July marks the AFL’s inaugural Women’s Coaching Month, celebrating women in coaching across all levels of the game while promoting coaching as a pathway for women and girls in the football community. AFL Queensland will be shining a spotlight on…

Taking you around footy grounds across Queensland. There’s no Montagues and Capulets up in Cowboy country- but instead they do have the Curra Swans Football Club and the Hermit Park Tigers AFC.  The neighbours’ matchups are always peppered with great…

The AFL advises the month of July marks the inaugural Women’s Coaching Month, celebrating women in coaching across all levels of the game while promoting coaching as a pathway for women and girls in the football community. Women’s Coaching Month…

AFL Queensland has announced the best 50 players of the last 50 years of senior footy on the Darling Downs. After scaling through the history books and liaising with representatives from Darling Downs football from across the five decades, the…

The AFL Queensland AFLX Inclusion carnival has kicked off with teams from Brisbane, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast all taking part for the first time.  The men’s and women’s competition will be played across three rounds with the Noosa Tigers, Yeronga Devils and Surfers Paradise Demons participating…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. There’s an old saying that goes “lies, damned lies and statistics” that is applicable to football and often used colloquially in relation to what might appear to be inflated or meaningless numbers. But sometimes the numbers…

By Sarah Black – AFL Media Brisbane premiership midfielder Emily Bates has spoken about her latest brush with skin cancer, sharing the message that prevention is key. The 25-year-old native Queenslander revealed on her Instagram account she had undergone another…

The Toyota AFL National Volunteer Awards is a volunteer recognition program that rewards outstanding volunteers who have given notable voluntary service to Australian Football. All leagues and clubs are invited to nominate any outstanding volunteers for one of the following…

On Saturday, Maroochydore powered past Coorparoo (6.4-40 v 4.3-27) in the Bond University QAFLW Elimination Final, and now a win against the Bond Bullsharks is all that stands in the way of premiership glory for the Sunshine Coast side. The…

Submitted by Peter Blucher Four years ago Samson Ryan moved to Toowoomba to play cricket, perhaps dreaming of one day playing for Australia in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. Tonight he will be at the MCG, but there…

Submitted by Peter Blucher. It’s been a tough year for Jarrod Harbrow, as the Cairns junior turned Gold Coast Suns games record-holder ponders what comes next. Retirement? Another year in the AFL? Or something else. The soon-to-be 33-year-old is already…

The AFL has today released the dates and times for the NAB AFL U17 Championships and NAB AFL U19 Championships scheduled to take place over the next three months across Australia.   The NAB AFL Championships represents the highest level…

Meet Stephen from Yeppoon Swans AFL Auskick Program. Stephen has been an Auskick Coordinator for over ten years and continues year in year out to do an outstanding job in Central Queensland ensuring his Auskickers are enjoying themselves and learning…

At just 18 years old, Daisy D’Arcy is one of Queensland’s most exciting young talents. After a stellar debut season in defence, playing every game for the Gold Coast SUNS, D’Arcy has put pen to paper and signed on to…

Taking you around footy grounds across Queensland. This week we’re in Central Queensland, the beef capital of Australia – Rocky! Pride was on the line for Brothers Kangaroos when they hosted Glenmore Bulls at Kele Park in Saturday’s AFL Capricornia…

We’ve reached the halfway mark in another exciting QAFL season. Undefeated and eight points clear of second, Broadbeach own the top spot on the 2021 ladder, but Craig O’Brien says it’s a position he isn’t taking for granted.   The…

THE AFL has today announced the 2021 NAB AFL Women’s Draft will take place at 6.45pm AEST on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. The NAB AFLW Draft Nomination period will open on Monday, June 21 and close on Friday, July 9.…

Yesterday, over forty Brisbane Lions players visited schools and community clubs across South East Queensland. Throughout the day players got involved in training drills, NAB AFL Auskick sessions and were generous with their time taking photos and signing hundreds of…

Meet Toni from Murwillumbah Vulcans AFL Auskick Program. Toni is in her third year as an Auskick Coordinator and is doing an amazing job at the Vulcans ensuring his Auskickers are enjoying themselves and learning about Aussie Rules! Thanks for…

There were moving scenes at footy grounds across the weekend with captains of our QAFL clubs exchanging Didgeridoos and at QAFLW games they exchanged Clapsticks during the coin toss.   A symbol of our community embracing not only Racism. It…

Meet Lindsay from Collingwood Park Power AFL Auskick Program. He is in his fourth  year as an Auskick Coordinator and is doing an amazing job at Collingwood Park ensuring his Auskickers are enjoying themselves and learning about Aussie Rules! Thanks…

As part of Sir Doug Nicholls Round and our Racism. It Stops With Me education sessions, we engaged Matt and Ambrose from Ngalin Ayeye to design and make personalised Didgeridoos and Clapsticks for each of our QAFL and QAFLW clubs.…

The unveiling of the Toowoomba Tigers Indigenous guernsey at training last night was made a little extra special with a visit from AFLW Premiership winning player Dakota Davidson. The Brisbane Lions superstar and proud Gunditjmara/Ngarrindjeri woman, presented the guernseys to…

Taking you around footy grounds across Queensland. This week we’re putting a spotlight on our Superstars Footy program. It was an action-packed Saturday morning at Morningside Panthers, hosting Carindale Cougars JAFC and Wynnum Vikings JAFC in week 3 of their…

Morningside Panthers, Brisbane Designed by: former Panther players, Ambrose Killian and Matt Robert from Ngalin Ayeye. Submitted story: The artists wanted the art piece and jumper to symbolise the Morningside Panthers heritage, values and commitment to being open and welcoming…

Meet Dan from Coolum Beach Breakers AFL Auskick Program. He is in his third year as an Auskick Coordinator and is doing an amazing job on the Sunshine Coast ensuring his Auskickers are enjoying themselves and learning about Aussie Rules!…

Congratulations to everyone that took part in the 2021 Queensland School Sport (QSS) 13-15 Years Combined AFL State Championships at Harrup Park, Mackay (27th – 30th May).  A special mention to South Coast who took out the boys and girls…

Fifty years ago, The Right Honourable Clem Jones, the then Lord Mayor of Brisbane, officially opened the Coorparoo clubhouse.   The new clubhouse was opened on the 23rd of May 1971 and the ground was considered the largest in Brisbane…

AFL Queensland today proudly announced a new partnership with Personalised Plates Queensland (PPQ).  With the community football season now underway and more people playing footy in Queensland than ever before, footy fans around the state are being encouraged to drive…

Taking you around footy grounds across Queensland. There were some sweet victories in the Sugar Capital of Australia – Mackay at the weekend! On a sunny Sunday at  the Magpies Sporting Club the Mackay Magpies AFC hosted Baker Creek Tigers…