AFL Queensland today launched our 2020 Footy4Fun! marketing campaign. Welcome to Footy4Fun! ‘Match Day‘. Footy4Fun is all about playing with friends, learning new skills and getting your hands on the ball.

By Ant Wingard It was a draw, but boy was it good The first QClash was a draw. It’s a rather anticlimactic ending to one of the games of the season thus far, but if anything, it is indicative of…

By Ant Wingard   @AntWingard Before she was a Lion, Emily Bates was a Sun. It may seem like an unlikely paradox of today’s reality, especially given Bates has been perhaps Brisbane’s best player at AFLW level, but it’s not. In…

Gold Coast will host Brisbane in the first AFLW QClash this Saturday at Metricon Stadium. With both teams entering the contest in great form, the game itself promises to be a hotly contested affair. The match will also be a…

  2019 in a nutshell Maroochydore were perhaps the most improved side in the competition in 2019, going from just one win in 2018 to a breakthrough season, including their first ever top-four finish in the QAFLW. The Roos were…

By Kristy Muir  Moorooka Australian Football Club is ‘thriving’   IT is the little Aussie rules club that could. The Moorooka Roosters AFC is proof struggling sport clubs can change their financial situation with the right attitude and people in…

By Ant Wingard   2019 in a nutshell University of Queensland were impressive in 2019 despite missing the finals by the slimmest of margins. Like Coolangatta Tweed, the Red Lions found themselves in a log jam heading into the final…

By Ant Wingard This weekend’s inaugural AFL Women’s QClash is set to be a ‘spicy’ affair according to Gold Coast co-captain Sam Virgo. The fourth-year AFLW player was joined by Brisbane veteran Lauren Arnell and respective coaches David Lake and…

By Ant Wingard Gold Coast midfielder Jacqui Yorston has wasted no time igniting the battle of words between the SUNS and Brisbane ahead of the inaugural AFL Women’s QClash this Saturday. Yorston, who played four games for the Lions last…

By Ant Wingard   2019 in a nutshell Coolangatta-Tweed were the form team of the competition in the opening month of the 2019 season, blitzing the competition by winning three of their first four contests. From there however, the Bluebirds…

It was great to be a Queenslander over the weekend. For one, both the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS produced emphatic victories against Geelong and Richmond respectively to enhance their finals aspirations in Conference A. After finding themselves two…

By Ant Wingard Gold Coast produced their first ever victory in AFLW history as they dominated Richmond to run away 11-point winners. Here’s five key takeaways from the contest.   The SUNS like to take the game on Gold Coast’s…

By Ant Wingard Related: Bond University QAFLW: Aspley Season Preview   2019 in a nutshell Wilston Grange underwent a significant transformation in 2019 after dominating the QAFLW the year previous. A shift in culture saw the side almost restart on the…

By Ant Wingard Brisbane shocked the AFL Women’s landscape on Saturday afternoon with a clinical dissection of the reigning premier at Hickey Park. It was as sweet a victory as they come – a team forced to overcome a series…

By Ant Wingard   2019 in a nutshell Aspley endured a tough initiation into the Bond University QAFLW last season meaning it took some time to find consistency in their performances. They opened the season emphatically with a statement win…

By Ant Wingard Picasso Paige Parker. It may sound like the Instagram caption footnoted to Gold Coast’s Indigenous AFLW clash guernsey launched last November with the help of Parker. But it’s not. Instead, it offers some insight into how the…

Brisbane powered to an emphatic 13-point win over reigning premiers, Adelaide, to start their 2020 AFL Women’s campaign in wet conditions at Hickey Park. Here’s five things we learned from the game. Image: Jono Searle.  Brisbane’s forward line is in…

By Ant Wingard Brisbane Lions defender Cathy Svarc is ready to take the next step in what has been a whirlwind 18-months since taking up Australian rules ball, as she prepares for her NAB AFL Women’s debut this weekend. Svarc…

The Garbutt Magpies will re-join AFL Townsville senior ranks in 2020 with a senior women’s team being accepted into the competition. The Garbutt Magpies last competed in an AFL Townsville senior competition in 1988 and won their last men’s premiership…

AFL Queensland has today announced the 2020 fixture for the newly established QFA Division 2 North competition. Check out the 2020 QFA Division 2 North Fixture here  Throughout the 2019 season, a review of all QFA competitions was undertaken and…

AFLQ Media.  AFL Queensland is pleased to announce a new partnership with the world’s largest and most trusted removalist, Allied Pickfords. As a long-time supporter of community football, the name Allied Pickfords is synonymous with the Mackay and Darling Downs…

AFL Queensland has today released the 2020 fixture for the newly established QFA Division 2 South competition. Check out the 2020 QFA Division 2 South fixture right here!  Throughout the 2019 season a review of all QFA competitions was undertaken.…

By AFLQ Media For the second year, Toowoomba’s iconic Queens Park will play host to a round-robin style AFL9s competition on Sunday, March 1st with participating teams competing for a bucketload of prize money. AFL Darling Downs Regional Manager, Jeff…

AFL Queensland has confirmed that the Central Queensland Challenge Cup, between the AFL Mackay 2019 Premiers and the AFL Capricornia 2019 Premiers, will take place again in 2020, with some exciting firsts introduced to the concept. For the first time…

AFL Queensland has today released the fixture for the 2020 QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup. Check out the 2020 QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup fixture right here! The fixture provides all clubs with even opportunity to test themselves and…

By Ant Wingard Three double-headers have now been locked in for the NAB AFL Women’s games in February and March in Brisbane’s Northern suburbs. Brisbane Lions games at Hickey Park will now coincide with Wilston Grange home games in the…

Registrations have now opened for the 2020 AFL community ambassador program! Established in 2013, the AFL Community Ambassador program aims to engage multicultural communities through a network of dedicated volunteers, using the sport as vehicle for inclusion. The role of…

AFL Queensland has today released the fixture for the 2020 Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) season. Check out the 2020 QAFL Fixture right here!  In its essence, the fixture provides all nine QAFL clubs, along with their players and supporters,…

A new challenger awaits the Queensland Australian Football League in 2020, as representative football once again forms part of the QAFL’s fixture for the second straight season. The representative QAFL side will host the Victoria Amateur Football Association (VAFA) next…