HUGHES AND PFEIFFER LATEST SHARKS SIGNINGS Hot on the heels of securing the signature of Grogan Medallist Matt Payne Southport have added recently delisted AFL players Cleve Hughes (Richmond) and Darren Pfeiffer (Carlton) to their already impressive list. Hughes the number 24 selection in the 2005 NAB AFL Draft played a total of 16 games at Richmond after being recruited from SANFL club Norwood. more -->

NEW AFL ACADEMIES FOR BRISBANE, GOLD COAST The AFL today announced it would introduce AFL Club-based academies in Queensland and New South Wales to develop young local talent. The Academies will be designed as a means of growing the national talent pool in the interests of all AFL Clubs and providing opportunities for elite players to remain in their home state under a bidding system. more -->

SHARKS SNARE PAYNE Southport have signalled their intentions clearly to rival QAFL clubs by signing former Zillmere Eagles Grogan Medallist Matt Payne for the 2010 season. Payne a member of the losing Sturt SANFL Grand Final side has decided to return to the Sunshine State after a season in Adelaide which saw him play 14 senior games including four finals more -->

AFL CONTINUES TO GROW IN SUNNY STATE The AFL has released the participation figures for the 2009 season with Queensland breaking the 100,000 mark for the first time. more -->

BACK TO BACK B & F MEDALS FOR GOUGH An outstanding season from Morningside ruckman Jacob Gough has seen him take out his 2nd Devery-Kelly Medal for the fairest & Best award, held at the Morningside Football Club last Saturday night.
The 28-year-old polled votes in 11 games throughout the season, collecting a total of 108 to win midfield duo Paul Shelton (89) and Ryan Holman (82 votes). more -->

HART & STARCEVICH JOIN SHEEDY FOR LEVEL 2 Former AFL players Shaun Hart & Craig Starcevich will join Kevin Sheedy at the upcoming Level 2 Coaching Course to be held on the weekend of 14 & 15 November 2009. more -->

ATHLETE ROOKIE SEARCH IS ON AGAIN With the Independent Schools AFL competition coming to an end this week throughout Brisbane, keen observers have identified some talented individuals to take part in the Athlete Rookie Search program starting on Monday. more -->

PETER LABI SIGNED BY CARLTON Dynamic half forward Peter Labi has become the second Papua New Guinean product in two months to earn an astonishing passage way to the AFL. The 17-year-old Mt.Gravatt speedster has signed a two-year International Scholarship with Carlton just four years after he was introduced to AFL football at school in his PNG birth town of Lae. more -->

MURRAY DAVIS APPOINTED NT COACH FOR 2010-11 The NT Thunder is pleased to announce that Murray Davis has been appointed Head Coach of the NT Thunder for the 2010 and 2011 seasons. Murray has held the role of High Performance Manager over the past 12 months and that experience in addition to his coaching experience in the QAFL made him the ideal candidate for the position. more -->

“BOMBER” BEST AT MAGPIES Twenty One year old midfielder Ben Heffernan-Roper has capped off a fine 2009 Velocity Sports Cup season by claiming the Bill Peirce Medal for the Best and Fairest Player at the Western Magpies.
Heffernan-Roper polled 44 votes to be a decisive winner over diminutive midfielder Chris Judson. more -->

DOERING IS TOP TIGER IN 2009 Talented journeyman Jordan Doering has won the Labrador Best and Fairest Award in his first season in the QAFL. Doering who was named as Centre Half Back in the 2009 Velocity Sports Cup Team of the Year polled 82 votes to narrowly win from the fast finishing Jason Howard on 78 votes with Captain Aaron Shattock in third position on 71 votes. more -->

RECRUITING COUP FOR TIGERS Labrador Tigers have pulled off an early recruiting coup by signing former Brisbane Lions dual Premiership player Tim Notting for the 2010 QAFL Season. 30 year old Notting was taken at pick 26 of the 1996 AFL National Draft and played 208 AFL games and was a member of the 2001 and 2002 Brisbane Lions Premiership sides more -->

CAMERON ILETT THUNDER'S BEST & FAIREST MIDFIELDER Cameron Ilett is Territory Thunder's first senior club champion after a thrilling vote count at Darwin's Holiday Inn last night. The 24-year-old St Marys product won the inaugural best and fairest award by two votes from rover Mark McLean at Thunder's presentation night.Ilett (pictured) polled 130 votes to beat McLean on(128) more -->

AFL CAIRNS HITS THE ROAD AFL Cairns staff will hit the road this term as we take NAB AFL Auskick to outlying Schools in the Cairns FNQ Region. Development Officers will travel 190km South of Cairns running Auskick Centres at Cardwell, Tully, Mission Beach, El Arish and Innisfail. Staff will also travel up the ranges and head west to the Tablelands to run AFL Auskick Centres at Atherton, Dimbulah and Mareeba. more -->

QAFL CLUB BEST AND FAIREST RESULTS A number of QAFL clubs have already staged their Presentation Nights with the winners of Best and Fairest Awards being announced at Aspley, Broadbeach, Redland, and Southport. At Graham Rd former Noosa midfielder Lucas Matthews (pictured) capped off a consistent season winning the Hornets Best and Fairest Award from young gun Shaun Tapp and evergreen Brent Evans more -->

AFLQ STATE LEAGUE FIELD UMPIRE COACH AFLQ is seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified individuals to undertake the role of State League Field Umpire Coach in 2010. The individual will be responsible for creating a positive learning environment which facilitates the ongoing improvement of field umpiring performances at the State League level. more -->

MIXED RESULTS IN SANFL GRAND FINAL It was always going to be a fifty/fifty bet with four former QAFL players going head to head in the SANFL Grand Final on Sunday when perennial finalists Central Districts took on underdogs Sturt at AAMI Stadium in front of over 35,000 fans. more -->

2009 HIGH PERFORMANCE COACHING COURSE QAFL coaches Matthew Francis and Jarrod Field joined current Gold Coast FC assistant and Brisbane Lions premiership player Shaun Hart at the star studded 2009 High Performance Coaching Course held at the AIS in Canberra last week. more -->

HELENSVALE JUNIORS ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS Helensvale State High School added yet another trophy to their collection yesterday after their schools AFL excellence junior team defeated Sydney’s St. Ignatius College in the Under 14s Northern States Cup on Sunday. more -->

Australia Post Young Scorpions Take out National Title! Not even a change in venue to Visy Park and a typical Melbourne day weather wise that saw rain wind and some patches of sunshine could stop the “Australia Post” AFLQ Under 16 Young Scorpions from finish off the NAB AFL Under 16 National Championships from finishing with clean record of 4 wins from 4 games. more -->

WASH UP FROM QAFL GRAND FINAL Mt Gravatt defender Tom Tarrant has been offered a nine match suspension based upon an early guilty plea for alleged incidents arising out of Sundays QAFL Grand Final at Giffin Park. Tarrant has been offered six matches for allegedly striking Morningside midfielder David Lillico during the first quarter. He has been offered three matches for allegedly striking Morningside forward Matt Logan. more -->

GIBSON CAPS MEMORABLE YEAR Rugged Morningside centre-half-back Ben Gibson crowned a memorable season by winning the Joe Grant Medal as best afield in the 2009 QAFL Velocity Sports Cup grand final. more -->

BLAIR HAD FAITH IN HIS MEN Morningside boss John Blair remained confident that his side would withstand the Mt Gravatt charge in the final quarter of today’s grand final, even when the Vultures drew to within three points. more -->

MORNINGSIDE MAGNIFICENT IN THE FINISH Morningside dug deep in the crisis to halt a Mt Gravatt charge and register a memorable 31-point victory in a tough QAFL Velocity Sports Cup grand final that was not decided until late in the final term. more -->