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AFL Cape York House stands up to domestic and family violence

The 45 young men who call AFL Cape York House for Boys home during the school year have hosted their annual Stand Up Against Domestic and Family Violence High Tea for more than 220 women. The boys, aged 11 to

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AFL Queensland apparel suppliers

AFL Queensland has entered an agreement with five apparel suppliers that will conclude 31st October, 2024.   Information on the apparel suppliers can be found at; https://www.aflq.com.au/official-suppliers/   All license agreements are valid for a period of one year and clubs should

Posted in AFL, AFLQ, Darling Downs, Featured News, Mackay, QAFL, QAFLW, QFA, SEQ Community Football, Top news, Townsville, Wide Bay

Gold Coast talent gets added to the SUNS list

The Gold Coast SUNS have made two Academy pre-selections, adding Bodhi Uwland and Sandy Brock to the club’s rookie list for the 2022 Toyota AFL Premiership Season. Uwland, a Gold Coast local, officially joins the club after representing the SUNS

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Queensland based coaches named in BHP Women’s Coaching Academy

The AFL is pleased to advise the 2022 BHP Women’s Coaching Academy commenced this week on Monday October 25, with eight women who have been recognised as outstanding coaching talent selected to take part in the 12-month program. The 2022

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Upcoming Level 2 Coaching Course – Brisbane

AFL Queensland will be holding a Level 2 Coaching Course on Saturday, November 20th at Iona College in Wynnum West. The Level 2 Coach Accreditation is a blended learning program that consists of both online and face to face course

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2022 AFL Talent Pathway Programs

The AFL has recently communicated with all AFL and AFLW Clubs to confirm the model for the AFL Talent Pathway Programs in 2022.   Following a review undertaken over the past few months, the AFL Talent Pathway Programs have been

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Community footy to transition to all new registration and administrative platform

Community football across Australia will benefit from a new registration and administrative platform with leagues and clubs transitioning to PlayHQ for the 2022 season and beyond. PlayHQ puts end users – club administrators, participants and volunteers – first, after research

Posted in AFL, AFLQ, Capricornia, Darling Downs, Featured News, Mackay, Northern Rivers, QAFL, QAFLW, QFA, QWFA, SEQ Community Football, Top news, Townsville, Wide Bay

Wynnum Vikings sailing into the Hart Sport Cup

The Wynnum Vikings will make their long-awaited return to division one football when they become the eighth team in the QFA Division 1 Hart Sport Cup in 2022. The Vikings previously tasted success in division one as back-to-back Premiers in

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StreetSmarts AFLQ Schools Cup State Champions crowned

Palm Beach Currumbin (PBC) State High School have flexed their footy muscles, taking out three of the four secondary school state titles at the StreetSmarts AFLQ Schools Cup at the Maroochydore Multi Sport Complex on the Sunshine Coast. The Gold

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Toyota AFL Schools Ambassador: Dave Beasley

Bayview State School PE teacher Dave Beasley has been an advocate for AFL in schools for many years. Dave has been running AFL interschool competitions since 2017 and through the Sporting Schools program he has been able to run extra

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National platform to showcase Queensland’s Inclusion team

No National Inclusion Carnival? No worries. Our Queensland Inclusion team will end their 2021 season with an exhibition game on the Sunshine Coast, with the national carnival cancelled due to the ongoing COVID-19 challenges around the country. The best players

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Streetsmarts AFLQ Schools Cup State Finals

It all comes down to this! We’re at the pointy end of the biggest ever StreetSmarts AFLQ Schools Cup. This weekend will see six teams crowned Queensland state champions after the 10 month competition draws to a sensational close at

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QAFLW Superstars elevated to the SUNS AFLW List

The Gold Coast SUNS have added two new players to its AFLW list for the upcoming season, recruiting Queensland pair Shannon Danckert and Jacqueline Dupuy. The duo have been given a chance on the SUNS AFLW list after the Club

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AFLQ Junior Coach of the Year: Pete Hutton

Pete has been an outstanding coach to the very lucky U8 Red Hot Roos junior AFL team at Coorparoo JAFC for four years. Pete lives and breathes footy and shares his passion with enormous enthusiasm to his team of boys

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2021 MOSAIC Multicultural Festival: Be a part of the picture!

The MOSAIC Multicultural Festival celebrates the rich cultural contributions all of us bring to our multicultural Queensland through dance, music, spoken word poetry and storytelling, visual arts and crafts, children’s and family activities and delectable foods and cooking demonstrations! The

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Hammer Time: Aspley’s Matt Hammelmann wins VFL’s goalkicking award

By Brendan Rhodes ASPLEY spearhead Matt Hammelmann believes he is a much better player than the young Brisbane Lions Academy product who managed two goals from 12 AFL matches between 2015-17. And the star full-forward’s figures back that up at State

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2021 VFL & VFLW Awards Ceremony

The AFL has announced the 2021 VFL and VFLW Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday October 7 from 6.30 AEDT to recognise and reward the outstanding year of football in the VFL and rebel VFLW Competition. The major virtual

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Come and Try Wheelchair AFL

AFL Queensland, Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association, and Gold Coast Rollerblaze Wheelchair Basketball will be running the second Wheelchair AFL Come and Try session this Saturday! All interested people are welcome to attend. Saturday 9 October 2021. 1:30pm – 4:00pm

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Toyota AFL Disability Inclusion Ambassador: Daniel Ramage

An inaugural Gold Coast SUNS player, Daniel Ramage has been a part of AFL Queensland’s Inclusion program from day one. Daniel has been the head coach of the Queensland State Inclusion side since the very first carnival in 2014 and

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2021 NAB AFL Draft Update

The AFL has today provided an update on the schedule for National Talent ahead of the 2021 NAB AFL Draft in November.   While COVID-19 continues to impact the community, the health and welfare of our players and the community

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$1.46 million clubhouse for Sunshine Coast AFL and cricket

Sunshine Coast Hinterland AFL and Palmwoods cricket club will have a new home with the completion of a $1.46 million clubhouse and change rooms at G Rae Oval in Palmwoods. Minister for Sport Stirling Hinchliffe said the new clubhouse will

Posted in AFLQ, Facilities, Featured News, Top news

Southport Sharks elevated into the Bond University QAFLW

AFL Queensland has granted the Southport Sharks Football Club a licence to compete in the 2022 Bond University QAFLW commencing in April next year. The addition of Southport will see the Queensland state league women’s competition expand to nine teams,

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Queensland AFL Grand Final Highlights and Stories

Submitted by Peter Blucher. Amid numerous AFL grand final highlights in the Queensland football archives it is difficult to go past one as the very best …. the Brisbane Lions’ 2003 premiership. While there are others that individually are special,

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AFL Queensland Level 3 Community Coaching Course

By Jack Barry. AFL Queensland in conjunction with Coach AFL is looking to hold the first ever Queensland State based Level 3 Community Coaching Course. This is a breakthrough in coach education for community coaches who now have an opportunity

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AFL Media launches Dynasties series

AFL Media is pleased to launch a new documentary series titled ‘Dynasties’ which will air on AFL On Demand on Thursday September 23. The first instalment of Dynasties, titled ‘Actions To Live By’, focusses on the Brisbane Lions dynasty of

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Toyota AFL Diversity Ambassador: Muhammed Ansary

Muhammed Ansary is an AFLQ Multicultural Community Ambassador who plays a key role in assisting AFLQ staff to have a strong community engagement presence through Brisbane and surrounds. Ansary, who is of Islamic heritage, was a key contributor to the

Posted in AFLQ, Diversity, Featured News, Top news, Volunteers

AFLQ NAB AFL Auskick Volunteer of the Year: Paul Higgs

Paul has been a pillar of strength, reliability, and determination for the Mayne JAFC NAB AFL Auskick program. Having started as a parent helper himself, Paul has progressively taken on more responsibility and eventually took over the reigns as the

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An open letter from Gillon McLachlan, AFL CEO

To everyone involved in community football in 2021 – thank you! To everyone involved in community football leagues, clubs and programs across Australia, I want to say a sincere thank you for bringing the game back in what has been

Posted in AFL, AFL cairns, AFLQ, Capricornia, Darling Downs, Featured News, Female, Finals, Mackay, Mount Isa, Northern Rivers, SEQ Community Football, Top news, Townsville, Volunteers, Wide Bay

Tigers crowned 2021 QAFL Reserves Premiers

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   After a near-flawless season in 2021, Labrador is on top of the QAFL Reserves world after celebrating a famous 39-point win over Morningside at Fankhauser Reserve in Southport on Saturday.   After leading by 24-points

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Labrador does all of the Wright things to secure the QAFL Colts Flag

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Ruckman Nathan Wright has made the ultimate statement to the Queensland AFL competition with a remarkable best-on-ground effort to guide Labrador to the 2021 Colts premiership over Broadbeach at Fankhauser Reserve in Southport last Saturday.  

Posted in AFLQ, Featured News, Finals, QAFL, QAFL Rising Star, SEQ Community Football, Top news

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