Familiar faces square off Friday night, the AFL-AIS Academy, which includes Jacob Allison, Jack Rolls, Jack Bowes and Brad Scheer, took to the MCG for a practice match against VFL side Werribee. The Queensland connection didn’t stop there, with ex-academy…

Beautiful Burleigh Heads provided the perfect backdrop to launch the 150-year celebrations of footy in Queensland and 2016 AFL season today. AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan was joined by AFLQ Chief Dean Warren, as well as SUNS’ and Lions’ captains Gary…

Under 18 Academy trial match Gold Coast SUNS Academy 8.12.60 defeated Brisbane Lions Academy 7.6.48 GOALS SUNS: S. Watson 2, K. Sheers 1, B Scheer 1, J. Esam 1, J. Williams 1, N.Kempe 1, J. Bowes 1 Lions  J. Tomkinson…

The Gold Coast SUNS and Brisbane Lions Academies have released their squads for their second trial match this Friday at Metricon Stadium. The game, the second of two matches, will determine the 30 man Queensland State Academy team to play…

The Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS Academies are half way through their trial games to determine the Queensland Under 18 State Academy squad. The SUNS took out game one Burpengary last Saturday, with the second game at Metricon Stadium…

Race against the clock The Queensland Women’s Academy went through their final pre-season test on Wednesday night, and Selina Goodman lit up the track. Just before the stopwatches were put away for the year, she ran the 2k-time trial in…

Under 16 Academy trial Gold Coast 10.14.74 defeated Brisbane Lions 8.8.54 Goals: SUNS T Giacoumis 3, Z Palmer 2, C Portelli 2, M Smith 2, C Offerman 1 Lions: B Drake 2, Z Rollason 2, T Ansell 1, C Birmingham…

Week one of the Alpha Sport Pre-Season Cup is done and dusted. Thirty-two teams have now become 16, as each of today’s winners will next week play off for a spot in the grand final. Here are the talking points…

Tomorrow, March 5, the best underage players in Queensland will be on show all in the one spot. The Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex in Burpengary will play host to an academy triple header, when the Gold Coast SUNS and…

Seven Queenslander’s are in line for their AFL debuts in week one of the NAB Challenge that kicked off last night. 2015 draftees Eric Hipwood, Ben Keays, and Rueben William, and 2014’s Matt Hammelmann could all pull on the maroon…

Browny to lead again If it ain’t broke (and it certainly isn’t), why fix it? Caleb Brown has been announced as skipper for the Mayne Tigers for a fifth consecutive year. When you look back at Brown’s record of the…

Seventy-six days ago, Eric Hipwood and Ben Keays went from community club and state academy players to AFL footballers with the Brisbane Lions.   It’s been a whirlwind few months for Hipwood (pick 14) and Keays (pick 23), but both…

Palm Beach favorites head south When the Lions run out this year, they will be missing a couple of contested ball bulls in the guts. Todd Bryant and Tyler Cornish will both be lining up for the Wodonga Raiders in…

2016 is no longer a thought, it’s a reality, and that’s exciting. Here’s just a taste of what you’ve got to look forward to this year in Queensland footy.   Pre-season Have you sat around this summer, reflecting on 2015,…

With 2015 winding to a close, the AFL Queensland media team have looked back on some of the best, and most lighthearted moments of the year that was. Check them out below.   Best quote This one was a late…

“The family is already talking about buying two jerseys and sewing them together,” That’s Scott Wagner, a proud as punch father right now, after both his sons were drafted to the AFL last week. For most AFL fans, supporting more…

Buzz the cult hero It didn’t take long; actually it only took minutes. When Wylie Buzza’s name was read out at pick 69, he instantly became a cult hero at Geelong. Some have called him the best name in the…

Out of the 11 Queenslanders drafted last week, 10 were products of the Brisbane Lions or Gold Coast SUNS Academies. Eric Hipwood, Ben Keays, Corey Wagner, Wylie Buzza, Rueben William, Mabior Chol, Josh Smith, Josh Wagner and Matt Uebergang have…

Seven Queenslanders were today selected in the NAB AFL Rookie Draft, bringing the total number of Queensland draftees in 2015 to 11, after four were selected in the NAB AFL Draft. On Tuesday night, Eric Hipwood, Ben Keays, Corey Wagner…

Daniel Webster’s start in coaching may have come a few years sooner than he would have hoped, but since entering the system he hasn’t looked back. Webster, the 2015 AFL Queensland Assistant Talent Coach of the Year, wore a few…

For four Queenslanders, last night their dreams came true. Ben Keays, Eric Hipwood, Corey Wagner and Wylie Buzza all had their names read out by AFL clubs at the Adelaide Convention Centre on draft night, obtaining a spot on an…

Six years ago, Mabior Chol played his first game of school footy. That year, he helped his team win the Lions Cup at the Gabba. Five years ago, Mabior Chol played his first game of club footy at the Yeronga…

With the NAB AFL Draft just four days away, we thought we would look at some of the other Queensland Academy contenders from 2015 that are all a chance to be picked up next Tuesday night, or in the rookie…

Wagner is very famous name around Sandgate, and has been for many years. Now, With the NAB AFL Draft just seven days away, two brothers are hoping it becomes a famous name in the AFL as well. Both Josh and…

The favorite son returns There’s not too many players held in higher regard around Chelmer than Jimmy Rozynski, so it’s fair to say the club is pretty excited to hear that the two time Bill Pierce Medalist and triple premiership…

Remember that kid growing up who seemed to be good at any sport they had a go at? Whether they had played it before or not, it was just natural, and they picked it up with ease? That’s Eric Hipwood.…

It all started with a kid in a Brisbane Lions jumper with Jason Akermanis’ number on his back, kicking the footy around at Auskick in Melbourne. Fast-forward 14 years, and Ben Keays could be about to forge his own career…

After watching of countless games of junior and senior footy this year and much deliberation and the initial 2016 squads for the Hyundai Help for Kids Brisbane Lions Academy have been announced. As is the case every year number of…

CREDIT: Callum Twomey – AFL Media AN ALLIES team of division two prospects is set to come together to play in division one of the NAB AFL Under-18 Championships next year after the AFL restructured its national carnival. The League will…

Ten Queenslanders jumped on the big bird and headed down to Sydney on the weekend to take part in the NEAFL State Combine, a final chance for them to showcase their physical attributes in front of AFL recruiters. Queensland Under…