The final match of the APM Inclusion League QClash between the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast SUNS was held at the Maroochydore Multisports Complex last weekend. With the Brisbane Lions leading the series by 20 points, the Gold Coast…

All-Australian Kai Williams headlines the Brisbane Lions Inclusion team for Game 2 of the APM SEQ Inclusion League QClash series.   The APM SEQIL QClash series is the representative pathway for participants aged 16+ with intellectual disabilities. It allows Queensland’s top…

APM, an international human services provider of employment, disability, health and aged care services, supporting more than 2.1 million people to improve their quality of life each year, is the new official naming rights sponsor of the South East Queensland…

Calling all budding footy players! The AFL, in collaboration with Queensland Representative School Sport (QRSS), as part of the QRSS Inclusion Series, are introducing inclusion footy for secondary school students identified as living with disability.  It’s a first for Australian…

In a gripping showdown, the Gold Coast SUNS emerged victorious in extra time, leveling the 2024 AFL Wheelchair Pathways to Care QClash series against the Brisbane Lions. The win marked the SUNS’ first QClash series victory since the inception of…

The Australian Football League has revealed its new flagship national event for footballers with an intellectual disability and wheelchair players – the Toyota AFL Open. Set to take place for the first time at South Pine Sports Complex in Queensland…

In another first for Queensland, AFL Wheelchair – NAB AFL Auskick will be launching in Brisbane.   As the first AFL Wheelchair – NAB AFL Auskick program in Queensland, it completes Queensland’s AFL Wheelchair pathway from Auskick to the Queensland…

For the first time, AFL Wheelchair – Social Play is coming to Queensland.   Commencing on May 1, the brand new AFL Wheelchair social program is available for ages 14 and over, and all abilities.   Held at the Sporting…

Pathways to Care, a leading national NDIS Plan Management service, is the new official naming rights sponsor of the Queensland Wheelchair Football League, which tips off on Sunday May 19.   Entering its second year, the 2024 season sees the…

Queensland will host the 2023 Toyota AFL National Inclusion Carnival from this Sunday. The carnival will be held at Springfield Central Sports Complex from October 8 – 12, and at Brighton Homes Arena in Springfield for the final day on…

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…

In its inaugural season, wheelchair AFL in Queensland has taken off, building to an intense finals series between the four foundation clubs. Following the conclusion of the season, QClash returns in September, and both the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast…

Queensland will host the 2023 Toyota AFL National Inclusion Carnival when the event takes place in Brisbane from October 8-13.   The annual carnival for the most talented male footballers with an intellectual disability will again see representative teams from eight…

More players than ever will have the chance to pick up a footy with the introduction of the inaugural Queensland Wheelchair Football League next month with four foundation clubs.   The Ormeau Bulldogs, Beenleigh Buffaloes, Morningside Panthers, and Redcliffe Tigers…

New AFL Queensland Participation Manager Mark Handley has hit the ground running, smashing community Auskick and Superstars records in the first half of the year.   Currently, there are more than 20,000 kids registered to play Auskick across Queensland and Northern New South Wales in…

Australian football’s international ties remain strong with budding South Pacific Nations men’s and women’s players taking on the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS Academies in Queensland, as part of their U19 South Pacific High-Performance Pathway Talent Camps this month.…

By Madolyn Sushames Our great game continues to spread far and wide after a recent visit to Fiji as part of the Australian Defence Force’s Sports Officials Program, in conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. AFLQ Umpire…

By Madolyn Sushames  Michael Dobbie-Bridges is a Paralympian, World Tennis champion, All-Australian AFL Wheelchair player and most importantly, a dad.   His two-and-a-half-year-old son, Harvey, turned to him recently while watching the AFL Wheelchair National Championships with a footy in…

This Saturday the 3rd of September marks the first game of the upcoming Wheelchair AFL QClash Series. The Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast SUNS have each locked in their teams for the competition. The teams are as follows: Gold Coast…

An inaugural Wheelchair AFL season, a Southeast Queensland inclusion competition, Auslan footy – AFL in Queensland has a lot to celebrate today for International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD). The United Nations observed day celebrates the contributions and achievements…

Gold Coast SUNS AFLW players Tori Groves-Little and Bess Keaney have given the newest sport on the Gold Coast a go as they prepare for the upcoming AFL Women’s season; trying out Wheelchair AFL. In a Queensland first, an official…

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…

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…

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…

The AFL strongly condemns racial vilification in the football community including our players, staff, and their families, across all levels of our game. The recent incidents are harmful. Acts of racism can trigger trauma and seriously impact the mental health…

When it comes to going out on a high – 15 year-old Nick Daisley from Rockhampton nailed it! A win, a goal and the Best on Ground award. A Glenmore club stalwart since 2013 when he first started with the…

Taking you around footy grounds across Queensland. This week we’re heading to Neil French Oval,Townsville. Yesterday, saw the 8th running of the Garbutt Magpies Cup – with 17 primary schools from across the AFL Townsville region getting involved. Prior to…

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…

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…

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.…