Английская Википедия:Australian rules football in Queensland
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Australian rules football in Queensland (typically referred to as "AFL", or less frequently "Australian Football", "Aussie Rules" or "Australian Rules") was the first official football code played in 1866.[1] The Colony of Queensland was the second after Victoria to adopt Australian rules football, just days after the rules were widely published. For two decades it was the most popular football code, however a strong desire for representative football success saw Queenslanders favour British football variants for more than a century. As a result, Queensland is one of the two states to the east of the Australian cultural divide described as the Barassi Line. 120 years later in 1986 Queensland was the first state awarded a licence to have a club, the Brisbane Bears, in the national (AFL) competition, also its first privately owned club. However the Gold Coast based Bears had a detrimental effect until the 1993 redevelopment of the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba). In contrast the Bears transformation into a Brisbane and traditional membership based club resulted in enormous growth, and a tripling of average AFL attendances by 1996.[2][3][4]
Queensland has two fully professional teams competing in the AFL: the Brisbane Lions (1996) and Gold Coast Suns (2009). These two teams compete against each other in the QClash. Combined average AFL club membership, television audience and attendance, while growing, is the smallest of any state[5]
Participation has surged since the 1990s particularly in South East Queensland and the Cairns Region. Growth in player numbers can be directly correlated to the Brisbane Lions threepeat AFL premiership era. The Lions 3 Grand Final appearances in the national women's competition (AFLW) from its inaugural season in 2017 and 2021 premiership helped further fuel female participation despite a lack of success from the Lions and Suns senior men's teams. Ausplay puts its participation third after soccer and rugby league, passing rugby union in player numbers in 2018, the first time since the 1890s. However, since 2019 the player base declined in contrast to increased numbers for all other football codes.[6] Nevertheless, an increasing number of players have found pathways to the elite professional national level. As at 2020 more than 100 males and almost 50 females had played at the sport's highest level (AFL/AFLW), however only a dozen have played more than 200 games.
Queensland hosted the inaugural AFLW Grand Final in 2017 and was the second state in history to host the AFL Grand Final (in 2020). AFL Premiership matches are now regularly played in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Cairns. The AFL began matches in Townsville along with AFLW matches in the Moreton Bay Region, Mackay in the 2010s and the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich in the 2020s.
The state team, known as the "Maroons" debuted in 1884 against New South Wales and has been competitive against that state and the Australian Capital Territory however played their last senior match in 1988. The side's poor record contributed to the popularity of representative football in other codes, particularly the Queensland Reds (union) and later the Queensland Maroons (league). Despite its historical record, the team won Section B national titles in 1974 and 1979. Zane Taylor holds the record for the number of representative caps for Queensland. The underage team has been more successful with 4 Division 2 titles at the National Championships, the most recent in 2015. The AFL wound up Queensland's senior representation in 1993 and underage titles in 2019 in favour of club academies.
The state has produced many great players. Erwin Dornau became the first born and raised Queenslander in the AFL in 1948. Jason Dunstall was the first Queenslander to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and holds the AFL record of most goals for a Queenslander with 1254, the third highest tally in league history. Dunstall also holds the record AFL games for a player born and raised in the state (269). The state's 3 AFL Brownlow medallists include: Michael Voss, Jason Akermanis and Simon Black while these players were not both born and raised in the state all three are nonetheless multi-premiership players and Australian Football Hall of Famers. In the AFLW, the first Queensland born and raised player to win the league best and fairest is Ally Anderson (second Queenslander after Emily Bates) and shares the record for most games while Tayla Harris has the most goals.
History
1860s: Early Beginnings in South East Queensland
Football matches had been played early on in what was known as "Moreton Bay", with some of the earliest evidence dating back to 1849, however it is not known under what rules they played and there were no established codes. The Melbourne Rules were brought to the newly self-governed Colony of Queensland by migrants from the Colony of Victoria and was the first organised code to arrive.
Founder of the code Tom Wills, moved to Queensland along with his father Horatio Wills in October 1861 to work on the family grazing property near Springsure in Central Queensland. While Horatio was killed during the Cullin-la-ringo massacre and Tom returned to Victoria in 1864, his brothers Cedric and Horace (both played at Geelong Football Club) continued their football involvement in Brisbane, as did many other associates of Wills.[7][8]
Not long after the redrafting of the laws on 1 May 1866 and the widespread distribution in the Australasian on 19 May, an advertisement appearing in the Brisbane Courier on 21 May called for a meeting to form a Brisbane club.Шаблон:Sfn The first Brisbane Football Club was incorporated the following day on 22 May 1866 and chose to play under the then widely distributed Victorian Rules.[9]
Queensland at the time was one of the poorest colonies (especially in comparison to booming Victoria), having begun as a penal settlement it was very much a frontier colony and relied heavily on investment from the southern colonies.[10] With its population of under 90,000 in 1866, it was dwarfed by Victoria's rapidly growing population of 640,000 consisting mostly of migrants from the United Kingdom and New South Wales.[11] Nevertheless, Brisbane was the first football club of any code in the colony and the only known club outside of Victoria and New South Wales to have officially adopted Victorian Rules.
The majority of the founders of Brisbane FC had prior exposure to the game during its rapid rise in popularity in Victoria. Of the six founding members four were from Victoria - none were from Queensland. One of three members of the founding committee was Charles Edward Wallen, who had played for Scotch College in the experimental rules matches umpired by Tom Wills in 1858.[12] Tom Board and George Clencross-Smith were both teammates of Tom Wills at Geelong Football Club.Шаблон:Sfn Studholme Hart had played in 1859 with South Yarra.Шаблон:Sfn Founding chair David Watterston moved from Melbourne to Ipswich in 1860 and was a member of Brisbane's Victorian Cricket Club (formed 1863 and consisting of ex-Victorian players).[13] His cricket club had on 26 May proposed that cricket make way off-season for football.[14] Significantly, on 1 June 1866, the Brisbane Courier published the Melbourne Football Club rules as the official rules for the Queensland colony.Шаблон:Sfn
The club played the first of several scratch matches on Saturday 9 June 1866 at Queen's Park (now part of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens).Шаблон:Sfn[15] The first official fixture was played on 21 July 1866, and after a marathon 5 hours, the game was declared a draw.Шаблон:Sfn While there were sufficient numbers for scratch matches Brisbane FC struggled early on for competition and at times during its early years switched to association football to facilitate matches with early teams like Volunteer Artillery.[16]
Despite the slow start the game began to spread rapidly during the 1870s. By 1870 there were five clubs: Brisbane, Volunteer Artillery, Brisbane Grammar, Civil Service and Ipswich, all adopting the Victorian Rules (as it was then known).
Ipswich Grammar School was the first school in Queensland to adopt football in 1868Шаблон:Sfn care of new headmaster John McCrae of Scotch College in Melbourne.Шаблон:Sfn Two years later the first schoolboys match was between Brisbane Grammar and Ipswich Grammar was played. The National School was to join the fledgeling schools competition in 1869.Шаблон:Sfn Ipswich Grammar's influence in the code's development was formidable, while the senior clubs went into recess early in the decade due to player numbers, the school continued to fly the flag and by the end of the decade the flow of juniors helped the city of Ipswich become the major stronghold for the code with no less than 7 clubs regularly competing against each other.
1870s: The code spreads north and west
A club also formed in Rockhampton, Capricornia in 1873 to play under Australian rules on the local cricket ground.[17]
By the time rugby was imported from Britain in 1876, Victorian Rules had well established itself as the colony's premier football code. Though in areas outside Brisbane there was growing confusion amongst clubs over which set of rules to adopt, and while some experimented with rugby most simply defaulted to the Victorian rules.[18]
The game had spread to the Darling Downs by 1876 with a match between Civil Service and the newly formed club Toowoomba.[19] As the game spread further west of the Great Divide to places including Warwick[18] clubs were split on whether to adopt rugby. Some of the Downs clubs lacked nearby opponents and appear to have preferred rugby, as a result competition went into recess a few years later until matches were played by Toowoomba Grammar.[20] The code in Brisbane was still dominant and in 1876 several newly formed Brisbane rugby union clubs including Rangers and Bonnet Rouge moved to switch codes[21] citing the game's huge popularity in Melbourne.[22] However Brisbane FC's decision to defect to rugby to join the other two clubs helped establish the rugby code in the state.
Queensland clubs affiliated with the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877, and the game became known in Queensland as the "Victorian Association rules", "Victorian association football" (or sometimes just "Association Football" or "Association rules").
In 1878, the main clubs playing rugby, Rangers and Bonnet Rouge folded, and Brisbane FC, lacking opposition teams returned to Australian rules. Rugby was left without any clubs in the city. However it was beginning to gain ground in smaller country towns which didn't have the numbers of funds to tour as full Australian football teams.
Former Brisbane Grammarian and Brisbane FC player Herbert W. Bryant, while playing with Essendon in the VFA had the honour of being the first Queenslander to play for Victoria's team in the first intercolonial Victoria v South Australia (1879).[23]
Competition began in Wide Bay–Burnett in 1881, with the establishment of clubs in Maryborough[24] and Gympie.[25] The Darling Downs competition also expanded to include Allora in 1883 providing more regular interaction between the clubs.[26] Competition in Far North Queensland was recorded as early as August 1884 with the first match in Cairns was played against a representative team from Townsville.[27] An association also began in Charters Towers with the town competing against nearby Millchester in 1885.[28] The code also reached the Mackay Region in 1885 however was short-lived there.[29]
While Victorian Association remained popular, Queensland clubs, particularly the newly formed ones that were beginning to make hard decisions on rule adoption. Many players wanted to represent Queensland and many were convinced that adopting rugby would be the best option for this. Rules to protect players against dangerous pushing during contests for example were desperately sought, and some were claiming that rugby rules were safer as a result. Clubs were becoming increasingly disgruntled by the lack of representation or consultation on the laws of the game and governance from Melbourne.[30]
1880s: Queensland Football Association era
A meeting was held on 30 April 1880 at the Queen's Hotel[31] for the purpose of forming the Queensland Football Association (QFA) to affiliate with the Victorian Football Association. The formation was opposed by the premier Queensland club, the Brisbane Football Club, through its representative E.C. Binge, believing that it had the right to govern itself and use its position of influence to lead the other clubs. However his motion lapsed and the formation proceeded.[31] While there were no dedicated rugby clubs, many of Brisbane and Wallaroo's best players preferred to play both codes so rugby matches were facilitated during the season on a Saturday every 4 weeks. While club rugby was nowhere near as popular with the public, Brisbane FC being by far the strongest club would often field its best players in rugby and its seconds in Victorian Association matches. By 1883 QFA membership consisted of 900 Victorian Association members from throughout the colony and 80 Rugby Union members mostly from Brisbane.[32]
Rugby rebellion: local clubs and schools reject the Victorian Association
Migration trends did no favours for the code with Brisbane's population tripling over the next decade, migration from Victoria was rapidly supplanted by the British Isles and neighbouring New South Wales[33] bringing with them a strong preference toward the British football codes.
A growing rift between Victorian Association and its Rugby Union members came to a head in 1883 after QFA clubs had been pushed annually to vote as to whether to continue under the Victorian Association or adopt Rugby Union rules. Whilst the rugby fraternity was vastly outnumbered (just a handful of rugby clubs compared to more than 50 senior Victorian association clubsШаблон:Sfn), their push for intercolonial matches against New South Wales was enormously popular. There was increasing discontent among all QFA members with Melbourne's apparent disinterest in sending teams to Queensland. The QFA felt that the wealthier Victorian Association were more capable of covering the travel expenses than the Queenslanders, while the Rugby Union members were more than prepared to cover the costs of the shorter trip to Sydney. Rugby players were also disgruntled with having to play under Association rules and were dissatisfied with the Victorian Association's growing contempt for rugby.[34] Under pressure from its members, the QFA organised the first intercolonial to be played under Victorian Rules between New South Wales and Queensland. The two colonies played each other in a two-game series in Brisbane in August 1884 resulting in a 1–1 draw.[35][36] The first match attracted a modest crowd of 300 spectators and increased interest in the contest resulted in the second match drawing 2,000. Many of the players also played rugby and Queensland rugby footballers began to bypass the QFA to directly organise rugby tests with New South Wales. This angered the QFA and in an effort to uphold Victorian Rules, and with support unforthcoming from Melbourne on the issue, a motion was passed by the QFA secretary that effectively barred players found to be playing Rugby Union from playing at a Victorian Association club, effectively segregating the two codes for the first time since its inception.[37] The move was to backfire as the breakaway Northern Rugby Union (NRU) formed, taking disgruntled clubs and players with it.[32] These clubs in response, instituted the barring of rugby players from playing Victorian rules[38] and Rugby players and officials began derogatively reverting to the term "Melbourne Association" and "Melbourne Rules" in reference to the QFA and its rules[39] fuelling a sentiment of them being increasingly anti-rugby and anti-Queensland.
The lack of a player transfer system was exposed in 1886 when players began freely changing clubs and codes from week to week without accountability, the situation was becoming farcical and supporters quickly lost confidence in the QFA.[40]
Suffering from dwindling numbers, the 1886 Queensland team was humiliated by New South Wales in their intercolonial matches. The Victorian game supporters were struggling hard to uphold the premier position they had gained. In contrast within just two years of its founding, the locally governed breakaway NRU competition came to dominate sport in Queensland and, according to one writer, "The defining moment in the code battle came with the 1886 Queensland [Rugby] side, who defeated NSW for the first time in Sydney. The success of this team undoubtedly won the day for rugby game in Queensland. After the brilliant performance of the 1886 Queensland rugby team, who lost only one match through their tour, the rugby game became very popular and the next season several new clubs were formed and the Victorian game began to wane".[41]
Australian rules, however, was still strong in the schools. Brisbane Grammar through Richard Powell Francis had switched to rugby in 1885. Though Grammar continued to play Victorian Association matches against Ipswich, it lobbied hard for the other Independent Schools to switch away from them. Perhaps the death blow occurred when Independent Schools headmasters in 1887 voted by 1 vote to adopt rugby.[42] The majority of councillors objected on the basis that the reference of "Victorian" in the name of the sport did not represent the interests of Queenslanders.
Between 1885 and 1887, for the first time in the history of the colony, mainstream newspapers began to report rugby results first, followed by Australian football and association football, signalling the premier status of the rugby code. Despite the Victorian Association having 10 times the participation of rugby in terms of players and clubs, regular competitive intercolonial representation was by far the most important to the players and the public, the QFA was just not able to offer this.
1890s: QFA Collapse and the end of an era
Despite the advances made by Queensland football, it was clear that Victoria was progressing faster than any other state while the code in Queensland had been going backwards. In an effort to reverse the decline, the QFA had been calling on the VFA for years to send teams to Queensland to play exhibition matches which were largely ignored. In 1888 it finally secured the first visit from a colonial team slated to be from all of Victoria. However a representative Melbourne team arrived in June 1888. The QFA assembled a Queensland team consisting of players principally from Ipswich topped up with a scattering of players from Brisbane. The match was played at the Brisbane Exhibition Grounds with the home team lost 3–5 to the visitors 6–16 in front of 5,000 spectators.[43][44] Rugby officials had deferred matches for the event, though noted that both Queenslander players and spectators appeared to have little understanding of the game.[44] Several Melbourne clubs followed shortly thereafter including the Melbourne Football Club.
A representative match between Brisbane and Ipswich was held in June 1890 won by Brisbane 3 goals 6 to Ipswich 3 goals 5.[45]
On 21 June 1890, South Melbourne Football Club toured, playing against Queensland on Albion Park. The result of the match was a complete 6–17 to 1-0 humiliation (behinds were recorded in the scores at the time but did not actually count until 1897). The humiliation was obviously felt by the players as when Queensland defeated a New South Wales Rugby Union team shortly afterwards many of the former rugby players receded from the Australian football ranks and formed clubs of their own.[46]
The Queensland Football Association, already under heavy criticism,[47] folded at the end of the 1890 season. With the gap left by the collapse of Victorian Association, the majority of the Brisbane clubs switched to rugby, while clubs in Ipswich and Toowoomba also switched, folded or joined the ranks of the Anglo-Queensland Football Association. The Australian code quietly disappeared with no clubs surviving the 1890s.
Comeback attempt in Ipswich (1892)
A meeting was held in July 1892 to re-establish the code instigated by the Ipswich Football Club.[48] It was initially successful, with a well attended representative match played between Brisbane and Ipswich staged at the North Ipswich Reserve. Ipswich won 4 goals 12 to 3 goals 7.[49] Optimistic of an Australian rules revival, Ipswich's Athenian Football Club reformed, consisting almost entirely of rugby converts, and contested another high profile match against a reformed Ipswich Football Club at the North Ipswich Reserve, the match won by the Athenians 6 goals 4 to 4 goals 5.[50] Ipswich and Brisbane teams met again in August at Queens Park in Brisbane.[51] While interest remained strong in Ipswich, the rugby dominated Brisbane media appeared disinterested in the return match and the code's comeback attempt failed. Reluctantly the Ipswich and Athenian clubs returned to playing rugby the following year.
1900s: Post-Federation Australasian Rules Revival
With Federation of the colonies Australian rules was to benefit from a renewed interest in Australian nationalism.
A meeting was held in 1900 in an effort to revive the code.[52] However this was made more difficult as rugby interests had rebranded their sport in Queensland as "Australian Football" and soccer was then known as "Anglo-Australian Football", presenting a major branding obstacle. In an effort to differentiate, the new association chose the provisional title for the new league as the rather awkwardly worded "Queensland Association of the Australian Game of Football".[52]
Competition recommenced in 1900 in of all places, Maryborough in Wide Bay, with senior and junior competitions including the Wallaroo club, which had continued to field both Australian rules and rugby teams, and the Victorians club.
The Queensland Football League (QFL) was formed in July 1903 at a meeting with 50 present at the South Brisbane Cycling Club and a total of 150 signed on as members.[53] Unlike the previous league which affiliated with the VFA, this new body decided to affiliate with the Victorian Football League.[54] Practice matches were held in August that year in the Botanical Gardens and attracted large crowds and interest.[55] The first premiership was held in 1904 with most games being played at Queen's Park, a sporting facility within the grounds of the Brisbane Botanic Gardens.
Competition in Ipswich, once the code's stronghold in Queensland was rekindled through an exhibition match between Locomotives and Brisbanes.[56][57] The Ipswich Football Club was reformed in May 1906[58] and matches resumed at the North Ipswich Reserve.[59][60] Several Ipswich clubs and schools resuming to play the sport from the following year including juniors at Ipswich North State School and Newtown schools.[61][62]
From 1905 to 1914 games were regularly played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Clubs included Brisbanes, Locomotives, Ipswich, Citys, Valleys and Wynnum.
In 1908, Queensland again sent delegates to the Australasian Football Council, this time, fielding a side in the Jubilee Australian Football Carnival which saw all Australian states as well as New Zealand compete.
The sport was reintroduced to Far North Queensland during both World Wars. In 1913, a team of servicemen briefly existed on Thursday Island.
In 1914 a carnival to promote the code was held in Brisbane. The participating teams were Collingwood (representing Victoria), Perth (representing West Australia), South Adelaide (representing South Australia) and Cananore (representing Tasmania).
Between 1915 and 1919 the Queensland Football League went into recess owing to World War I.
Between the Wars: The Game Expands
In August 1927 at a meeting of the Australian National Football Council it was decided that each of the state leagues were to include the words 'Australian National' in their names. Accordingly, the QFL was renamed the Queensland Australian National Football League (QANFL) and football continued a steady growth in Brisbane.
The first matches in Mount Isa were played in 1932.[63] The city had 3 clubs by 1933.[64]
A VFL exhibition match was played between powerhouse clubs Carlton FC and Richmond FC at the Exhibition Ground in 1930 drew 12,000 and raised £622 for the clubs.[65][66]
In 1944, a league of servicemen was formed around the Atherton Tableland. Teams represented included Wongabel, Wondelca, Kairi, Mareeba and Ravenshoe.
Post War Era: Queensland Football Comes of Age
The late 1940s and early 1950s would see an era of growth.
In 1946, Queensland defeated New South Wales for the first time in interstate football. Unlike the first few decades, matches during the following decades would be close between the two sides increasing the interest in the contests.
Erwin Dornau became the first Queenslander in to play in the VFL in 1948.[67]
With the increasing interest in the code, Brisbane Rugby League administrators began to block access to the Brisbane Cricket Ground for proposed exhibition matches by the VFL[68] leaving only the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for the VFL to play on.
In 1952, the Brisbane Exhibition Ground hosted a VFL match between Essendon and Geelong drew 28,000 spectators and was the first official VFL match to be played under floodlights.[69]
The first recorded women's match was played in 1955 in front of a crowd of 4,000 at Perry Park between the Brisbane Bombers and Sandgate Sirens.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1955 a league was introduced to Townsville.Шаблон:Sfn Competition also began that year in CairnsШаблон:Sfn and in 1957 land was purchased in Cairns for the first dedicated field and competition began there. In the same year a league was also introduced to Mount Isa.Шаблон:Sfn
Another VFL exhibition game was played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground in 1959, attracting a large crowd.
The code boomed at junior level during the 1950s and by 1960, with a tripling of the number of schools playing the code and more than 5,000 juniors playing across the state.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1961, the first league commenced on the Gold Coast.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1964 the QANFL became the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), a limited liability company.
In the early 1970s, the first permanent leagues appeared on the Sunshine Coast (1970)[70] Mackay (1970), the Darling Downs (1971), Bundaberg-Wide Bay (1971) and Rockhampton (Capricornia) (1972).Шаблон:Sfn
1980s: Brisbane Bears Era
Born and raised Queenslander Jason Dunstall debuted for the Hawthorn Hawks in 1985 and quickly became one of the greatest players in the game, despite remaining almost unknown in his home state. He briefly represented a Queensland State of Origin team which played in a low key game against New South Wales in Sydney.
On 1 October 1986 the VFL board was announced that teams from Brisbane (Brisbane Bears) and Perth (West Coast Eagles) would compete in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1987.[71] Much of the Bears team were South Australian players from the South Australian National Football League and Victorians from the Victorian Football League. Although the team was known as Brisbane, home games were played at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, nearly 100 km from Brisbane.
The Bears were hugely unsuccessful on the field, and with the admission of the successful Brisbane Broncos rugby league team into the New South Wales Rugby League, the popularity of Australian rules football plummeted, while the successful Broncos, made up primarily of local talent, thrived. The NSWRL had resisted the move for a team in Queensland for years but created the Broncos and the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants the very next season.
The admission of the Bears had a deleterious effect on the QAFL which weakened over the following years.
During this era, few local players, besides Jason Dunstall, were produced with the exception of Gavin Crosisca and Marcus Ashcroft who were successful at VFL level.
Demographic trends saw Victorian and South Australians (states where the code is extremely popular) migrating interstate in large numbers to Queensland. Support for Australian rules football grew, despite a lack of success from the Bears and support from fans.
1990s: AFL comes to Brisbane, New Governing Body
1990 saw the Brisbane Bears receive their first Wooden Spoon, which saw new coach Queensland-born Norm Dare sacked at the end of the season.
1991 was a mixed year for the Brisbane Bears. At the end of the home and away season, the Bears' Seniors team would receive the Wooden Spoon again while the Bears' Reserves team finished in 3rd position. They qualified for the Reserves Grand Final, where they scored a 34-point victory over the Melbourne Demons to become the first team from outside Victoria to win an AFL premiership. The Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League (QISAFL) began in 1991, the first dedicated league for private schools in the state.
1992 saw the debut for the Brisbane Bears of the most significant locally produced young talent to emerge from the state – Michael Voss. Although born in country Victoria, Voss spent most of his childhood in Queensland and represented the state at junior level where he shone, before going on to captaining the Brisbane Lions and becoming one of the all-time greats of the game. Voss was followed by a small number of players from Queensland to find their way into the newly named Australian Football League (AFL).
In 1993, the Brisbane Bears moved from the Gold Coast, to the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba. Interest, crowds and membership in the team increased considerably. Games between the Bears and popular Victorian sides Collingwood, Essendon and Hawthorn drew particular interest.
In 1995, the Bears made the AFL finals for the first time.
In 1996, six sell-out games at the Gabba caused the State Government to consider funding re-development of the ground, something that would be done several times over the following years to transform the small stadium into a world-class venue.
After the 1996 season, the QAFL, having weakened significantly with the introduction of the Bears, finally went into receivership. A new governing body, the Queensland Australian Football Council, was formed in 1997, alongside a new premiership competition, Queensland State Football League (QSFL).
Boom Times: Brisbane Lions Threepeat Era
The Brisbane Lions began in 1996, when the AFL approved a merger between the Brisbane Bears and the formerly Melbourne based Fitzroy Football Club and on-field success increased substantially with the injection of Fitzroy players, further boosting the popularity of the code.
A major breakthrough for was participation by GPS schools in South East Queensland playing the code for the first time since the turn of the century. Previously to this, South East Queensland private schools had been a staunchly rugby union stronghold and many schools did not allow Australian Football to be played as it would compete with rugby for players. John Stackpoole introduced Australian rules to GPS school Nudgee College in 1998, the school was to become a powerhouse in the Independent Schools competition.[72] The Jason Dunstall Cup (senior competition named after champion ACGS product Jason Dunstall) and Clint Bizzel Cup (year 9 named after BBC product Clint Bizzell) was later awarded to the champion school. In subsequent decades all of the prestigious GPS schools (with the exception of St Joseph's Gregory Terrace): Nudgee, BBC, ACGS, Brisbane Grammar, Ipswich Grammar and The Southport School participated at one stage or another in the first division of the Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League (QISAFL) (Toowoomba Grammar competed in a Darling Downs division of the competition). During these years of competition it became a nursery for AFL players. However the competition struggled to maintain interest in the schools and unlike rugby (and soccer in 1991) it has never become an official Great Public Schools Association of Queensland sport. Many AFL players who attended independent schools, notably: Jason Dunstall, Chris Scott, Jason Akermanis, Clint Bizzell, Clark Keating, Brad Moran, Nick Riewoldt, Steven Lawrence, Tom Williams, Marcus Allan, Scott Clouston and John Williams never had the opportunity to play for their school.
Also in the 1990s, the Cairns league experienced enormous growth financially on the back of gaming, with the Cazaly's social club quickly becoming the largest sporting club north of Brisbane. The Cazaly's Stadium received lights to play popular night football games and the western stand from the Gabba was transplanted to Cazaly's Stadium, enabling it to host AFL matches.
In 1999, the QSFL also went into voluntary liquidation, being replaced by a new organisation, AFL Queensland (AFLQ) in 2000. The new premiership competition was called the AFLQ State League. That year, Nick Riewoldt became the first Queensland produced player to be taken as number 1 pick in the AFL Draft, recognised as the best junior talent in the nation.
In 2001, a Women's Footy competition began in earnest.
Three successive premierships for the Brisbane Lions in 2001, 2002 and 2003 saw crowds to Australian Football League matches in Brisbane to grow to an average of over 30,000, and in terms of attendance and membership, the AFL team in 2003 was the most popular team of any football code in the state. However, despite increasing television ratings and media exposure, Australian rules football remains overall less popular than rugby league and rugby union in the state.
During the Lions premiership years, junior Aussie Rules numbers exploded in South East Queensland, and grew solidly right across the state.
2000s: Period of Stabilisation
From 2005, the growing local State League expanded to two divisions.
A record number of 13 Queenslanders were invited to attend the 2006 AFL Draft camp, representing 18% of the 72 camp invitees.[73]
Although state league crowds have dwindled with the increase in support for the Brisbane Lions AFL team, a healthy crowd of 3,257 saw the Southport Sharks defeat Morningside in the 2005 AFLQ Grand Final at the Gabba, while a crowd of over 3,000 saw the Southport Sharks win back-to-back premierships in 2006 at Carrara.
In 2006, support for the Brisbane Lions waned substantially due to two successive seasons out of the finals. From 2005 to 2006 total memberships decreased from 30,027 to 26,429 and the average home crowd fell from 33,101 to 28,305.
The impact of the Brisbane Lions fall from grace was felt at grassroots level by the sport in Brisbane. From 2006, the much celebrated Jason Dunstall Cup was no longer contested by its former powerhouse schools – ACGS or BBC. Most other major private schools ceased playing the sport at the top level. Despite the decline of school competitions, local junior club numbers continued to grow.
Nevertheless, Queensland performed extremely well in the 2006 AFL Draft with a record 11 recruits, including 8 of the first 32 picks. Surprisingly, the majority of the movement was in the regional areas, with some picks from previously undrafted regional areas such as Townsville, Toowoomba and Mackay providing AFL talent.[74][75]
AFL on the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast, where a hole had been left once the Brisbane Bears moved away, had grown to become the 6th biggest urban area with nearly half a million people, many of which had migrated from states where Australian Rules is popular. Several bids were made for a new AFL franchise by the powerhouse Southport Sharks Australian Football Club, including attempts to lure a Melbourne-based club in 2004.[76] Many of these attempts were knocked back due to the city's many failed sporting franchises. However demographic trends suggested a growing demand for Australian rules football and in 2005 a pre-season practice match between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon drew a healthy audience of 16,591. Following the match, the Australian Football League stepped up efforts to expand into the Gold Coast market. A series of pre-season games and a home and away match was scheduled at Carrara for 2006. In response, the rival NRL competition admitted a Gold Coast Titans franchise. Despite an average crowd of around 10,000 (comparatively low by AFL standards), the AFL officially announced a strategy to include a Gold Coast side in the next 5 years.[77] A bitter turf war with the National Rugby League resulted over the use of Carrara stadium.[78] In the same year, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou was quoted to declare that the league would compete directly with the NRL for marketshare in Queensland.
In July 2006, with the backing of the local government and the AFL, the Kangaroos did a deal which saw them move their home games scheduled at Manuka Oval in Canberra to play a number of home games at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast in 2007.[79] The AFL began a heavily subsidised grassroots participation program and pushed for the number of AFL games, including pre-season matches to steadily increase to ready the region for its own side. Relocation of the Kangaroos was seen by many to be the safest option for the AFL, and an existing Queensland Government deal prevented use of the Brisbane Cricket Ground for a second Queensland side until 2010. The AFL's plans were further complicated by growing competition in the market. The entry of several licences from other sports into the market as well as the proposed expansion of A-League put additional pressure on the league to fast-track the relocation of the Kangaroos.
In December 2007, after two years of resisting the AFL's push for their relocation, the Kangaroos finally officially rejected the AFL's $100 million proposal.[80] This was despite threats from the league to pull financial assistance from the club and cancel the Gold Coast home game agreement if they don't move. The failure of the AFL to secure a stadium deal for Carrara with the Queensland Government was seen as one of the deciding factors. A consortium was selected by the AFL in early 2008 and the GC17 set out to make an official bid for the licence with criteria defined by the league. The Queensland government finally committed to funding for a stadium in early 2009 after which the AFL was granted a provisional licence pending further federal government funding. In 2010 The Gold Coast Suns were created and entered a team in the NEAFL. In 2011 they made their debut playing in the AFL and vindicated the investment in creating the new AFL side by outdrawing the rival football codes on the coast.
2020s: COVID Impacts on Queensland football
Queensland was the first state other than Victoria to host an AFL Grand Final, the 2020 AFL Grand Final held at the Brisbane Cricket Ground.[81][82]
Apart from affecting the availability of AFL venues, the COVID-19 pandemic had an overall positive effect on the sport in Queensland, both in terms of AFL clubs being based in the state and grassroots participation.[83] At one stage in the 2020 season, all but three AFL clubs (the two South Australian clubs, and Hawthorn) were based in the state.[84]
AFL venues have seen significant recent investment during this time, including the $70 million development of a new AFLW stadium at The Reserve, Springfield, $2.7 million expansion of the Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex, as well as benefiting from the proposed $1 billion redevelopment of the Brisbane Cricket Ground for the 2032 Summer Olympics.
However the first Australian Football International Cup tournament scheduled to be hosted outside of Victoria (on the Sunshine Coast) was cancelled due to COVID, it remained under consideration for a 2023 tournament.[85]
Competitions
Underneath the professional AFL, there are several semi-professional leagues with Queensland clubs. Between 2011 and 2020 Queensland based teams have competed in the northern division of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL, also contested by teams from New South Wales, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory). This competition became the second tier for Queensland-based clubs. Some of these clubs later joined the VFL. The Queensland Australian Football League (former "AFLQ State League", first started in 1903) remains the premier semi-professional club competition based in Queensland.
Club Competitions
Men's
| League | Years with QLD clubs | Senior QLD clubs | Divisions | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queensland Australian Football League | 1903- | 12 | 1 | Brisbane |
| AFL Townsville | 1955- | 5 | 1 | Townsvile |
| AFL Cairns | 1956- | 10 | 1 | Cairns |
| AFL Mount Isa | 1967- | 5 | 1 | Mount Isa |
| AFLQ State Association | 1969- | 57 | 7 | Brisbane |
| AFL Capricornia | 1969- | 6 | 1 | Rockhampton |
| AFL Mackay | 1970- | 6 | 1 | Mackay |
| AFL Darling Downs | 1971- | 8 | 1 | Toowoomba |
| AFL Masters Queensland | 1984- | 32 | 3 | Brisbane |
| AFL Wide Bay | 1987- | 4 | 1 | Bundaberg |
| Australian Football League | 1987- | 2 | 1 | Melbourne |
| AFL Cape York | 1992- | Weipa | ||
| North East Australian Football League | 2011-2020 | 9 | 1 | Sydney |
| Victorian Football League | 2020- | 3 | 1 | Melbourne |
Women's leagues
| League | Years with QLD clubs | Senior QLD clubs | Divisions | Headquarters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QAFLW | 2001- | 8 | 1 | Brisbane |
| AFL Cairns Women's | 2002- | 6 | 1 | Cairns |
| AFL Capricornia Women's | 2010- | 6 | 1 | Rockhampton |
| QFAW | 2017- | 21 | 4 | Brisbane |
| AFL Mackay Women's | 2017- | 7 | 1 | Mackay |
| AFL Townsville Women's | 2019- | 5 | 1 | Townsville |
| AFL Masters Queensland Women's | 2023- | 12 | 2 | Brisbane |
Junior
- AFL Brisbane Juniors
- AFL Gold Coast Juniors
- AFL Cairns Juniors
- AFL Sunshine Coast Juniors
- Darling Downs Junior Australian Football League
- Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League (QISAFL)
Clubs
There are two fully professional football clubs in Queensland, the Brisbane Lions and the Gold Coast Suns who both play in the main national league, the Australian Football League (AFL). They also play (with reserve teams) in the interstate competition North East Australian Football League. Other teams from the region that take part of it are Aspley, Redland and Southport.
The main competition of Queensland, Queensland Australian Football League, has 9 teams participating of it.
Representative Sides
Men's
The Queensland state team, known as the "Maroons" has played interstate representative matches against all other Australian states, as well as selecting State of Origin teams as both Queensland. Queensland's last open appearance was in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival where it lost to Tasmania. In 1993 the after taking over as governing body the AFL Commission merged Queensland with the Northern Territory to create a composite side before disbanding it altogether.
Queensland debuted in 1884 at Queens Park following pressure from rugby members of the QFA to play annual representative matches and the result was a drawn series against New South Wales. After rugby split from the QFA and held its annual NSW vs QLD matches, the team did not regularly compete however in 1888 and 1890 suffered humiliating defeats at the hands of the first visiting Victorian teams. Following this, Queensland was reluctant to compete against the stronger states, and resumed tests with NSW until the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival in 1908. Queensland sent a team to carnival performing a stirring aboriginal war cry prior to its matches against New Zealand[86][87] however the team performed poorly, failing to win a game. Its carnival record since has been poor, and it has never won a senior carnival in either division.
Test Matches
Colony of Queensland (Pre-Federation)
| Date | Location | Result | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 1884 | Queens Park | Queensland drew New South Wales[35][36] | 300 |
| 30 August 1884 | Albert Sports Ground | Queensland 3 def New South Wales 2 | 2,000 |
| 19 June 1886 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 4 def Queensland 1 | 1,200 |
| 26 June 1886 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 9 def Queensland 1 | 1,000 |
State Team (Post-Federation)
| 3 September 1904 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 4.15 (39) def New South Wales 3.13(31) [88] | 3.000 |
| 14 August 1905 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 10.16(76) def New South Wales 9.7(61)[89][90] | 2,000 |
| 15 August 1905 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 9.11(59) def New South Wales 7.7(49)[91] | |
| 23 June 1906 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 11.10(76) def Queensland 3.5(23)[92] | 6,000 |
| 13 July 1907 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 9.22(76) def New South Wales 6.4(40)[93][94][95] | 8,000 |
| 15 July 1907 | North Ipswich Reserve | Queensland 2.10(22) def. by New South Wales 8.6(54)[96] | |
| 4 September 1909 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 11.12(87) def New South Wales 6.10(46)[97] | |
| 12 June 1910 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Queensland 5.7(37) def. by New South Wales 9.15(69)[98] | |
| 20 August 1910 | Queensland 8.12(60) def. by New South Wales 10.5(65)[98] | ||
| 25 August 1910 | Erskineville Oval | Queensland 83 def Riverina 80[98] | |
| 17 August 1912 | Alexandria Oval | New South Wales 19.22(136) def Queensland 12.9(81)[99] | 1,500 |
| 7 June 1913 | Brisbane Cricket Ground | Queensland 7.10(52) def. by New South Wales 9.15(69)[100] | |
| 5 August 1914 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 13.15(93) def Queensland 2.4(16)[101] | |
| 11 July 1921 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 14.16(100) def New South Wales 11.10(76)[102] | |
| 13 July 1921 | North Ipswich Reserve | Queensland (65) def. by New South Wales (128)[103] | |
| 16 July 1921 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 12.13(85) def New South Wales 9.11(65)[104] | |
| 2 June 1934 | Perry Park | Queensland 13.15(93) def. by New South Wales 13.15(93)[105] | |
| 4 June 1934 | Perry Park | Queensland 11.16(82) def. by New South Wales 13.15(93)[105] | |
| 18 August 1934 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 17.14(116) def Queensland 12.10(82)[105] | |
| 26 May 1947 | Trumper Oval | New South Wales 17.13(115) def Queensland 15.17(107)[106] | |
| 30 July 1948 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Queensland 17.13(115) def Queensland 16.18(114)[107] | |
| 30 July 1949 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 16.14(110) def Queensland 8.15(63)[108] |
State of Origin
Originally led by Subiaco marketing manager Leon Larkin in 1977, interstate matches involving Queensland in the late 1980s and early 1990s were regularly played under state-of-origin rules as opposed to the state-of-league rules that were previously used. This rule change allowed the Queensland state team to select higher quality players of Queensland origin that were playing in the Victorian Football League such as the Brisbane born and raised duo of Australian Football Hall of Famer Jason Dunstall and Collingwood premiership player Gavin Crosisca. Both players competed for Queensland in their famous victory against Victoria at the Gabba in 1991.
| 3 March 1988 | Football Park | Victoria VFA 17.10 (112) def Queensland 4.11 (45) | - |
| 4 March 1988 | Norwood Oval | Tasmania 11.16 (82) def Queensland 10.10 (70) | - |
| 16 July 1991 | The Gabba | Queensland 23.14 (152) def Victoria 15.8 (108)[109] | 8,519 |
| 12 May 1992 | Sydney Cricket Ground | New South Wales 22.9 (141) def Queensland 6.12 (48) | 7,223 |
| 6 June 1993 | Bellerive Oval | Queensland 16.14 (110) def Tasmania 6.12 (48) | 9,660 |
Interstate Carnivals
In early carnivals Queensland only made rare appearances. It broke its 20-game carnival losing streak in 1933 when it defeated the Australian Capital Territory. This was followed up by another win against the ACT in 1947 and 1950. Queensland achieved a breakthrough when it defeated New South Wales for the first time in the 1958 carnival. However, in the 1960s it was relegated to the "minor states" where it again accounted for New South Wales at the 1968 Minor States Carnival and both New South Wales and ACT at the 1974 Minor States Carnival taking its first Section 2 title. It was not to reappear in the national carnival until the 1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival when it once again accounted for the Australian Capital Territory and claimed the title. It made its last senior appearance at the 1993 State of Origin Championships as a combined Queensland-NT team defeat Tasmania and take out the Section Two title. With the AFL Commission taking over the game nationally it created a concept in which Queenslanders would compete under the banner of the AFL's The Allies along with players from New South Wales, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory and the AFL's focus on its national club competition effectively saw the end of Queensland players representing their state of origin.
- 1908 Melbourne Carnival - 0 wins
- 1914 Sydney Carnival - 0 wins
- 1924 Hobart Carnival - 0 wins
- 1930 Adelaide Carnival - 0 wins
- 1933 Sydney Carnival - 1 win
- 1947 Hobart Carnival - 1 win
- 1950 Brisbane Carnival - 1 win
- 1958 Melbourne Carnival - 1 win
- 1960 Minor States Carnival - 0 win
- 1968 Minor States Carnival - 1 win
- 1974 Minor States Carnival - 2 wins
- 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival - 0 wins
Inter-league competition
In inter-league matches since 1991, Queensland (QAFL) has defeated both Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, and has had some close games including a near-wins against Western Australia.
Regional Representative Sides
Also there are representative sides for areas within Queensland used during inter-league matches with-in Queensland itself. They include:
- North Queensland - represent North Queensland in annual matches against South Queensland since the 2010s
- South Queensland - represent Southern Queensland in annual matches against North Queensland since the 2010s
- Bushrangers – representing the entire South East Queensland region Official Site
- Gold Coast Stingrays – representing the Gold Coast region
- Suncoast Power – representing the Sunshine Coast region Official Site Шаблон:Webarchive
- Western Taipans – representing the western regions, including the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. Official Site
- Northern Raiders – representing the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane and Bribie Island. Official Site
Underage teams
The Queensland Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 representative sides are known as the Scorpions.
Women's
The state senior women's team is known as the "Sunfire" and competed since 1992 in the AFL Women's National Championship. It last competed in 2015 before the AFL took over the women's sport nationally and disbanded the senior women's championships. Its best results were in the 2001 AFL Women's National Championships and 2003 AFL Women's National Championships where it was named the second strongest women's team behind Victoria.
Girls
Queensland competes at Under 16, Under-17 and Under-18 representative level at the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships.
Principal Venues
The following venues meet AFL Standard criteria and have been used to host AFL (National Standard) or AFLW level matches (Regional Standard).[110]
Historic Venues
- 1866 – ca 1890: Queen's Park (now part of the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens); the original Cricket Ground at the 'Green Hills' (now Petrie Terrace)
- 1904 – 1912: Queen's Park
- 1905 – 1914: Brisbane Cricket Ground, Exhibition Ground
- 1920 – 1950s: Perry Park, Exhibition Ground for some games, including the 1950 interstate carnival
- 1959 – 1971: Brisbane Cricket Ground
- 1970s – 1980s: Windsor Park
- 1987 – 1996: Carrara Stadium (Gold Coast)
- 1998 – 2004: Giffin Park
Modern AFL Standard Venues
- 2005 -: Brisbane Cricket Ground (City of Brisbane)
- 2005 -: Cazaly's Stadium (City of Cairns)
- 2010 -: Carrara Stadium (City of Gold Coast)
- 2017 -: South Pine Sports Complex (Moreton Bay Region)
- 2018 -: Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex (Moreton Bay Region)
- 2018 -: Great Barrier Reef Arena (City of Mackay)
- 2019 -: Riverway Stadium, (City of Townsville)
- 2020 -: Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex, (City of Sunshine Coast)
- 2020 -: Fankhauser Reserve (City of Gold Coast)
- 2022 -: Bond Sports Park (Field 2) (City of Gold Coast)
- 2022 -: The Reserve, Springfield (City of Ipswich)
Audience
Attendance record
- Men's: 37,473 (2019). AFL Brisbane Lions vs Richmond (Gabba, Brisbane)[121]
- Women's: 15,610. (2017) AFLW Grand Final Brisbane Lions vs Adelaide (Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland)[122]
Major Australian Rules Events in Queensland
- Australian Football League Premiership Season (Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns home games and QClash special fixture)
- AFLW Premiership Season (Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns home games)
- Queensland Australian Football League Grand Final
Players
Participation
In 2022 the participation rate per capita was 1.6% with a total of 67,836 adult (15+ years) players.[123]
According to AFL Queensland, in 2017 Queensland surpassed 250,000 participants[124] (40% are female).This is more than double the number of participants in less than a decade. Ausplay for the same period reported 44,996 players.[125]
In 2007, there were around 3,300 senior players in Queensland, and in 2009 there were a total of 103,358 participants.[126]
Greats
Over the years, Queensland has produced an array of talent for elite leagues such as the Australian Football League, such as Jason Dunstall, Marcus Ashcroft, Michael Voss, Gavin Crosisca, Scott McIvor, Simon Black, Jason Akermanis, Nick Riewoldt, Danny Dickfos, Mitch Hahn, Dayne Beams, Kurt Tippett, Jarrod Harbrow, David Hale, Sam Gilbert, Daniel Merrett, Che Cockatoo-Collins, Steven Lawrence, Clark Keating, Jamie Charman, Brett Voss, Brad Miller, Mal Michael, Ben Hudson, Matthew Kennedy, David Armitage and Robert Copeland.
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Jarrod Harbrow was from Cairns
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Kurt Tippett was from the Gold Coast
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Dayne Beams premiership player was from the Gold Coast
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David Armitage was from Mackay
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Michael Voss Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player was from Beenleigh
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Chris Scott dual premiership player was schooled in Brisbane
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Jason Akermanis Brownlow medallist and triple premierships player was schooled in Brisbane
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Simon Black Brownlow medallist and triple premiership player was from Mount Isa
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Mal Michael triple premiership player grew up in Brisbane
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Jamie Charman premiership player was from Maryborough
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Nick Riewoldt was from the Gold Coast
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Sam Gilbert was from the Gold Coast
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Daniel Merrett was from the Gold Coast
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Rhan Hooper was from Cunnamulla and Ipswich
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Ben Hudson was from the Gold Coast
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Scott Harding was from Thursday Island
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Luke McGuane was from the Gold Coast
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Robert Copeland dual premiership player was from Brisbane
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David Hale Triple premiership player was from the Gold Coast
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Brad Miller was from Brisbane
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Mitch Hahn was from Brisbane
AFL Recruitment Zones
Queensland based AFL clubs have priority development access to the Northern Academy Recruitment Zone via the Brisbane Lions Academy and Gold Coast Suns Academy.[127] As a result, many of the players from these areas end up playing in the AFL with the designated club.
| QLD AFL Club | Zones |
|---|---|
| Шаблон:AFL Bri | Brisbane (Logan, Brisbane, Ipswich, Moreton Local Government Areas), Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs, Wide Bay-Burnett, Outback Queensland |
| Шаблон:AFL GC | Gold Coast region, Northern Queensland (Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Mt. Isa, Cape York) |
Men's
Since Erwin Dornau in 1948[67] more than 180 Queenslanders as at 2020 had played in the AFL, well over half of them made their debuts in the 21st century.
Current Players
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Lachlan Keeffe is from Gympie
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Tom Hickey is from Brisbane
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Charlie Dixon is from Cairns
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Dayne Zorko is from the Gold Coast
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Alex Sexton is from Logan City
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Aliir Mayom Aliir All-Australian was schooled in Brisbane
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Charlie Cameron is from Mount Isa and Mornington Island
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Braydon Preuss is from Townsville
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Harris Andrews was raised in Brisbane
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Lachie Weller was raised on the Gold Coast
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Caleb Daniel All-Australian is from Beaudesert
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Ben Keays is from Brisbane
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Jesse Joyce is from the Gold Coast
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Mabior Chol was raised in Acacia Ridge in Brisbane
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Eric Hipwood was raised on the Sunshine Coast
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Jack Bowes is from Cairns
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Oskar Baker is from Brisbane
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Jacob Heron is from Cairns
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Tom Fullarton is from the Sunshine Coast
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Caleb Graham is from Cairns
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Keidean Coleman was raised in Brisbane
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Will Martyn is from Brisbane
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Samson Ryan is from Toowoomba
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Tom Green is from Townsville
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Noah Cumberland is from the Sunshine Coast
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Will Ashcroft is from the Gold Coast
AFL players from Queensland
| Currently on an AFL senior list |
| Player | QLD junior/senior club/s | AFL Club/s | Representative honours | AFL Years | AFL Games | AFL (Goals) | Connections to Queensland, Notes & References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodhi Uwland | Burleigh Bombers, Broadbeach, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast Suns | 2023- | 1 | 0 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Will Ashcroft | Southport / Broadbeach / Morningside | Brisbane Lions | 2023- | 1 | 1 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Jaspa Fletcher | Coorparoo, Sherwood Magpies, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | U19 (2021) | 2023- | 1 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Noah Cumberland | Mountain Creek SS / Mountain Creek SHS / Brisbane Lions Academy / Maroochydore | Richmond | 2022- | 1 | 1 | Raised on Sunshine Coast | |
| Carter Michael | Maroochydore | Brisbane Lions | U17 (2019) | 2022- | 1 | 1 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Hewago Oea | Gold Coast Suns Academy / Broadbeach | Gold Coast | U16 (2016, 2017) | 2022- | 2 | 2 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Samson Ryan | Sherwood Districts, Redland, Brisbane Lions Academy | Richmond | U17 (2018) | 2021- | 1 | 0 | Raised in Toowoomba |
| Tom Green | - | GWS Giants | 2020- | 29 | 14 | Born in Townsville, raised in Townsville and Toowoomba | |
| Connor Budarick | Labrador Tigers, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Southport | Gold Coast | U16 (2017) | 2020- | 17 | 1 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Keidean Coleman | Brisbane Lions Academy, Wynnum / Morningside | Brisbane Lions | 2020- | 17 | 8 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Will Martyn | Brisbane Lions Academy, Aspley | Richmond | U15 (2016), U17 (2018) | 2020- | 2 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Alex Davies | Manunda Hawks | Gold Coast | U16 (2018) | 2020- | 1 | 0 | Raised in Cairns |
| Bailey Scott | Broadbeach | North Melbourne | U16 (2016) | 2019- | 26 | 15 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Caleb Graham | Cairns Saints, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U16 (2016), U17 (2017) | 2019- | 20 | 0 | Born and raised in Cairns. |
| Tom Fullarton | - | Brisbane Lions | U16 (2015) | 2019- | 6 | 2 | Born and raised on Sunshine Coast. Former Brisbane Bullets player |
| Jarrod Cameron | - | West Coast Eagles | 2019-2021 | 12 | 13 | Born and raised on Mornington Island (Lardil and Waanyi) | |
| Elliott Himmelberg | Redland | Adelaide | U18 (2016) | 2018- | 27 | 26 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Oskar Baker | Aspley | Melbourne | QLD (2017) | 2018- | 15 | 4 | Born in Queensland, raised in Brisbane |
| Jack Payne | Noosa | Brisbane Lions | U16 (2015) | 2018- | 13 | 0 | Raised on the Sunshine Coast |
| Jacob Heron | Cairns Saints, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U16 (2015) | 2018- | 13 | 2 | Born and raised in Cairns.[128] |
| Brayden Crossley | Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U16 (2015), U18 (2016) | 2018- | 10 | 5 | Born and raised on Gold Coast |
| Connor Ballenden | Kenmore, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | U16 (2015), U18 (2016) | 2018- | 2 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Jacob Dawson | Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | 2018-2019 | 9 | 1 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Jack Bowes | Manunda Hawks / Cairns Saints / Gold Coast Suns Academy / Surfers Paradise | Gold Coast / Geelong | U18 (2016 c) | 2017- | 74 | 14 | Born and raised in Cairns. |
| Brad Scheer | Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U18 (2016) | 2017-2019 | 13 | 2 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Jacob Allison | Aspley | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2016) | 2017 | 10 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Wylie Buzza | Lockyer Valley Demons, Brisbane Lions Academy, Mount Gravatt | Geelong / Port Adelaide | 2017 | 9 | 6 | Raised in Gatton, Queensland | |
| Max Spencer | Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | 2017 | 8 | 0 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Josh Williams | Hermit Park Tigers, Gold Coast Suns Academy | North Melbourne | 2017 | 2 | 1 | Raised in Townsville | |
| Eric Hipwood | Caloundra, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Lions reserves | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2015) | 2016- | 110 | 163 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Mabior Chol | Yeronga SHS / Yeronga / Brisbane Lions Academy / Brisbane Lions reserves / Aspley / | Richmond / Gold Coast | 2016- | 31 | 24 | Raised in Brisbane (Acacia Ridge)[129] | |
| Jesse Joyce | Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | 2016- | 64 | 2 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Ben Keays | Brisbane Lions Academy, Morningside / Redland | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2014, 2015 c) | 2016- | 68 | 25 | Raised and schooled in Brisbane |
| Josh Wagner | Aspley | Brisbane Lions / Adelaide | U18 (2011, 2012) | 2016-2020 | 40 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Corey Wagner | Aspley | Melbourne | 2016-2020 | 19 | 6 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Josh Smith | Redland | Melbourne / North Melbourne | U18 (2011) | 2016-2019 | 34 | 7 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Reuben William | Zillmere | Brisbane Lions | 2016-2017 | 3 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Harris Andrews | Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2014) | 2015- | 136 | 10 | Raised in Brisbane, attended Padua College[130] |
| Caleb Daniel | - | Western Bulldogs | 2015- | 132 | 37 | Born and raised in Beaudesert.[131] | |
| Lachie Weller | Broadbeach, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Fremantle/Gold Coast | U18 (2014 c) | 2015- | 116 | 42 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Braydon Preuss | Hermit Park Tigers / Surfers Paradise | North Melbourne / Melbourne / GWS Giants | 2015- | 18 | 9 | Born and raised in Townsville | |
| Liam Dawson | Redcliffe, Brisbane Lions Academy / Aspley | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2013) | 2015–2018 | 18 | 6 | Raised in Redcliffe |
| Matthew Hammelmann | Morningside | Brisbane Lions | 2015-2017 | 12 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Tom Fields | Labrador | Carlton | U18 (2011) | 2015 | 2 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Charlie Cameron | Marist College Ashgrove | Adelaide / Brisbane Lions | 2014- | 150 | 244 | Born and raised in Mount Isa.[132] (Lardil and Waanyi) | |
| Aliir Aliir | Aspley | Sydney / Port Adelaide | 2014- | 88 | 5 | Raised in Brisbane[133] | |
| Archie Smith | Mount Gravatt | Brisbane Lions | 2014-2021 | 16 | 4 | Born and raised in Brisbane[134] | |
| Alex Sexton | Springwood / Redland | Gold Coast | U16 (2010), U18 (2011) | 2013- | 26 | 11 | Raised and schooled in Logan.[135][136] |
| Adam Oxley | Redland | Collingwood | U18 (2011, 2012) | 2013-2018 | 34 | 10 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Sam Michael | Manunda Hawks / Redland | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2011) | 2013–2016 | 5 | 0 | Raised in Cairns |
| Clay Cameron | Mount Gravatt | Gold Coast | U18 (2011) | 2013–2016 | 23 | 5 | Born and raised in Brisbane |
| Jonathan Freeman | Noosa, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | 2013–2015 | 14 | 16 | Raised on the Sunshine Coast | |
| Andrew Boston | Palm Beach, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U18 (2011, 2012) | 2013-2015 | 16 | 10 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Jordon Bourke | Morningside | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2011) | 2013–2015 | 6 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Dayne Zorko | Broadbeach | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2007 c), QLD (2011) | 2012- | 208 | 210 | Born and raised on Gold Coast. |
| Josh Jenkins | - | Essendon / Adelaide / Geelong | 2012–2021 | 149 | 296 | Raised in Townsville | |
| Lee Spurr | Morningside | Fremantle | 2012–2018 | 120 | 5 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Tom Bell | Morningside | Brisbane Lions | 2012–2018 | 72 | 56 | Born and raised in Brisbane | |
| Josh Hall | Curra Swans | Gold Coast | 2012-2015 | 7 | 3 | Born and raised in Townsville. Also professional NRL player | |
| Peter Yagmoor | North Cairns / Kenmore Bears / St Peters College / Morningside | Collingwood | U18 (2011) | 2012-2014 | 2 | 0 | Raised in Cairns and Brisbane |
| Stephen Wrigley | Labrador | Brisbane Lions | 2012–2013 | 3 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Jackson Allen | Morningside | Gold Coast | U18 (2011) | 2012–2013 | 4 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Piers Flanagan | Gold Coast | 2012 | 3 | 0 | Raised and schooled on the Gold Coast | ||
| Charlie Dixon | Redlynch / Cairns Saints / Redland | Gold Coast / Port Adelaide | U18 (3 caps) | 2011- | 177 | 294 | Born and raised in Cairns |
| Rory Thompson | Southport | Gold Coast | 2011- | 103 | 7 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Tom Hickey | Morningside | Gold Coast / St Kilda / West Coast Eagles / Sydney | U18 (2010) | 2011- | 119 | 41 | Born and raised in Brisbane |
| Zac Smith | Glenmore, Zillmere | Gold Coast / Geelong | 2011-2021 | 124 | 54 | Born Biloela, raised in Rockhampton | |
| Joel Wilkinson | Broadbeach | Gold Coast | U18 (2010 c) | 2011-2013 | 26 | 1 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Alik Magin | Labrador | Gold Coast | 2011-2012 | 8 | 3 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Israel Folau | - | GWS Giants | 2011-2012 | 13 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Rex Liddy | North Cairns / Kenmore | Gold Coast | 2011 | 4 | 0 | Raised in Cairns | |
| Bryce Retzlaff | Labrador | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 11 | 6 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Joseph Daye | Southport | Gold Coast | 2011 | 4 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Marc Lock | Southport | Gold Coast | 2011 | 1 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Claye Beams | Labrador | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2010) | 2011 | 30 | 21 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Josh Thomas | Redland | Collingwood | U18 (2009) | 2010-2021 | 123 | 101 | Born and raised in Queensland and raised |
| Daniel Stewart | Labrador | Port Adelaide | 2010-2013 | 36 | 31 | Raised on Gold Coast | |
| Rohan Bail | Mount Gravatt | Melbourne | 2010-2012 | 71 | 28 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Broc McCauley | Surfers Paradise / Southport | Brisbane Lions | QLD (2009) | 2010-2012 | 6 | 1 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast |
| Lachlan Keeffe | - | Collingwood/GWS | 2009- | 76 | 15 | Born and raised in Gympie[137] | |
| Dayne Beams | Mudgeeraba / Southport | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2008 c) | 2009-2020 | 112 | 118 | Raised on the Gold Coast. 2010 Collingwood Premiership player. 2012 All Australian team. |
| Brendan Whitecross | St Patrick's College / Kedron District Junior Football Club, Zillmere | Hawthorn | U12 (2002), U16 (2005) (2006 c), U18 (2007 c) | 2009-2018 | 111 | 45 | Born and raised in Brisbane |
| Ben Warren | Genesis Christian College / Zillmere | North Melbourne | 2009-2012 | 29 | 34 | Raised in Brisbane. | |
| Rhys Magin | Noosa Tigers / Zillmere | Шаблон:AFL Ess | 2009 | 4 | 2 | Born and raised in Nambour. | |
| Sam Reid | Zillmere | Western Bulldogs / GWS Giants | 2008-2021 | 108 | 33 | Born and raised in Bundaberg and Sunshine Coast[138] | |
| Jake Spencer | Redland | Melbourne | 2008–2017 | 38 | 8 | Raised in Townsville | |
| Jesse White | John Paul College Southport | Collingwood | U18 (2006) | 2008-2017 | 127 | 148 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Gavin Urquhart | Glenmore Bulls, Morningside | North Melbourne | U19 (2006) | 2008-2012 | 41 | 3 | Born in Mackay, raised in Rockhampton |
| Scott Clouston | University of Queensland, Morningside | Brisbane Lions | 2008 | 2 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Jarrod Harbrow | South Cairns Cutters, Hermit Park Tigers | Western Bulldogs / Gold Coast | U16 (2004), U18 (2006) | 2007-2021 | 262 | 54 | Born in Cairns raised in Cairns and Townsville (Yirrganydji and Kuku Yalanji)) |
| David Armitage | Mackay East, Morningside | St Kilda | U19 (2006) | 2007-2019 | 169 | 98 | Born and raised in Mackay |
| Shaun Hampson | John Paul College / Mount Gravatt | Carlton / Richmond | 2007-2018 | 98 | 38 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Kurt Tippett | All Saints Anglican College / Southport | Adelaide/Sydney | U18 (2006) | 2007-2017 | 178 | 325 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Ricky Petterd | Broadbeach | Melbourne/Richmond | U19 (2006) | 2007-2015 | 84 | 72 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Tom Williams | Morningside | Western Bulldogs | 2007–2014 | 85 | 14 | Raised and schooled in Brisbane | |
| Brent Renouf | Surfers Paradise / Southport | Hawthorn / Port Adelaide | 2007-2014 | 68 | 13 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Karmichael Hunt | Anglican Church Grammar School | Gold Coast | 2007-2014 | 44 | 6 | Raised in Brisbane. Rugby league convert | |
| Albert Proud | Mount Gravatt | Brisbane Lions | 2007-2010 | 29 | 10 | Born Torres Strait Islands, raised in Brisbane | |
| Daniel Dzufer | Caloundra / Zillmere Eagles / Suncoast Lions / Aspley | Brisbane Lions | U19 (2006) | 2007–2009 | 1 | 0 | Raised on the Sunshine Coast |
| Will Hamill | Southport | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2004 c) | 2007 | 3 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Joel Tippett | Southport | North Melbourne / Gold Coast | 2007 | 8 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Brad Howard | St Joseph's College, Toowoomba / Redland | St Kilda | 2007 | 2 | 0 | Raised in Toowoomba | |
| Sam Gilbert | Coolangatta Tweed Heads / Southport Sharks | St Kilda | U18 (?) | 2006-2018 | 208 | 38 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Courtenay Dempsey | Morningside | Essendon | 2006-2016 | 133 | 35 | Born Mount Isa, raised in Cairns | |
| Cheynee Stiller | St Patrick's College / Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions | 2006-2012 | 100 | 21 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Brad Moran | Southport | North Melbourne / Adelaide | 2006-2011 | 21 | 8 | Raised (schooled) on the Gold Coast | |
| Rhan Hooper | Ipswich Eagles | Brisbane Lions / Hawthorn | U18 (2005) | 2006-2010 | 54 | 56 | Born in Charleville, Queensland raised in Ipswich |
| Scott Harding | Anglican Church Grammar School / Morningside | Brisbane Lions / Port Adelaide | 2006-2010 | 50 | 15 | Born on Thursday Island, raised and schooled in Brisbane | |
| Jason Roe | Cairns City Cobras | Brisbane Lions | 2006–2009 | 50 | 7 | Raised in Cairns | |
| Wayde Mills | Coolangatta Tweed Heads / Southport | Brisbane Lions | U19 (2006) | 2006-2008 | 16 | 3 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast |
| Marty Pask | Brisbane SHS / Western Magpies | Brisbane Lions | 2006 | 8 | 4 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Paul O'Shea | Rockhampton Brothers, Redland Bay | Brisbane Lions | 2006 | - | - | Raised in Rockhampton | |
| Daniel Merrett | Southport | Brisbane Lions | 2005-2016 | 200 | 70 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Luke McGuane | Broadbeach | Richmond / Brisbane Lions | 2005-2015 | 112 | 46 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Josh Drummond | Matthew Flinders Anglican College / Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions | 2005-2012 | 94 | 35 | Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast | |
| Leigh Ryswyk | Southport | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2003) | 2005 | 1 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Andrew Raines | Marymount College / Southport | Brisbane Lions / Richmond / Gold Coast | 2004-2015 | 129 | 17 | Born and raised on Gold Coast | |
| Ben Hudson | Palm Beach Currumbin / University of Queensland / Mt Gravatt | Adelaide / Western Bulldogs / Brisbane Lions / Collingwood | 2004-2014 | 168 | 19 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Joel Macdonald | Mt Gravatt | Brisbane Lions / Melbourne | 2004-2013 | 124 | 6 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Daniel Pratt | Aspley, Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions / North Melbourne | U18 (2000) | 2004-2011 | 119 | 10 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Marcus Allan | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions | 2004-2007 | 5 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| David Hale | Marymount College / Broadbeach | North Melbourne / Hawthorn | U16 (?), U18 (2001) | 2003-2015 | 237 | 217 | Raised on the Gold Coast. Triple premiership player. |
| Luke Weller | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions / Richmond | 2003, 2004 | 11 | 4 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Brad Miller | Cannon Hill Anglican College / Mt Gravatt | Melbourne / Richmond | 2002-2017 | 157 | 120 | Born and raised in Brisbane | |
| Shane Morrison | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions / Richmond | 2002-2005 | 13 | 3 | Raised in Cairns and Brisbane | |
| Nick Riewoldt | Broadbeach / Southport | St Kilda | U18 (1999, 2000) | 2001-2017 | 336 | 718 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Michael Osborne | Labrador | Hawthorn | 2001-2013 | 168 | 110 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Jamie Charman | Sandgate | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2000) | 2001-2009 | 129 | 55 | Born in Maryborough and raised in Brisbane |
| Robert Copeland | Northern Eagles | Brisbane Lions | 2001-2008 | 143 | 39 | Born and raised in Brisbane | |
| Mitch Hahn | Kedron, Windsor-Zillmere | Western Bulldogs | 2000-2011 | 181 | 164 | Born and raised in Brisbane | |
| Trent Knobel | Broadbeach | Brisbane Lions / St Kilda / Richmond | 2000-2007 | 75 | 12 | Born and raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Nathan Clarke | Maroochydore | Brisbane Lions | 2000-2002 | 6 | 4 | Raised on Sunshine Coast | |
| Stephen Kenna | Toowoomba / Morningside | Carlton | 2000,2004 | 5 | 3 | Raised in Toowoomba | |
| Brett Backwell | Northern Eagles | Carlton | 1999-2001 | 18 | 12 | Raised in Brisbane. | |
| Dean Howard | - | Adelaide | 1999 | 2 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Simon Black | - | Brisbane Lions | 1998-2013 | 322 | 171 | Born in Mount Isa. Triple premiership player. Brownlow medallist. | |
| Marc Woolnough | All Saints Anglican College / Southport | Geelong | 1998, 2002 | 6 | 1 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| Hamish Simpson | Kedron Grange | Geelong | 1998-2000 | 18 | 0 | Raised and schooled in Brisbane | |
| Ben Thompson | Kedron Grange / Northern Eagles | Carlton | 1998-1999 | 1 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Max Hudghton | West Brisbane AFC | St Kilda | 1997-2009 | 234 | 14 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Mal Michael | Morningside | Collingwood / Brisbane Lions / Essendon | 1997-2008 | 238 | 33 | Raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member | |
| Brett Voss | Trinity College, Beenleigh / Morningside | Brisbane Lions / St Kilda | 1997-2007 | 170 | 67 | Born and raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane) | |
| Jason Akermanis | Mayne | Brisbane Lions | 1996-2010 | 325 | 421 | Raised in Brisbane. Triple premiership player. Brownlow medallist. QLD Team of the Century member. | |
| Clint Bizzell | Wilston Grange | Geelong / Melbourne | 1996-2007 | 163 | 79 | Born and raised in Brisbane | |
| Clark Keating | Surfers Paradise | Brisbane Bears / Lions | 1996-2006 | 139 | 83 | Born and raised on Gold Coast | |
| Danny Dickfos | Windsor-Zillmere | Brisbane Bears / Lions | QLD/NT (1993) | 1996-1999 | 65 | 0 | Born and raised in Brisbane |
| Derek Wirth | Springwood / Mt Gravatt | Brisbane Lions | 1996-1999 | 1 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Don Cockatoo-Collins | Cairns City Cobras | Melbourne | 1996–1998 | 9 | 3 | Born and raised in Cairns | |
| Steven Lawrence | Southport | Brisbane Lions | QLD/NT (1993) | 1995-2003 | 120 | 60 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Brent Green | Southport | Brisbane Lions | 1995-1998 | 12 | 8 | Raised on the Gold Coast | |
| David Cockatoo-Collins | Cairns City Cobras | Melbourne | 1995–1997 | 2 | 0 | Born and raised in Cairns | |
| Chris Scott | - | Brisbane Lions | 1994-2007 | 215 | 79 | Raised and schooled in Brisbane | |
| Che Cockatoo-Collins | Cairns City Cobras | Melbourne / Port Adelaide | QLD/NT (1993) | 1994-2003 | 160 | 215 | Born in Brisbane, raised in Cairns (Kuku Yalanji) |
| Rudi Frigo | Mayne | Brisbane Bears | QLD/NT (1993) | 1994-1995 | 8 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Michael Voss | Trinity College, Beenleigh / Morningside | Brisbane Bears / Lions | QLD, QLD/NT (1993) | 1992-2006 | 289 | 245 | Raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane). Brownlow Medallist and Australian Football Hall of Famer. QLD Team of the Century member. Triple premiership captain of Brisbane Lions. |
| Steven Handley | Southport | Geelong | QLD | 1992–1997 | 73 | 28 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Steven McLuckie | Southport | Brisbane Bears | QLD/NT (1993) | 1992–1993 | 20 | 8 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Troy Clarke | South Cairns Cutters | Brisbane Bears | QLD (1991), QLD/NT (1993) | 1991-1996 | 68 | 31 | Raised in Cairns |
| Simon Luhrs | Western Districts | Brisbane Bears | QLD/NT (1993) | 1991–1992 | 12 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Corey Bell | Southport | Brisbane Bears | QLD | 1991 | 8 | 2 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Jason Millar | Caloundra | Brisbane Bears | QLD | 1991 | 1 | 0 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Matthew Kennedy | Southport | Brisbane Bears / Lions | QLD/NT (1993) | 1990-2001 | 188 | 30 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Ray Windsor | Western Districts | Brisbane Bears | QLD, QLD/NT (1993) | 1990-1993 | 23 | 22 | Raised in Brisbane |
| David Wearne | Coorparoo | Brisbane Bears | QLD/NT (1993) | 1990-1993 | 18 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Marcus Ashcroft | Southport | Brisbane Bears / Lions | QLD/NT (1993) | 1989-2003 | 318 | 145 | Raised on Gold Coast. First Queenslander to play 300 AFL games. Triple premiership Brisbane Lions player. QLD Team of the Century member. |
| Simon Hose | Western Districts AFC | Brisbane Bears | 1989 | 5 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Stephen Lawrence | Southport | Hawthorn | QLD | 1988-1998 | 146 | 30 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Tony Lynn | Morningside, Mt Gravatt | Brisbane Bears / Carlton | QLD/NT (1993) | 1988-1996 | 33 | 19 | Raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane) |
| Matthew Simpson | Mayne | Brisbane Bears | 1988 | 9 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Gavin Crosisca | Western Districts AFC | Collingwood | QLD (1998) | 1987-2000 | 246 | 64 | Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member |
| Dean McRae | Sandgate | North Melbourne / Sydney | 1987-1996 | 141 | 55 | Raised on Bribie Island, Sunshine Coast | |
| Darren Carlson | Southport | Brisbane Bears | QLD (1988), QLD/NT (1993) | 1987-1990 | 25 | 7 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Stuart Glascott | Southport | Brisbane Bears | QLD (1988) | 1987 | 4 | 0 | Raised on the Gold Coast |
| Tony Beckett | Mayne | Brisbane Bears | QLD (18 caps) | 1987 | 6 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Allan Giffard | Sherwood | Brisbane Bears | QLD (12 caps) | 1987 | 1 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Tony Smith | Morningside | Sydney | QLD (1988) | 1986–1988 | 17 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Jason Dunstall | Coorparoo | Hawthorn | QLD (3 caps: 1992), QLD/NT (1993) | 1985-1998 | 269 | 1254 | Born and Raised in Brisbane. Represented Queensland four times in State of Origin. Australian Football Hall of famer. QLD Team of the Century member. |
| Michael Gibson | Coorparoo | Fitzroy / Brisbane Bears | QLD (15 caps: 1988) | 1985-1991 | 55 | 3 | Born and raised in Brisbane |
| Trevor Spencer | Jindalee | Essendon / Melbourne / Geelong | QLD (1988) | 1985-1991 | 44 | 29 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Craig Potter | Western Districts | Brisbane Bears / Sydney Swans / Brisbane Bears | QLD/NT (1993) | 1984-1992 | 55 | 19 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Craig Brittain | North Cairns / Windsor-Zillmere | North Melbourne | U18 (?) | 1984 | 5 | 2 | Raised in Cairns |
| Scott McIvor | Wilston Grange | Fitzroy / Brisbane Bears / Lions | QLD (17 caps: 1984-?) | 1985-1997 | 200 | 96 | Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member. |
| Gary Shaw | Western Districts | Collingwood / Brisbane Bears | 1983-1987 | 38 | 38 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Carl Herbert | Mayne | Collingwood | QLD (1988) | 1983 | 3 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Brett Grimley | Wilston Grange | Fitzroy | QLD (1988) | 1983-85 | 18 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane. |
| Zane Taylor | Southport | Geelong | QLD (26 caps: 1988) | 1980-1983 | 27 | 12 | Raised in Brisbane. Represented QLD 27 times. Queensland Team of the Century member. |
| Frank Dunell | Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club | Essendon / Brisbane Bears | QLD (7 caps: 1988) | 1979-1988 | 115 | 61 | Raised in Brisbane. Represented QLD Seven times. Premiership player. |
| Warren Jones | Morningside | Carlton / St Kilda | QLD (1979) | 1978-1988 | 123 | 36 | Raised in Brisbane. Premiership player. |
| Barry Denny | South Brisbane / Morningside | Melbourne | QLD (7 caps) | 1977–1979 | 22 | 3 | Raised in Brisbane. |
| Glen Scanlon | Coorparoo | North Melbourne / Footscray | 1977–1978 | 9 | 4 | Raised in Brisbane. | |
| Mark Maclure | Coorparoo | Carlton | QLD (1988) | 1974–1986 | 243 | 327 | Raised in Brisbane. |
| Ken Grimley | Wilston Grange | Fitzroy | QLD (c 1963, 1964) (22 caps) | 1957 | 9 | 16 | Raised in Brisbane. |
| Erwin Dornau | Kedron Football Club | South Melbourne | QLD (1946, 1947) | 1948–1952 | 54 | 8 | Born and raised in Brisbane.[67] |
| Tom Calder | Coorparoo | South Melbourne | QLD (1947 c, 1950) | 1945 | 5 | 0 | Lived in Brisbane for some time |
Women's
Current Players
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Breanna Koenen is from Magnetic Island
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Aliesha Newman is from Redcliffe (Ningy Ningy)
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Jamie Stanton is from the Gold Coast
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Shannon Campbell is from the Sunshine Coast
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Sharni Webb is from the Sunshine Coast
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Kate Lutkins is from Ipswich
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Tahlia Randall is from Buderim on the Sunshine Coast
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Emily Bates is from Brisbane
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Aasta O'Connor is from the Sunshine Coast
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Katie Brennan is from Logan
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Ally Anderson is from Brisbane (Gangulu)
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Tayla Harris is from Brisbane
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Stacey Livingstone was raised in Queensland
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Lauren Bella is from Mackay
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Sophie Conway is from Bracken Ridge in Brisbane
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Gabby Collingwood is from Brisbane
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Jacqui Yorston is from Brisbane
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Jade Ellenger is from Brisbane
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Jesse Wardlaw is from Brisbane
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Erica Fowler is from Brisbane
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Nat Grider is from Brisbane
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Tahlia Hickie is from Brisbane
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Taylor Smith is from the Gold Coast
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Greta Bodey is from Brisbane
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Dee Heslop is from the Gold Coast
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Maria Moloney is from Brisbane
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Dakota Davidson is from Ipswich
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Belle Dawes is from Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast
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Lauren Ahrens is from the Gold Coast
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Lulu Pullar is from Brisbane
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Luka Yoshida-Martin is from Brisbane
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Zimmorlei Farquharson is from Dalby
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Mikayla Pauga is from the Sunshine Coast
AFLW players from Queensland
| Currently on an AFLW senior list |
| Player | QLD junior/senior club | AFLW Club/s | Representative Honours | AFLW Draft | Selection | ALFW Years | AFLW Games | AFLW (Goals) | Connections to Queensland, Notes & References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooke Sheridan | Boyne Island Tannum Sands, Wilston Grange, University Of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL | U18 (2021, 2023) | 2023- | - | - | Raised in Gladstone (Tannum Sands) | ||
| Courtnery Murphy | Mountain Creek, Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL, Шаблон:AFLW GWS | U18 (2016) | 2023- | - | - | Raised on Sunshine Coast (Mountain Creek) | ||
| Kiara Hillier | Kawana, Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL, Шаблон:AFLW Syd | U18 (2022) | 2022 | #78 | 2023- | - | - | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Bella Smith | Noosa, Narangba, Maroochydore (QAFLW), Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL, Шаблон:AFLW Gee | U18 (2021) | 2023- | - | - | Raised on Sunshine Coast | ||
| Poppy Boltz | Centrals Trinity Beach, Cairns Saints, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL | U18 (2017) | 2023 supplementary | (supplementary #16) | 2023- | 4 | - | Raised in Cairns |
| Fleur Davies | Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Шаблон:AFLW GWS | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Charlotte Mullins | North Lakes, Ferny Grove, Wilston Grange, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW BL | U19 (2021, 2022) | 2023- | 1 | 1 | Raised in Moreton (Brisbane) | ||
| Ella Smith | Sandgate, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Шаблон:AFLW BL, Шаблон:AFLW GC | Шаблон:AFLW BL, Шаблон:AFLW GC | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Beth Pinchin | Broadbeach, Coolangatta, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions | Шаблон:AFLW StK | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised in Coolangatta (Gold Coast) | |||
| Brianna McFarlane | Coolangatta, Wilston Grange, Maroochydore, Southport | Шаблон:AFLW WB | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Meara Girvan | Bond University, Gold Coast | Шаблон:AFLW GC | 2023- | 1 | - | Recruited from the Gold Coast | |||
| Alana Gee | North Mackay, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Шаблон:AFLW GC | Шаблон:AFLW GC | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised in Mackay | |||
| Darcie Davies | Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Шаблон:AFLW GC | Шаблон:AFLW GC | 2023- | 1 | - | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Casidhe Simmons | Bond University | Greater Western Sydney Giants | 2022- | 2 | - | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Giselle Davies | Southport, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Suns | Gold Coast Suns | U18 (2021) | 2021 | #30 | 2022- | 6 | 1 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Maggie Harmer | Noosa, Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2021) | 2021 | #18 | 2022- | 1 | 0 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Kaylee Kimber | Moranbah Bulldogs, Southport, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | U17 (?), U18 (2022) | 2022 | Free agent | 2022- | 2 | 1 | Raised in Moranbah |
| Jasmyn Smith | Broadbeach, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy. Gold Coast | Gold Coast | U17 (?), U18 (2022) | 2022 | #52 | 2022- | 1 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Mikayla Pauga | Brisbane Lions Academy, Maroochydore, Bond University, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2021) | 2021 | #46 | 2022- | 7 | 0 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Jacqueline Dupuy | Cairns Saints, Maroochydore, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2021 | Free agent | 2022- | 9 | 2 | Raised in Cairns | |
| Zimmorlei Farquharson | Dalby Swans, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2016, 2017,[139] 2018[140]) | 2020 | #8 | 2022- | 2 | 1 | Born in Dalby, raised in Dalby and Toowoomba |
| Luka Yoshida-Martin | University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 2021 | #53 | 2022- | 3 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Lulu Pullar | Bond University, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 2021 | #58 | 2022- | 4 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Indy Tahau | Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions, Port Adelaide FC | 2020 | #37 | 2021- | 8 | 0 | Raised in Cunnamulla | |
| Lucy Single | Burleigh, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2020 | #57 | 2021- | 9 | 1 | Born and raised on Gold Coast | |
| Daisy D'Arcy | Hermit Park, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | U18 (2020) | 2020 | #60 | 2021- | 19 | 0 | Born and raised in Townsville |
| Wallis Randell | Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2020 | #61 | 2021- | 12 | 0 | Raised in Carmila | |
| Maddison Levi | Bond University, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | U18 (2019)[141] | 2020 | #50 | 2021- | 8 | 3 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Annise Bradfield | Labrador, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Southport, Bond University, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2020 | #7 | 2021- | 2 | 0 | Born and raised on Gold Coast | |
| Lauren Ahrens | Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2019 | Prelist | 2020- | 16 | 1 | Born and raised on Gold Coast | |
| Ellie Hampson | Hermit Park, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | U18 (2017,[139] 2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | Prelist | 2020- | 7 | 0 | Raised in Townsville |
| Belle Dawes | Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017,[139] 2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | #15 | 2020- | 18 | 3 | Raised on Sunshine Coast |
| Dakota Davidson | University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 2019 | #60 | 2020- | 17 | 18 | Born and raised in Ipswich | |
| Maria Moloney | University of Queensland | Port Adelaide | 2019 | #75 | 2020- | 8 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Jade Pregelj | Logan City Cobras, Yeronga, Gold Coast | Gold Coast | 2011 | 2019 | #86 | 2020- | 16 | 0 | Born and raised in Logan |
| Charlotte Hammans | Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Carlton | U18 (2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | Prelist | 2020- | 3 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Dee Heslop | Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Yeronga, Gold Coast | Gold Coast, Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017,[139] 2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | #69 | 2020- | 16 | 0 | Schooled on Gold Coast |
| Greta Bodey | Cairns Saints, University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 2019 | Rookie signing | 2020- | 17 | 11 | Raised in Brisbane | |
| Cathy Svarc | Wilston Grange, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | 2019 | #16 | 2020- | 12 | 0 | Recruited from Brisbane | |
| Taylor Smith | Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2018)[140] | 2019 | Priority signing | 2020- | 12 | 5 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Tahlia Hickie | Coorparoo | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017,[139] 2019[141]) | 2019 | #28 | 2020- | 12 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Serene Watson | Broadbeach, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | U18 (2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | #18 | 2020- | 16 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast |
| Lily Postlethwaite | Moreton Bay, Maroochydore | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017,[139] 2018,[140] 2019[141]) | 2019 | #3 | 2020- | 11 | 1 | Raised in Caboolture |
| Kate Surman | Maroochydore | Gold Coast, Port Adelaide | 2019 | Expansion club signing | 2020- | 16 | 5 | Raised on Sunshine Coast | |
| Tarni White | Coorparoo | St Kilda | U18 (2017,[139] 2019[141] | 2019 | #30 | 2020- | 13 | 0 | Born and raised in Mackay |
| Nat Grider | Jindalee Jags / University of Queensland | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017,[139] 2018 c[140]) | 2018 | #22 | 2019- | 19 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane |
| Erica Fowler | Yeronga | Collingwood | 2019- | 27 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Tori Groves-Little | Beenleigh Buffaloes, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Gold Coast | 2019- | 6 | 0 | Raised in Logan | |||
| Jesse Wardlaw | Coorparoo | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2018)[140] | 2019- | 25 | 16 | Raised in Logan | ||
| Jade Ellenger | Coorparoo | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2018)[140] | 2019- | 13 | 3 | Raised in Brisbane | ||
| Paige Parker | Coorparoo | Brisbane Lions / Gold Coast | 2019- | 17 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane (Quandamooka) | |||
| Jacqui Yorston | Kedron District Juniors, Zillmere, Wilston Grange, Yeronga | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide | 2019- | 11 | 2 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Elisha King | North Cairns | North Melbourne | U18 (2015) | 2019- | 10 | 3 | Raised Cairns | ||
| Krystal Scott | Bond University | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 2018- | 1 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Gabby Collingwood | Forest Lake Dragons, Jindalee Jags, University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2016, 2017)[139] | 2018- | 13 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | ||
| Kalinda Howarth | Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Coolangatta Tweed Heads, Шаблон:AFLW BL | Шаблон:AFLW GC, Шаблон:AFLW Col | U18 (2016, 2017)[139] | 2017 | #31 | 2018- | 16 | 12 | Born and raised on Gold Coast |
| Molly Ritson | Surfers Paradise/Southport, Bond University | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 2018- | 9 | 0 | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Sophie Conway | Zillmere, Brisbane Lions Academy | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2017)[139] | 2018- | 24 | 8 | Raised in Bracken Ridge (Brisbane) | ||
| Emma Pittman | Coorparoo, University of Queensland | Gold Coast | 2018- | 10 | 0 | Born and raised in Mackay | |||
| Jordan Zanchetta | Jindalee Jags | Brisbane Lions | 2018-2021 | 13 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Jessy Keeffe | Yeronga | Brisbane Lions | 2018-2021 | 11 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Arianna Clarke | Broadbeach, Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2016) | 2018-2020 | 18 | 4 | Raised on Gold Coast | ||
| Delma Gisu | Wilston Grange | GWS Giants | 2018-2020 | 1 | 0 | Born and raised in Townsville (Torres Strait Islander) | |||
| Stacey Livingstone | - | Collingwood FC | 2017- | 57 | 0 | Raised in Queensland | |||
| Lauren Bella | Bakers Creek, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | U18 (2016, 2018)[140] | 2017- | 19 | 0 | Born and raised in Mackay | ||
| Tayla Harris | Zillmere | Brisbane Lions, Carlton/Melbourne | U18 (2013) | 2017- | 49 | 47 | Born and raised in Brisbane | ||
| Ally Anderson | Zillmere | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2013)[142] | 2017- | 66 | 8 | Born and raised in Brisbane (Gangulu) | ||
| Kate McCarthy | Yeronga | St Kilda, Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn | 2017- | 33 | 18 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Katie Brennan | Logan City Cobras / Yeronga | Western Bulldogs, Richmond | U18 (2007, 2008c, 2009c, 2010c), 2011, 2013, 2014 | 2017- | 26 | 30 | Born and raised in Logan | ||
| Aasta O'Connor | Northshore Jets, Logan City Cobras | Geelong, Western Bulldogs | 2013, 2014 | 2017- | 32 | 4 | Born in Brisbane and raised on Sunshine Coast | ||
| Emma Zielke | Morningside, University of Queensland | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2017- | 41 | 4 | Born and raised in Bundaberg | ||
| Emily Bates | Yeronga | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2011, 2012) | 2017- | 66 | 9 | Raised in Brisbane from age 3 | ||
| Tahlia Randall | Kawana, Nambour, Maroochydore, Wilston Grange | Brisbane Lions, North Melbourne | U18 (2016) | 2017- | 39 | 1 | Born and raised on Sunshine Coast | ||
| Leah Kaslar | Centrals Trinity Beach, Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 2013, 2014 | 2017- | 36 | 3 | Raised in Cairns | ||
| Kate Lutkins | Wilston Grange | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2017- | 41 | 3 | Born in Brisbane, raised and schooled in Ipswich | ||
| Sharni Webb | Caloundra, Zillmere, University of Queensland | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2017- | 27 | 1 | Born and raised in Nambour, Sunshine Coast | ||
| Jordan Membrey | Carrara Saints, Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions, Collingwood | 2017- | 18 | 11 | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Shannon Campbell | Wilston Grange | Brisbane Lions | 2017- | 38 | 2 | Born and raised on Sunshine Coast | |||
| Jamie Stanton | Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions, North Melbourne, Gold Coast | 2017- | 36 | 5 | Raised on Gold Coast | |||
| Aliesha Newman | Melbourne FC, Collingwood FC, Sydney Swans | 2017- | 39 | 16 | Born and raised on Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe (Ningy Ningy) | ||||
| Breanna Koenen | Magnetic Island, North Cairns, University of Queensland | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2017- | 39 | 1 | Born and raised in Townsville (Magnetic Island) | ||
| Sam Virgo | Griffith-Moorooka | Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast | 2017-2021 | 29 | 3 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Tiarna Ernst | Manunda | Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast | 2017-2020 | 29 | 1 | Born Thursday Island raised in Cape York / Cairns | |||
| Megan Hunt | University of Queensland | Brisbane Lions | 2017-2019 | 14 | 1 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Nikki Wallace | Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions | 2017 | 8 | 0 | Recruited from the Gold Coast | |||
| Selina Priest | Coolangatta Tweed Heads | Brisbane Lions | 2011 | 2016 | #98 | 2017-2021 | 8 | 0 | Born and raised on Gold Coast |
| Shaleise Law | Zillmere | Brisbane Lions | U18 (2016) | 2017 | 3 | 0 | Born and raised in Townsville | ||
| Kate Deegan | Coorparoo | Brisbane Lions | 2017 | 1 | 0 | Raised in Brisbane | |||
| Delissa Kimmince | Yeronga | Brisbane Lions | 2016 (Rookie) | Rookie | 2017 | 1 | 0 | Born and raised in Warwick |
Bibliography
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite book
- John Morton's Queensland Australian Rules Year Book 1960 by John Morton, 1960
- Queensland Team of the Century Football Record Official Programme, AFL Queensland, 2003
- Official Souvenir Programme of Collingwood v South Melbourne, Queensland Australian National Football League, 1935
See also
- AFL Queensland
- Australian rules football in South East Queensland
- History of Australian rules football on the Gold Coast
- List of Australian Football Leagues in Queensland
- Brisbane Australian Football Club
- 1961 Brisbane Carnival
References
External links
- Queensland Team of the Century (from Full Points Footy)
- QAFF – Queensland footy history group
Шаблон:Aussie Rules in Queensland Шаблон:Australian rules football in Australia Шаблон:Aussie Rules Playing Nations links
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