In week one of the QWAFL finals, Yeronga proved too strong for Zillmere, and Coolangatta-Tweed got up in a thriller against Coorparoo to book a grand final spot. Re-live it all here by scrolling to the bottom of the blog…

QFA North Grand Final   Mayne vs. Maroochydore Saturday September 12, 2:00pm – Moreton bay Oval 1LIVE BLOG FROM 1:45pm Go to your wallet, pick a coin, heads is Mayne, tails is Maroochydore. That is honestly how close this one…

Semi Final 2Labrador vs. Wilston GrangeSaturday September 12, 2:00pm – Cooke-Murphy Oval   Coach vs. Coach, the KPI’s Steve Daniel: There’s no doubt that as flashy and skillful as Labrador like to be, Daniel will be looking for the basics…

Peter Young has transformed the Surfers Paradise Football Club across the space of 18 rounds this year, but he isn’t done yet. Young will coach the Demons for a second season in 2016. Round 18 Surfers Paradise was a much…

We hear it all the time. I’ve even written it. Finals football is a different beast. But why is it different? What changes?  Contested ball You can write it until your pen runs out of ink; contested ball is key…

Zillmere’s Mimi Hoger has gone back-to-back in the QWAFA Best and Fairest, this time sharing the award with Jindalee Sherie Sayle. Hoger and Sayle both polled 21 votes across the home and away season in 2015, edging out Alexandra Hamlyn…

Kinch winds back the clock Cometh the moment, cometh the man. Nathan Kinch was back to his damaging best for Morningside in their QAFL Elimination Final win over Broadbeach on Sunday. You could have sworn there was two of him.…

Mayne’s Caleb Brown and  Maroochydore’s Jarrod Gale were named  as joint winners of the Duncanson Medal  as best and fairest for the (QFA) North competition with 19 votes, heading a long list of winners at the Queensland Football Awards at…

Colts North Grand Final   Aspley 4.2, 6.5, 10.7, 13.9  (87)defeatedMaroochydore 0.2, 1.4, 3.6, 4.11  (35) A stunning first quarter where they pilled on four quick goals before Maroochydore could settle, has seen Aspley walk away with the 2015 Colt North Premiership…

Morningside 1.1,  8.4,  11.7,  18.12  (120)defeatedBroadbeach 2.5,  4.7,  7.11,  10.12  (72)   Morningside is back where they belong; winning games of footy in September. They wound back the clock today in their 48-point win over Broadbeach, linking up well, using…

Morningside booked a spot in week two of the finals with an impressive win over Broadbeach yesterday, getting the game on their terms after quarter time. Read how it all unfolded, blow by blow, by scrolling to the bottom of…

Infiltrate. That’s what the Gorillas were able to do to the Magpies today. The press, the cluster, the zone; whatever you want to call the way the Magpies set up around the ball, was broken down today. You don’t say…

Wilston Grange book a spot against Labrador next week with a very convincing win over the Western Magpies today. See how it all unfolded by scrolling to the bottom of the blog below        

Kedron became the 2015  QAFA (B) Premiers on Friday night, set up by a blistering first quarter against the Woodsmen. Read how it all unfolded by scrolling to the bottom of the blog and working your way up.    …

QAFA (B) Central Grand Final   Kedron vs. WoodsmenFriday September 4, 7:30pm – O’Callaghan Park For the Woodsmen to bask in premiership glory, tonight, they will have to become the first team to beat Kedron in 2015. These teams met…

Qualifying FinalWestern Magpies vs. Wilston GrangeSaturday September 5, 2:00pm – Leyshon Park, YerongaLIVE BLOG FROM 1:45   STRENGTHS: Magpies: Nothing has changed for the Magpies this year. Their defence, especially around the football is what has won them a lot…

While 2015 is still alive and kicking, Wilston Grange has locked away a key piece of the 2016 puzzle, with Matt Trewhella agreeing to coach the QAFL side next year. “I’ve seen such an enormous amount of growth in the…

Grunt. That’s what Cassidy Haberfield, the round 18 Rising Star nominee, brings to the Surfers Paradise midfield. The 19-year-old has put his head over the ball time and time again this year, winning his own footy for the Demons, before…

Peter Beardsley, the work-horse, and part of the brains trust that started the Park Ridge Pirates senior club, is this week’s AFL Queensland volunteer of the week. There is no job too big or too small for Peter when it…

You would be very hard pressed to find a more consistent performer in the QAFL than this week’s final Syd Guildford nominee, Eric Kuret. The Wilston Grange midfielder hasn’t missed a beat this year. He wins his own footy, and…

Week three of the finals is done and dusted, and the first flag has been awarded. Here is what went down over the weekend in the community football finals.   QFA North Mayne turned the tables on Maroochydore this year,…

Eaton them alive Backman are a very under appreciated commodity at times. They don’t get the glory, they don’t get the limelight, and they definitely aren’t the rock stars of the team, but without them, teams don’t win. That was…

QAFA (B) South: Preliminary Final Review Tweed Coast Tigers have completed an astonishing comeback, coming from five goals down at half time to eventually overrun Ballina by five points. Ballina led the ledger between the two sides heading into the…

Gympie have won the 2015 QAFA (B) North premiership with a hard-fought 10 point victory over Maroochydore on Saturday. The Cats hit the lead early in the second quarter and were never headed, despite leading by just 3 points at…

  Wilston Grange 10.17.77 defeated Palm Beach Currumbin 10.8.68     With one minute to go, it all to play for, and just three points in it, this one was always going to break one teams heart. When the siren…

I know it’s still round 18. But this one is as good as an elimination final. Both teams need to win to secure their finals finishing positions. Batten down the hatches, it’s going to be on. Join Andrew Wiles for…

QAFA (B) North Grand Final   Gympie vs. MaroochydoreSaturday August 29, 2:00pm – Pomona The first grand final cab off the rank in 2015 is the QAFA (B) North, and it’s being played out between the two best teams all…

MATCH OF THE ROUNDWilston Grange vs. Palm Beach CurrumbinSaturday August 29, 2:00pm – Bendigo Bank OvalLive blog from 1:45pm   I know the fixture says round 18, but this one should be marked ‘elimination final’. With five rounds to go,…

With just one week to go in the QAFL home and away season, the final five is far from finalised. I take a look at the possibilities of what may happen by the end of this round below, and predict…

If you were out at Dittmer Park on the weekend, you would have seen a 16-year-old kid playing out of his skin. That was Wilston Grange’s LLiam ‘Buster’ Molan, the round 17 Rising Star nominee. Molan was very solid down…