFL northern conference last Sunday, has received a call-up earlier than anticipated after being elevated…

Friday 8 April 2011 Eight Mile Plains boy Nicholas Greer will realise his ultimate childhood dream when he plays on the hallowed MCG turf during the 2011 Toyota AFL Grand Final. Nicholas, a participant at the Mt Gravatt Vultures NAB…

Nick Riewoldt will become the ninth Queenslander to post 200 AFL games this weekend in a start to the 2011 AFL season that has kept Queensland football historians and statisticians more than a little busy.

Seven members of the 2010 Australia Post Queensland Scorpions side were named today in a 27-man squad for the 2011 NAB Australian U18 championships campaign.

For a complete list of teams for round 1 of the NEAFL Northen Conference are available here.

Friday 1 April 2011 The introduction of the new NEAFL competition has also seen the launch of a new website to cater for all news and information relating to the Northern and Eastern Conferences. The results and match reports from…

Friday 1 April 2011 It’s a long way to the AFL senior list from Rockhampton, but Ben Ryan has negotiated the development highway and reached the summit. Ryan was last week appointed to the AFL umpires panel and is expected…

Friday 1 April 2011 Injury concerns over three top forwards have added a further element of mystery to the opening round of the brand new North East Australian Football League tomorrow and Sunday. Labrador ace Tim Notting, Southport’s Ray Hughson…

Thursday 31 March 2011 Tenacious Southport vice-captain Glenn Screech is hoping his 100-game milestone lasts a lot longer than his debut. The clever midfield utility notches his century at a historic time, celebrating in the Sharks’ first ever game in…

Wednesday 30 March 2011 Midfielders around the league are breathing a sigh of relief with the QAFL’s best tagger of 2010 having moved north. Curtis Allen was a revelation for Labrador last season, locking down on the best midfielders in…