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,…

Mother’s Day messages Bond University played out a Mother’s Day thriller against Yeronga at home on Sunday, but it was what they did during the week that would have meant the most to their families. They shared a series of…

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…

The Queensland Initial Under 16 State Academy Squad has been announced following the Under 16 State State Academy Championships. AFL Queensland congratulates all boys selected. To those boys who competed at the championships – well done. If you have not made this…

Backman Buzz? If you followed the Queensland Under 18 team last year, it was hard not to notice the big, long curly hair lad, Wylie Buzza, dominating games up forward. That role may be a thing of the past though.…

  Draw changes for Monday May 2:   2016 Under 16 State Academy Championships Draw Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex Aquatic Centre Drive, Burpengary   Day 4                    Monday May 2 10:00am                North Queensland vs. Sunshine Coast 11:40am                South Pacific vs. Brisbane North…

It’s just three days until the Queensland Youth Girls team play their first game of the Nationals. First up on Monday is the team that beat them in last years grand final, Victoria Metro We caught up with Female High…

In 2015, young filmmaker Ellie Grounds followed the journey of the Queensland Youth Girls Team to the National Championships in Mandurah, Western Australia. The result is A Mark of Respect, a heart-warming documentary that takes you behind the scenes and tells the tale…

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.  

There is no better time than the present for Coolangatta to grasp that premiership cup The Bluebirds will run out for their first game of the season with eight different players from their 2015 Grand Final side; the noticeable losses…

    The Brisbane Lions 5.8.38 defeated the Gold Coast SUNS 3.6.24 in front of 4,000 plus fans in a tight QClash11 curtain closer at the Gabba on Saturday night. The Women’s Exhibition Match was a major step toward the…

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.…

Eight Queenslanders have been named in the 2016 Boomerangs and World Team squads to compete at the 2016 NAB AFL Under-16 Championships on the Gold Coast in July. Philemon Baira (Badu Island) and Hammiso Tabaui (Cairns) made the the Boomerangs…

Game style The women’s academy has been working hard all summer on a style of play they hope will come to fruition. Both teams will look to get it out wide to the speedsters, link up from the backline, and…

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…

  The Cape Crusaders have taken out the North Queensland Under 16 Championships, with an undefeated run through the carnival. But it wasn’t all smooth sailing for the Cape,  with their 1-point, 5.9.39  to 6.2.38, win over an equally strong Cairns outfit…

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,…

AFL Queensland today announced the coaches for the 2016 AFL Queensland State Representative Program. Three of Queensland’s most respected coaches, John Blair, Rick Hanlon and Danny Craven will coach the three representative sides in this, the 150th year of football…

By Wesley Hull Under the lights on a beautiful, mild Townsville night, the 2016 National Diversity Championships got under way with an opening ceremony at Tony Ireland Stadium. With a cooling light breeze to welcome the event, an enthusiastic crowd,…

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…

The Queensland Women’s Academy will travel to Melbourne Friday for a high performance camp. The camp includes two games against the AFL Victoria Women’s Academy on March 18 at Whitten Oval, and March 20 at Punt Road. The weekend will…

Red-hot pre-season It’s been a very big week for the UQ Red Lions, but not with the Sherrins. First up, UQ’s men’s side took on Mitchell’s Gaelic Football Club in their annual international rules match. For the record, UQ lost,…

We acknowledge all players who have completed the summer program with the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS academies. We encourage those who have not made this initial squad to continue their football development and play football in 2016. It…

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…