State League footy – live and free!   AFL Queensland is pleased to announce the streaming of both Men’s and Women’s State League Competitions; QAFL and Bond University QAFLW will increase significantly over the 2023 season.   Approximately half of…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   The 2022 season was one that produced some incredible highs, and some frustrating lows for the Wilston Grange outfit. When this team was hot and running with confidence; they certainly took some beating; but when the…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   After a stunning loss in the 2021 Preliminary Final at home; Labrador rolled into the 2022 season looking to take that next big step and make the premiership decider. The quest for premiership success started perfectly…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Panthers will be looking to claw their way back into the finals hunt in 2023 after a disappointing 2022 season. The team started the year with a challenging 102-point loss at home against the might of…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Palm Beach Currumbin shook the foundations of the QAFL competition in 2022 when it went within moments of a match-up with Aspley in the Preliminary Final, a team that would ultimately salute as the number one team…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend  Noosa was the Cinderella story of the 2022 QAFL season. After failing to secure a victory in its maiden year in the competition in 2021; the club had a busy pre-season with a solid recruiting campaign and…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend There are shades of Essendon’s 1999 to 2001 run about Broadbeach as it heads into the 2023 season. After being one of the most dominant teams in the COVID-impacted season of 2020 and going down in the…

By Peter Blucher  AFL draft guru Callum Twomey is an unabashed Will Ashcroft fan. So much so that he says the boom Brisbane Lions’ newcomer has served the best AFL ‘apprenticeship’ in history. Now back in Queensland after a short…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Another season, another quality Redland Victoria Point Senior outfit to take the Totally Workwear Park. The Sharks were red-hot in season 2022. A smokey for the flag in a covid-interrupted 2021 season, they hit the ground running…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend What a difference a year makes. Aspley moved from the VFL into the QAFL across the 2022 pre-season with high hopes that it can compete and challenge for the title. After joining the NEAFL in 2011; with…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   This is a massive season for the 2021 finalists and 2019 Grand finalists. Last season was one that started with great promise when it went down to Palm Beach Currumbin by two-points in the season-opener on…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Mt Gravatt has a massive season in front of it as it looks to climb back up the QAFL ladder and challenge for finals. Dittmer Park has long been a nightmare for visiting clubs; but a wonderful…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Pies come into the 2023 season filled with confidence and rejuvenation after a big pre-season and determination to overcome a disappointing 2022 season. Sherwood was on track to improve on its 2021 season, a year that…

Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Roos from the Sunshine Coast will be eager to return to the post-season in 2023 after a frustrating and some-what disappointing 2022 season. After powering through to the 2021 decider and going down to red-hot premiership…

The 2023 Townsville KS Pilates Senior Women’s Cup and Townsville RMS Men’s Premiership and Reserves seasons kicked off on the weekend with quality clashes across all three competitions. The defending premiers, Thuringowa Bulldogs continued their reign with a win over…

By Peter Blucher Sherwood junior Samson Ryan has done what no other player in AFL history has done. He has kicked three goals with his first three kicks – in just his second game. Adding further potential to one of…

Friday night footy is almost back with the fixtures for QFA Division 3 and 4 locked in.   The newly restructured competition will now feature teams in QFA Division 3 North and South and QFA Division 4 North and South.…

The Gold Coast SUNS have locked 12 Queenslanders in for the upcoming NAB AFLW 2023 season, including four inaugural SUNS AFLW squad members who have signed on for their fifth seasons at the club. Among the 23 players re-committing to…

Sophie Wheeler, AFLQ Competition Administration Lead and Sam Cairns, AFLQ Development Coordinator   Interested in working at the AFL? Many of our full time staff began their AFL career as a casual staff member, delivering programs in schools and clubs!…

Suitable for all registered South East Queensland and Northern Rivers club coaches coaching a junior team in 2023.   PLEASE CLICK HERE TO REGISTER. Finer details will be sent to the nominated email address at least one week prior to…

By Peter Blucher  Port Adelaide coach Ken Hinkley has been like a second father to Charlie Dixon. He has steered the big ex-Cairns basketballer through much of his 15 years in the AFL, and together they share a special player/coach…

Another four Queenslanders are set to return to the Lions’ den as Brisbane bolsters its playing list for the 2023 season.  Premiership players Sophie Conway from Zillmere and Belle Dawes from Maroochydore and Kate Lutkins from Wilston Grange headline the…

Footy is back on the Downs with round one of the Senior Men’s Allied Cup and Women’s Toowoomba Toyota Cup kicking off on April 22. University Cougars and Coolaroo are back in the fold for the Women’s competition, after both…

A Queensland local has returned home following one of the biggest trades in AFLW history involving five clubs. Jordan Membrey will return home to the Gold Coast where her football journey began at the Carrara Saints. She went on to…

By SUNS Media Gold Coast SUNS Academy graduate Bodhi Uwland will make his AFL debut against the Sydney Swans at Heritage Bank Stadium on Saturday night. Uwland has been a lifelong SUNS fan and started his footy journey on the Gold…

Queensland’s AFL Women’s competition continues to be a major source of talent for the Brisbane Lions, with 17 former QAFLW players part of the first batch of 19 Lions locked in for NAB AFLW season eight in 2023. All 17…

Queensland community clubs, umpires, coaches, and volunteers will have more support this season with AFL Queensland (AFLQ) appointing Hayley George to the newly-formed role of Club Development and Experience Manager – QLD. Hayley is no stranger to Australian football and…

In an unprecedented achievement for Australian football in Queensland, four born-and-bred umpires have reached the ultimate goal of joining the AFL list for the 2023 season. Field umpires Andrew Adair, James Strybos, Matthew Young and boundary umpire Ty Duncan have…

With over 150 matches of AFL and AFLW experience between them, and stellar coaching resumes, Leigh Harding and Emma Zielke have been named as the Senior Men’s and Women’s Queensland Coaches for the upcoming interstate representative clash.    After a…

Mark your calendars – the return of Queensland community footy is right around the corner and the dates for QFAW Division 2 season 2023 have just been locked in.   Both the Division 2 North and South competitions will kick…