Despite suffering an ACL injury in the final quarter of the match, Wilston Grange forward Joel Perry-Warren has earnt the Rising Star nomination for round 15. The 18 year-old kicked a bag of five goals and was playing as a…

Numbers game You couldn’t script this if you tried, but this weekend in the QFA South, the fixture reads like a finals week. It will be 1v2, 3v4, 5v6, 7v8 and 9v10. If you get one game between to close…

The AFL has released the list of players invited to attend the 2016 NAB AFL Draft Combine in October. Eighty players have been invited after being nominated by at least five AFL clubs. Six of those are Queenslanders who will…

Bomber meets the real Bomber After 10 seasons at the helm Graham ‘Bomber’ Adams broke the record as the longest serving Sandgate senior coach on Saturday. The clubrooms were packed with people wanting to celebrate the milestone with him, including…

The voicemail On Sunday morning, I woke up to a very pleasant, three minute voice-mail from about 3am the night before. It was a certain UQ player giving me the full run down of their win over Wilston Grange that…

THAT goal Brad Scheer became the talk of the under 18 world last Wednesday night when he handed the Allies their first win of the NAB AFL Under 18 Championships courtesy of a right foot banana from the boundary. Don’t…

Roo beauty I’ve seen a few strange occurrences at the footy in my time, but I’ve never seen a Kangaroo hop through the middle of a warm up. On Friday night at Ipswich, Skippy decided he was a bit chilly…

Seventeen year-old University of Queensland young-gun Connor Ballenden is the round 10 QAFL Rising Star nominee. He is one to keep an eye on, as Ballenden is already one of the most highly regarded Under 17 players in the country.…

For Webby In December last year, Dean Webb, a Lismore Swans player, lost his battle with melanoma at just 28 years of age. On Saturday, Lismore hosted the inaugural Dean Webb Cup when they played Byron. The aim of the…

We are now half way through the Allies campaign in the NAB AFL Division One Championships, so we thought the time was right to check in on how the 11 Queenslanders who were selected in the initial squad are travelling.…

17 year-old Western Magpies debutant Will Fletcher is the round 9 QAFL Rising Star nominee. The talented defender won plenty of the footy in his first game which the Pies won comfortably by 62 points. “I found I was on…

Faulks hits the ton If you think about the superstars that have made Mayne a juggernaut over the last few years, Luke Faulkner’s name is right up there. On Saturday, he celebrated game 100 in the yellow and black in…

Under 16 Queensland 3.5.23 defeated by Tasmania 9.12.66 Goals T. Matthews 1, J. Deacon 1, S. Parkin-Owens 1 Best C. Portelli, C. Graham, C. McFadyen, J. Mills, K. Coleman   Under 17 Queensland 6.6.42 defeated Tasmania 5.1.31 Goals J. Clayton…

It’s fair to say it’s all happening in the Queensland talent space at the moment… it’s been a hectic month or two. We thought we’d do a quick whip around to see what’s on the agenda in all the different…

A 23-man Queensland Under 17 team has been announced to take on Tasmania next Saturday. The team, made up of players eligible for the 2017 NAB AFL National Draft, will take on a Tasmanian Under 17 team on June 11…

Williams is a jet When Josh Williams took three bounces down the wing, baulked two opponents, steadied from 35 on the run and kicked the goal of the day for Queensland against Tasmania in the Under 18’s yesterday, you couldn’t…

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)…

Queensland made it 2/3 in the NAB AFL Under 18 Championships on Sunday at Metricon, with a dominate performance over Tasmania. Read how they got the job done here below

This Sunday, on their home deck, the Queensland Under 18’s  play their final game of the NAB AFL Under 18 National Championships against Tasmania. Before you head to the ground, or tune in to the live blog on www.aflq-new.fspdev.com, here’s…

Milestone man Game 100 was a long time coming for Mt Gravatt’s Troy Moncur on the weekend, but he certainly made the most of it. Moncur, a member of Mt Gravatt’s 2002 premiership side, returned to Dittmer Park this year…

QUEENSLAND          5.1      11.6    14.8    22.9 (141) defeated NT                                  0.5      2.9      5.10    7.12 (54) When a team plays four quarters of relentless football as one unit, results like…

Queensland 22.9.141 defeated Northern Territory 7.12.54 Goals Jacks Rolls 3, Jack Bowes 2, Jacob Dawson 2, Jacob Allison 2, Joel Perry-Warren 2, Elliot Himmelberg 2, Harry Simmington 2, Reid Gordon 1, Luca Mason 1, Shawn Watson 1, Josh Williams 1,…

What happened last week? While the scoreboard wasn’t flattering, Queensland had more than their fair share of chances against NSW/ACT in their first of three NAB AFL Under 18 Championships games this year. The maroons went down by 47 points,…

In 2015, Queensland made history by taking out the Under 16 and Under 18 Division Two NAB AFL Championships. This weekend, their championship defence begins. On Sunday at Sydney’s Blacktown Oval, Queensland take on the old enemy, the team they…

Queensland made it 2/2 in the TAC Cup this year with a win over the Western Jets at Aspley on Saturday. Read how they did it below.  

The Queensland State Academy play their second of two TAC Cup games for 2016 tomorrow, Saturday 22 against the Western Jets at Aspley. The game will be live blogged on www.aflq-new.fspdev.com, so tune in from 10:20am for all the action.…

Our Queensland State Academy jumped on the big bird, and landed in Melbourne for their first of two TAC Cup games this year. Find out how they went against the Northern Knights below  

Tomorrow, the Queensland State Academy team will play their first of two TAC Cup games against the Northern Knights at 11am. That will make it two games in six days for the squad, who took on Victoria Country on Sunday.…

15 If you kick 15 goals in a game as a team in a game, it’s a reasonable day at the office. To get 15 goals out of your two key forwards is incredible. Josh Baxter and Bryce Retzlaff went…

Queensland vs. Victoria Country Queensland 8.11.59 defeated by Victoria Country 10.11.71 Goals: C. Ballenden 2, J. Dawson 1, R. Dadds 1, S. Copland 1, J. Williams 1, L. Mason 1, L O’Sullivan 1 Best: M. Spencer, C. Ballenden, E. Himmelberg,…