Footy is back! Hear that? That’s the sound of rejoice. After 25 long weeks, community footy is officially back in Queensland. Saturday saw the start of the Alpha Sport Pre-season Cup, which means that days of sitting at home on…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles Alpha Sports Pre-season Cup Wrap, week one POOL A Labrador 16.13.109 defeated Surfers Paradise 5.7.37 In extremely blustery conditions, it was Labrador who carried their strong form from last year into 2015. On top in…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap 2014 was a difficult year for the Sandgate Hawks. After winning their first game of the year over the UQ Red Lions, they failed to win another game for the season. They…
2014 season wrap 2014 was always going to be a difficult year for the University of Queensland Red Lions after making the step up from the SEQAFL into the newly restructured QAFL. They finished the year in ninth spot on…
Local football is back in a big way this weekend. Be it community football or Under 18 state programs, fans will be able to wet their footballing appetites. The inaugural Alpha Sport Pre-Season Cup will begin on Saturday, in a…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap 2014 was always going to be a difficult year for the University of Queensland Red Lions after making the step up from the SEQAFL into the newly restructured QAFL. They finished the…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap 2014 was a below par year for the Western Magpies. Coming into the season on the back foot after a difficult 2013, the Magpies managed just the five wins from their 18…
2014 season wrap After high hopes leading into the season, 2014 was a difficult year for the Wilston Grange Gorillas. Making the step up into the newly formed QAFL, and with the aspirations of finals football, Matt Trewhella’s men finished…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap It was a year of, so close yet so far, for the Surfers Paradise Demons. They finished the home and away season with nine wins and nine losses, which placed them on…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap 2014 must be considered successful for the Mt Gravatt Vultures. Following the depletion of their 2013 list, and an up and down start to the year, they came home strongly to secure…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap After losing an unprecedented 65 per cent of their playing group from the season before, 2014 should be considered a successful year for the Broadbeach Cats. Starting the year behind the eight…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap After moving into the newly restructured QAFL in 2014, to finish the home and away season in second position after 14 wins and four losses, and to be a kick after the…
By Andrew Wiles – @andrewjwiles 2014 season wrap Although being beaten convincingly in the grand final by Morningside to the tune of 53 points, 2014 was a successful year for the Labrador Tigers. They finished the home and away season…
2014 season wrap Not much needs to be said in terms of Morningside’s 2014 season. In what was a perfect year record wise for the Panthers, they finished the home and away season with 18 wins from 18 games, four…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for families who use sporting facilities in Brisbane’s inner northern suburbs following initial approval of a major project by the Queensland Government. Get Playing Plus is part of the Government’s strong plan…
Former Sydney Hills Eagles player, Ben McNiece, is back in Brisbane will be back at the Morningside Panthers in 2015. After spending a season in Sydney, McNiece has been back in his hometown for a month and it didn’t take…
Alicia Murray will be representing the Gold Coast Sunsets in this weekend’s Youth Girls State Championships. Murray nabbed her first Queensland U18 guernsey this season and after a taste of state action, she is determined to impress at this championships.…
Three years after coming out of retirement, Dave Kettle clinched his first Wilston Grange best and fairest. Kettle pipped captain, Steve Brittain, at the post in a thrilling count, with the nuggetty midfielder standing out in the wet conditions of…
Todd Bryant’s dream debut in Queensland footy continued last weekend, with the 23 year-old winning Palm Beach’s best and fairest. Bryant, who came to the Lions from the Wodonga Raiders in the Ovens and Murray League this season, made an…
UQ’s Michael Stewart claimed his third best and fairest award, after another outstanding season. While he missed three games through the year his form through the rest of the season was enough to secure him his third best and fairest…
Aden Rutledge won the 2014 Norm Reidy Medal, as Sandgate’s best and fairest. The 19 year-old was a standout for the Hawks through a turbulent season, playing in a variety of roles. Rutledge proved the most consistent of the side,…
Will Hamill’s wet weather form helped him over the line at last weekend’s Jim Fletcher Medal, awarded to Mt Gravatt’s best and fairest. Hamill finished on 47 votes to claim the win, with Vultures captain, Joe Murphy, second on 40…
Nathan Kinch won his second Devery Kelly Medal, as Morningside’s best and fairest, on Saturday night. Kinch joins Jacob Gough and David Lillico as dual winners of the medal, since it was first awarded under that name in 2000. Kinch…
Surfers Paradise defender, Sean Atkinson, has claimed the Surfers Paradise best and fairest. Atkinson was one of the most consistent Demons this season and played in the QAFL representative side in June. The half-back flanker pipped big ruckman, Michael Cunningham,…
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