In the frantic world of the AFL it would have seemed like a miniscule thing, but North Melbourne’s Round 11 team announcement on Thursday night was massive for one North Queensland youngster. Josh Williams, in his first season at the…

Who’s been the best Queensland player in the first half of the 2017 Toyota AFL premiership? Dayne Zorko? Dayne Beams? Or Charlie Dixon? Brisbane Lions fans could mount a legitimate argument for Zorko or Beams, who have both been outstanding…

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  Match of the round: Saturday 4:45pm – Coolangatta Tweed Vs. Zillmere Eagles (Coolangatta Tweed, Peak Oval) After coming off a disappointing loss to Coorparoo last week and dropping out of the top four for the first time this year,…

AFL Queensland selectors have named a 23 player Queensland squad for game one of the 2017 NAB AFL Under 16 Championships in Blacktown on Monday June 12. Queensland State U16 squad 3 Jack Wingrave 3/08/2001 181 62 Burleigh 4 Ben Hogan…

AFL Queensland is partnering with Deadly Choices, The Long Walk and the Brisbane Lions for the 2017 Brisbane Walk. The Long Walk recognises and celebrates the historic trek taken by Michael Long on 21 November 2004, walking from his home…

Lachie Weller experienced a contrasting high and low of epic proportions on Saturday night in arguably the best performance of his burgeoning career. Weller, playing his 35th AFL game, had his first 30-possession game and suffered his first 100-point loss…

  Round 8 results: Yeronga 8.5 (53) def. University of Queensland 3.7 (25) Coorparoo 5.14 (44) def. Coolangatta Tweed 4.8 (32) Wilston Grange 20.13 (133) def. Zillmere Eagles 0.0 (0) BYE: Maroochydore   Kings knock off Bluebirds: Coorparoo has registered…

Community clubs across the state are joining celebrations for Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round. Broadbeach Cats Juniors are just one club making a feature of it, with all Friday night and Saturday games highlighting the significance of the round. Prior…

100 games for Whitecross.                           If Brendan Whitecross wanted to wallow in self-pity he’d look at his AFL games tally at birthday time each year and think how…

Match of the round: Coorparoo Vs. Coolangatta Tweed Saturday 3:30pm, Giffin Park,  Coorparoo After a big win over Maroochydore last week, Coorparoo face the challenge of reigning premiers, Coolangatta. The Bluebirds suffered a big blow last week when they lost co-captain Alex…

AFL Queensland is encouraging all community football clubs to say thanks to their local coach in the Foxtel and AFL Coaches Association #ThanksCoach campaign. In Queensland alone there are more than 4,170 accredited coaches who are responsible for shaping the…

Before commencing a highly decorated rugby career in 1891, an outstanding Indigenous athlete with an amazing story emerged from the Maryborough representative Australian football team of 1889. Maryborough’s Frank Ivory, along with Jack Hensler (1884 − Gympie), were the only…

AFL Queensland has named the 2017 Queensland Women’s Under 23 initial training squad. The squad will be trimmed to 26 in the week beginning Mon June 5. The team will play two matches against Western Australia; the first at 6:30pm…

The AFL launched the 2017 Toyota AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round today in Melbourne’s Parliament Gardens outside a statue of Sir Doug and Lady Gladys Nicholls. This is the eleventh year the AFL has celebrated Indigenous Round and the…

Geelong ruckman Zac Smith has had a weird season. But weird turned to wonderful over the weekend. Smith produced arguably the best performance of his 94-game career when it mattered most for the Cats in a nostalgic home win over…

    Round 7 results: Coolangatta Tweed v Yeronga: DRAW (game called off) Note that on SportsTG website match will show scores at the time match was called off. Teams were allocated 2 points each and percentage based on the…

An extra 308,598.00 will be injected community football clubs, thanks to latest round of the Queensland Government’s Gambling Community Benefit Fund grants. “We are pleased that our community footy clubs continue to be successful in securing funding to improve their…

Is Matthew Hammelmann a forward or a defender? Right now even he probably doesn’t know, and he definitely doesn’t care. All that matters to the 198cm 21-year-old is that he’s back in the Brisbane Lions side for Round 9 of…

  Match of the round: Saturday 4:45pm – Coolangatta Tweed Vs. Yeronga South Brisbane (Coolangatta Tweed, Peak Oval) It’s the Grand Final rematch we’ve all been waiting for. Originally scheduled for round one, which was wiped out with heavy rain,…

  The Brisbane Lions have affirmed their commitment to grassroots football, launching a new series of education workshops aimed at community clubs. In conjunction with AFL Queensland and the Brisbane Juniors team, the Lions will host the Community Club Masterclass…

Ken Murphy, former Chief Executive of AFL Queensland and the Brisbane Lions, will be remembered at a memorial gathering on Wednesday afternoon, 24 May, at the Queensland Cricketers’ Club (4pm). Members of the football community are invited to join friends…

  Results: Coorparoo 3.5 (23) def. by  University of Queensland 4.1 (25) Maroochydore 1.5 (11) def. by Wilston Grange 5.3 (33) Zillmere 0.0 (0) def. by Yeronga South Brisbane 24.14 (158) BYE: Coolangatta Tweed   Friday night thriller: Fans who…

Nick Riewoldt is the new holder of Queensland AFL games record. Riewoldt played his 326th game for St.Kilda on Saturday to surpass the previous mark of 325, which stood to the credit of Jason Akermanis. The 34-year-old Gold Coaster heads…

  Jarrod Harbrow will return home from the Gold Coast Suns’ historic visit to China with a memorable personal keepsake. The Suns games record-holder, playing his 120th game in the red and yellow, had a club best 35 possessions in…

Claye Beams will compete an AFL ‘grand slam’ with his 50th AFL game for the Brisbane Lions against Hawthorn in Launceston on Saturday. The talented but unlucky 25-year-old, in his eighth year in the AFL, has played against every opposition…

  Match of the round: Friday May 12, 7:30pm – Coorparoo Vs. UQ (Giffin Park, Coorparoo) Friday night footy is here! For the first time this year Coorparoo will play host to UQ for their ‘Friday Night Bites’ which will…

  The 2017 NAB AFL Women’s Under-18 Championships will commence today, Friday, May 12 in Adelaide. A new Championships format will see matches played in across two rounds over eight weeks in four states. All states and territories will compete…