By Peter Blucher. Jesse’s slice of history Jesse Joyce will carve his own slice of football history with his AFL debut for the Gold Coast Suns on Saturday night. The 18-year-old midfielder/defender will be the first product of the…

Since it’s initial start up in November 2009 the AFL Club Academy program at the Brisbane Lions is now entering its 7th year of operation and has resulted in 13 Academy players graduating onto AFL senior and rookie playing lists,…

And we’re back! The women are refreshed, refocused and ready to go after last weekend’s bye round. Week five sees a huge matchup between Yeronga and Zillmere and what’s set to be an interesting clash between UQ and Coolangatta. Wilston…

By Peter Blucher.  It’s hardly a headline-grabber and doesn’t guarantee anything, but at least it’s a confidence-booster for Jono Freeman and a reason for optimism in the Brisbane Lions camp. Playing just his second game of the 2016 AFL season,…

By Peter Blucher. Good news for Dempsey, Joyce. Two players at opposite ends of their AFL career grabbed the Queensland spotlight in selection for Round 10 of the Toyota AFL premiership overnight. Essendon veteran Courtenay Dempsey, sidelined for the past…

Eleven Queenslanders have been named in the inaugural Allies squad that will compete in the 2016 NAB AFL Under-18 Championships. Nick Kemp, Jack Rolls, Brad Scheer,  Jack Bowes, Josh Williams, Daniel Charlesworth, Max Spencer, Jacob Allison, Declan Watson, Elliot Himmelberg…

  By Peter Blucher.  Jesse White answers the challenge Travis Cloke or Jesse White? Ordinarily it would be a no-brainer. You’d take the power-marking Cloke over the athletic but sometimes inconsistent White every time. Cloke, with 429 goals and 47…

GOLD Coast academy member Jack Bowes put in another brilliant performance to put forth his case to be drafted at No.1 this year. Bowes finished with five goals and 20 disposals as Queensland ran out 18.11 (119) to 4.7 (31)…

By Peter Blucher. Tom Hickey will play his 50th AFL game for St.Kilda on Sunday, but 50 won’t be the number foremost on his mind. More important will be nine. And next week 10. And so on. Nine? That’s how…

By Peter Blucher. Another pair of AFL brothers? Corey Wagner has moved one step away from completing Queensland’s eighth set of brothers to play AFL football. In his first season at North Melbourne after being taken at No.43 in last…

By Peter Blucher. The Gold Coast Suns have eased the pain of Alex Sexton’s broken arm, extending the young Queenslander’s contract to the end of the 2019 season. Sexton, facing four-six weeks on the sideline with a plate in his…

AFL Queensland has announced funding to 23 clubs via the Inaugural AFL Queensland Female Small Grants Scheme. The Female Small Grants Scheme provides funds of up to $500 to Queensland community clubs to provide essential equipment or resources to female…

The University Hawks AFC has been the pioneers of promoting the Indigenous Round of football in Townsville and has worked tirelessly over the past few years to establish a healthy relationship with the local indigenous educational facility, Shalom Christian College.…

The AFL will celebrate Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round* across Round 10 of the 2016 Toyota AFL Premiership Season, May 27-29. AFL Queensland is inviting all clubs and affiliate leagues to join in celebrating the connection between the game and…

Selectors have named a Brisbane Lions squad of 23 players from the AFL Queensland Football Academy to play Melbourne at the MCG this Sunday, May 22. The game is the seventh in this year’s Women’s Exhibition Match Series and will…

The Mayne Tigers Under 9 Black team wore pink socks to raise funds to help the National Breast Cancer Foundation continue their fantastic work into breast cancer research on Oval 2 at Oxenham Park on Saturday 14 May. The tightly knit team was…

Cairns leaders have praised the work of a ‘special’ Indigenous boarding house in Bungalow. Around 60 guests attended the opening of AFL Cape York House’s new $850,000 multipurpose facility on Friday. RELATED: Indigenous boarding house dances against domestic violence Mayor…

Friday night treat for Zac Smith. By Peter Blucher. There’s something pretty special about Friday night footy. Just ask Zac Smith. Starting in the ruck for Geelong in the blockbuster Round 8 clash with the Adelaide Crows in front of…

Nine North Queensland NAB AFL Auskickers will get the chance of a lifetime when they run onto the Gabba at half time of the Brisbane Lions vs. Fremantle AFL match on June 11. Every year approximately 2,000 Auskickers from Queensland…

Coolangatta 8.11.59 defeated Yeronga 4.4.28 It was a fitting battle between two undefeated sides, but it was the second-half that made the difference, with Coolangatta pulling away in the last quarter. The first half was intense, physical and competitive, but…

The Brisbane Lions have signed their first women’s player ahead of the 2017 AFL National Women’s League Season, securing 19-year-old Tayla Harris in an historic milestone for the Club. Harris – one of the most exciting players in the women’s…

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Queenslander Peter Bock will make his AFL boundary umpiring debut in front of a home state crowd at the Brisbane Lions vs. Collingwood Gabba clash this Saturday night. It’s been a meteoric rise for the Mountain Creek State High School…

As part of the 2016 AFL Sir Doug Nicholls Indigenous Round, AFL Queensland will be partnering with The Long Walk foundation, the Brisbane Lions and the State Library of Queensland for the 2016 Brisbane Walk. The Long Walk recognises and…

Round Eight in the 2016 Toyota AFL Premiership Season has been designated to celebrate community umpiring with the aim to encourage people to get involved in umpiring Australian Football at the grassroots level. Umpires at each AFL match this weekend…

Dixon bags five. By Peter Blucher. Charlie Dixon gave the Brisbane Lions a close-up reminder of what might have been on Sunday when he bagged the biggest haul of goals by a Queenslander this year. In his seventh game for…

Yeronga 9.13.67 defeated University of Queensland 5.8.38 What a game! As expected, it lived up to last week’s match of the round call. Back and forth the ball went, and up until the last 10 minutes of the match, both…

National Volunteer Week (NVW) is an annual celebration to acknowledge the generous contribution of our nation’s volunteers. With the theme Give Happy, Live Happy, introduced in 2015, we continue in 2016 to celebrate and explore the research that shows volunteers live…

All community football clubs around the country have the chance to win a share of $10,000 thanks to the Volkswagen Grassroots Grants Program. Back again in 2016, the Swans and Volkswagen have teamed up to give community football clubs the…

Harbrow 1st SUN to 100 Games. By Peter Blucher Queenslander Jarrod Harbrow on Saturday will become the first player to post 100 AFL games for the Gold Coast SUNS. His milestone in the crunch twilight clash with Melbourne at Metricon…