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{{Short description|First official football code played in 1866}}
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| title         = Australian rules football in Queensland
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| union         = [[AFL Queensland]]
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| sport       = Australian rules football
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| first       = June 1866, [[Brisbane]]
| registered  =  55,191<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.clearinghouseforsport.gov.au/research/ausplay/results|title=AusPlay results|first=Australian Sports Commission; jurisdiction=Commonwealth of Australia; corporateName=Australian Sports|last=Commission|website=Sport Australia|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

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*[[Queensland Australian Football League]]
*[[Australian rules football in South East Queensland|AFLQ State Association]]
*[[AFL Cairns]]
*[[AFL Capricornia]]
*[[AFL Darling Downs]]
*[[AFL Mackay]]
*[[AFL Mount Isa]]
*[[AFL Townsville]]
*[[AFL Wide Bay]]
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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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.footystamps.com/ot_other_competitions.htm|title=Other Comps|website=Footystamps.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 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 [[Australian Football League|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/news/549183/from-carrara-to-the-gabba|title=From Carrara to the Gabba|website=Lions.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/crowds/1992.html|title=AFL Tables - Crowds 1992|website=Afltables.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://afltables.com/afl/venues/gabba_gm.html|title=AFL Tables - Gabba - All Games|website=Afltables.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

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<ref>[https://www.footyindustry.com/?page_id=136820 2022 AFL TV Ratings]</ref> 

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 [[AFLW|national women's competition]] (AFLW) from its inaugural season in 2017 and [[2021 AFL Women's Grand Final|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 in Queensland|soccer]] and [[Rugby league in Queensland|rugby league]], passing [[Rugby union in Queensland|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.<ref name="auto1"/> 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 AFL Women's Grand Final|2017]] and was the second state in history to host the [[AFL Grand Final]] (in [[2020 AFL Grand Final|2020]]). AFL Premiership matches are now regularly played in [[Brisbane]], the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] and [[Cairns]]. The AFL began matches in [[Townsville]] along with AFLW matches in the [[Moreton Bay Region]], [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] in the 2010s and the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] and [[City of Ipswich|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 rugby league team|Queensland Maroons]] (league). Despite its historical record, the team won Section B national titles in [[1974 Minor States Carnival|1974]] and [[1979 Perth State of Origin Carnival|1979]]. [[Zane Taylor (footballer)|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 [[AFL Under-19 Championships|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 [[AFL Women's best and fairest|league best and fairest]] is [[Ally Anderson]] (second Queenslander after [[Emily Bates]]) and shares the record for [[AFL Women's games records|most games]] while [[Tayla Harris]] has the [[AFL Women's goalkicking records|most goals]].

==History==
===1860s: Early Beginnings in South East Queensland===
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[[File:Horatio Wills portrait.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Horatio Wills]] in 1859 shortly before he brought his footballing family to Queensland, including his son [[Tom Wills]], founder of Australian football]]

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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.q150.net.au/tom-wills-geelong-and-queensland-australian-football/|title=Tom Wills, Geelong and Queensland Australian football|date=30 July 2018|website=Q150.net.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geelongcats.com.au/news/144035/tom-wills-geelong-and-footy-in-qld|title=Tom Wills, Geelong and footy in Qld|website=Geelongcats.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 
[[File:Advertisement for Football Club meeting 21 May 1866 from the Brisbane Courier pg 1.png|thumb|Front page advertisement for Football Club meeting from the Brisbane Courier 21 May 1866]]
Not long after the [[Laws of Australian rules football#Victorian Rules of 1866|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.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=5}} The first [[Brisbane Australian Football Club|Brisbane Football Club]] was incorporated the following day on 22 May 1866 and chose to play under the then widely distributed Victorian Rules.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20307734|title= The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939)|date=26 May 1866|page=5|website=Nla.gov.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

Queensland at the time was one of the poorest colonies (especially in comparison to [[Victorian gold rush|booming Victoria]]), having begun as a penal settlement it was very much a frontier colony and relied heavily on investment from the southern colonies.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147935305 |title=PROGRESS OF QUEENSLAND |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser]] |volume=V |issue=316 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 November 1865 |access-date=17 December 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/ausstats/free.nsf/0/E9CBD99F373BA066CA257F770075A41D/$File/10_Stats_Victoria_1866_Part_I_Population.pdf|title=Statistics of the Colony of Victoria 1866 : Part 1 Population|website=Ausstats.abs.gov.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 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, Melbourne|Scotch College]] in the experimental rules matches umpired by Tom Wills in 1858.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1267945 |title=TELEGRAPHIC. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=XX |issue=2,596 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 May 1866 |access-date=3 December 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Tom Board and George Clencross-Smith were both teammates of Tom Wills at Geelong Football Club.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=4}} Studholme Hart had played in 1859 with [[South Yarra Football Club (1858–1873)|South Yarra]].{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=5}} 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).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20310796 |title=THE CRICKETERS. |newspaper=[[The Queenslander]] |volume=I |issue=45 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=8 December 1866 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> His cricket club had on 26 May proposed that cricket make way off-season for football.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20307805 |title=CRICKET. |newspaper=[[The Queenslander]] |volume=I |issue=17 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 May 1866 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Significantly, on 1 June 1866, the Brisbane Courier published the Melbourne Football Club rules as the official rules for the Queensland colony.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=5}}

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]]).{{sfn|de Moore|Hess|Nicholson|Stewart|2021|p=181}}<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1269346 Brisbane Courier 16 June 1866]</ref> The first official fixture was played on 21 July 1866, and after a marathon 5 hours, the game was declared a draw.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=6}}  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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1286196 |title=TELEGRAPHIC. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=XXII |issue=3,057 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 July 1867 |access-date=26 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Despite the slow start the game began to spread rapidly during the 1870s. By 1870 there were five clubs: Brisbane, Volunteer Artillery, [[Brisbane Grammar School|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 1868{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=7}} care of new headmaster John McCrae of Scotch College in Melbourne.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=8}} Two years later the first schoolboys match was between [[Brisbane Grammar School|Brisbane Grammar]] and Ipswich Grammar was played. The National School was to join the fledgeling schools competition in 1869.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=8}} 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, Queensland|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===
[[File:Brisbane fc squad 1879.jpg|thumb|[[Brisbane Football Club (1866–1887)|Brisbane Football Club]] in 1879, Queensland's first football club formed to play Australian rules but experimented with soccer and rugby in its early years]]
A club also formed in [[Rockhampton]], [[Central Queensland|Capricornia]] in 1873 to play under Australian rules on the local cricket ground.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51794828 |title=WEEKLY SUMMARY. |newspaper=[[Rockhampton Bulletin]] |volume=XII |issue=1751 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=24 May 1873 |access-date=26 November 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Warwick">FOOTBALL MATCH AT WARWICK Warwick Examiner and Times 5 Aug 1876 Page 2</ref>

The game had spread to the [[Darling Downs]] by 1876 with a match between Civil Service and the newly formed club [[Toowoomba]].<ref>The Darling Downs Gazette and General Advertiser Toowoomba, Qld. 5 Jul 1876 Page 3</ref> As the game spread further west of the [[Great Dividing Range|Great Divide]] to places including [[Warwick, Queensland|Warwick]]<ref name="Warwick" /> 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 School|Toowoomba Grammar]].<ref>Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser 21 May 1881 Page 2</ref> 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<ref>The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) View title info Sat 1 Jul 1876 Page 15 Football</ref> citing the game's huge popularity in Melbourne.<ref>The Week 8 Jul 1876  Page 13 SPORTS.</ref> 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 Football Club|Essendon]] in the VFA had the honour of being the first Queenslander to play for [[Victoria Australian rules football team|Victoria's team]] in the first intercolonial [[Victoria v South Australia (1879)]].<ref>{{cite news|date=7 June 1879|title=Football. South Australian Football Association|volume=XXXVI|page=5|newspaper=[[Adelaide Observer]]|issue=1966|location=South Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160121387|access-date=30 October 2020|via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Competition began in [[Wide Bay–Burnett]] in 1881, with the establishment of clubs in [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]]<ref>Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser 9 Jun 1882 Page 2 LOCAL NEWS.</ref> and [[Gympie]].<ref>The Queenslander at 22 Jul 1882  Page 111 FIELD SPORTING</ref> The Darling Downs competition also expanded to include [[Allora, Queensland|Allora]] in 1883 providing more regular interaction between the clubs.<ref>Queensland Figaro 26 May 1883 Page 10 Football.</ref> 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.<ref name="Cairns Post 3 September 1885">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39430814 |title=FOOTBALL MATCH. |newspaper=[[Cairns Post]] |volume=III |issue=121 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=3 September 1885 |accessdate=18 August 2022 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> An association also began in [[Charters Towers, Queensland|Charters Towers]] with the town competing against nearby Millchester in 1885.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77202364 |title=Reuter's Cablegrams |newspaper=[[The Northern Miner (Queensland)|The Northern Miner]] |volume=VII |issue=686 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 September 1885 |access-date=11 April 2022 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The code also reached the [[Mackay Region]] in 1885 however was short-lived there.<ref>[https://www.aflq.com.au/afl-in-queensland/ History of AFL in Queensland]</ref>

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 [[Push in the back|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.<ref>The Brisbane Courier Mon 17 Jul 1882 Page 3 FOOTBALL NOTES.</ref>

===1880s: Queensland Football Association era===
[[File:StateLibQld 1 236788 Portrait view of Brisbane's Botanic Gardens from Parliament House to the Brisbane River, ca. 1889.jpg|thumb|Queen's Park playing field (now [[City Botanic Gardens]]) at the far end]]
A meeting was held on 30 April 1880 at the Queen's Hotel<ref name="Melbourne">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article888967 |title=Melbourne. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=4,039 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 May 1880 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> for the purpose of forming the [[Queensland Football Association (1880-1890)|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.<ref name="Melbourne"/> 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.<ref name = the-week-1883>{{cite news |date= 10 November 1883 |title= Football. |at=p.6, col. 3 |work= The Week |location = Brisbane |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183701720 |access-date= 21 August 2016}}</ref>

====Rugby rebellion: local clubs and schools reject the Victorian Association====
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[[File:George Henry Pritchard from Figaros Athletic Gallery 12 March 1887 pg 8.png|thumb|Prominent athlete [[George Henry Pritchard|Harry Pritchard]], former Brisbane Grammarian, Brisbane FC and Queensland captain the prodigous kicker switched codes in 1884 to become one of rugby's star players]]
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<ref name="queenslandplaces1">[http://queenslandplaces.com.au/brisbane-and-greater-brisbane Queensland Places website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110314223108/http://www.queenslandplaces.com.au/brisbane-and-greater-brisbane |date=14 March 2011 }}</ref> 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 clubs{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=ix}}), 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.<ref>The Brisbane Courier 25 Apr 1884 Page 5 FOOTBALL</ref> 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.<ref name="ReferenceA">The Brisbane Courier 4 Aug 1884 Page 6 FOOTBALL</ref><ref name="ReferenceB">The Brisbane Courier 11 Aug 1884 Page 6 FOOTBALL</ref> 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.<ref>Queensland Figaro 3 May 1884 Page 15 Football</ref> The move was to backfire as the breakaway [[Queensland Rugby Union|Northern Rugby Union]] (NRU) formed, taking disgruntled clubs and players with it.<ref name=the-week-1883/> These clubs in response, instituted the barring of rugby players from playing Victorian rules<ref>Darling Downs Gazette 7 May 1884 Page 3 Occasional Notes from Brisbane</ref> and Rugby players and officials began derogatively reverting to the term "Melbourne Association" and "Melbourne Rules" in reference to the QFA and its rules<ref>RUGBY UNION V. MELBOURNE ASSOCIATION The Brisbane Courier 10 May 1884 Page 6</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122554083 |title=TOWN TALK. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXVII |issue=3735 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 May 1886 |access-date=30 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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".<ref>Sean Fagan, RugbyAustralis.com (Archive, 10 August 2011)</ref>

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.<ref>Ronald Lawson, University of Queensland Press, 1973, page 203</ref> 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===
[[File:StateLibQld 1 111092 Queensland team who played Melbourne, International Australian Football, 1888.jpg|thumb|right|The Queensland state team who played Melbourne in 1888]]

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.<ref>Mon 18 Jun 1888 Page 3 Intercolonial Football Match</ref><ref name="FOOTBALL">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3478093 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=XLIV |issue=9,493 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 June 1888 |access-date=1 December 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Rugby officials had deferred matches for the event, though noted that both Queenslander players and spectators appeared to have little understanding of the game.<ref name="FOOTBALL"/> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125074515 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXI |issue=4367 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 June 1890 |access-date=8 December 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

On 21 June 1890, [[Sydney Swans|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.<ref>'Queensland Australian National Football League Official [[Souvenir Programme]] of Collingwood v South Melbourne', dated Saturday 27 July 1935</ref>

The Queensland Football Association, already under heavy criticism,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125074405 |title=AUSTRALIAN GAME. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXI |issue=4385 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=29 July 1890 |access-date=26 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123015048 |title=Advertising |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=4848 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=26 July 1892 |access-date=8 December 2021 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123022003 |title=Football. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=4854 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 August 1892 |access-date=8 December 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123019227 |title=Football. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=[?]857 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=16 August 1892 |accessdate=17 February 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Ipswich and Brisbane teams met again in August at Queens Park in Brisbane.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174090466 |title=Australian Football. |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=6,190 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=19 August 1892 |access-date=8 December 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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===
[[File:StateLibQld 1 71683 Australian Football Premiership Finals, Brisbane, Queensland, 1907.jpg|thumb|left|Australian Football Premiership Grand Final at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, 1907. Locomotives defeated Wynnum by 40 points]]

With [[Federation of Australia|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.<ref name="Australian Football 1900">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19084361 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=LVII |issue=13,273 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=27 July 1900 |access-date=8 December 2021 |page=7 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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".<ref name="Australian Football 1900" />

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 Australian Football League|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19234585 |title=MISCELLANEOUS. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=LX |issue=14,212 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=1 August 1903 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Unlike the previous league which affiliated with the VFA, this new body decided to affiliate with the [[Australian Football League|Victorian Football League]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246081106 |title=FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Herald (Melbourne)|The Herald]] |issue=7882 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=7 August 1903 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Practice matches were held in August that year in the Botanical Gardens and attracted large crowds and interest.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article173446484 |title=Victorian Game. |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=9591 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 August 1903 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=5 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article123901450 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=6933 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 July 1905 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124007219 |title=THE AUSTRALASIAN GAME OF FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=7036 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=22 March 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The Ipswich Football Club was reformed in May 1906<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124010458 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=7057 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 May 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and matches resumed at the [[North Ipswich Reserve]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124005956 |title=Saturday's Pastimes. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=7060 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=17 May 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19450235 |title=IPSWICH AND WEST MORETON |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=LXII |issue=15,085 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 May 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Several Ipswich clubs and schools resuming to play the sport from the following year including juniors at [[Ipswich North State School]] and [[Newtown, Queensland (Ipswich)|Newtown]] schools.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124011682 |title=THE IPSWICH (AUSTRALIAN) FOOTBALL CLUB. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=7076 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=23 June 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article124004894 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times, Ipswich Herald And General Advertiser]] |volume=XLVII |issue=7071 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=12 June 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
 
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 [[1908 Melbourne Carnival|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]].  
[[File:Brisbane_vs_Valleys_1923_from_The_Daily_Mail_29_August_1923.png|thumb|right|Action from the 1923 Grand Final between Brisbane and Valleys at Perry Park]]
In 1914 a carnival to promote the code was held in Brisbane.  The participating teams were [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] (representing Victoria), [[Perth Football Club|Perth]] (representing West Australia), [[South Adelaide Football Club|South Adelaide]] (representing South Australia) and [[Cananore Football Club|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===
[[File:StateLibQld 1 75395 Queensland Schoolboys Australian Rules Football Team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1926.jpg|thumb|left|Queensland Schoolboys team 1926]]
[[File:Carlton vs Brisbane at Brisbane Exhibition Ground from The Brisbane Courier 4 August 1930 pg 16.png|thumb|VFL exhibition match Carlton vs Richmond at Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1930]]
[[File:Taringa vs Wests Perry Park 1930s.jpg|thumb|right|Taringa vs Wests Australian rules football match QANFL match at [[Perry Park, Brisbane|Perry Park]] in the 1930s]]
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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article189111404 |title=AT MOUNT ISA "Aussie" Rules Played |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |volume=  |issue=1042 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=3 August 1932 |access-date=26 September 2021 |page=8 (Edition1) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The city had 3 clubs by 1933.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22173609 |title=AUSTRALIAN RULES. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |issue=23,485 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=9 May 1933 |accessdate=19 June 2023 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21571293 |title=The Brisbane Courier. PICTORIAL NEWS BUDGET |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |issue=22,625 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 August 1930 |accessdate=12 August 2022 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>[https://www.blueseum.org/1930 Blueseum 1930]</ref>

In 1944, a league of servicemen was formed around the [[Atherton Tableland]].  Teams represented included Wongabel, Wondelca, [[Kairi, Queensland|Kairi]], [[Mareeba, Queensland|Mareeba]] and [[Ravenshoe, Queensland|Ravenshoe]].

===Post War Era: Queensland Football Comes of Age===
[[File:Tom_Calder_Brisbane_Telegraph_pg_10_25_September_1948.png|thumb|100px|[[Tom Calder]] captain coached Queensland in 1948 following a move to QAFL club Mayne]]
[[File:Irwin_Dornau_from_The_Age_4_June_1952.png|thumb|100px|Queensland's first born and bred VFL/AFL footballer, [[Erwin Dornau]] in [[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne Football Club]] colours in 1952]]
[[File:John Coleman of Essendon kicks one of 13 goals at the Exhibition Ground from The Courier Mail 17th June 1952 pg 7.png|thumb|100px|VFL star [[John Coleman (Australian footballer)|John Coleman]] kicks one of 13 goals under lights during a blockbuster match between Essendon and Geelong at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1952]]
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.<ref name="dornau">[http://www.q150.net.au/erwin-dornau-the-first-queenslander-to-play-in-the-vfl/ ERWIN DORNAU – THE FIRST QUEENSLANDER TO PLAY IN THE VFL] 150 YEARS OF AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL IN QUEENSLAND</ref>

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<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27015654 |title=V.F.L. GAMES SCHEME ABANDONED |newspaper=[[The Mercury (Hobart)|The Mercury]] |volume=CLXIX |issue=25,018 |location=Tasmania, Australia |date=24 February 1951 |access-date=26 November 2021 |page=35 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> leaving only the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for the VFL to play on.

In 1952, the [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] hosted a [[Australian Football League|VFL]] match between Essendon and [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] drew 28,000 spectators and was the first official VFL match to be played under [[Floodlights (sport)|floodlights]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thehickeystand.com/2020/04/13/long-weekend-the-untold-story-of-how-the-vfl-sent-the-bombers-and-cats-to-the-ekka-in-1952/|title=LONG WEEKEND: The untold story of how the VFL sent the Bombers and Cats to the Ekka in 1952|first=The Hickey|last=St|date=13 April 2020|website=Thehickeystand.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

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.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=1955}}

In 1955 a league was introduced to [[Townsville]].{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}} Competition also began that year in Cairns{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}} 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]].{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}}

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.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}}

In 1961, the first league commenced on the Gold Coast.{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}}

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, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] (1970)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Parry |first1=Wes |title=AFL came to town back in 1970 and stayed |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/sunshine-coast/community/afl-came-to-town-back-in-1970-and-stayed/news-story/4f568f1ba52a7c22bf2d8b338819facc |access-date=3 January 2022 |work=[[The Courier Mail]] |date=10 August 2017}}</ref> [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]] (1970), the [[Darling Downs, Queensland|Darling Downs]] (1971), [[Bundaberg]]-Wide Bay (1971) and [[Rockhampton]] (Capricornia) (1972).{{sfn | Bird | Parker |2018| p=vii}}

===1980s: Brisbane Bears Era===
Born and raised Queenslander [[Jason Dunstall]] debuted for the [[Hawthorn Football Club|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 [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|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.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118266590 |title=Brisbane, WA in 14-team VFL next season |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=61 |issue=18,628 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=2 October 1986 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>  Much of the Bears team were [[South Australia]]n 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, Queensland|Gold Coast]], nearly 100&nbsp;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 Chargers|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 Football Club|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, Queensland|Gold Coast]], to the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the inner-Brisbane suburb of [[Woolloongabba, Queensland|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 [[Queensland Great Public Schools|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.<ref>[https://www.aflq.com.au/john-stackpoole-a-qis-stalwart/ JOHN STACKPOOLE: A QIS STALWART] from AFL Queensland 29 August 2011</ref> 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, [[Brisbane Boys College|BBC]], [[Anglican Church Grammar School|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.
[[File:Aussie rules wikipedia.jpg|thumb|Brisbane Lions playing in Melbourne wearing the 1968 to 1973 Fitzroy jumper for the 2003 heritage round]]
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===
[[File:Traininghard.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Brisbane Lions players in training in 2007]]
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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3697064&thesection=localsport|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060820195131/http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/localsport/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3697064|title=Talented trio in scout sights|date=17 August 2006 |first=Mitchell|last=Dale|archive-date=20 August 2006 }}</ref>

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 – [[Anglican Church Grammar School|ACGS]] or [[Brisbane Boys College|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, Queensland|Mackay]] providing AFL talent.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,20825491-5003410,00.html Wealth of Maroon Talent] article from the Courier Mail</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aflq.com.au/default.aspx?s=newsdisplay&aid=113549|title=Queensland dominates Draft – record 11 players chosen|website=Aflq.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

====AFL on the Gold Coast====
{{see also|History of Australian rules football on the Gold Coast}}
[[File:aussie_rules_game.jpg|thumb|Australian football at [[Carrara Stadium]] on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]: [[Adelaide Crows|Adelaide]] vs [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]], 2006]]
[[File:Adelaide v Gold Coast - Carrara media facilities.jpg|thumb|Gold Coast vs Adelaide at Carrara Stadium in 2011]]
The [[Gold Coast, Queensland|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.<ref>[http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/03/1091476495051.html Demons' Gold Coast link prods league to act] from the Sydney Morning Herald</ref> 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 Football Club|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/05/15/1147545265030.html |title=AFL News, Scores, Stats, Transfers &#124; Real Footy |publisher=Realfooty.theage.com.au |date=24 March 2012 |access-date=16 May 2006 |archive-date=21 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060521092228/http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/05/15/1147545265030.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> A bitter turf war with the [[National Rugby League]] resulted over the use of Carrara stadium.<ref>"[http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/08/06/1154802757155.html NRL complains of Carrara turf war] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060821161333/http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2006/08/06/1154802757155.html |date=21 August 2006 }}" theage.com.au 7 August 2006 URL accessed 7 September 2006</ref> 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 Football Club|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, Queensland|Gold Coast]] in 2007.<ref>[http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&subclass=afl&story_id=494600&category=Afl&m=7&y=2006 Canberra fans get a free kick in the guts after AFL drops the ball] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070107154312/http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport |date=7 January 2007 }} from the Canberra Times</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22882353-952,00.html Kangaroos say no to Gold Coast] couriermail.com.au</ref> 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===
[[File:Maroochydore_Multi_Sports_Complex,_Brisbane_vs_Collingwood_AFLW.jpg|thumb|Brisbane Lions AFLW match at [[Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex]] in 2022]]
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]].<ref name="7 News">{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/sport/afl/victorian-afl-clubs-depart-for-hubs-c-1145843|title=AFL clubs rush to leave Victoria after premier's announcement|work=7 News|date=5 July 2020}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://soperth.com.au/afl-news-afl-shake-up-victoria-out-for-2020-season-41637#:~:text=Queensland%20will%20now%20become%20the%20main%20AFL%20hub,the%20remainder%20of%20the%20Toyota%20AFL%20Premiership%20Season.|title=AFL News: AFL Shake-Up Victoria Out For 2020 Season|date=15 July 2020|work=So Perth}}</ref>

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.<ref name="abc.net.au">{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/afl-experiencing-significant-boom-in-queensland/12804800|title = Footy in Queensland reaping the benefits of a season as the AFL's home|newspaper = ABC News|date = 23 October 2020|last1 = Cross|first1 = Neil}}</ref> At one stage in the 2020 season, all but three AFL clubs (the two South Australian clubs, and Hawthorn) were based in the state.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/news/484229/hawks-to-hub-it-in-barossa|title=Hawks to hit new Barossa hub, Queensland to be home for 15 teams|publisher=Australian Football League|first=Damian|last=Barrett|date=11 August 2020|access-date=28 April 2022}}</ref>

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, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]]) was cancelled due to COVID, it remained under consideration for a 2023 tournament.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.afl.com.au/international-cup|title=International Cup|website=Afl.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>

== Competitions ==
Underneath the professional AFL, there are several semi-professional leagues with Queensland clubs. Between [[2011 NEAFL season|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====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
! 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
|-
| [[Australian rules football in South East Queensland|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====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%"
|-
! League
! Years with QLD clubs
! Senior QLD clubs
! Divisions
! Headquarters
|-
| [[Queensland Australian Football League Women's|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==
{{see also|List of Australian rules football clubs in Queensland}}
[[File:Brisbane Lions CityCat wrap (26946881125).jpg|thumb|[[CityCat]] ferry with Brisbane Lions wrap in 2015]]
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 Australian Football Club|Aspley]], [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] and [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]].

The main competition of Queensland, [[Queensland Australian Football League]], has 9 teams participating of it.

==Representative Sides==
{{see also|Interstate matches in Australian rules football}}

===Men's===
The Queensland state team, known as the "'''Maroons'''" has played interstate representative matches against all other Australian states, as well as selecting [[Interstate matches in Australian rules football|State of Origin]] teams as both Queensland. Queensland's last open appearance was in the [[1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival]] where it lost to [[Tasmania Australian rules football team|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<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e_NhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=r5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7334,8025921|title=The Age - Google News Archive Search|website=News.google.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref><ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10186616 Old Boy, "Football Jubilee: Australasian Championships: A Fine Display"], ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 20 August 1908), p. 7</ref> 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)=====
[[File:StateLibQld 1 111092 Queensland team who played Melbourne, International Australian Football, 1888.jpg|thumb|right|The Queensland state team who played Melbourne in 1888]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
! Date || Location || Result || Attendance
|-
| 20 August 1884 || Queens Park || '''Queensland''' drew '''New South Wales'''<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="ReferenceB"/> || 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)=====
[[File:Queensland representative team 1906.jpg|thumb|right|Queensland representative team of 1906–07]]
[[File:Queensland Australian Rules Team in Sydney 1920.png|thumb|Queensland's team that toured Sydney in 1920]]
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
| 3 September 1904 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 4.15 (39) def New South Wales 3.13(31) <ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19305640 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=LXI |issue=14,554 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=5 September 1904 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> || 3.000
|-
| 14 August 1905 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 10.16(76) def New South Wales 9.7(61)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198981493 |title=Australian Football. |newspaper=[[Truth (Brisbane newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=288 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 August 1905 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article250958542 |title=Australian Football. |newspaper=Day Dawn Chronicle|volume=4 |issue=27 |location=Western Australia |date=16 August 1905 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> || 2,000
|-
| 15 August 1905 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 9.11(59) def New South Wales 7.7(49)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article148676402 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser]] |issue=10,182 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=16 August 1905 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
|-
| 23 June 1906 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] || '''New South Wales''' 11.10(76) def Queensland 3.5(23)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article236833242 |title=UNDER AUSTRALIAN RULES. |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |issue=8443 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 June 1906 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> || 6,000
|-
| 13 July 1907 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 9.22(76) def New South Wales 6.4(40)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112650827 |title=AUSTRALIAN RULES. |newspaper=[[The Evening News (Sydney)|Evening News]] |issue=12,509 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=13 July 1907 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206483244 |title=Australian Football. |newspaper=[[Truth (Brisbane newspaper)|Truth]] |issue=390 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 July 1907 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article208962287 |title=SPORTS AND PASTIMES. |newspaper=[[The Express and Telegraph]] |volume=XLIV |issue=13,153 |location=South Australia |date=20 July 1907 |access-date=28 October 2021 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> || 8,000
|-
| 15 July 1907 || [[North Ipswich Reserve]] || Queensland 2.10(22) def. by '''New South Wales''' 8.6(54)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article179988387 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Darling Downs Gazette]] |volume=L |issue=8,064 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=16 July 1907 |access-date=28 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 4 September 1909 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 11.12(87) def New South Wales 6.10(46)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19613197 |title=INTERSTATE FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[The Brisbane Courier]] |volume=LXVI |issue=16,116 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=6 September 1909 |access-date=28 October 2021 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 12 June 1910 || [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]] || Queensland 5.7(37) def. by '''New South Wales''' 9.15(69)<ref name="AUSTRALIAN-FOOTBALL">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183361066 |title=AUSTRALIAN-FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Darling Downs Gazette]] |volume=LIII |issue=9026 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=13 June 1910 |access-date=28 October 2021 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 20 August 1910 ||  || Queensland 8.12(60) def. by '''New South Wales''' 10.5(65)<ref name="AUSTRALIAN-FOOTBALL"/> ||
|-
| 25 August 1910 || [[Erskineville Oval]] || '''Queensland''' 83 def Riverina 80<ref name="AUSTRALIAN-FOOTBALL"/> ||
|-
| 17 August 1912 || [[Alexandria Oval]] || '''New South Wales''' 19.22(136) def Queensland 12.9(81)<ref>[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/GameWP/?SelectGame=9946 NSW Historical Society NSW v Qld 1912]</ref> || 1,500
|-
| 7 June 1913 || [[Brisbane Cricket Ground]] || Queensland 7.10(52) def. by '''New South Wales''' 9.15(69)<ref>[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/GameWP/?SelectGame=10490 NSW Historical Society NSW v Qld 1913]</ref> ||
|-
| 5 August 1914 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] || '''New South Wales''' 13.15(93) def Queensland 2.4(16)<ref>[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/GameWP/?SelectGame=10512 NSW Historical Society NSW v Qld 1914]</ref> ||
|-
| 11 July 1921 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 14.16(100) def New South Wales 11.10(76)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109985463 |title=Australian Football. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |volume=LXIII |issue=11,028 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=11 July 1921 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=6 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 13 July 1921 || [[North Ipswich Reserve]] || Queensland (65) def. by '''New South Wales''' (128)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article109989138 |title=AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL. |newspaper=[[Queensland Times]] |volume=LXIII |issue=11,031 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=14 July 1921 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=7 (DAILY.) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 16 July 1921 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 12.13(85) def New South Wales 9.11(65)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article176832235 |title=Football |newspaper=[[Telegraph (Brisbane)|The Telegraph]] |issue=15,175 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=18 July 1921 |access-date=27 October 2021 |page=3 (SECOND EDITION) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 2 June 1934 || [[Perry Park, Brisbane|Perry Park]] || Queensland 13.15(93) def. by '''New South Wales''' 13.15(93)<ref name="nsw v qld 1934">[https://www.nswfootballhistory.com.au/nsw-v-qld-1934/ NSW Football History NSW vs Qld 1934]</ref> ||
|-
| 4 June 1934 || [[Perry Park, Brisbane|Perry Park]] || Queensland 11.16(82) def. by '''New South Wales''' 13.15(93)<ref name="nsw v qld 1934" /> ||
|-
| 18 August 1934 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] || '''New South Wales''' 17.14(116) def Queensland 12.10(82)<ref name="nsw v qld 1934" /> ||
|-
| 26 May 1947 || [[Trumper Oval]] || '''New South Wales''' 17.13(115) def Queensland 15.17(107)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140309236 |title=Close Rules Win For N.S.W. |newspaper=[[Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate]] |issue=22,041 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 May 1947 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 30 July 1948 || [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground]] || '''Queensland''' 17.13(115) def Queensland 16.18(114)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article212181049 |title=ONE-POINT WIN TO QLD. |newspaper=[[Brisbane Telegraph]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=15 May 1948 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|-
| 30 July 1949 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]] || '''New South Wales''' 16.14(110) def Queensland 8.15(63)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18469600 |title=RULES GAME DISAPPOINTS |newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)]] |issue=28 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=31 July 1949 |access-date=25 November 2021 |page=10 (Sporting Section) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ||
|}

=====State of Origin=====
Originally led by [[Subiaco Football Club|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 Fame]]r [[Jason Dunstall]] and [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] premiership player [[Gavin Crosisca]]. Both players competed for Queensland in their famous victory against Victoria at the Gabba in 1991.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|-
| 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)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aflq.com.au/troy-clarke-15-fantastic-footy-moments/ |title=Troy Clarke: 15 fantastic footy moments |website=AFL Queensland |date=13 November 2013 |access-date=12 July 2022 }}</ref> || 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======
[[File:Queensland_vs_Tasmania_Jubilee_carnival_1908.png|thumb|Queensland marking high against Tasmania at the 1908 Jubilee Carnival]]
[[File:Queensland_Jubilee_Carnival_team_1908.png|thumb|Queensland Jubilee Carnival team 1908]]
[[File:Queensland AFL team in Tasmania, 1924 (27443050230).jpg|thumb|Queensland team at the Hobart Carnival 1924]]
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 (Australian rules football)|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 [https://web.archive.org/web/20060629063316/http://www.bushies.org/ Official Site]
* '''Gold Coast Stingrays''' – representing the [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] region
* '''Suncoast Power''' – representing the [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]] region [http://suncoastpower.aflq.com.au/ Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070225102442/http://suncoastpower.aflq.com.au/ |date=25 February 2007 }}
* '''Western Taipans''' – representing the western regions, including the cities of [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]] and [[Toowoomba]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622223546/http://www.westerntaipansafl.com/ Official Site]
* '''Northern Raiders''' – representing the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane and [[Bribie Island]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622181047/http://www.northernraiders.com/ Official Site]

====Underage teams====
The Queensland Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 representative sides are known as the [https://web.archive.org/web/20060503234422/http://scorpions.aflq.com.au/ 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).<ref name="preferred_facility">[http://www.aflcommunityclub.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/Manage_Your_Club/Facilities/AFL_PFG_Guidelines_2019-compressed.pdf AFL PREFERRED FACILITY GUIDELINES] Aflcommunityclub.com.au</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto;"
|-
! width="33%" | [[Brisbane]]
! width="34%" | [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
! width="33%" | [[Cairns]]
|-
| [[The Gabba|Brisbane Cricket Ground]]
| [[Carrara Stadium]]
| [[Cazaly's Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 37,478
| Capacity: 25,000
| Capacity: 13,500
|-
| Record: 37,478 (2019)<ref>7 September 2019 AFL Qualifying Final: Brisbane Lions vs Richmond FC</ref>
| Record: 24,032 (2014)<ref>5 July 2014 AFL Gold Coast Suns vs. Collingwood FC</ref>
| Record: 11,197 (2013)<ref>13 July 2013 AFL Richmond FC v. Gold Coast Suns</ref>
|-
| [[File:The_Eastern_end_of_The_Gabba_at_sunset_during_an_AFL_game.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Adelaide v Gold Coast - Carrara media facilities.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Cazaly's Stadium.jpg|Cazaly's Stadium|200px]]
|-
! width="33%" | [[Townsville]]
! width="33%" | [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]]
! width="33%" | [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]]
|-
| [[Riverway Stadium]]
| [[Great Barrier Reef Arena]]
| [[Springfield Central Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: 10,000
| Capacity: 10,000
| Capacity: 8,000
|-
| Record: 7,243 (2013)<ref>15 June 2019	AFL Gold Coast Suns v. St Kilda FC</ref>
| Record: 2,788 (2020)<ref>6 March 2020 AFLW Gold Coast Suns v Geelong FC</ref>
| Record: 7,512 (2022)<ref>6 March 2020 27 November 2022 AFLW Season 7 Grand Final Brisbane Lions vs Melbourne FC</ref>
|-
|[[File:Riverway_Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|
|[[File:Brighton Homes Arena Ipswich QLD during 2022 Season 7 AFLW Grand Final.jpg|200px]]
|-
! width="33%" | [[Moreton Bay Region|Moreton Bay]]
! width="33%" | [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
! width="33%" | [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]]
|-
| [[Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex]]
| [[Fankhauser Reserve]]
| [[Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex]]
|-
| Capacity: 8,000
| Capacity: 8,000
| Capacity: 5,000
|-
| Record: 6,200 (2016)<ref>28 February 2016	AFL Pre-season Challenge Brisbane Lions v St Kilda FC</ref>
| Record: 4,053 (2020)<ref>13 March 2011 AFL Pre-season Challenge Gold Coast Suns v Brisbane Lions</ref>
| Record: 5,147 (2012)<ref>10 March 2012 NAB Cup Brisbane Lions v Carlton FC</ref> 
|-
| [[File:Moreton_Bay_Central_Sports_Complex_March_2018.jpg|Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex|200px]]
| [[File:Fankhauser_Reserve_oval.jpg|Fankhauser Reserve|200px]]
| [[File:Maroochydore_Multi_Sports_Complex,_Brisbane_vs_Collingwood_AFLW.jpg|Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex|200px]]
|-
|
|-
! width="33%" | [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]]
|-
| [[Bond Sports Park]] (Field 2)
|-
| Capacity: 3,000
|-
| Record: 1,419 (2022)<ref>25 September 22: AFLW: Gold Coast Suns v Port Adelaide FC</ref> 
|-
|
|}

===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, Brisbane|Perry Park]], [[Brisbane Exhibition Ground|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, Queensland|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, Queensland|Mackay]])
* 2019 -: [[Riverway Stadium]], (City of [[Townsville]])
* 2020 -: [[Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex]], (City of Sunshine Coast)
* 2020 -: [[Fankhauser Reserve]] (City of [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]])
* 2022 -: [[Bond Sports Park]] (Field 2) (City of [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]])
* 2022 -: [[The Reserve, Springfield]] (City of Ipswich)

==Audience==
===Attendance record===
* Men's: '''37,473''' (2019). [[Australian Football League|AFL]] [[Brisbane Lions]] vs [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] ([[Brisbane Cricket Ground|Gabba]], [[Brisbane]])<ref name="Gaskin"/>
* Women's: '''15,610'''. (2017) [[2017 AFL Women's Grand Final|AFLW Grand Final]] [[Brisbane Lions]] vs [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] ([[Metricon Stadium]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-03-25/aflw-grand-final-draws-in-fans-and-does-not-disappoint/8386892|title=Over 15,000 turn out for Crows-Lions AFLW grand final|date=25 March 2017|access-date=26 July 2022|website=Abc.net.au}}</ref>

==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==
{{Category see also|Australian rules footballers from Queensland}}
===Participation===
In 2022 the participation rate per capita was 1.6% with a total of 67,836 adult (15+ years) players.<ref>[https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZGU1YWFhZDgtMmRhZi00YTgyLThhMzItYjc2ODk5NTg0MTg1IiwidCI6IjhkMmUwZjRjLTU1ZjItNGNiMS04ZWU3LWRhNWRkM2ZmMzYwMCJ9 Ausplay 2022 Australian Football statistics]</ref> 

According to AFL Queensland, in 2017 Queensland surpassed 250,000 participants<ref name="AFL Queensland">{{cite web | url=https://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-participation-tops-250000/ | title=Queensland participation tops 250,000 | publisher=AFL Queensland | date=30 November 2017 | access-date=24 August 2021 }}</ref> (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.<ref>[https://app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjoiZGU1YWFhZDgtMmRhZi00YTgyLThhMzItYjc2ODk5NTg0MTg1IiwidCI6IjhkMmUwZjRjLTU1ZjItNGNiMS04ZWU3LWRhNWRkM2ZmMzYwMCJ9 Ausplay Australian Football statistics 2017]</ref>

In 2007, there were around 3,300 senior players in Queensland, and in 2009 there were a total of 103,358 participants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lions.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5085/newsid/86447/default.aspx|title=AFL continues to shine in sunny state|date= 28 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120223120930/http://www.lions.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/5085/newsid/86447/default.aspx|archive-date=23 February 2012}}</ref>

===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 (footballer)|David Hale]], [[Sam Gilbert (Australian footballer)|Sam Gilbert]], [[Daniel Merrett]], [[Che Cockatoo-Collins]], [[Steven Lawrence]], [[Clark Keating]], [[Jamie Charman]], [[Brett Voss]], [[Brad Miller (footballer)|Brad Miller]], [[Mal Michael]], [[Ben Hudson]], [[Matthew Kennedy (footballer, born 1970)|Matthew Kennedy]], [[David Armitage (footballer)|David Armitage]] and [[Robert Copeland]].

<gallery name="afl">
File:Jarrod_Harbrow_2018.2.jpg|[[Jarrod Harbrow]] was from Cairns
File:Kurttippett.jpg|[[Kurt Tippett]] was from the Gold Coast
File:Dayne_Beams_2018.4.jpg|[[Dayne Beams]] premiership player was from the Gold Coast
File:David_Armitage_2018.1.jpg|[[David Armitage (footballer)|David Armitage]] was from Mackay
File:Michael_Voss_2018.1.jpg|[[Michael Voss]] Brownlow Medallist and triple premiership player was from Beenleigh
File:Chris_Scott_2018.1.jpg|[[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]] dual premiership player was schooled in Brisbane
File:Jason_Akermanis.jpg|[[Jason Akermanis]] Brownlow medallist and triple premierships player was schooled in Brisbane
File:SimonBlack.jpg|[[Simon Black]] Brownlow medallist and triple premiership player was from Mount Isa
File:Mal_michael.jpg|[[Mal Michael]] triple premiership player grew up in Brisbane
File:Jamie Charman.jpg|[[Jamie Charman]] premiership player was from [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]]
File:Nick_Riewoldt_2017.1.jpg|[[Nick Riewoldt]] was from the Gold Coast
File:Sam_Gilbert_2017.1.jpg|[[Sam Gilbert (Australian footballer)|Sam Gilbert]] was from the Gold Coast
File:Daniel_Merrett.jpg|[[Daniel Merrett]] was from the Gold Coast
File:RhanHooper.jpg|[[Rhan Hooper]] was from Cunnamulla and Ipswich
File:Ben_Hudson_Lions_vs_Swans_pre-season_2018.jpg|[[Ben Hudson]] was from the Gold Coast
File:ScottHarding.jpg|[[Scott Harding (footballer)|Scott Harding]] was from [[Thursday Island]]
File:Luke_McGuane_(cropped).jpg|[[Luke McGuane]] was from the Gold Coast
File:RobertCopeland.jpg|[[Robert Copeland]] dual premiership player was from Brisbane
File:David_hale_kangaroos.jpg|[[David Hale (footballer)|David Hale]] Triple premiership player was from the Gold Coast
File:Brad_miller.jpg|[[Brad Miller (footballer)|Brad Miller]] was from Brisbane
File:Mitch_hahn.jpg|[[Mitch Hahn]] was from Brisbane
</gallery>

{{see also|AFL_Queensland#Queensland_Team_of_the_Century}}

===AFL Recruitment Zones===
Queensland based AFL clubs have priority development access to the Northern Academy [[Zoning (Australian rules football)|Recruitment Zone]] via the Brisbane Lions Academy and Gold Coast Suns Academy.<ref>[https://www.goldcoastfc.com.au/teams/academy/graduates Gold Coast Suns Academy graduates]</ref> As a result, many of the players from these areas end up playing in the AFL with the designated club.

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left"
|-
! QLD AFL Club
! Zones
|-
| {{AFL Bri}}
| [[Brisbane]] ([[Logan City|Logan]], [[City of Brisbane|Brisbane]], [[City of Ipswich|Ipswich]], [[Moreton Bay|Moreton]] Local Government Areas), [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]], [[Darling Downs]], [[Wide Bay-Burnett]], Outback Queensland 
|-
| {{AFL GC}}
| [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] region, [[Northern Queensland]] ([[Cairns, Queensland|Cairns]], [[Townsville]], [[Rockhampton]], [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]], [[Mt. Isa]], [[Cape York Peninsula|Cape York]])
|}

===Men's===
Since [[Erwin Dornau]] in 1948<ref name="dornau"/> 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====
<gallery name="current AFL players">
File:Keefe_at_training_(cropped).jpg|[[Lachlan Keeffe]] is from [[Gympie]]
File:Tom_Hickey_2019.3.jpg|[[Tom Hickey (footballer, born 1991)|Tom Hickey]] is from Brisbane
File:Charlie_Dixon_2018.1.jpg|[[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|Charlie Dixon]] is from Cairns
File:Dayne_Zorko_2018.1.jpg|[[Dayne Zorko]] is from the Gold Coast
File:Alex_Sexton_2017.jpg|[[Alex Sexton]] is from [[Logan City]]
File:Aliir_Aliir_2017.2.jpg|[[Aliir Aliir|Aliir Mayom Aliir]] All-Australian was schooled in Brisbane
File:Charlie_Cameron_2017.2.jpg|[[Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994)|Charlie Cameron]] is from Mount Isa and Mornington Island
File:Braydon_Preuss_2019.5.jpg|[[Braydon Preuss]] is from Townsville
File:Harris_Andrews_2018.3.jpg|[[Harris Andrews]] was raised in Brisbane
File:Lachie_Weller_2018.1.jpg|[[Lachie Weller]] was raised on the Gold Coast
File:Caleb_Daniel_2018.7.jpg|[[Caleb Daniel]] All-Australian is from [[Beaudesert, Queensland|Beaudesert]]
File:Ben_Keays_2018.2.jpg|[[Ben Keays]] is from Brisbane
File:Jesse_Joyce_2017.1.jpg|[[Jesse Joyce (footballer)|Jesse Joyce]] is from the Gold Coast
File:Mabior_Chol_26.05.18_(2).jpg|[[Mabior Chol]] was raised in [[Acacia Ridge]] in Brisbane
File:Eric_Hipwood_2018.4.jpg|[[Eric Hipwood]] was raised on the Sunshine Coast
File:Jack_Bowes_2018.2.jpg|[[Jack Bowes]] is from Cairns
File:Oskar_Baker_2019.4.jpg|[[Oskar Baker]] is from Brisbane
File:Jacob_Heron_2018.2.jpg|[[Jacob Heron]] is from Cairns
File:Tom_Fullarton_2019.2.jpg|[[Tom Fullarton]] is from the Sunshine Coast
File:Caleb_Graham_2019.4.jpg|[[Caleb Graham]] is from Cairns
File:Keidean_Coleman_2019.1.jpg|[[Keidean Coleman]] was raised in Brisbane
File:Will_Martyn_(1)_16.04.21.jpg|[[Will Martyn]] is from Brisbane
File:Samson_Ryan_(1)_16.04.21.jpg|[[Samson Ryan]] is from Toowoomba
File:Tom_Green_2019.2.jpg|[[Tom Green (footballer, born 2001)|Tom Green]] is from Townsville
File:Noah Cumberland (1) 11.07.21.jpg|[[Noah Cumberland]] is from the Sunshine Coast
File:Will_Ashcroft.jpg|[[Will Ashcroft]] is from the Gold Coast
</gallery>

====AFL players from Queensland====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCFF99"
| Currently on an AFL senior list
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable" 
|-
!| Player || QLD junior/senior club/s 
!AFL Club/s|| Representative honours || AFL Years || AFL Games || AFL (Goals) || Connections to Queensland, Notes & References
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Bodhi Uwland]] || Burleigh Bombers,  [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]], Gold Coast Suns Academy   
| [[Gold Coast Suns]] || || 2023- || 1 || 0 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Will Ashcroft]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]]  /  [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]   
| [[Brisbane Lions]] || || 2023-  || 1 || 1 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jaspa Fletcher]] || Coorparoo, [[Sherwood Magpies]], Brisbane Lions Academy   
| [[Brisbane Lions]] || U19 (2021) || 2023- || 1 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Noah Cumberland]] || Mountain Creek SS / [[Mountain Creek State High School|Mountain Creek SHS]] / Brisbane Lions Academy / [[Maroochydore Australian Football Club|Maroochydore]]  
|[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| || 2022- ||  1 ||  1 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Carter Michael]] || [[Maroochydore Australian Football Club|Maroochydore]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]||  U17 (2019) || 2022- ||  1 ||  1 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Hewago Oea]] || Gold Coast Suns Academy / [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]]  
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2016, 2017) || 2022- ||  2 || 2 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Samson Ryan]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Sherwood Districts]], [[Redland Football Club|Redland]], Brisbane Lions Academy 
|[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| U17 (2018) || 2021- ||  1 || 0 || Raised in Toowoomba
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tom Green (footballer, born 2001)|Tom Green]] || - 
|[[Greater Western Sydney Giants|GWS Giants]] || || 2020- ||  29 || 14 || Born in Townsville, raised in Townsville and Toowoomba
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Connor Budarick]] || [[Labrador Tigers]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2017) || 2020- ||  17 || 1 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Keidean Coleman]] || Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Wynnum Football Club|Wynnum]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2020- ||  17 || 8 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Will Martyn]] || Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| U15 (2016), U17 (2018) || 2020- ||  2 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Alex Davies (footballer)|Alex Davies]] || [[Manunda Hawks]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2018) || 2020- ||  1 || 0 || Raised in Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Bailey Scott]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U16 (2016) ||2019- ||  26 || 15 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Caleb Graham]] || [[Cairns Saints]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2016), U17 (2017) || 2019- ||  20 || 0 || Born and raised in Cairns.
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[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 people|Lardil]] and [[Waanyi]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Elliott Himmelberg]] || [[Redland Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]|| U18 (2016) || 2018- ||  27 || 26 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Oskar Baker]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| QLD (2017) || 2018- ||  15 || 4 || Born in Queensland, raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jack Payne (Australian rules footballer)|Jack Payne]] || [[Noosa AFC|Noosa]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U16 (2015) || 2018- ||  13 || 0 || Raised on the Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jacob Heron]] || [[Cairns Saints]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2015) || 2018- ||  13 || 2 || Born and raised in Cairns.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dsf.newscorpaustralia.com/cairnspost/subscription/|title=Subscribe to the Cairns Post|website=Dsf.newscorpaustralia.com|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Brayden Crossley]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2015), U18 (2016) || 2018- ||  10 || 5 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Connor Ballenden]] || [[Kenmore Australian Football Club|Kenmore]], Brisbane Lions Academy 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U16 (2015), U18 (2016) || 2018- ||  2 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Jacob Dawson]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2018-2019 ||  9 || 1 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jack Bowes]] || [[Manunda Hawks]] / [[Cairns Saints]] / Gold Coast Suns Academy / [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] / [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| U18 (2016 c) || 2017- ||  74 || 14 || Born and raised in Cairns.
|- 
| [[Brad Scheer]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2016) || 2017-2019 ||  13 || 2 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Jacob Allison]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2016) || 2017 || 10 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Wylie Buzza]] || Lockyer Valley Demons, Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mount Gravatt]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || 2017 || 9 || 6 || Raised in [[Gatton, Queensland]]
|- 
| [[Max Spencer]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2017 ||  8 || 0 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Josh Williams (Australian footballer)|Josh Williams]] || [[Hermit Park Tigers]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| || 2017 ||  2 || 1 || Raised in Townsville
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Eric Hipwood]] || [[Caloundra Australian Football Club|Caloundra]], [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]], Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Lions reserves 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2015) || 2016- || 110 || 163 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Mabior Chol]] || Yeronga SHS / [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] / Brisbane Lions Academy / Brisbane Lions reserves / [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] / 
|[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] / [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2016- ||  31 || 24 || Raised in Brisbane ([[Acacia Ridge]])<ref>[https://www.aflq.com.au/yeronga-south-brisbane-junior-mabior-chol-now-hot-property-in-the-afl/ Yeronga South Brisbane junior Mabior Chol now AFL hot property] AFL Queensland 1 June 2021</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jesse Joyce (footballer)|Jesse Joyce]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2016- || 64 || 2|| Raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Ben Keays]] || Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] / [[Redland Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2014, 2015 c) || 2016- || 68 || 25 || Raised and schooled in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Josh Wagner (footballer)|Josh Wagner]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]|| U18 (2011, 2012) || 2016-2020 || 40 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Corey Wagner]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 2016-2020 || 19 || 6 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Josh Smith (footballer, born 1994)|Josh Smith]] || [[Redland Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] / [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U18 (2011) || 2016-2019 || 34 || 7|| Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Reuben William]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2016-2017 || 3 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Harris Andrews]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]], Brisbane Lions Academy  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2014) || 2015- ||  136 || 10 || Raised in Brisbane, attended [[Padua College (Brisbane)|Padua College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lions.com.au/video/2018-05-11/my-junior-footy-harris-andrews|title=[VIDEO] My Junior Footy: Harris Andrews|publisher=Brisbane Lions|date=2018-05-11|access-date=2019-06-29}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Caleb Daniel]] || - 
|[[Western Bulldogs]]|| || 2015- ||  132 || 37 || Born and raised in Beaudesert.<ref>[https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/caleb-daniel-makes-short-work-of-a-big-ask-20150807-giu6jn.html Bulldog Caleb Daniel makes short work of a big ask] Peter Hanlon for The Age 7 August 2015</ref> 
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lachie Weller]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle/Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2014 c) || 2015- ||  116 || 42 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Braydon Preuss]] || [[Hermit Park Tigers]] / [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]]  
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] / [[GWS Giants]]|| || 2015- ||  18 || 9 || Born and raised in Townsville
|- 
| [[Liam Dawson (footballer)|Liam Dawson]] || [[Redcliffe Tigers|Redcliffe]], Brisbane Lions Academy / [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2013)|| 2015–2018 ||  18 || 6 || Raised in Redcliffe
|- 
| [[Matthew Hammelmann]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2015-2017 ||  12 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tom Fields]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| U18 (2011) || 2015 ||  2 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Charlie Cameron (footballer, born 1994)|Charlie Cameron]] || [[Marist College Ashgrove]] 
|[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] / [[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2014- ||  150 || 244 || Born and raised in Mount Isa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/sport/afl/charlie-cameron-reveals-how-crows-mentor-eddie-betts-has-shown-him-the-way-forward/news-story/5196311831da8ab70ebe2a14ade03dc8|title=Charlie Cameron reveals how Crows mentor Eddie Betts has shown him the way forward|website=adelaidenow.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> ([[Lardil people|Lardil]] and [[Waanyi]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Aliir Aliir]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]] 
|[[Sydney Swans|Sydney]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || 2014- || 88 || 5 || Raised in Brisbane<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-08-08|title=Aliir's incredible journey from Kakuma to AFL|url=https://www.espn.com.au/afl/story/_/id/20279527/from-kakuma-australian-rules-football-aliir-aliir-incredible-journey|access-date=2021-04-21|website=ESPN.com|language=en}}</ref> 
|- 
| [[Archie Smith (footballer, born 1995)|Archie Smith]] || [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mount Gravatt]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2014-2021 || 16 || 4 || Born and raised in Brisbane<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/southeast/brisbane-lions-rising-star-archie-smith-says-tasting-afl-football-in-2016-has-him-wanting-more/news-story/dcaeaf0effee0938ead0c5d2a7c17b90|title=Brisbane Lions rising star Archie Smith says tasting AFL football in 2016 has him wanting more|newspaper=The Courier Mail|date=9 November 2016|access-date=8 December 2018|last1=Heslehurst|first1=Brayden}}</ref>
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Alex Sexton]] || [[Springwood Australian Football Club|Springwood]] / [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2010), U18 (2011) || 2013- || 26 || 11 || Raised and schooled in [[Logan City|Logan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Sexton wins rising star nomination |url=http://www.aflq.com.au/sexton-wins-rising-star-nomination/ |website=Aflq.com.au|date=2 June 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.aflq.com.au/happy-150th-alex-sexton/ Happy 150th Alex Sexton!] AFL Queensland 22 July 2021</ref>
|-
| [[Adam Oxley]]|| [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| U18 (2011, 2012) || 2013-2018 || 34 || 10 ||  Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Sam Michael (footballer)|Sam Michael]] || [[Manunda Hawks]] / [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2011) || 2013–2016 || 5 || 0|| Raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Clay Cameron]]|| [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mount Gravatt]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2011)  || 2013–2016 || 23 || 5 ||  Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Jonathan Freeman (footballer)|Jonathan Freeman]] || [[Noosa AFC|Noosa]], Brisbane Lions Academy 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2013–2015 || 14 || 16 || Raised on the Sunshine Coast
|-
| [[Andrew Boston]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2011, 2012) || 2013-2015 || 16 || 10 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Jordon Bourke]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2011) || 2013–2015 || 6 || 2 ||  Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Dayne Zorko]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2007 c), QLD (2011) || 2012- || 208 || 210 || Born and raised on Gold Coast.
|- 
| [[Josh Jenkins]] || - 
|[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] / [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] / [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| || 2012–2021 || 149 || 296 || Raised in Townsville
|- 
| [[Lee Spurr]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]  
|[[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]|| || 2012–2018 || 120 || 5 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Tom Bell (Australian footballer)|Tom Bell]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2012–2018 || 72 || 56 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Josh Hall (footballer)|Josh Hall]] || [[Curra Swans]]  
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2012-2015 || 7 || 3 || Born and raised in Townsville. Also professional NRL player
|- 
| [[Peter Yagmoor]] || 	[[North Cairns Tigers|North Cairns]] / Kenmore Bears / St Peters College / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]  
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| U18 (2011) || 2012-2014 || 2 || 0 || Raised in Cairns and Brisbane
|- 
| [[Stephen Wrigley]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2012–2013 || 3 || 0 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Jackson Allen]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]  
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2011) || 2012–2013 || 4 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Piers Flanagan]] ||  
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2012 || 3 || 0 || Raised and schooled on the Gold Coast 
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Charlie Dixon (Australian footballer)|Charlie Dixon]] || Redlynch / [[Cairns Saints]] / [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| U18 (3 caps) ||  2011- || 177 || 294 || Born and raised in Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99 
| [[Rory Thompson]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2011- || 103 || 7 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99 
| [[Tom Hickey (footballer, born 1991)|Tom Hickey]] || [[Morningside Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] / [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] / [[West Coast Eagles]] / [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]|| U18 (2010) || 2011- || 119 || 41 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Zac Smith]] || Glenmore, [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] / [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| || 2011-2021 || 124 || 54 || Born [[Biloela, Queensland|Biloela]], raised in Rockhampton
|-
| [[Joel Wilkinson]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2010 c) || 2011-2013 || 26|| 1 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Alik Magin]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2011-2012 || 8 || 3 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Israel Folau]] || - 
|[[Greater Western Sydney Giants|GWS Giants]]|| || 2011-2012 || 13 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Rex Liddy]] || [[North Cairns Tigers|North Cairns]] / [[Kenmore Australian Football Club|Kenmore]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2011 || 4 || 0 || Raised in Cairns 
|-
| [[Bryce Retzlaff]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2011 || 11 || 6 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Joseph Daye]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2011 || 4 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Marc Lock]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2011 || 1 || 0 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Claye Beams]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2010)  || 2011 || 30 || 21 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Josh Thomas (Australian footballer)|Josh Thomas]] || [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| U18 (2009)  || 2010-2021 || 123 || 101 || Born and raised in Queensland and raised
|-
| [[Daniel Stewart (Australian footballer)|Daniel Stewart]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || 2010-2013 || 36 || 31 || Raised on Gold Coast
|-
| [[Rohan Bail]] || [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mount Gravatt]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 2010-2012 || 71 || 28 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Broc McCauley]] || [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| QLD (2009)  || 2010-2012 || 6 || 1 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lachlan Keeffe]] || - 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]/[[GWS Giants|GWS]]|| || 2009- || 76 || 15 || Born and raised in Gympie<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflq.com.au/keeffe-finally-gets-afl-chance/|title=KEEFFE FINALLY GETS AFL CHANCE &#124; AFL Queensland|website=Aflq.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Dayne Beams]] || [[Carrara Saints|Mudgeeraba]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|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, Shorncliffe|St Patrick's College]] / Kedron District Junior Football Club, [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]|| U12 (2002), U16 (2005) (2006 c), U18 (2007 c) || 2009-2018 || 111 || 45 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Ben Warren (Australian rules footballer)|Ben Warren]] || [[Genesis Christian College]] / [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| || 2009-2012 || 29 || 34 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Rhys Magin]] || [[Noosa AFC|Noosa Tigers]] / [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
| {{AFL Ess}} || || 2009 || 4 || 2 || Born and raised in [[Nambour, Queensland|Nambour]]. 
|- 
| [[Sam Reid (footballer, born 1989)|Sam Reid]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Western Bulldogs]] / [[GWS Giants]]|| || 2008-2021 || 108 || 33 || Born and raised in Bundaberg and Sunshine Coast<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theage.com.au/sport/afl/former-lions-fan-ready-to-read-gabba-crowd-the-riot-act-20190912-p52qqu.html|title=Former Lions fan ready to read Gabba crowd the riot act|first=Vince|last=Rugari|date=12 September 2019|website=The Age|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jake Spencer (footballer)|Jake Spencer]] || [[Redland Australian Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 2008–2017 || 38 || 8 || Raised in Townsville
|-
| [[Jesse White (footballer)|Jesse White]] || [[John Paul College (Brisbane)|John Paul College]] [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| U18 (2006) || 2008-2017 || 127 || 148 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Gavin Urquhart]] || Glenmore Bulls, [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U19 (2006)  || 2008-2012 || 41 || 3 || Born in Mackay, raised in Rockhampton
|-
| [[Scott Clouston]] || [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]], [[Morningside Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2008 || 2 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Jarrod Harbrow]] || [[South Cairns Cutters]], [[Hermit Park Tigers]] 
|[[Western Bulldogs]] / [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U16 (2004), U18 (2006) || 2007-2021 || 262 || 54 || Born in Cairns raised in Cairns and Townsville ([[Yirrganydji people|Yirrganydji]] and [[Kuku Yalanji]]))
|-
| [[David Armitage (footballer)|David Armitage]] || Mackay East, [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| U19 (2006) || 2007-2019 || 169 || 98 || Born and raised in Mackay 
|- 
| [[Shaun Hampson]] || [[John Paul College (Brisbane)|John Paul College]] / [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mount Gravatt]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| || 2007-2018 ||  98 || 38 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Kurt Tippett]] || [[All Saints Anglican School|All Saints Anglican College]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]/[[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]|| U18 (2006) || 2007-2017 || 178 || 325 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Ricky Petterd]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]/[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| U19 (2006) || 2007-2015 || 84 || 72 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Tom Williams (Australian footballer, born 1986)|Tom Williams]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Western Bulldogs]]|| || 2007–2014 || 85 || 14 || Raised and schooled in Brisbane
|-
| [[Brent Renouf]] || [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || 2007-2014 || 68 || 13 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Karmichael Hunt]] || [[Anglican Church Grammar School]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| ||  2007-2014 || 44 || 6 || Raised in Brisbane. Rugby league convert
|-
| [[Albert Proud]] || [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|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 (footballer, born 1986)|Will Hamill]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2004 c) || 2007 || 3 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Joel Tippett]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2007 || 8 || 0 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Brad Howard]] || [[St Joseph's College, Toowoomba]] / [[Redland Football Club|Redland]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| || 2007 || 2 || 0 || Raised in Toowoomba
|-
| [[Sam Gilbert (Australian footballer)|Sam Gilbert]] || [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] / [[Southport Sharks]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| U18 (?) || 2006-2018 || 208 || 38 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Courtenay Dempsey]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]|| || 2006-2016 || 133 || 35 || Born Mount Isa, raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Cheynee Stiller]] || [[St Patrick's College, Shorncliffe|St Patrick's College]] / [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2006-2012 || 100 || 21 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[Brad Moran (footballer)|Brad Moran]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]|| || 2006-2011 || 21|| 8 || Raised (schooled) on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Rhan Hooper]] || [[Ipswich Australian Football Club|Ipswich Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]|| U18 (2005) || 2006-2010 || 54 || 56 || Born in [[Charleville, Queensland]] raised in Ipswich
|-
| [[Scott Harding (footballer)|Scott Harding]] || [[Anglican Church Grammar School]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|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 Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U19 (2006) || 2006-2008 || 16 ||3  || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Marty Pask]] || [[Brisbane State High School|Brisbane SHS]] / [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|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 Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2005-2016 || 200 || 70 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Luke McGuane]] || [[Broadbeach Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] / [[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2005-2015 || 112 || 46 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Josh Drummond]] || [[Matthew Flinders Anglican College]] / [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2005-2012 || 94 || 35 || Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast
|-
| [[Leigh Ryswyk]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2003) || 2005 || 1 || 0 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Andrew Raines]] || [[Marymount College, Gold Coast|Marymount College]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]] / [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || 2004-2015 || 129 || 17 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|-
| [[Ben Hudson]] || [[Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club|Palm Beach Currumbin]] / [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] / [[Mt Gravatt Australian Football Club|Mt Gravatt]] 
|[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]] / [[Western Bulldogs]] / [[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| || 2004-2014 || 168 || 19 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Joel Macdonald]] || [[Mt Gravatt Australian Football Club|Mt Gravatt]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 2004-2013 || 124 || 6 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Daniel Pratt (footballer)|Daniel Pratt]] || [[Aspley Football Club|Aspley]], [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[North Melbourne, Victoria|North Melbourne]] || U18 (2000) || 2004-2011 || 119 || 10 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Marcus Allan]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2004-2007 || 5 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[David Hale (footballer)|David Hale]] || [[Marymount College, Gold Coast|Marymount College]] / [[Broadbeach Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]|| U16 (?), U18 (2001) || 2003-2015 || 237 || 217 || Raised on the Gold Coast. Triple premiership player.
|-
| [[Luke Weller]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| || 2003, 2004 || 11 || 4 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Brad J. Miller|Brad Miller]] || [[Cannon Hill Anglican College]] / [[Mt Gravatt Australian Football Club|Mt Gravatt]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| || 2002-2017 || 157 || 120 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Shane Morrison]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| || 2002-2005 || 13|| 3 || Raised in Cairns and Brisbane
|-
| [[Nick Riewoldt]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| U18 (1999, 2000) || 2001-2017 || 336 || 718 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Michael Osborne (footballer)|Michael Osborne]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]] 
|[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]|| || 2001-2013 || 168 || 110 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Jamie Charman]] || [[Sandgate Football Club|Sandgate]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2000) || 2001-2009 || 129 || 55 || Born in [[Maryborough, Queensland|Maryborough]] and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Robert Copeland]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2001-2008 || 143 || 39 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Mitch Hahn]] || [[Kedron Football Club|Kedron]], [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Windsor-Zillmere]]  
|[[Western Bulldogs]]|| ||  2000-2011 || 181 || 164 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Trent Knobel]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]] / [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| ||  2000-2007 || 75 || 12 || Born and raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Nathan Clarke (Australian footballer)|Nathan Clarke]] || [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 2000-2002 || 6|| 4 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|-
| [[Stephen Kenna]] || [[St Mary's College, Toowoomba|Toowoomba]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]]  
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| || 2000,2004 || 5|| 3 || Raised in Toowoomba
|-
| [[Brett Backwell]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| || 1999-2001 || 18 || 12 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Dean Howard (footballer)|Dean Howard]] || - 
|[[Adelaide Football Club|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 School|All Saints Anglican College]] / [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| || 1998, 2002 || 6 || 1 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Hamish Simpson]] || [[Kedron Football Club|Kedron Grange]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| || 1998-2000 || 18 || 0 || Raised and schooled in Brisbane
|-
| [[Ben Thompson (Australian footballer, born 1978)|Ben Thompson]] || [[Kedron Grange Football Club|Kedron Grange]] / [[Northern Eagles AFC|Northern Eagles]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| || 1998-1999 || 1 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Max Hudghton]] || [[West Brisbane AFC]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| || 1997-2009 || 234 || 14 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Mal Michael]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] / [[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]|| || 1997-2008 || 238 || 33 || Raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member
|-
| [[Brett Voss]] || [[Trinity College, Beenleigh]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| || 1997-2007 || 170 || 67 || Born and raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane)
|-
| [[Jason Akermanis]] || [[Mayne Australian Football Club|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 Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]] / [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 1996-2007 || 163 || 79 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Clark Keating]] || [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|Lions]]|| || 1996-2006 || 139 || 83 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|-
| [[Danny Dickfos]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Windsor-Zillmere]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|Lions]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1996-1999 || 65 || 0 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Derek Wirth]] ||Springwood / [[Mount Gravatt Football Club|Mt Gravatt]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 1996-1999 || 1 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Don Cockatoo-Collins]] || [[Cairns City Cobras]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| ||  1996–1998  ||  9 || 3|| Born and raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Steven Lawrence]] ||[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1995-2003 || 120 || 60 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Brent Green]] ||[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 1995-1998 || 12 || 8 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[David Cockatoo-Collins]] || [[Cairns City Cobras]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| || 1995–1997 ||  2 || 0 || Born and raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Chris Scott (Australian footballer)|Chris Scott]] || -
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || 1994-2007 || 215 || 79 || Raised and schooled in Brisbane
|-
| [[Che Cockatoo-Collins]] || [[Cairns City Cobras]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] / [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1994-2003 || 160 || 215 || Born in Brisbane, raised in Cairns ([[Kuku Yalanji]])
|-
| [[Rudi Frigo]] ||[[Mayne Australian Football Club|Mayne]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1994-1995 || 8 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[Michael Voss]] || [[Trinity College, Beenleigh]] / [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|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 Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| QLD || 1992–1997 || 73 || 28 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Steven McLuckie]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1992–1993 || 20 || 8 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[Troy Clarke (Australian rules footballer)|Troy Clarke]] || [[South Cairns Cutters]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (1991), QLD/NT (1993) || 1991-1996 || 68 || 31 || Raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Simon Luhrs]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Western Districts]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1991–1992 || 12 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[Corey Bell]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD || 1991 || 8 || 2 || Raised on Gold Coast
|-
| [[Jason Millar]] || [[Caloundra Australian Football Club|Caloundra]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD || 1991 || 1 || 0 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|-
| [[Matthew Kennedy (footballer, born 1970)|Matthew Kennedy]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|Lions]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1990-2001 || 188 || 30 || Raised on Gold Coast
|-
| [[Ray Windsor]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Western Districts]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD, QLD/NT (1993) || 1990-1993 || 23 || 22 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[David Wearne]] || [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1990-1993 || 18 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane 
|-
| [[Marcus Ashcroft]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|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 (footballer)|Stephen Lawrence]] ||[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]|| QLD || 1988-1998 || 146 || 30 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Tony Lynn]] ||[[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]], [[Mt Gravatt Australian Football Club|Mt Gravatt]]  
|[[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1988-1996 || 33 || 19 || Raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane)
|-
| [[Matthew Simpson (footballer)|Matthew Simpson]] ||[[Mayne Australian Football Club|Mayne]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| || 1988 || 9 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Gavin Crosisca]] || [[Western Districts AFC]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| QLD (1998) || 1987-2000 || 246 || 64 || Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member
|-
| [[Dean McRae]] || [[Sandgate Football Club|Sandgate]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]|| || 1987-1996 || 141 || 55 || Raised on [[Bribie Island]], Sunshine Coast
|-
| [[Darren Carlson]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (1988), QLD/NT (1993) || 1987-1990 || 25 || 7 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Stuart Glascott]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]]  
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (1988) || 1987 || 4 || 0 || Raised on the Gold Coast
|-
| [[Tony Beckett]] || [[Mayne Australian Football Club|Mayne]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (18 caps) || 1987 || 6 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Allan Giffard]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Sherwood]] 
|[[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (12 caps) || 1987 || 1 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Tony Smith (footballer, born 1966)|Tony Smith]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]|| QLD (1988) || 1986–1988 || 17 || 1|| Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Jason Dunstall]] ||  [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]]
|[[Hawthorn Football Club|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 (Australian footballer)|Michael Gibson]] || [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] / [[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (15 caps: 1988) ||1985-1991 || 55 ||  3 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Trevor Spencer (footballer)|Trevor Spencer]] || Jindalee 
|[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]] / [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] / [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]|| QLD (1988) || 1985-1991 || 44 || 29 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Craig Potter (Australian footballer)|Craig Potter]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Western Districts]] 
| [[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Sydney Swans]] / [[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD/NT (1993) || 1984-1992 || 55 || 19 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Craig Brittain]] || [[North Cairns Tigers|North Cairns]] / [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Windsor-Zillmere]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U18 (?) || 1984 || 5 || 2 || Raised in Cairns
|-
| [[Scott McIvor]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]] / [[Brisbane Bears]] / [[Brisbane Lions|Lions]]|| QLD (17 caps: 1984-?) || 1985-1997 || 200 || 96 || Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member.
|-
| [[Gary Shaw (Australian footballer)|Gary Shaw]] || [[Sherwood Districts Australian Football Club|Western Districts]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]] / [[Brisbane Bears]]|| || 1983-1987 || 38 || 38 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Carl Herbert]] || [[Mayne Australian Football Club|Mayne]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| QLD (1988) || 1983 || 3 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|-
| [[Brett Grimley]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]|| QLD (1988) || 1983-85 || 18 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Zane Taylor (footballer)|Zane Taylor]] || [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|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 Football Club|Essendon]] / [[Brisbane Bears]]|| QLD (7 caps: 1988) ||1979-1988 || 115 || 61 || Raised in Brisbane. Represented QLD Seven times. Premiership player.
|-
| [[Warren Jones (footballer)|Warren Jones]] || [[Morningside Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] / [[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| QLD (1979) || 1978-1988 || 123 || 36 || Raised in Brisbane. Premiership player.
|-
| [[Barry Denny (footballer)|Barry Denny]] || [[Yeronga Football Club|South Brisbane]] / [[Morningside Football Club|Morningside]] 
|[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| QLD (7 caps) || 1977–1979 || 22 || 3 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Glen Scanlon]] || [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]] 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]] / [[Western Bulldogs|Footscray]]|| || 1977–1978 || 9 || 4 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Mark Maclure]] || [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]] || QLD (1988) || 1974–1986 || 243 || 327 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Ken Grimley]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Fitzroy Football Club|Fitzroy]]|| QLD (c 1963, 1964) (22 caps) || 1957 || 9 || 16 || Raised in Brisbane. 
|-
| [[Erwin Dornau]] || [[Kedron Football Club]] 
|[[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]|| QLD (1946, 1947) || 1948–1952 || 54 || 8 || Born and raised in Brisbane.<ref name="dornau" />
|-
| [[Tom Calder]] || [[Coorparoo Australian Football Club|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Sydney Swans|South Melbourne]]|| QLD (1947 c, 1950) || 1945 || 5 || 0 || Lived in Brisbane for some time
|}

===Women's===

==== Current Players ====
<gallery name="aflw current and recent players">
File:AFLW S7 GF Bre Koenen warmup.JPG|[[Breanna Koenen]] is from [[Magnetic Island]]
File:Aliesha_Newman.2.jpg|[[Aliesha Newman]] is from [[Redcliffe, Queensland|Redcliffe]] ([[Ningy Ningy]])
File:Jamie Stanton 19.01.19.jpg|[[Jamie Stanton]] is from the Gold Coast
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Shannon_Campbell_2.jpg|[[Shannon Campbell]] is from the Sunshine Coast
File:Sharni Webb 19.03.17.jpg|[[Sharni Webb]] is from the Sunshine Coast
File:Kate Lutkins 19.03.17.jpg|[[Kate Lutkins]] is from Ipswich
File:Tahlia Randall 27.03.21 (cropped).jpg|[[Tahlia Randall]] is from [[Buderim]] on the Sunshine Coast
File:Emily Bates 19.03.17.jpg|[[Emily Bates]] is from Brisbane
File:Aasta O'Connor 29.02.20.jpg|[[Aasta O'Connor]] is from the Sunshine Coast
File:Katie Brennan 23.02.20.jpg|[[Katie Brennan]] is from Logan
File:AFLW S7 GF Ally Anderson 4.jpg|[[Ally Anderson]] is from Brisbane ([[Gangulu]])
File:Tayla Harris 23.03.19.jpg|[[Tayla Harris]] is from Brisbane
File:Stacey_Livingstone.jpg|[[Stacey Livingstone]] was raised in Queensland
File:Lauren Bella, GC vs. Bris 2020 (cropped).jpg|[[Lauren Bella]] is from Mackay
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Sophie_Conway_3.jpg|[[Sophie Conway]] is from [[Bracken Ridge, Queensland|Bracken Ridge]] in Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Gabby_Collingwood.jpg|[[Gabby Collingwood]] is from Brisbane
File:Yorston,_Jacqui,_Alberton_Oval,_2022_September_3.jpg|[[Jacqui Yorston]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Jade_Ellenger_3.jpg|[[Jade Ellenger]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Jesse_Wardlaw_warmup_2.jpg|[[Jesse Wardlaw]] is from Brisbane
File:Erica Fowler 2018.1.jpg|[[Erica Fowler]] is from Brisbane
File:Nat_Grider_out_of_the_race_prior_to_the_AFLW_Season_7_Grand_Final.jpg|[[Nat Grider]] is from Brisbane
File:Tahlia_Hickie_prior_to_AFLW_Season_7_Grand_Final.jpg|[[Tahlia Hickie]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Taylor_Smith_2.jpg|[[Taylor Smith (Australian footballer)|Taylor Smith]] is from the Gold Coast
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Greta_Bodey_warmup_5.jpg|[[Greta Bodey]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Dee_Heslop.jpg|[[Dee Heslop]] is from the Gold Coast
File:Maria_Moloney,_Adelaide_Oval,_2022_September_30.jpg|[[Maria Moloney]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Dakota_Davidson.jpg|[[Dakota Davidson]] is from Ipswich
File:Belle_Dawes_playing_for_Brisbane_in_the_AFLW_Season_7_Grand_Final.jpg|[[Belle Dawes]] is from [[Maroochydore, Queensland|Maroochydore]] on the Sunshine Coast
File:Lauren Ahrens 2019.2.jpg|[[Lauren Ahrens]] is from the Gold Coast
File:Lucinda_Pullar_prior_to_AFL_Season_7_Grand_Final.jpg|[[Lulu Pullar]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Luka_Yoshida-Martin.jpg|[[Luka Yoshida-Martin]] is from Brisbane
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Zimmorlei_Farquharson_warmup_3.jpg|[[Zimmorlei Farquharson]] is from [[Dalby, Queensland|Dalby]]
File:AFLW_S7_GF_Mikayla_Pauga_warmup_3.jpg|[[Mikayla Pauga]] is from the Sunshine Coast
</gallery>

====AFLW players from Queensland====
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCFF99"
| Currently on an AFLW senior list
|}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!| Player || QLD junior/senior club 
!AFLW Club/s|| Representative Honours || AFLW Draft || Selection|| ALFW Years || AFLW Games || AFLW (Goals) || Connections to Queensland, Notes & References
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Brooke Sheridan]] ||Boyne Island Tannum Sands, Wilston Grange, University Of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
| {{AFLW BL}} || U18 (2021, 2023) ||  || || 2023- || - || - || Raised in [[Gladstone, Queensland|Gladstone]] ([[Tannum Sands, Queensland|Tannum Sands]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Courtney Murphy (footballer, born 2000)|Courtnery Murphy]] || Mountain Creek, Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
| {{AFLW BL}}, {{AFLW GWS}} || U18 (2016) ||  || || 2023- || - || - || Raised on Sunshine Coast ([[Mountain Creek, Queensland|Mountain Creek]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kiara Hillier]] || Kawana, Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
| {{AFLW BL}}, {{AFLW Syd}} || U18 (2022) || [[2022 AFL Women's draft|2022]] || #78 || 2023- || - || - || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Bella Smith (footballer, born 2003)|Bella Smith]] || Noosa, Narangba, Maroochydore (QAFLW), Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
| {{AFLW BL}}, {{AFLW Gee}} || U18 (2021) ||  || || 2023- || - || - || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Poppy Boltz]] || Centrals Trinity Beach, Cairns Saints, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
|{{AFLW BL}}|| U18 (2017) || [[2023 AFL Women's supplementary draft|2023 supplementary]] || (supplementary #16) || 2023- || 4 || - || Raised in Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Fleur Davies]] || Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy
| {{AFLW GWS}} || ||  || || 2023- || 1 || - || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Charlotte Mullins]] || North Lakes, Ferny Grove, Wilston Grange, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}
|| {{AFLW BL}} || U19 (2021, 2022) || || || 2023- || 1 ||  1 ||  Raised in Moreton (Brisbane)
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Ella Smith (footballer, born 2004)|Ella Smith]] || Sandgate, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, {{AFLW BL}}, {{AFLW GC}} 
|| {{AFLW BL}}, {{AFLW GC}} ||  || || || 2023- || 1 ||  - ||  Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Beth Pinchin]] || Broadbeach, Coolangatta, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions 
|| {{AFLW StK}} ||  || || || 2023- || 1 ||  - ||  Raised in Coolangatta (Gold Coast)
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Brianna McFarlane]] || Coolangatta, Wilston Grange, Maroochydore, Southport 
|| {{AFLW WB}} ||  || || || 2023- || 1 ||  - ||  Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Meara Girvan]] || Bond University, [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]
|{{AFLW GC}}|| ||  || || 2023- || 1 || - || Recruited from the Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Alana Gee]] || North Mackay, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, {{AFLW GC}}
|{{AFLW GC}}|| ||  || || 2023- || 1 || - || Raised in [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Darcie Davies]] || Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, {{AFLW GC}}
|{{AFLW GC}}|| ||  || || 2023- || 1 || - || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Casidhe Simmons]] || Bond University 
|[[Greater Western Sydney Giants]]|| ||  || || 2022- || 2 || - || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Giselle Davies]] || Southport, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Gold Coast Suns]]  
|[[Gold Coast Suns]]|| U18 (2021) || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || #30 || 2022- || 6 || 1 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Maggie Harmer]] || [[Noosa AFC|Noosa]], [[Maroochydore Australian Football Club|Maroochydore]], Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Brisbane Lions]]
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2021) || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || #18 || 2022- || 1 || 0 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kaylee Kimber]] || Moranbah Bulldogs, [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]   
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U17 (?), U18 (2022) || [[2022 AFL Women's draft|2022]] || Free agent || 2022- || 2 || 1 || Raised in [[Moranbah]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jasmyn Smith]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]], [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy. [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]    
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]||  U17 (?), U18 (2022) || [[2022 AFL Women's draft|2022]] || #52 || 2022- || 1 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Mikayla Pauga]] || Brisbane Lions Academy, [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]], [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], [[Brisbane Lions]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2021) || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || #46 || 2022- || 7 || 0 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jacqueline Dupuy]] || [[Cairns Saints]], [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || Free agent || 2022- || 9 || 2 || Raised in Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Zimmorlei Farquharson]] ||  [[Dalby Swans]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2016, 2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-u18-womens-squad-named/|title=Queensland U18 women's squad named &#124; AFL Queensland|website=Aflq.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref> 2018<ref name="2018 QLD W U18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-name-squad-for-nab-aflw-under-18-national-championships/|title=Queensland name squad for NAB AFLW Under-18 National Championships &#124; AFL Queensland|website=Aflq.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>) ||  [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #8 || 2022- || 2 || 1 || Born in [[Dalby, Queensland|Dalby]], raised in Dalby and Toowoomba
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Luka Yoshida-Martin]] ||  [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]], [[Brisbane Lions]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || #53 || 2022- || 3 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lulu Pullar]] ||  [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2021 AFL Women's draft|2021]] || #58 || 2022- || 4 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Indy Tahau]] || [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Port Adelaide FC]]|| || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #37 || 2021- || 8 || 0 || Raised in [[Cunnamulla, Queensland|Cunnamulla]] 
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lucy Single]] ||  [[Burleigh Bombers Australian Football Club|Burleigh]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #57 || 2021- || 9 || 1 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Daisy D'Arcy]] ||  [[Hermit Park Football Club|Hermit Park]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2020) || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #60 || 2021- || 19 || 0 || Born and raised in Townsville
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Wallis Randell]] ||  [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]    
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] ||  || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #61 || 2021- || 12 || 0 || Raised in [[Carmila, Queensland|Carmila]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Maddison Levi]] ||  [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2019)<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" /> || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #50 || 2021- || 8 || 3 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Annise Bradfield]] || [[Labrador Australian Football Club|Labrador]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]], [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || [[2020 AFL Women's draft|2020]] || #7 || 2021- || 2 || 0 || Born and raised on Gold Coast 
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lauren Ahrens]] || [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || [[2019 AFL Women's draft|2019]] || Prelist || 2020- ||  16 || 1 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Ellie Hampson]] ||  [[Hermit Park Football Club|Hermit Park]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || Prelist || 2020- ||  7 || 0 || Raised in Townsville
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Belle Dawes]] ||  [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #15 || 2020- ||  18 || 3 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Dakota Davidson]] || [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #60 || 2020- ||  17 || 18 || Born and raised in Ipswich
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Maria Moloney]] ||  [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]]  
|[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #75 || 2020- ||  8 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jade Pregelj]] || [[South East Suns Australian Football Club|Logan City Cobras]], [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| 2011 || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #86 || 2020- ||  16 || 0 || Born and raised in Logan
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Charlotte Hammans]] || [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]|| U18 (2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || Prelist || 2020- ||  3 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Dee Heslop]] ||[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]], [[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #69 || 2020- ||  16 || 0 || Schooled on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Greta Bodey]] ||[[Cairns Saints]], [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || Rookie signing || 2020- ||  17 || 11 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Cathy Svarc]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]], [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #16 || 2020- ||  12 || 0 || Recruited from Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Taylor Smith (Australian footballer)|Taylor Smith]] || [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Brisbane Lions]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2018)<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" />|| [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || Priority signing || 2020- ||  12 || 5 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tahlia Hickie]] ||  [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #28 || 2020- ||  12 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Serene Watson]] ||  [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]], [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #18 || 2020- ||  16 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lily Postlethwaite]] ||  [[Moreton Bay Australian Football Club|Moreton Bay]], [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2018,<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18">{{Cite web|url=https://www.aflq.com.au/queensland-announce-round-1-team-for-nab-under-18-afl-womens-national-championships/|title=Queensland announce Round 1 team for NAB Under 18 AFL Women's National Championships &#124; AFL Queensland|website=Aflq.com.au|access-date=26 July 2022}}</ref>) || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #3 || 2020- ||  11 || 1 || Raised in [[Caboolture]]
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kate Surman]] ||  [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]], [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || Expansion club signing || 2020- ||  16 || 5 || Raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tarni White]] ||  [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2019<ref name="2019 QLD W U18" />  || [[2019 AFLW draft|2019]] || #30 || 2020- ||  13 || 0 || Born and raised in Mackay
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Nat Grider]] || Jindalee Jags / [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017,<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> 2018 c<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" />) || [[2018 AFLW draft|2018]] || #22 || 2019- ||  19 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Erica Fowler]] || [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| || ||  || 2019- ||  27 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tori Groves-Little]] || Beenleigh Buffaloes, Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2019- ||  6 || 0 || Raised in Logan
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jesse Wardlaw]] || [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2018)<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" />|| || || 2019- ||  25 || 16 || Raised in Logan
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jade Ellenger]] || [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2018)<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" /> || || || 2019- ||  13 || 3 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Paige Parker]] || [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]] / [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2019- ||  17 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane ([[Quandamooka]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jacqui Yorston]] || Kedron District Juniors, [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]], [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]], [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]], [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]|| || || || 2019- ||  11 || 2 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Elisha King]] || North Cairns 
|[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U18 (2015) || || || 2019- ||  10 || 3 || Raised Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Krystal Scott]] ||  [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]] || [[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]||  || || || 2018- ||  1 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Gabby Collingwood]] ||  Forest Lake Dragons, Jindalee Jags, [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]], Brisbane Lions Academy 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2016, 2017)<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> || || || 2018- ||  13 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kalinda Howarth]] ||[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]], Gold Coast Suns Academy, [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]], {{AFLW BL}} 
| {{AFLW GC}}, {{AFLW Col}} || U18 (2016, 2017)<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> || [[2017 AFLW draft|2017]] || #31 || 2018- ||  16 || 12 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Molly Ritson]] || [[Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club|Surfers Paradise]]/[[Southport Australian Football Club|Southport]], [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2018- ||  9 || 0 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Sophie Conway]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]], Brisbane Lions Academy 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2017)<ref name="2017 QLD U18" /> || || || 2018- ||  24 || 8 || Raised in [[Bracken Ridge]] (Brisbane)
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Emma Pittman]] || [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]], [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Gold Coast Suns|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 Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || || || 2018-2021 ||  11 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Arianna Clarke]] || [[Broadbeach Australian Football Club|Broadbeach]], [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2016) || || || 2018-2020 ||  18 || 4 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Delma Gisu]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[GWS Giants]]|| || || || 2018-2020 ||  1 || 0 || Born and raised in Townsville ([[Torres Strait Islander]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Stacey Livingstone]] ||  -
|[[Collingwood FC]] || || || ||  2017- ||  57 || 0 || Raised in Queensland
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Lauren Bella]] ||  Bakers Creek, [[Bond University Football Club|Bond University]], Gold Coast Suns Academy 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| U18 (2016, 2018)<ref name="2018 QLD W U18" />  || || || 2017- ||  19 || 0 || Born and raised in Mackay
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tayla Harris]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]/[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]|| U18 (2013) || || || 2017- ||  49 || 47 || Born and raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Ally Anderson]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2013)<ref>[https://www.aflq.com.au/zillmeres-anderson-gearing-up-for-nationals/ Zillmere's Anderson gearing up for nationals] from AFL Queensland 14 June 2013</ref> || || || 2017- ||  66 || 8 || Born and raised in Brisbane ([[Gangulu]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kate McCarthy]] || [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[St Kilda Football Club|St Kilda]], [[Brisbane Lions]], [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]] || || || || 2017- ||  33 || 18 || Raised in Brisbane
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Katie Brennan]] || [[South East Suns Australian Football Club|Logan City Cobras]] / [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Western Bulldogs]], [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]|| U18 (2007, 2008c, 2009c, 2010c), 2011, 2013, 2014 || || || 2017- || 26 || 30 || Born and raised in Logan
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Aasta O'Connor]] || Northshore Jets, [[South East Suns Australian Football Club|Logan City Cobras]] 
|[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]], [[Western Bulldogs]]|| 2013, 2014 || || || 2017- ||  32 || 4 || Born in Brisbane and raised on Sunshine Coast
|- 
| [[Emma Zielke]] || [[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]], [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| 2011 || || || 2017- ||  41 || 4 || Born and raised in Bundaberg
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Emily Bates]] || [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]||  U18 (2011, 2012) || || || 2017- || 66 || 9 || Raised in Brisbane from age 3
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Tahlia Randall]] || Kawana, Nambour, [[Maroochydore Football Club|Maroochydore]], [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]|| U18 (2016) || || || 2017- ||  39 || 1 || Born and raised on Sunshine Coast
|- 
| [[Leah Kaslar]] || Centrals Trinity Beach,  [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| 2013, 2014 || || || 2017- ||  36 || 3 || Raised in Cairns
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Kate Lutkins]] || [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| 2011 || || || 2017- ||  41 || 3 || Born in Brisbane, raised and schooled in Ipswich
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Sharni Webb]] || [[Caloundra Australian Football Club|Caloundra]], [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]], [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| 2011 || || || 2017- ||  27 || 1 || Born and raised in Nambour, Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jordan Membrey]] || [[Carrara Saints]], [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]|| || || || 2017- ||  18 || 11 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Shannon Campbell]] ||  [[Wilston Grange Football Club|Wilston Grange]]  
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || || || 2017- || 38 || 2 || Born and raised on Sunshine Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Jamie Stanton]] || [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2017- ||  36 || 5 || Raised on Gold Coast
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Aliesha Newman]] ||  
|[[Melbourne FC]], [[Collingwood FC]], [[Sydney Swans]]||  || || || 2017- ||  39 || 16 || Born and raised on Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe ([[Ningy Ningy]])
|- bgcolor=#CCFF99
| [[Breanna Koenen]] || Magnetic Island, North Cairns, [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| 2011 || || || 2017- ||  39 || 1 || Born and raised in Townsville (Magnetic Island)
|- 
| [[Sam Virgo]] || Griffith-Moorooka 
|[[Brisbane Lions]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2017-2021 ||  29 || 3 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Tiarna Ernst]] || [[Manunda Hawks|Manunda]] 
|[[Western Bulldogs]], [[Gold Coast Suns|Gold Coast]]|| || || || 2017-2020 ||  29 || 1 || Born Thursday Island raised in Cape York / Cairns
|- 
| [[Megan Hunt (footballer)|Megan Hunt]] || [[University of Queensland Australian Football Club|University of Queensland]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || || || 2017-2019 ||  14 || 1 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Nikki Wallace]] || [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || || || 2017 || 8 || 0 || Recruited from the Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Selina Priest]] ||  [[Coolangatta Tweed Heads Australian Football Club|Coolangatta Tweed Heads]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| 2011 || [[2016 AFLW draft|2016]] || #98 || 2017-2021 ||  8 || 0 || Born and raised on Gold Coast
|- 
| [[Shaleise Law]] || [[Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club|Zillmere]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| U18 (2016) || || || 2017 ||  3 || 0 || Born and raised in Townsville
|- 
| [[Kate Deegan]] || [[Coorparoo Football Club (1996)|Coorparoo]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || || || 2017 ||  1 || 0 || Raised in Brisbane
|- 
| [[Delissa Kimmince]] || [[Yeronga Football Club|Yeronga]] 
|[[Brisbane Lions]]|| || [[2016 AFL Women's draft|2016 (Rookie)]] || Rookie || 2017 ||  1 || 0 || Born and raised in [[Warwick, Queensland|Warwick]]
|}

==Bibliography==
# {{cite book | last1=Bird | first1=Murray | last2=Parker | first2=Greg | title=More of the Kangaroo: 150 Years of Australian Football in Queensland - 1866 to 2016 | publication-place=Morningside, Qld. | date=2018 | isbn=978-0-9943936-1-6 | oclc=1082363978}}
# {{cite book
 |last1      = de Moore
 |first1     = Greg
 |last2      = Hess
 |first2     = Rob
 |last3      = Nicholson
 |first3     = Matthew
 |last4      = Stewart
 |first4     = Bob
 |title      = Australia's Game: The History of Australian Football
 |publisher  = Hardie Grant Books
 |year       = 2021
 |isbn       = 9781-74379-657-3
}}
# ''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==
{{Portal|Queensland|Sports|Australia}}
* [[AFL Queensland]]
* [[Australian rules football in South East Queensland]]
* [[History of Australian rules football on the Gold Coast]]
* [[List of Australian rules football leagues in Australia#Queensland|List of Australian Football Leagues in Queensland]]
* [[Brisbane Australian Football Club]]
* [[1961 Brisbane Carnival]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051120081520/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/queensland.htm Queensland Team of the Century (from Full Points Footy)]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090301133440/http://www.qldfooty.com/ QAFF] – Queensland footy history group

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{{Australian rules football in Australia}}
{{Aussie Rules Playing Nations links}}

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