During Term 2, we will profile each of the secondary schools offering AFL Excellence in Queensland. What do the students get up to in class? What are the highlights of the program? Who’s their greatest rival? This week Narangba Valley…

Reigning premiers Anglican Church Grammar School will look to add to their silverware collection on Wednesday at Zillmere.

This week Independent School footy in Queensland kicks off with the GPS Schools’ Division of the AFL SportsReady Independent Schools Cup getting underway in Brisbane. Three divisions will be contested over six weeks between Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane Boys’…

The Gold Coast’s Palm Beach Currumbin State High has won the annual Jonathan Brown Cup. Once again proving too strong for their Schools of Excellence counterparts, PBC eventually beat cross-town rivals Helensvale State High to take the cup in the…

Grace Lutheran College have bounced back from a slow performance at the Youth Girls Cup on Tuesday to win the Junior Division of the Brisbane School Girls Sporting Association the next day out at St John Fisher College. Grace Lutheran…

With over 60 teams competing in the Youth Girls Cup for 2013, Park Ridge has finished as winners of the Senior Division with Lourdes Hill College winning the Junior Division. The Senior Division finals held on Tuesday at Yeronga JAFC…

By Shae Killey

This week across Queensland, hundreds of teachers have been receiving their ‘thank you’ gifts from the AFL as part of the Coles AFL School Ambassador program. Each year teachers and educators from around Australia dedicate time and effort towards promoting…

Lions players today visited seven schools across Brisbane as part of the Club’s official launch of the Lion Hearted Leaders leadership program for 2013. The program, which aims to introduce and develop leadership principles in school-aged children, was introduced in…

School teams from across Ipswich gathered at Limestone Park to battle it out for premiership glory in the Grand Finals of the Ipswich Primary Schools AFL Competition. Teams from Bundamba, Mt Crosby, Churchill, Ipswich Central, Raceview, Ipswich Girls Grammar School,…

Rivalry was fierce in the Kawana Park Cadbury AFL 9s competition this season, with a number of local high school students facing-off against their teachers. Taking advantage of the modified rules of AFL 9s, Chancellor State College, Caloundra State High…

The Gold Coast’s Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School has taken out the annual Jonathan Brown Cup. Played between the South East Queensland Schools of Excellence, the ‘JB Cup’ is decided over two days and is an introductory competition for Year…

The Gold Coast SUNS Cup has been the highlight of school footy in the Mackay region this term, with the winners decided in two Grand Final showdowns on November 7.

Expressions of interest for the annual Brisbane Lions Cup for Senior Secondary boys are now open. State High Schools in the South East Queensland area are eligible to play over the two carnival days in Term 1 and 2, 2013.…

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The Southport School are 2012 Clarke Keating Cup premiers after defeating Somerset College in the senior boys final Monday. Hosted by Somerset College, the cold and overcast conditions didn’t keep the crowds away with plenty of supporters turning up to…

QSS are looking for Student Official Managers (SOM’s) for 2013.

On a scorching Saturday morning at Ormiston College, St John’s Anglican College won the 2012 TAS Girls Carnival Day over the hosting school in a game of high quality football. With 9 senior teams and 2 junior teams entered in…

AFL Queensland are running a full day professional development session for teachers in and around the Mackay area. AFL Sport Education, bases on the SEPEP model of learning, will be the focus with teachers receiving free resources for completing the…

Queensland’s Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School has won their third consecutive AFL Northern States Cup title. Playing against the best school teams at under 14 level from New South Wales/ACT, the Northern Territory and Queensland, the PBC ‘Reds’ were undefeated…

Aaron Brimming is the king of a good post-goal celebration. Just like Brisbane Lion Josh Green, Aaron can often be seen dancing around and high five-ing his team mates after kicking a goal. And celebrate he should, as for Aaron,…

Four of the best Under 14 school teams from the ‘Northern States’ of Australia will converge on Yeronga this Friday to decide the 2012 Northern States Cup. Teams representing the Northern Territory, New South Wales/ACT and two from Queensland will…

St Joseph’s College (Toowoomba) are this year’s Simon Black Cup Open Division premiers after defeating Pittsworth State High School in a close encounter at Rockville Oval on Wednesday. St Joseph’s went through the entire season undefeated but were pushed all…

Mountain Creek SHS scooped the pool at Yeronga yesterday, winning both the junior and senior divisions of the Brisbane Lions Cup – Girls. Faith Lutheran lined up for their first final in the junior division and put up a great…

No matter what language you speak AFL translates as fun, a point proved recently by thirty female Japanese students on exchange in Brisbane. The Sugiyama High School students from Nagoya were treated to an AFL clinic courtesy of host school…

The Gold Coast’s Palm Beach-Currumbin State High School capped off another successful season with two more titles added to their collection today. In a big day for the ‘Reds’,  they not only won their AFL Northern States Cup qualifier, to…

A group of 70 teachers gathered at the Gabba on Saturday to celebrate the announcement of Queensland’s Coles School Ambassadors of the Year for 2012. Across Queensland there are currently 540 teachers who are official AFL Ambassadors and promote AFL…

Keebra Park State School, Marymount College and Caningeraba State School were the big winners at the Gold Coast SUNS Cup grand final day at the Metricon Stadium yesterday. The Gold Coast SUNS Cup is a state-wide school competition encompassing schools…

By Terry Wilson, Gold Coast Bulletin

Kruger SS, Nudgee Junior College and  Villanova College were the winners of the Brisbane Lions Cup grand finals and Helensvale SHS took out the Schools of Excellence Senior grand final today. Brisbane Lions and the Gabba hosted the day with…