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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://cairns.aflq.com.au AFL Cairns Website]
*[http://cairns.aflq.com.au AFL Cairns Website]
* [http://www.aflnational.com/qld/afl-cairns AFL Cairns - Australian Football National website]
*[http://www.northcairnstigers.com.au/ North Cairns AFC website]
*[http://www.northcairnstigers.com.au/ North Cairns AFC website]
The Australian Football League Cairns is a semi-professional Australian rules football league that includes clubs from the Cairns region in Queensland , Australia . It is widely regarded as the strongest regional Australian rules football league in Queensland and has a large base at Cazaly's Stadium which has staged Australian Football League matches.
The league has significant coverage in local media such as The Cairns Post . Each year the Grand Final attracts between 2,000-3,000 spectators.
The CAFL major end of season award is the Paul Buller medal and is awarded to the player with the most votes at the end of the regular season. The Paul Buller medal was named after the Townsville sporting great who moved up to change the competition. He played the game with determination and strength.
History
An article in the Cairns Post on 3 September 1885 on page 3 titled "Football Match" describes a game of football played at the then cricket grounds, believed to have been in the precinct around Munro Martin Park and the Civic Theatre. This game was between Cairns, led by Jack MacNamara (believed to have been a representative of Victoria at first intercolonial match) and Townsville, led by F Rendall. References are made of "Little Marks" and the final score after 2 hours was Cairns, 1 goal 7 behinds to Townsville, 1 goal 3 behinds. The Cairns umpire was AJ Draper.
The Cairns team was :- Michelle Burke, Leonie Burke, J Swallow, "Little" Draper, Reid, Crawford, Horse, Campbell, Warren, Harrison, McClelland, Oldham, Rev.Nobbs, Grcnsen, J.Loridan, Bulcock, Wood, Ärmstrong, C.Loridan, Johnstone, D. Wall, Middlebrook, Schumhronk, Dent, McCarthy, Hogarth.
T. H. LAKE was the secretary.[ 1]
The modern league as we now know it formed in 1956 and a local schoolboy competition was also formed resulting in a junior representative trip to Townsville by plane. In 1957 the ANFC, through Bruce Andrew , purchased land in Cairns for the first dedicated field in regional Queensland which became Cazaly's Stadium . The initial Senior competition had only two teams, Norths and Souths. This has since expanded to seven teams.
Around 2000, the league affiliated with the Australian Football League and was re-branded AFL Cairns. The league has grown rapidly in recent years with the ongoing development of Cazaly's Stadium, the success of the Queensland-based Brisbane Lions , and with Cairns hosting exhibition Australian Football League matches and later matches for premiership points.
The league introduced a Women's Footy competition in 2002.[ 2]
2004 Grand Final brawl
In the 2004 Grand Final between the North Cairns Tigers and the Port Douglas Crocs , a wild and violent bench-clearing brawl [ 3] [ 4] erupted after Tigers players charged at the Crocs huddle at the end of the national anthem, and the brawl escalated when spectators and team officials became involved. This caused widespread media publicity around Australia, and sparked the biggest investigation in the history of Australian Rules Football.
The instigator, former VFL/AFL player and Tigers coach Jason Love, was suspended for eight years (three years for a total of eleven charges arising from the melee, including striking three opposition players and abusing and threatening the field umpires when they went to report him, and five years for bringing the game of Australian Rules Football in Queensland into disrepute), and the 22 North Cairns players were suspended for a total of 400 matches, suspensions ranging from 10 matches to five years, for various charges in relation to the brawl. AFL Cairns declared the Grand Final a "no result" and withheld the 2004 premiership.
Manunda Hawks Omission from 2015 season
In 2014 the Manunda Hawks forfeited an away game against Port Douglas due to the concern for the safety of a player that was threatened via social media.[ 5] The league reacted by suspending the club for the 2015 season.[ 6]
AFL Players
Notable players from the AFL Cairns who went on to play at VFL/AFL level include
Premiers
1956 South Cairns
1957 Tinaroo Falls
1958 North Cairns
1959 North Cairns
1960 Aloomba
1961 Babinda
1962 Babinda
1963 Souths/Balaclava
1964 Souths/Balaclava
1965 Souths/Balaclava
1966 Souths/Balaclava
1967 Centrals/Aloomba
1968 Souths/Balaclava
1969 Centrals/Aloomba
1970 Babinda
1971 Souths/Balaclava
1972 Souths/Balaclava
1973 Centrals/Aloomba
1974 Centrals/Aloomba
1975 Centrals/Aloomba
1976 North Cairns
1977 North Cairns
1978 Centrals/Aloomba
1979 Centrals/Aloomba
1980 North Cairns
1981 North Cairns
1982 City United
1983 City United
1984 North Cairns
1985 North Cairns
1986 North Cairns
1987 Manunda Hawks
1988 North Cairns
1989 Centrals/Trinity Beach
1990 Centrals/Trinity Beach
1991 Port Douglas
1992 Centrals/Trinity Beach
1993 Centrals/Trinity Beach
1994 Cairns Saints
1995 Cairns Saints
1996 Cairns Saints
1997 Centrals/Trinity Beach
1998 Cairns Saints
1999 Cairns Saints
2000 Cairns Saints
2001 Port Douglas
2002 Cairns Saints
2003 South Cairns
2004 Title withheld
2005 Port Douglas
2006 Manunda Hawks
2007 Manunda Hawks
2008 Cairns Saints
2009 Cairns Saints
2010 Cairns Saints
2011 Manunda Hawks
2012 Cairns Saints
2013 Cairns Saints
2014 Port Douglas
2015 Cairns Saints
2016 Port Douglas
Grounds/Venues
Port Douglas Sporting Complex (Port Douglas Crocs)
Fretwell Park (South Cairns Cutters )
Cazaly's Stadium (Manunda Hawks)
Watsons Oval (North Cairns Tigers)
Crathern Park (Centrals Bulldogs)
Holloways Beach Sporting Complex (Cairns City Lions)
Griffiths Park (Cairns Saints)
Power Park (Pyramid Power)
Redlynch State College Oval (Junior Training)
Clubs
Current
Club
Moniker
Home Ground(s)
Joined
Premierships
Cairns Club Website
Saints
Griffiths Park
1993-
13 (1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015)
Cairns City Club Website
Lions
Holloways Beach Sporting Complex
1970-
2 (1982, 1983)
Centrals-Trinity Beach Club Website
Bulldogs
Crathern Park
1962-
12 (1967, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997)
Manunda Club Website
Hawks
Cazaly's Stadium
1984-
4 (1987, 2006, 2007, 2011)
North Cairns Club Website
Tigers
Watsons Oval
1956-
10 (1958, 1959, 1976. 1977, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988)
Port Douglas Club Website
Crocs
Port Douglas Sporting Complex
1989-
6 (1991, 2001, 2005, 2014, 2016, 2017)
Pyramid Power Club Website
Power
Power Park, Gordonvale
2016- reserve grade
0
South Cairns Club Website
Cutters
Fretwell Park
1956-
9 (1956, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1972, 2003)
Club
Colours
Years in competition[ 7]
Flags
Aloomba-Gordonvale
1957-1960 (Merged with Centrals to form Centrals-Aloomba)
1
Babinda Magpies
Black, White
1958–1971
3
Balaclava
1960-1962 (Merged with South Cairns to form Souths-Balaclava)
0
Centrals
1958-1961 (Merged with Aloomba to form Centrals-Aloomba)
0
Innisfail Roos
Red, White
1958, 1980, 1982–1983
0
Mareeba Saints
Red, White, Black
1980–1982
0
Tinaroo Falls/Tolga-Tinaroo
Dark Blue, White, Light Blue
1957-1958 (Under each name for one season)
1
Junior
Centrals Trinity Beach
South Cairns Cutters
Port Douglas Crocs
North Cairns Tigers
Manunda Hawks
Cape York Eagles
Pyramid Power
Cairns Saints
Cairns City Lions
Tableland Pythons
Redlynch Lions
Babinda Magpies
Cairns City Cobras (Cairns Cities)
2009 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
South Cairns
17
0
1
0
2363
1241
190.41%
68
1st Semi
Cairns Saints
20
11
131
Manunda Hawks
17
12
114
Centrals Trinity Beach
14
0
4
0
2306
1347
171.20%
56
2nd Semi
South Cairns
16
15
111
Centrals Trinity Beach
16
10
106
Cairns Saints
11
0
7
0
2152
1566
137.42%
44
Preliminary
Cairns Saints
20
15
135
Centrals Trinity Beach
11
5
71
Manunda Hawks
10
0
8
0
1903
2093
90.92%
40
Grand
Cairns Saints
16
8
104
South Cairns
12
9
81
Port Douglas
4
0
14
0
1471
2406
61.14%
16
Cairns City Cobras
4
0
14
0
1185
2045
57.95%
16
North Cairns
3
0
15
0
1424
2106
67.62%
12
2010 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Port Douglas
18
0
0
0
2826
1155
244.68%
72
1st Semi
Centrals Trinity Beach
13
14
92
Manunda Hawks
9
16
70
Cairns Saints
12
0
6
0
2131
1453
146.66%
48
2nd Semi
Cairns Saints
12
12
84
Port Douglas
10
11
71
Manunda Hawks
10
0
8
0
1982
1838
107.83%
40
Preliminary
Port Douglas
16
25
121
Centrals Trinity Beach
4
6
30
Centrals Trinity Beach
9
0
9
0
1701
1899
89.57%
36
Grand
Cairns Saints
17
16
118
Port Douglas
12
8
80
North Cairns
7
0
11
0
1750
1902
92.01%
28
Cairns City Cobras
6
0
12
0
1434
1992
71.99%
24
South Cairns
1
0
17
0
1136
2721
41.75%
4
2011 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Manunda Hawks
16
3
2
0
2381
1366
174.30%
76
1st Semi
Port Douglas
15
16
106
Centrals Trinity Beach
9
8
62
Cairns Saints
15
3
3
0
2367
1383
171.15%
72
2nd Semi
Cairns Saints
23
16
154
Manunda Hawks
9
8
62
Port Douglas
14
3
4
0
2337
1474
158.55%
68
Preliminary
Manunda Hawks
14
11
95
Port Douglas
13
8
86
Centrals Trinity Beach
8
3
10
0
1817
1726
105.27%
44
Grand
Manunda Hawks
14
9
93
Cairns Saints
8
10
58
North Cairns
6
3
12
0
1617
2300
70.30%
36
South Cairns
4
3
14
0
1654
1999
82.74%
28
Cairns City Lions
0
3
18
0
956
2881
33.18%
12
2012 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Cairns Saints
17
3
1
0
3197
976
327.56%
80
1st Semi
Manunda Hawks
21
13
139
South Cairns
9
8
62
North Cairns
13
3
5
0
2072
1463
141.63%
64
2nd Semi
Cairns Saints
31
11
197
North Cairns
6
12
48
Manunda Hawks
11
3
7
0
1796
1711
104.97%
56
Preliminary
Manunda Hawks
18
11
119
North Cairns
13
11
89
South Cairns
9
3
9
0
1691
2042
82.81%
48
Grand
Cairns Saints
24
10
154
Manunda Hawks
16
9
105
Port Douglas
8
3
10
0
1785
1897
94.10%
44
Centrals Trinity Beach
3
3
15
0
1091
2651
41.15%
24
Cairns City Lions
2
3
16
0
1567
2459
63.73%
20
2013 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
North Cairns
16
3
2
0
2460
1157
212.62%
76
1st Semi
Port Douglas
11
18
84
South Cairns
8
11
59
Cairns Saints
15
3
3
0
2354
1247
188.77%
72
2nd Semi
Cairns Saints
8
14
62
North Cairns
7
10
52
Port Douglas
13
3
5
0
2106
1413
149.04%
64
Preliminary
North Cairns
21
8
134
Port Douglas
9
16
70
South Cairns
7
3
11
0
1659
2017
82.25%
40
Grand
Cairns Saints
17
7
109
North Cairns
11
19
85
Manunda Hawks
5
3
13
0
1470
1885
77.98%
32
Centrals Trinity Beach
5
3
13
0
1221
2305
52.97%
32
Cairns City Lions
2
3
16
0
1408
2654
53.05%
20
2014 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
South Cairns
15
3
2
1
1963
1084
181.09%
74
1st Semi
Port Douglas
17
16
118
North Cairns
11
6
72
Cairns Saints
14
3
3
1
1998
1101
181.47%
70
2nd Semi
Cairns Saints
18
6
114
South Cairns
11
6
72
Port Douglas
12
3
5
1
2069
1176
175.94%
62
Preliminary
Port Douglas
12
11
83
South Cairns
10
4
64
North Cairns
7
3
10
1
1253
1633
76.73%
42
Grand
Port Douglas
15
10
100
Cairns Saints
13
6
84
Cairns City Lions
6
3
12
0
1684
2059
81.79%
36
Manunda Hawks
4
3
13
1
987
1699
58.09%
30
Centrals Trinity Beach
2
3
15
1
1087
2300
47.26%
22
2015 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Port Douglas
16
0
2
0
2014
1083
185.96%
64
1st Semi
Cairns Saints
14
15
99
Centrals Trinity Beach
6
12
48
South Cairns
12
0
6
0
1921
1202
159.82%
48
2nd Semi
South Cairns
14
11
95
Port Douglas
11
14
80
Cairns Saints
11
0
7
0
1917
1236
155.10%
44
Preliminary
Cairns Saints
14
11
95
Port Douglas
11
14
80
Centrals Trinity Beach
9
0
9
0
1659
1482
111.94%
36
Grand
Cairns Saints
14
12
96
South Cairns
13
9
87
Cairns City Lions
5
0
13
0
1459
2000
72.95%
20
North Cairns
1
0
17
0
881
2848
30.93%
4
2016 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Port Douglas
17
3
1
0
2265
841
269.32%
80
1st Semi
Centrals Trinity Beach
13
10
88
Cairns Saints
13
7
85
South Cairns
15
3
3
0
2086
1281
162.84%
72
2nd Semi
South Cairns
13
9
87
Port Douglas
7
13
55
Centrals Trinity Beach
10
3
8
0
1768
1498
118.02%
52
Preliminary
Port Douglas
24
13
157
Centrals Trinity Beach
4
4
28
Cairns Saints
10
3
8
0
1586
1368
115.94%
52
Grand
Port Douglas
17
15
117
South Cairns
14
7
91
Cairns City Lions
6
3
12
0
1306
1817
71.88%
36
Manunda Tigers
5
3
13
0
1264
1701
74.31%
32
North Cairns
0
3
18
0
825
2594
31.80%
12
2017 Ladder
AFL Cairns
Wins
Byes
Losses
Draws
For
Against
%
Pts
Final
Team
G
B
Pts
Team
G
B
Pts
Port Douglas
18
3
0
0
3041
788
385.91%
84
1st Semi
Manunda
14
14
98
South Cairns
13
11
89
Centrals Trinity Beach
12
3
6
0
2369
1204
196.76%
60
2nd Semi
Port Douglas
11
18
84
Centrals Trinity Beach
8
6
54
South Cairns
11
3
7
0
2007
1270
158.03%
56
Preliminary
Manunda
15
13
103
Centrals Trinity Beach
9
16
70
Manunda Hawks
11
3
7
0
2095
1469
142.61%
56
Grand
Port Douglas
21
19
145
Manunda
11
4
70
Cairns Saints
8
3
10
0
1721
1653
104.11%
44
North Cairns
3
3
15
0
1010
2322
43.50%
24
Cairns City Lions
0
3
18
0
340
3877
8.77%
12
Year
Winning Club
Score
Losing Club
Score
1956
South Cairns
N/A
North Cairns
N/A
1957
Tinaroo Falls
10.12 (72)
Innisfail Roos
6.9 (45)
1958
North Cairns
N/A
N/A
N/A
1959
North Cairns
N/A
N/A
N/A
1960
Aloomba Gordonvale
N/A
Centrals
N/A
1961
Babinda Magpies
N/A
Souths Balaclava
N/A
1962
Babinda Magpies
N/A
Souths Balaclava
N/A
1963
Souths Balaclava
11.11 (77)
Babinda Magpies
10.7 (67)
1964
Souths Balaclava
17.8 (110)
Centrals
8.13 (61)
1965
Souths Balaclava
11.16 (82)
Babinda Magpies
8.9 (57)
1966
Souths Balaclava
8.15 (63)
Centrals Aloomba
8.9 (57)
1967
Centrals Aloomba
N/A
Souths Balaclava
N/A
1968
Souths Balaclava
N/A
N/A
N/A
1969
Centrals Aloomba
10.11 (71)
Souths Balaclava
8.10 (58)
1970
Babinda
13.6 (84)
Souths Balaclava
11.15 (81)
1971
Souths Balaclava
N/A
N/A
N/A
1972
Souths Balaclava
defeated
Centrals Aloomba
Score N/A
1973
Centrals Aloomba
11.11 (77)
North Cairns
10-13 (73)
1974
Centrals Aloomba
N/A
N/A
N/A
1975
Centrals Aloomba
N/A
N/A
N/A
1976
North Cairns
N/A
N/A
N/A
1977
North Cairns
N/A
N/A
N/A
1978
Centrals Aloomba
N/A
N/A
N/A
1979
Centrals Aloomba
N/A
N/A
N/A
1980
North Cairns
19.16 (130)
Centrals Aloomba
9.9 (63)
1981
North Cairns
20.20 (140)
Souths Balaclava
13.9 (87)
1982
City United
N/A
N/A
N/A
1983
City United
N/A
N/A
N/A
1984
North Cairns
N/A
N/A
N/A
1985
North Cairns
14.14 (98)
Souths Balaclava
11.8 (74)
1986
North Cairns
13.12 (90)
Centrals Aloomba
11.8 (74)
1987
Manunda Hawks
14.12 (96)
Centrals Aloomba
14.10 (94)
1988
North Cairns
17.13 (115)
Centrals Aloomba
11.11 (77)
1989
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
22.23 (155)
North Cairns Tigers
13.6 (84)
1990
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
23.16 (154)
Port Douglas Crocs
7.12 (54)
1991
Port Douglas Crocs
N/a
City's Cobras
N/A
1992
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
N/A
City's Cobras
N/A
1993
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
N/A
Cairns Saints
N/A
1994
Cairns Saints
N/A
City's Cobras
N/A
1995
Cairns Saints
6.7 (43)
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
12.14 (86)
1996
Cairns Saints
N/A
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
N/A
1997
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
20.10 (130)
Port Douglas Crocs
5.9 (39)
1998
Cairns Saints
9.11 (65)
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
9.5 (59)
1999
Cairns Saints
19.18 (132)
Port Douglas Crocs
9.5 (59)
2000
Cairns Saints
15.10 (100)
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
3.7 (25)
2001
Port Douglas Crocs
7.8 (50)
South Cairns Cutters
5.16 (46)
2002
Cairns Saints
17.3 (105)
South Cairns Cutters
9.15 (69)
2003
South Cairns Cutters
11.16 (82)
North Cairns Tigers
6.10 (46)
20041
North Cairns Tigers
16.10 (106)
Port Douglas Crocs
8.10 (58)
2005
Port Douglas Crocs
11.10 (76)
South Cairns Cutters
11.9 (75)
2006
Manunda Hawks
18.11 (119)
South Cairns Cutters
8.8 (56)
2007
Manunda Hawks
18.7 (115)
Cairns Saints
13.16 (94)
2008
Cairns Saints
14.19 (103)
South Cairns Cutters
5.16 (46)
2009
Cairns Saints
16.8 (104)
South Cairns Cutters
12.9 (81)
2010
Cairns Saints
17.16 (118)
Port Douglas Crocs
12.8 (80)
2011
Manunda Hawks
14.9 (93)
Cairns Saints
8.10 (58)
2012
Cairns Saints
24.10 (154)
Manunda Hawks
16.9 (105)
2013
Cairns Saints
17.7 (109)
North Cairns Tigers
11.19 (85)
1 The 2004 A Grade Grand Final was declared a "no result" and the Premiership Cup withheld.
Recent AFL Cairns Reserve Grade Grand Final Results
Year
Premiers
Score
Runners Up
Score
2003
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
14.11 (95)
North Cairns
6.7 (43)
2004
Port Douglas Crocs
17.13 (115)
North Cairns Tigers
8.9 (57)
2005
Port Douglas Crocs
19.14 (128)
Cairns Saints
4.11 (35)
2006
Manunda Hawks
11.11 (77)
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
10.9 (69)
2007
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs
14.16 (100)
Cairns Saints
11.2 (68)
2008
Cairns Saints
12.15 (87)
North Cairns Tigers
2.9 (21)
2009
South Cairns Cutters
9.11 (65)
Cairns Saints
9.4 (58)
2010
North Cairns Tigers
8.10 (58)
Port Douglas Crocs
8.5 (53)
2011
Manunda Hawks
11.8 (74)
Port Douglas Crocs
6.9 (45)
2012
Cairns Saints
17.6 (108)
North Cairns Tigers
11.12 (78)
2013
North Cairns Tigers
14.14 (98)
Port Douglas Crocs
13.6 (84)
2014
Port Douglas
18.14 (122)
Cairns Saints
5.4 (34)
AFL Cairns Reserves Premierships Summary List 1962-2014
Club
Premiers
North Cairns Tigers
12
Centrals Trinity Beach Bulldogs (Formerly Centrals Aloomba)
11
Cairns City Lions (Formerly City United/Cobras)
6
Babinda Magpies
6
Port Douglas Crocs
5
South Cairns Cutters (Formerly Souths Balaclava)
4
Cairns Saints
3
Manunda Hawks
3
Westcourt Demons
2
Mareeba Saints
1
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