This story contains names deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Only two players in senior football across the country have won a major league best and fairest medal four times. Port Adelaide’s Russell Ebert, elevated to Legend status in the…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend.   BROADBEACH has cemented itself as the first team to advance to the Reserves Grand Final after an impressive 32-point victory over Aspley.   Palm Beach Currumbin set up another Preliminary Final date with Aspley after…

Image by Brooke Sleep Media.  By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend.   ASPLEY is the first team to lock its place into the 2023 QAFL Senior Men’s Grand Final with an impressive 56-point win over Redland Victoria Point at Graham Road on…

It’s one of the great football trivia questions. Which Queenslander captained the superstar Hawthorn quartet of Luke Hodge, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell and Jarryd Roughead? If that’s too hard, who was the Queensland footballer who played under Michael Voss, Dean…

This year the Wheelchair AFL QClash Series returns with the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS naming their teams ahead of game one on Saturday 10 September. Gold Coast SUNS AFL Wheelchair Team     Andrew Miller Ormeau Bulldogs Captain-Coach…

It’s a rare football specimen who plays on the big opposition key forwards as a teenager in the QAFL, heads across the country to become a key forward himself in the WAFL and captain of one of the most successful…

Sunday 27 August 2023, 2:20pm at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield Bond University 10.6 (66) d Aspley 2.5 (17)   Bond University 0.4 (4) 3.5 (23) 6.5 (41) 10.6 (66) Aspley 1.0 (6) 1.2 (8) 2.2 (14) 2.5 (17)   Bond…

Sunday 27 August 2023, 12pm at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield Bond University 9.7 (61) d Coorparoo 4.2 (26)   Coorparoo 0.0 (0) 0.0 (0) 1.0 (6) 4.2 (26) Bond University 1.0 (6) 3.0 (18) 7.3 (45) 9.7 (61) Coorparoo Goals:…

Australian Football ran into a problem in Brisbane in the late 1960s. Having fought so hard to establish a strong place in the local sporting scene and the cross-code battle for talent, it suddenly found itself besieged by rugby league…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend We are in for a treat with two epic matches in the QAFL Senior Men’s competition with last year’s Preliminary Finalists fighting for a place in the Grand Final again, but in week two of the…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend It’s Semi Final team in the Colts competition with the winner of the Palm Beach Currumbin and Maroochydore contest going into the Grand Final while Broadbeach and Wilston Grange will fight to…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend The Cats and Hornets started the 2023 season in a big battle against each other; it’s fitting that the pair line up in their opening finals bouts for a place in the…

With the AFLQ Darling Downs Grand Finals on this Saturday, here is your event guide for the day.    AFLQ Darling Downs Grand Final Day Saturday 2nd September, Rockville Park, Tor Street, Toowoomba   Match Schedule: 8:30am – Under 12…

It’s a curious misnomer in football that Che Cockatoo-Collins is not a Queenslander. Just ask him. Born in Brisbane, he moved to Cairns at three and played his early football with the Cairns United, now Cairns City Cobras, at what…

With the QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup & QFAW Division 1 Grand Final just around the corner, here is your event guide for the day.    QFA Division 1 HART Sport Cup & QFAW Division 1 Grand Final Day Saturday…

A fresh crop of athletes and tourism and sporting partners have backed Swimming the Gap 2023, as the event claims a significant Australian title. Swimming the Gap is a fundraising swim which raises funds for AFL Cape York House Foundation.…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend   The opening week of the Senior QAFL Men’s finals delivered two incredible spectacles that will forever be etched in the minds of those who were present to witness them. Wilston Grange defeated Surfers Paradise by…

Martin Hopp was born to be a rugby league man. His grandfather Frank Hopp was a life member of Easts Rugby League Club and the Easts Juniors clubhouse is named in honour of his father Keith. But at age six…

Aspiring young AFL players will do pretty much anything to get a chance at the elite level. But Leigh Ryswyk inadvertently went over and above in his quest for a second crack after his first was cruelled by injury. He…

If you look up the football dictionary under ‘horrific, sickening, unthinkable and how did this happen?’ you might possibly find reference to Brett Backwell’s AFL debut because it was that and more.  That was even before he stepped foot onto…

by Daniel Viles This was not supposed to be the Grand Final match-up. Twelve months ago, Bond University limped out of the finals looking weary and ready to rebuild. Several stalwarts either retired or, believing their careers could go no…

By Daniel Viles BOND UNIVERSITY v ASPLEY Sunday 27 August 2023, 2:20pm at Brighton Homes Arena, Springfield Live stream with commentary on YouTube Head-to-Head: Played 10 – Bond University won 8; Aspley won 2 Last five meetings: 8 Jul 2023…

The umpires have been named to officiate the Bond University QAFLW Reserves and Seniors Grand Finals on Sunday 27 August at Brighton Homes Arena. Bond University QAFLW Seniors Grand Final Bond University Bull Sharks vs Aspley Hornets  Field Umpires: Zac…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yend PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN v MT GRAVATT Palm Beach Currumbin Highest score – 20.12.132 v Sherwood (Round 20) Lowest score – 6.8.44 v Broadbeach (Round 13) Scores + 100 = x 3 Leading…

Photo: Brooke Sleep Media By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend BROADBEACH v ASPLEY Broadbeach Highest score – 21.16.142 v RVP Lowest score – 3.3.21 v PBC Scores + 100 = x 2 Leading goal scorer Jack Jovanovic – 39 Record against teams…

By Chris ‘Yeendy’ Yeend Get set for two epic Elimination Finals in Week 1 of the QAFL Senior Men’s competition with a feast of football on the Gold Coast as Broadbeach and Surfers Paradise play host to two quality opponents.…

Derek Humphery-Smith was an accidental umpire who reached the elite level in extra quick time before an unceremonious and even cruel exit which underlines the brutality of the environment that confronts the game’s on-field officials. He endured it all, and…

BROADBEACH v. PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN Broadbeach QAFL Seniors ——————————————– B: Ryan Gilmore(10), James Gledhill(36), Josh Searl(12) HB: Brayden Taylor(19), Jared Eckersley(51), Kasey Nicholas(26) C: Leonardo Lombard(56), Blake Erickson(4), Cody Harrington(27) HF: Sam Jasper(37), Jacob Townsend(21), Jonah Semmler(43) F: Lucas Jellyman-Turner(24),…