Australian rules football in Queensland

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Australian rules football in Queensland
Australian football at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast 2011
Governing bodyAFL Queensland
Representative teamQueensland
First playedJune 1866, Brisbane
Registered players55,191[1]
Clubs130 (10 competitions)
Club competitions
Audience records
Single match37,473 (2019). AFL Second Qualifying Final Brisbane Lions vs Richmond (Gabba, Brisbane)[2]

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.[3] The Colony of Queensland was the second after Victoria to adopt Australian rules football, just days after the rules were widely published. For two decades it was the most popular football code, however a strong desire for representative football success saw Queenslanders favour British football variants for more than a century. As a result, Queensland is one of the two states to the east of the Australian cultural divide described as the Barassi Line. 120 years later in 1986 Queensland was the first state awarded a licence to have a club, the Brisbane Bears, in the national (AFL) competition, also its first privately owned club. However the Gold Coast based Bears had a detrimental effect until the 1993 redevelopment of the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba). In contrast the Bears transformation into a Brisbane and traditional membership based club resulted in enormous growth, and a tripling of average AFL attendances by 1996.[4][5][6]

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[7]

Participation has surged since the 1990s particularly in South East Queensland and the Cairns Region. Growth in player numbers can be directly correlated to the Brisbane Lions threepeat AFL premiership era. The Lions 3 Grand Final appearances in the national women's competition (AFLW) from its inaugural season in 2017 and 2021 premiership helped further fuel female participation despite a lack of success from the Lions and Suns senior men's teams. Ausplay puts its participation third after soccer and rugby league, passing rugby union in player numbers in 2018, the first time since the 1890s. However, since 2019 the player base declined in contrast to increased numbers for all other football codes.[1] Nevertheless, an increasing number of players have found pathways to the elite professional national level. As at 2020 more than 100 males and almost 50 females had played at the sport's highest level (AFL/AFLW), however only a dozen have played more than 200 games.

Queensland hosted the inaugural AFLW Grand Final in 2017 and was the second state in history to host the AFL Grand Final (in 2020). AFL Premiership matches are now regularly played in Brisbane, the Gold Coast and Cairns. The AFL began matches in Townsville along with AFLW matches in Moreton Bay, Mackay in the 2010s and the Sunshine Coast and Ipswich in the 2020s.

The state team, known as the "Maroons" debuted in 1884 against New South Wales and has been competitive against that state and the Australian Capital Territory however played their last senior match in 1988. The side's poor record contributed to the popularity of representative football in other codes, particularly the Queensland Reds (union) and later the Queensland Maroons (league). Despite its historical record, the team won Section B national titles in 1974 and 1979. Zane Taylor holds the record for the number of representative caps for Queensland. The underage team has been more successful with 4 Division 2 titles at the National Championships, the most recent in 2015. The AFL wound up Queensland's senior representation in 1993 and underage titles in 2019 in favour of club academies.

The state has produced many great players. Erwin Dornau became the first born and raised Queenslander in the AFL in 1948. Jason Dunstall was the first Queenslander to be inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2002 and holds the AFL record of most goals for a Queenslander with 1254, the third highest tally in league history. Dunstall also holds the record AFL games for a player born and raised in the state (269). The state's 3 AFL Brownlow medallists include: Michael Voss, Jason Akermanis and Simon Black while these players were not both born and raised in the state all three are nonetheless multi-premiership players and Australian Football Hall of Famers. In the AFLW, the first Queensland born and raised player to win the league best and fairest is Ally Anderson (second Queenslander after Emily Bates) and shares the record for most games while Tayla Harris has the most goals.

History[edit]

1860s: Early Beginnings in South East Queensland[edit]

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.[8][9]

Front page advertisement for Football Club meeting from the Brisbane Courier 21 May 1866

Not long after the redrafting of the laws on 1 May 1866 and the widespread distribution in the Australasian on 19 May, an advertisement appearing in the Brisbane Courier on 21 May called for a meeting to form a Brisbane club.[10] The first Brisbane Football Club was incorporated the following day on 22 May 1866 and chose to play under the then widely distributed Victorian Rules.[11]

Queensland at the time was one of the poorest colonies (especially in comparison to booming Victoria), having begun as a penal settlement it was very much a frontier colony and relied heavily on investment from the southern colonies.[12] 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.[13] Nevertheless, Brisbane was the first football club of any code in the colony and the only known club outside of Victoria and New South Wales to have officially adopted Victorian Rules.

The majority of the founders of Brisbane FC had prior exposure to the game during its rapid rise in popularity in Victoria. Of the six founding members four were from Victoria - none were from Queensland. One of three members of the founding committee was Charles Edward Wallen, who had played for Scotch College in the experimental rules matches umpired by Tom Wills in 1858.[14] Tom Board and George Clencross-Smith were both teammates of Tom Wills at Geelong Football Club.[15] Studholme Hart had played in 1859 with South Yarra.[10] 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).[16] His cricket club had on 26 May proposed that cricket make way off-season for football.[17] Significantly, on 1 June 1866, the Brisbane Courier published the Melbourne Football Club rules as the official rules for the Queensland colony.[10]

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).[18][19] The first official fixture was played on 21 July 1866, and after a marathon 5 hours, the game was declared a draw.[20] 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.[21]

Despite the slow start the game began to spread rapidly during the 1870s. By 1870 there were five clubs: Brisbane, Volunteer Artillery, Brisbane Grammar, Civil Service and Ipswich, all adopting the Victorian Rules (as it was then known).

Ipswich Grammar School was the first school in Queensland to adopt football in 1868[22] care of new headmaster John McCrae of Scotch College in Melbourne.[23] Two years later the first schoolboys match was between Brisbane Grammar and Ipswich Grammar was played. The National School was to join the fledgeling schools competition in 1869.[23] Ipswich Grammar's influence in the code's development was formidable, while the senior clubs went into recess early in the decade due to player numbers, the school continued to fly the flag and by the end of the decade the flow of juniors helped the city of Ipswich become the major stronghold for the code with no less than 7 clubs regularly competing against each other.

1870s: The code spreads north and west[edit]

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, Capricornia in 1873 to play under Australian rules on the local cricket ground.[24]

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.[25]

The game had spread to the Darling Downs by 1876 with a match between Civil Service and the newly formed club Toowoomba.[26] As the game spread further west of the Great Divide to places including Warwick[25] 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.[27] 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[28] citing the game's huge popularity in Melbourne.[29] However Brisbane FC's decision to defect to rugby to join the other two clubs helped establish the rugby code in the state.

Queensland clubs affiliated with the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1877, and the game became known in Queensland as the "Victorian Association rules", "Victorian association football" (or sometimes just "Association Football" or "Association rules").

In 1878, the main clubs playing rugby, Rangers and Bonnet Rouge folded, and Brisbane FC, lacking opposition teams returned to Australian rules. Rugby was left without any clubs in the city. However it was beginning to gain ground in smaller country towns which didn't have the numbers of funds to tour as full Australian football teams.

Former Brisbane Grammarian and Brisbane FC player Herbert W. Bryant, while playing with Essendon in the VFA had the honour of being the first Queenslander to play for Victoria's team in the first intercolonial Victoria v South Australia (1879).[30]

Competition began in Wide Bay–Burnett in 1881, with the establishment of clubs in Maryborough[31] and Gympie.[32] The Darling Downs competition also expanded to include Allora in 1883 providing more regular interaction between the clubs.[33] 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.[34] An association also began in Charters Towers with the town competing against nearby Millchester in 1885.[35] The code also reached the Mackay Region in 1885 however was short-lived there.[36]

While Victorian Association remained popular, Queensland clubs, particularly the newly formed ones that were beginning to make hard decisions on rule adoption. Many players wanted to represent Queensland and many were convinced that adopting rugby would be the best option for this. Rules to protect players against dangerous pushing during contests for example were desperately sought, and some were claiming that rugby rules were safer as a result. Clubs were becoming increasingly disgruntled by the lack of representation or consultation on the laws of the game and governance from Melbourne.[37]

1880s: Queensland Football Association era[edit]

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[38] for the purpose of forming the Queensland Football Association (QFA) to affiliate with the Victorian Football Association. The formation was opposed by the premier Queensland club, the Brisbane Football Club, through its representative E.C. Binge, believing that it had the right to govern itself and use its position of influence to lead the other clubs. However his motion lapsed and the formation proceeded.[38] 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.[39]

Rugby rebellion: local clubs and schools reject the Victorian Association[edit]

If that game (Rugby) takes root in the Brisbane schools, let alone Ipswich or other towns, then say good bye Melbourne, prepare your own epitaph, select your burial year and place, your death is nigh at hand.

The Queensland Figaro, 15 September 1883

Prominent athlete 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[40] 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[41]), 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.[42] 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.[43][44] 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.[45] The move was to backfire as the breakaway Northern Rugby Union (NRU) formed, taking disgruntled clubs and players with it.[39] These clubs in response, instituted the barring of rugby players from playing Victorian rules[46] and Rugby players and officials began derogatively reverting to the term "Melbourne Association" and "Melbourne Rules" in reference to the QFA and its rules[47] 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.[48]

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".[49]

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.[50] 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[edit]

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.[51][52] Rugby officials had deferred matches for the event, though noted that both Queenslander players and spectators appeared to have little understanding of the game.[52] 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.[53]

On 21 June 1890, South Melbourne Football Club toured, playing against Queensland on Albion Park. The result of the match was a complete 6–17 to 1-0 humiliation (behinds were recorded in the scores at the time but did not actually count until 1897). The humiliation was obviously felt by the players as when Queensland defeated a New South Wales Rugby Union team shortly afterwards many of the former rugby players receded from the Australian football ranks and formed clubs of their own.[54]

The Queensland Football Association, already under heavy criticism,[55] 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)[edit]

A meeting was held in July 1892 to re-establish the code instigated by the Ipswich Football Club.[56] 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.[57] 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.[58] Ipswich and Brisbane teams met again in August at Queens Park in Brisbane.[59] 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[edit]

Australian Football Premiership Grand Final at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, 1907. Locomotives defeated Wynnum by 40 points

With Federation of the colonies Australian rules was to benefit from a renewed interest in Australian nationalism.

A meeting was held in 1900 in an effort to revive the code.[60] 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".[60]

Competition recommenced in 1900 in of all places, Maryborough in Wide Bay, with senior and junior competitions including the Wallaroo club, which had continued to field both Australian rules and rugby teams, and the Victorians club.

The Queensland Football League (QFL) was formed in July 1903 at a meeting with 50 present at the South Brisbane Cycling Club and a total of 150 signed on as members.[61] Unlike the previous league which affiliated with the VFA, this new body decided to affiliate with the Victorian Football League.[62] Practice matches were held in August that year in the Botanical Gardens and attracted large crowds and interest.[63] 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.[64][65] The Ipswich Football Club was reformed in May 1906[66] and matches resumed at the North Ipswich Reserve.[67][68] Several Ipswich clubs and schools resuming to play the sport from the following year including juniors at Ipswich North State School and Newtown schools.[69][70]

From 1905 to 1914 games were regularly played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground. Clubs included Brisbanes, Locomotives, Ipswich, Citys, Valleys and Wynnum.

In 1908, Queensland again sent delegates to the Australasian Football Council, this time, fielding a side in the Jubilee Australian Football Carnival which saw all Australian states as well as New Zealand compete.

The sport was reintroduced to Far North Queensland during both World Wars. In 1913, a team of servicemen briefly existed on Thursday Island.

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 (representing Victoria), Perth (representing West Australia), South Adelaide (representing South Australia) and Cananore (representing Tasmania).

Between 1915 and 1919 the Queensland Football League went into recess owing to World War I.

Between the Wars: The Game Expands[edit]

Queensland Schoolboys team 1926
VFL exhibition match Carlton vs Richmond at Brisbane Exhibition Ground in 1930
Taringa vs Wests Australian rules football match QANFL match at 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.[71] The city had 3 clubs by 1933.[72]

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.[73][74]

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

Post War Era: Queensland Football Comes of Age[edit]

Tom Calder captain coached Queensland in 1948 following a move to QAFL club Mayne
Queensland's first born and bred VFL/AFL footballer, Erwin Dornau in South Melbourne Football Club colours in 1952
VFL star 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.[75]

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[76] leaving only the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for the VFL to play on.

In 1952, the Brisbane Exhibition Ground hosted a VFL match between Essendon and Geelong drew 28,000 spectators and was the first official VFL match to be played under floodlights.[77]

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.[78]

In 1955 a league was introduced to Townsville.[79] Competition also began that year in Cairns[79] 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.[79]

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.[79]

In 1961, the first league commenced on the Gold Coast.[79]

In 1964 the QANFL became the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), a limited liability company.

In the early 1970s, the first permanent leagues appeared on the Sunshine Coast (1970)[80] Mackay (1970), the Darling Downs (1971), Bundaberg-Wide Bay (1971) and Rockhampton (Capricornia) (1972).[79]

1980s: Brisbane Bears Era[edit]

Born and raised Queenslander Jason Dunstall debuted for the Hawthorn Hawks in 1985 and quickly became one of the greatest players in the game, despite remaining almost unknown in his home state. He briefly represented a Queensland State of Origin team which played in a low key game against New South Wales in Sydney.

On 1 October 1986 the VFL board was announced that teams from Brisbane (Brisbane Bears) and Perth (West Coast Eagles) would compete in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1987.[81] Much of the Bears team were South Australian players from the South Australian National Football League and Victorians from the Victorian Football League. Although the team was known as Brisbane, home games were played at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, nearly 100 km from Brisbane.

The Bears were hugely unsuccessful on the field, and with the admission of the successful Brisbane Broncos rugby league team into the New South Wales Rugby League, the popularity of Australian rules football plummeted, while the successful Broncos, made up primarily of local talent, thrived. The NSWRL had resisted the move for a team in Queensland for years but created the Broncos and the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants the very next season.

The admission of the Bears had a deleterious effect on the QAFL which weakened over the following years.

During this era, few local players, besides Jason Dunstall, were produced with the exception of Gavin Crosisca and Marcus Ashcroft who were successful at VFL level.

Demographic trends saw Victorian and South Australians (states where the code is extremely popular) migrating interstate in large numbers to Queensland. Support for Australian rules football grew, despite a lack of success from the Bears and support from fans.

1990s: AFL comes to Brisbane, New Governing Body[edit]

1990 saw the Brisbane Bears receive their first Wooden Spoon, which saw new coach Queensland-born Norm Dare sacked at the end of the season.

1991 was a mixed year for the Brisbane Bears. At the end of the home and away season, the Bears' Seniors team would receive the Wooden Spoon again while the Bears' Reserves team finished in 3rd position. They qualified for the Reserves Grand Final, where they scored a 34-point victory over the Melbourne Demons to become the first team from outside Victoria to win an AFL premiership. The Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League (QISAFL) began in 1991, the first dedicated league for private schools in the state.

1992 saw the debut for the Brisbane Bears of the most significant locally produced young talent to emerge from the state – Michael Voss. Although born in country Victoria, Voss spent most of his childhood in Queensland and represented the state at junior level where he shone, before going on to captaining the Brisbane Lions and becoming one of the all-time greats of the game. Voss was followed by a small number of players from Queensland to find their way into the newly named Australian Football League (AFL).

In 1993, the Brisbane Bears moved from the Gold Coast, to the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the inner-Brisbane suburb of Woolloongabba. Interest, crowds and membership in the team increased considerably. Games between the Bears and popular Victorian sides Collingwood, Essendon and Hawthorn drew particular interest.

In 1995, the Bears made the AFL finals for the first time.

In 1996, six sell-out games at the Gabba caused the State Government to consider funding re-development of the ground, something that would be done several times over the following years to transform the small stadium into a world-class venue.

After the 1996 season, the QAFL, having weakened significantly with the introduction of the Bears, finally went into receivership. A new governing body, the Queensland Australian Football Council, was formed in 1997, alongside a new premiership competition, Queensland State Football League (QSFL).

Boom Times: Brisbane Lions Threepeat Era[edit]

The Brisbane Lions began in 1996, when the AFL approved a merger between the Brisbane Bears and the formerly Melbourne based Fitzroy Football Club and on-field success increased substantially with the injection of Fitzroy players, further boosting the popularity of the code.

A major breakthrough for was participation by GPS schools in South East Queensland playing the code for the first time since the turn of the century. Previously to this, South East Queensland private schools had been a staunchly rugby union stronghold and many schools did not allow Australian Football to be played as it would compete with rugby for players. John Stackpoole introduced Australian rules to GPS school Nudgee College in 1998, the school was to become a powerhouse in the Independent Schools competition.[82] The Jason Dunstall Cup (senior competition named after champion ACGS product Jason Dunstall) and Clint Bizzel Cup (year 9 named after BBC product Clint Bizzell) was later awarded to the champion school. In subsequent decades all of the prestigious GPS schools (with the exception of St Joseph's Gregory Terrace): Nudgee, BBC, ACGS, Brisbane Grammar, Ipswich Grammar and The Southport School participated at one stage or another in the first division of the Queensland Independent Schools Australian Football League (QISAFL) (Toowoomba Grammar competed in a Darling Downs division of the competition). During these years of competition it became a nursery for AFL players. However the competition struggled to maintain interest in the schools and unlike rugby (and soccer in 1991) it has never become an official Great Public Schools Association of Queensland sport. Many AFL players who attended independent schools, notably: Jason Dunstall, Chris Scott, Jason Akermanis, Clint Bizzell, Clark Keating, Brad Moran, Nick Riewoldt, Steven Lawrence, Tom Williams, Marcus Allan, Scott Clouston and John Williams never had the opportunity to play for their school.

Also in the 1990s, the Cairns league experienced enormous growth financially on the back of gaming, with the Cazaly's social club quickly becoming the largest sporting club north of Brisbane. The Cazaly's Stadium received lights to play popular night football games and the western stand from the Gabba was transplanted to Cazaly's Stadium, enabling it to host AFL matches.

In 1999, the QSFL also went into voluntary liquidation, being replaced by a new organisation, AFL Queensland (AFLQ) in 2000. The new premiership competition was called the AFLQ State League. That year, Nick Riewoldt became the first Queensland produced player to be taken as number 1 pick in the AFL Draft, recognised as the best junior talent in the nation.

In 2001, a Women's Footy competition began in earnest.

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[edit]

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.[83]

Although state league crowds have dwindled with the increase in support for the Brisbane Lions AFL team, a healthy crowd of 3,257 saw the Southport Sharks defeat Morningside in the 2005 AFLQ Grand Final at the Gabba, while a crowd of over 3,000 saw the Southport Sharks win back-to-back premierships in 2006 at Carrara.

In 2006, support for the Brisbane Lions waned substantially due to two successive seasons out of the finals. From 2005 to 2006 total memberships decreased from 30,027 to 26,429 and the average home crowd fell from 33,101 to 28,305.

The impact of the Brisbane Lions fall from grace was felt at grassroots level by the sport in Brisbane. From 2006, the much celebrated Jason Dunstall Cup was no longer contested by its former powerhouse schools – ACGS or BBC. Most other major private schools ceased playing the sport at the top level. Despite the decline of school competitions, local junior club numbers continued to grow.

Nevertheless, Queensland performed extremely well in the 2006 AFL Draft with a record 11 recruits, including 8 of the first 32 picks. Surprisingly, the majority of the movement was in the regional areas, with some picks from previously undrafted regional areas such as Townsville, Toowoomba and Mackay providing AFL talent.[84][85]

AFL on the Gold Coast[edit]

Australian football at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast: Adelaide vs Melbourne, 2006
Gold Coast vs Adelaide at Carrara Stadium in 2011

The Gold Coast, where a hole had been left once the Brisbane Bears moved away, had grown to become the 6th biggest urban area with nearly half a million people, many of which had migrated from states where Australian Rules is popular. Several bids were made for a new AFL franchise by the powerhouse Southport Sharks Australian Football Club, including attempts to lure a Melbourne-based club in 2004.[86] Many of these attempts were knocked back due to the city's many failed sporting franchises. However demographic trends suggested a growing demand for Australian rules football and in 2005 a pre-season practice match between the Brisbane Lions and Essendon drew a healthy audience of 16,591. Following the match, the Australian Football League stepped up efforts to expand into the Gold Coast market. A series of pre-season games and a home and away match was scheduled at Carrara for 2006. In response, the rival NRL competition admitted a Gold Coast Titans franchise. Despite an average crowd of around 10,000 (comparatively low by AFL standards), the AFL officially announced a strategy to include a Gold Coast side in the next 5 years.[87] A bitter turf war with the National Rugby League resulted over the use of Carrara stadium.[88] In the same year, AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou was quoted to declare that the league would compete directly with the NRL for marketshare in Queensland.

In July 2006, with the backing of the local government and the AFL, the Kangaroos did a deal which saw them move their home games scheduled at Manuka Oval in Canberra to play a number of home games at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast in 2007.[89] 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.[90] 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[edit]

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.[91][92]

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.[93] At one stage in the 2020 season, all but three AFL clubs (the two South Australian clubs, and Hawthorn) were based in the state.[94]

AFL venues have seen significant recent investment during this time, including the $70 million development of a new AFLW stadium at The Reserve, Springfield, $2.7 million expansion of the Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex, as well as benefiting from the proposed $1 billion redevelopment of the Brisbane Cricket Ground for the 2032 Summer Olympics.

However the first Australian Football International Cup tournament scheduled to be hosted outside of Victoria (on the Sunshine Coast) was cancelled due to COVID, it remained under consideration for a 2023 tournament.[95]

Competitions[edit]

Underneath the professional AFL, there are several semi-professional leagues with Queensland clubs. Between 2011 and 2020 Queensland based teams have competed in the northern division of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL, also contested by teams from New South Wales, Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory). This competition became the second tier for Queensland-based clubs. Some of these clubs later joined the VFL. The Queensland Australian Football League (former "AFLQ State League", first started in 1903) remains the premier semi-professional club competition based in Queensland.

Club Competitions[edit]

Men's[edit]

League Years with QLD clubs Senior QLD clubs Divisions Headquarters
Queensland Australian Football League 1903- 12 1 Brisbane
AFL Townsville 1955- 5 1 Townsvile
AFL Cairns 1956- 10 1 Cairns
AFL Mount Isa 1967- 5 1 Mount Isa
AFLQ State Association 1969- 57 7 Brisbane
AFL Capricornia 1969- 6 1 Rockhampton
AFL Mackay 1970- 6 1 Mackay
AFL Darling Downs 1971- 8 1 Toowoomba
AFL Masters Queensland 1984- 32 3 Brisbane
AFL Wide Bay 1987- 4 1 Bundaberg
Australian Football League 1987- 2 1 Melbourne
AFL Cape York 1992- Weipa
North East Australian Football League 2011-2020 9 1 Sydney
Victorian Football League 2020- 3 1 Melbourne

Women's leagues[edit]

League Years with QLD clubs Senior QLD clubs Divisions Headquarters
QAFLW 2001- 8 1 Brisbane
AFL Cairns Women's 2002- 6 1 Cairns
AFL Capricornia Women's 2010- 6 1 Rockhampton
QFAW 2017- 21 4 Brisbane
AFL Mackay Women's 2017- 7 1 Mackay
AFL Townsville Women's 2019- 5 1 Townsville
AFL Masters Queensland Women's 2023- 12 2 Brisbane

Junior[edit]

  • 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[edit]

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, Redland and Southport.

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

Representative Sides[edit]

Men's[edit]

The Queensland state team, known as the "Maroons" has played interstate representative matches against all other Australian states, as well as selecting State of Origin teams as both Queensland. Queensland's last open appearance was in the 1988 Adelaide Bicentennial Carnival where it lost to Tasmania. In 1993 the after taking over as governing body the AFL Commission merged Queensland with the Northern Territory to create a composite side before disbanding it altogether.

Queensland debuted in 1884 at Queens Park following pressure from rugby members of the QFA to play annual representative matches and the result was a drawn series against New South Wales. After rugby split from the QFA and held its annual NSW vs QLD matches, the team did not regularly compete however in 1888 and 1890 suffered humiliating defeats at the hands of the first visiting Victorian teams. Following this, Queensland was reluctant to compete against the stronger states, and resumed tests with NSW until the Jubilee Australasian Football Carnival in 1908. Queensland sent a team to carnival performing a stirring aboriginal war cry prior to its matches against New Zealand[96][97] 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[edit]

Colony of Queensland (Pre-Federation)[edit]
The Queensland state team who played Melbourne in 1888
Date Location Result Attendance
20 August 1884 Queens Park Queensland drew New South Wales[43][44] 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)[edit]
Queensland representative team of 1906–07
Queensland's team that toured Sydney in 1920
3 September 1904 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 4.15 (39) def New South Wales 3.13(31) [98] 3.000
14 August 1905 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 10.16(76) def New South Wales 9.7(61)[99][100] 2,000
15 August 1905 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 9.11(59) def New South Wales 7.7(49)[101]
23 June 1906 Sydney Cricket Ground New South Wales 11.10(76) def Queensland 3.5(23)[102] 6,000
13 July 1907 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 9.22(76) def New South Wales 6.4(40)[103][104][105] 8,000
15 July 1907 North Ipswich Reserve Queensland 2.10(22) def. by New South Wales 8.6(54)[106]
4 September 1909 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 11.12(87) def New South Wales 6.10(46)[107]
12 June 1910 Brisbane Cricket Ground Queensland 5.7(37) def. by New South Wales 9.15(69)[108]
20 August 1910 Queensland 8.12(60) def. by New South Wales 10.5(65)[108]
25 August 1910 Erskineville Oval Queensland 83 def Riverina 80[108]
17 August 1912 Alexandria Oval New South Wales 19.22(136) def Queensland 12.9(81)[109] 1,500
7 June 1913 Brisbane Cricket Ground Queensland 7.10(52) def. by New South Wales 9.15(69)[110]
5 August 1914 Sydney Cricket Ground New South Wales 13.15(93) def Queensland 2.4(16)[111]
11 July 1921 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 14.16(100) def New South Wales 11.10(76)[112]
13 July 1921 North Ipswich Reserve Queensland (65) def. by New South Wales (128)[113]
16 July 1921 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 12.13(85) def New South Wales 9.11(65)[114]
2 June 1934 Perry Park Queensland 13.15(93) def. by New South Wales 13.15(93)[115]
4 June 1934 Perry Park Queensland 11.16(82) def. by New South Wales 13.15(93)[115]
18 August 1934 Sydney Cricket Ground New South Wales 17.14(116) def Queensland 12.10(82)[115]
26 May 1947 Trumper Oval New South Wales 17.13(115) def Queensland 15.17(107)[116]
30 July 1948 Brisbane Exhibition Ground Queensland 17.13(115) def Queensland 16.18(114)[117]
30 July 1949 Sydney Cricket Ground New South Wales 16.14(110) def Queensland 8.15(63)[118]
State of Origin[edit]

Originally led by Subiaco marketing manager Leon Larkin in 1977, interstate matches involving Queensland in the late 1980s and early 1990s were regularly played under state-of-origin rules as opposed to the state-of-league rules that were previously used. This rule change allowed the Queensland state team to select higher quality players of Queensland origin that were playing in the Victorian Football League such as the Brisbane born and raised duo of Australian Football Hall of Famer Jason Dunstall and Collingwood premiership player Gavin Crosisca. Both players competed for Queensland in their famous victory against Victoria at the Gabba in 1991.

3 March 1988 Football Park Victoria VFA 17.10 (112) def Queensland 4.11 (45) -
4 March 1988 Norwood Oval Tasmania 11.16 (82) def Queensland 10.10 (70) -
16 July 1991 The Gabba Queensland 23.14 (152) def Victoria 15.8 (108)[119] 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[edit]
Queensland marking high against Tasmania at the 1908 Jubilee Carnival
Queensland Jubilee Carnival team 1908
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 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.

Inter-league competition[edit]

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[edit]

Also there are representative sides for areas within Queensland used during inter-league matches with-in Queensland itself. They include:

Underage teams[edit]

The Queensland Under-16, Under-17 and Under-18 representative sides are known as the Scorpions.

Women's[edit]

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[edit]

Queensland competes at Under 16, Under-17 and Under-18 representative level at the AFL Women's Under 18 Championships.

Principal Venues[edit]

The following venues meet AFL Standard criteria and have been used to host AFL (National Standard) or AFLW level matches (Regional Standard).[120]

Brisbane Gold Coast Cairns
Brisbane Cricket Ground Carrara Stadium Cazaly's Stadium
Capacity: 37,478 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 13,500
Record: 37,478 (2019)[121] Record: 24,032 (2014)[122] Record: 11,197 (2013)[123]
Cazaly's Stadium
Townsville Mackay Ipswich
Riverway Stadium Great Barrier Reef Arena Springfield Central Stadium
Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 8,000
Record: 7,243 (2013)[124] Record: 2,788 (2020)[125] Record: 7,512 (2022)[126]
Moreton Bay Gold Coast 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)[127] Record: 4,053 (2020)[128] Record: 5,147 (2012)[129]
Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex Fankhauser Reserve Maroochydore Multi Sports Complex
Gold Coast
Bond Sports Park (Field 2)
Capacity: 3,000
Record: 1,419 (2022)[130]

Historic Venues[edit]

Modern AFL Standard Venues[edit]

Audience[edit]

Attendance record[edit]

Major Australian Rules Events in Queensland[edit]

Players[edit]

Participation[edit]

In 2022 the participation rate per capita was 1.6% with a total of 67,836 adult (15+ years) players.[132]

According to AFL Queensland, in 2017 Queensland surpassed 250,000 participants[133] (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.[134]

In 2007, there were around 3,300 senior players in Queensland, and in 2009 there were a total of 103,358 participants.[135]

Greats[edit]

Over the years, Queensland has produced an array of talent for elite leagues such as the Australian Football League, such as Jason Dunstall, Marcus Ashcroft, Michael Voss, Gavin Crosisca, Scott McIvor, Simon Black, Jason Akermanis, Nick Riewoldt, Danny Dickfos, Mitch Hahn, Dayne Beams, Kurt Tippett, Jarrod Harbrow, David Hale, Sam Gilbert, Daniel Merrett, Che Cockatoo-Collins, Steven Lawrence, Clark Keating, Jamie Charman, Brett Voss, Brad Miller, Mal Michael, Ben Hudson, Matthew Kennedy, David Armitage and Robert Copeland.

AFL Recruitment Zones[edit]

Queensland based AFL clubs have priority development access to the Northern Academy Recruitment Zone via the Brisbane Lions Academy and Gold Coast Suns Academy.[136] As a result, many of the players from these areas end up playing in the AFL with the designated club.

QLD AFL Club Zones
Brisbane Lions Brisbane (Logan, Brisbane, Ipswich, Moreton Local Government Areas), Sunshine Coast, Darling Downs, Wide Bay-Burnett, Outback Queensland
Gold Coast Gold Coast region, Northern Queensland (Cairns, Townsville, Rockhampton, Mackay, Mt. Isa, Cape York)

Men's[edit]

Since Erwin Dornau in 1948[75] 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[edit]

AFL players from Queensland[edit]

Currently on an AFL senior list
Player QLD junior/senior club/s AFL Club/s Representative honours AFL Years AFL Games AFL (Goals) Connections to Queensland, Notes & References
Bodhi Uwland Burleigh Bombers, Broadbeach, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast Suns 2023- 1 0 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Will Ashcroft Southport / Broadbeach / Morningside Brisbane Lions 2023- 1 1 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Jaspa Fletcher Coorparoo, Sherwood Magpies, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions U19 (2021) 2023- 1 1 Raised in Brisbane
Noah Cumberland Mountain Creek SS / Mountain Creek SHS / Brisbane Lions Academy / Maroochydore Richmond 2022- 1 1 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Carter Michael Maroochydore Brisbane Lions U17 (2019) 2022- 1 1 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Hewago Oea Gold Coast Suns Academy / Broadbeach Gold Coast U16 (2016, 2017) 2022- 2 2 Raised on Gold Coast
Samson Ryan Sherwood Districts, Redland, Brisbane Lions Academy Richmond U17 (2018) 2021- 1 0 Raised in Toowoomba
Tom Green - GWS Giants 2020- 29 14 Born in Townsville, raised in Townsville and Toowoomba
Connor Budarick Labrador Tigers, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Southport Gold Coast U16 (2017) 2020- 17 1 Raised on the Gold Coast
Keidean Coleman Brisbane Lions Academy, Wynnum / Morningside Brisbane Lions 2020- 17 8 Raised in Brisbane
Will Martyn Brisbane Lions Academy, Aspley Richmond U15 (2016), U17 (2018) 2020- 2 0 Raised in Brisbane
Alex Davies Manunda Hawks Gold Coast U16 (2018) 2020- 1 0 Raised in Cairns
Bailey Scott Broadbeach North Melbourne U16 (2016) 2019- 26 15 Raised on the Gold Coast
Caleb Graham Cairns Saints, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U16 (2016), U17 (2017) 2019- 20 0 Born and raised in Cairns.
Tom Fullarton - Brisbane Lions U16 (2015) 2019- 6 2 Born and raised on Sunshine Coast. Former Brisbane Bullets player
Jarrod Cameron - West Coast Eagles 2019-2021 12 13 Born and raised on Mornington Island (Lardil and Waanyi)
Elliott Himmelberg Redland Adelaide U18 (2016) 2018- 27 26 Raised in Brisbane
Oskar Baker Aspley Melbourne QLD (2017) 2018- 15 4 Born in Queensland, raised in Brisbane
Jack Payne Noosa Brisbane Lions U16 (2015) 2018- 13 0 Raised on the Sunshine Coast
Jacob Heron Cairns Saints, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U16 (2015) 2018- 13 2 Born and raised in Cairns.[137]
Brayden Crossley Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U16 (2015), U18 (2016) 2018- 10 5 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Connor Ballenden Kenmore, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions U16 (2015), U18 (2016) 2018- 2 0 Raised in Brisbane
Jacob Dawson Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast 2018-2019 9 1 Raised on the Gold Coast
Jack Bowes Manunda Hawks / Cairns Saints / Gold Coast Suns Academy / Surfers Paradise Gold Coast / Geelong U18 (2016 c) 2017- 74 14 Born and raised in Cairns.
Brad Scheer Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U18 (2016) 2017-2019 13 2 Raised on the Gold Coast
Jacob Allison Aspley Brisbane Lions U18 (2016) 2017 10 2 Raised in Brisbane
Wylie Buzza Lockyer Valley Demons, Brisbane Lions Academy, Mount Gravatt Geelong / Port Adelaide 2017 9 6 Raised in Gatton, Queensland
Max Spencer Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast 2017 8 0 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Josh Williams Hermit Park Tigers, Gold Coast Suns Academy North Melbourne 2017 2 1 Raised in Townsville
Eric Hipwood Caloundra, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Lions reserves Brisbane Lions U18 (2015) 2016- 110 163 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Mabior Chol Yeronga SHS / Yeronga / Brisbane Lions Academy / Brisbane Lions reserves / Aspley Richmond / Gold Coast 2016- 31 24 Raised in Brisbane (Acacia Ridge)[138]
Jesse Joyce Palm Beach Currumbin, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast 2016- 64 2 Raised on the Gold Coast
Ben Keays Brisbane Lions Academy, Morningside / Redland Brisbane Lions U18 (2014, 2015 c) 2016- 68 25 Raised and schooled in Brisbane
Josh Wagner Aspley Brisbane Lions / Adelaide U18 (2011, 2012) 2016-2020 40 2 Raised in Brisbane
Corey Wagner Aspley Melbourne 2016-2020 19 6 Raised in Brisbane
Josh Smith Redland Melbourne / North Melbourne U18 (2011) 2016-2019 34 7 Raised in Brisbane
Reuben William Zillmere Brisbane Lions 2016-2017 3 0 Raised in Brisbane
Harris Andrews Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions U18 (2014) 2015- 181 11 Raised in Brisbane, attended Padua College[139]
Caleb Daniel - Western Bulldogs 2015- 175 47 Born and raised in Beaudesert.[140]
Lachie Weller Broadbeach, Gold Coast Suns Academy Fremantle/Gold Coast U18 (2014 c) 2015- 116 42 Raised on Gold Coast
Braydon Preuss Hermit Park Tigers / Surfers Paradise North Melbourne / Melbourne / GWS Giants 2015- 18 9 Born and raised in Townsville
Liam Dawson Redcliffe, Brisbane Lions Academy / Aspley Brisbane Lions U18 (2013) 2015–2018 18 6 Raised in Redcliffe
Matthew Hammelmann Morningside Brisbane Lions 2015-2017 12 2 Raised in Brisbane
Tom Fields Labrador Carlton U18 (2011) 2015 2 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Charlie Cameron Marist College Ashgrove Adelaide / Brisbane Lions 2014- 202 360 Born and raised in Mount Isa.[141] (Lardil and Waanyi)
Aliir Aliir Aspley Sydney / Port Adelaide 2014- 88 5 Raised in Brisbane[142]
Archie Smith Mount Gravatt Brisbane Lions 2014-2021 16 4 Born and raised in Brisbane[143]
Alex Sexton Springwood / Redland Gold Coast U16 (2010), U18 (2011) 2013- 26 11 Raised and schooled in Logan.[144][145]
Adam Oxley Redland Collingwood U18 (2011, 2012) 2013-2018 34 10 Raised in Brisbane
Sam Michael Manunda Hawks / Redland Brisbane Lions U18 (2011) 2013–2016 5 0 Raised in Cairns
Clay Cameron Mount Gravatt Gold Coast U18 (2011) 2013–2016 23 5 Born and raised in Brisbane
Jonathan Freeman Noosa, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions 2013–2015 14 16 Raised on the Sunshine Coast
Andrew Boston Palm Beach, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U18 (2011, 2012) 2013-2015 16 10 Raised on the Gold Coast
Jordon Bourke Morningside Brisbane Lions U18 (2011) 2013–2015 6 2 Raised in Brisbane
Dayne Zorko Broadbeach Brisbane Lions U18 (2007 c), QLD (2011) 2012- 249 224 Born and raised on Gold Coast.
Josh Jenkins - Essendon / Adelaide / Geelong 2012–2021 149 296 Raised in Townsville
Lee Spurr Morningside Fremantle 2012–2018 120 5 Raised in Brisbane
Tom Bell Morningside Brisbane Lions 2012–2018 72 56 Born and raised in Brisbane
Josh Hall Curra Swans Gold Coast 2012-2015 7 3 Born and raised in Townsville. Also professional NRL player
Peter Yagmoor North Cairns / Kenmore Bears / St Peters College / Morningside Collingwood U18 (2011) 2012-2014 2 0 Raised in Cairns and Brisbane
Stephen Wrigley Labrador Brisbane Lions 2012–2013 3 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Jackson Allen Morningside Gold Coast U18 (2011) 2012–2013 4 0 Raised in Brisbane
Piers Flanagan Gold Coast 2012 3 0 Raised and schooled on the Gold Coast
Charlie Dixon Redlynch / Cairns Saints / Redland Gold Coast / Port Adelaide U18 (3 caps) 2011- 196 321 Born and raised in Cairns
Rory Thompson Southport Gold Coast 2011- 103 7 Raised on the Gold Coast
Tom Hickey Morningside Gold Coast / St Kilda / West Coast Eagles / Sydney U18 (2010) 2011- 119 41 Born and raised in Brisbane
Zac Smith Glenmore, Zillmere Gold Coast / Geelong 2011-2021 124 54 Born Biloela, raised in Rockhampton
Joel Wilkinson Broadbeach Gold Coast U18 (2010 c) 2011-2013 26 1 Raised on the Gold Coast
Alik Magin Labrador Gold Coast 2011-2012 8 3 Raised on the Gold Coast
Israel Folau - GWS Giants 2011-2012 13 2 Raised in Brisbane
Rex Liddy North Cairns / Kenmore Gold Coast 2011 4 0 Raised in Cairns
Bryce Retzlaff Labrador Brisbane Lions 2011 11 6 Raised on the Gold Coast
Joseph Daye Southport Gold Coast 2011 4 1 Raised in Brisbane
Marc Lock Southport Gold Coast 2011 1 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Claye Beams Labrador Brisbane Lions U18 (2010) 2011 30 21 Raised on the Gold Coast
Josh Thomas Redland Collingwood U18 (2009) 2010-2021 123 101 Born and raised in Queensland and raised
Daniel Stewart Labrador Port Adelaide 2010-2013 36 31 Raised on Gold Coast
Rohan Bail Mount Gravatt Melbourne 2010-2012 71 28 Raised in Brisbane
Broc McCauley Surfers Paradise / Southport Brisbane Lions QLD (2009) 2010-2012 6 1 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Lachlan Keeffe - Collingwood/GWS 2009- 76 15 Born and raised in Gympie[146]
Dayne Beams Mudgeeraba / Southport Brisbane Lions U18 (2008 c) 2009-2020 112 118 Raised on the Gold Coast. 2010 Collingwood Premiership player. 2012 All Australian team.
Brendan Whitecross St Patrick's College / Kedron District Junior Football Club, Zillmere Hawthorn U12 (2002), U16 (2005) (2006 c), U18 (2007 c) 2009-2018 111 45 Born and raised in Brisbane
Ben Warren Genesis Christian College / Zillmere North Melbourne 2009-2012 29 34 Raised in Brisbane.
Rhys Magin Noosa Tigers / Zillmere Essendon 2009 4 2 Born and raised in Nambour.
Sam Reid Zillmere Western Bulldogs / GWS Giants 2008-2021 108 33 Born and raised in Bundaberg and Sunshine Coast[147]
Jake Spencer Redland Melbourne 2008–2017 38 8 Raised in Townsville
Jesse White John Paul College, Southport Collingwood U18 (2006) 2008-2017 127 148 Raised on the Gold Coast
Gavin Urquhart Glenmore Bulls, Morningside North Melbourne U19 (2006) 2008-2012 41 3 Born in Mackay, raised in Rockhampton
Scott Clouston University of Queensland, Morningside Brisbane Lions 2008 2 1 Raised in Brisbane
Jarrod Harbrow South Cairns Cutters, Hermit Park Tigers Western Bulldogs / Gold Coast U16 (2004), U18 (2006) 2007-2021 262 54 Born in Cairns raised in Cairns and Townsville (Yirrganydji and Kuku Yalanji))
David Armitage Mackay East, Morningside St Kilda U19 (2006) 2007-2019 169 98 Born and raised in Mackay
Shaun Hampson John Paul College / Mount Gravatt Carlton / Richmond 2007-2018 98 38 Raised in Brisbane
Kurt Tippett All Saints Anglican College / Southport Adelaide/Sydney U18 (2006) 2007-2017 178 325 Raised on the Gold Coast
Ricky Petterd Broadbeach Melbourne/Richmond U19 (2006) 2007-2015 84 72 Raised in Brisbane
Tom Williams Morningside Western Bulldogs 2007–2014 85 14 Raised and schooled in Brisbane
Brent Renouf Surfers Paradise / Southport Hawthorn / Port Adelaide 2007-2014 68 13 Raised on the Gold Coast
Karmichael Hunt Anglican Church Grammar School Gold Coast 2007-2014 44 6 Raised in Brisbane. Rugby league convert
Albert Proud Mount Gravatt Brisbane Lions 2007-2010 29 10 Born Torres Strait Islands, raised in Brisbane
Daniel Dzufer Caloundra / Zillmere Eagles / Suncoast Lions / Aspley Brisbane Lions U19 (2006) 2007–2009 1 0 Raised on the Sunshine Coast
Will Hamill Southport Brisbane Lions U18 (2004 c) 2007 3 1 Raised in Brisbane
Joel Tippett Southport North Melbourne / Gold Coast 2007 8 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Brad Howard St Joseph's College, Toowoomba / Redland St Kilda 2007 2 0 Raised in Toowoomba
Sam Gilbert Coolangatta Tweed Heads / Southport Sharks St Kilda U18 (?) 2006-2018 208 38 Raised on the Gold Coast
Courtenay Dempsey Morningside Essendon 2006-2016 133 35 Born Mount Isa, raised in Cairns
Cheynee Stiller St Patrick's College / Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions 2006-2012 100 21 Raised in Brisbane
Brad Moran Southport North Melbourne / Adelaide 2006-2011 21 8 Raised (schooled) on the Gold Coast
Rhan Hooper Ipswich Eagles Brisbane Lions / Hawthorn U18 (2005) 2006-2010 54 56 Born in Charleville, Queensland raised in Ipswich
Scott Harding Anglican Church Grammar School / Morningside Brisbane Lions / Port Adelaide 2006-2010 50 15 Born on Thursday Island, raised and schooled in Brisbane
Jason Roe Cairns City Cobras Brisbane Lions 2006–2009 50 7 Raised in Cairns
Wayde Mills Coolangatta Tweed Heads / Southport Brisbane Lions U19 (2006) 2006-2008 16 3 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Marty Pask Brisbane SHS / Western Magpies Brisbane Lions 2006 8 4 Raised in Brisbane
Paul O'Shea Rockhampton Brothers, Redland Bay Brisbane Lions 2006 - - Raised in Rockhampton
Daniel Merrett Southport Brisbane Lions 2005-2016 200 70 Raised on the Gold Coast
Luke McGuane Broadbeach Richmond / Brisbane Lions 2005-2015 112 46 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Josh Drummond Matthew Flinders Anglican College / Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions 2005-2012 94 35 Born and raised on the Sunshine Coast
Leigh Ryswyk Southport Brisbane Lions U18 (2003) 2005 1 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Andrew Raines Marymount College / Southport Brisbane Lions / Richmond / Gold Coast 2004-2015 129 17 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Ben Hudson Palm Beach Currumbin / University of Queensland / Mt Gravatt Adelaide / Western Bulldogs / Brisbane Lions / Collingwood 2004-2014 168 19 Raised in Brisbane
Joel Macdonald Mt Gravatt Brisbane Lions / Melbourne 2004-2013 124 6 Raised in Brisbane
Daniel Pratt Aspley, Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions / North Melbourne U18 (2000) 2004-2011 119 10 Raised in Brisbane
Marcus Allan Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions 2004-2007 5 1 Raised in Brisbane
David Hale Marymount College / Broadbeach North Melbourne / Hawthorn U16 (?), U18 (2001) 2003-2015 237 217 Raised on the Gold Coast. Triple premiership player.
Luke Weller Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions / Richmond 2003, 2004 11 4 Raised in Brisbane
Brad Miller Cannon Hill Anglican College / Mt Gravatt Melbourne / Richmond 2002-2017 157 120 Born and raised in Brisbane
Shane Morrison Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions / Richmond 2002-2005 13 3 Raised in Cairns and Brisbane
Nick Riewoldt Broadbeach / Southport St Kilda U18 (1999, 2000) 2001-2017 336 718 Raised on the Gold Coast
Michael Osborne Labrador Hawthorn 2001-2013 168 110 Raised on the Gold Coast
Jamie Charman Sandgate Brisbane Lions U18 (2000) 2001-2009 129 55 Born in Maryborough and raised in Brisbane
Robert Copeland Northern Eagles Brisbane Lions 2001-2008 143 39 Born and raised in Brisbane
Mitch Hahn Kedron, Windsor-Zillmere Western Bulldogs 2000-2011 181 164 Born and raised in Brisbane
Trent Knobel Broadbeach Brisbane Lions / St Kilda / Richmond 2000-2007 75 12 Born and raised on the Gold Coast
Nathan Clarke Maroochydore Brisbane Lions 2000-2002 6 4 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Stephen Kenna Toowoomba / Morningside Carlton 2000,2004 5 3 Raised in Toowoomba
Brett Backwell Northern Eagles Carlton 1999-2001 18 12 Raised in Brisbane.
Dean Howard - Adelaide 1999 2 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Simon Black - Brisbane Lions 1998-2013 322 171 Born in Mount Isa. Triple premiership player. Brownlow medallist.
Marc Woolnough All Saints Anglican College / Southport Geelong 1998, 2002 6 1 Raised on the Gold Coast
Hamish Simpson Kedron Grange Geelong 1998-2000 18 0 Raised and schooled in Brisbane
Ben Thompson Kedron Grange / Northern Eagles Carlton 1998-1999 1 0 Raised in Brisbane
Max Hudghton West Brisbane AFC St Kilda 1997-2009 234 14 Raised in Brisbane
Mal Michael Morningside Collingwood / Brisbane Lions / Essendon 1997-2008 238 33 Raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member
Brett Voss Trinity College, Beenleigh / Morningside Brisbane Lions / St Kilda 1997-2007 170 67 Born and raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane)
Jason Akermanis Mayne Brisbane Lions 1996-2010 325 421 Raised in Brisbane. Triple premiership player. Brownlow medallist. QLD Team of the Century member.
Clint Bizzell Wilston Grange Geelong / Melbourne 1996-2007 163 79 Born and raised in Brisbane
Clark Keating Surfers Paradise Brisbane Bears / Lions 1996-2006 139 83 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Danny Dickfos Windsor-Zillmere Brisbane Bears / Lions QLD/NT (1993) 1996-1999 65 0 Born and raised in Brisbane
Derek Wirth Springwood / Mt Gravatt Brisbane Lions 1996-1999 1 2 Raised in Brisbane
Don Cockatoo-Collins Cairns City Cobras Melbourne 1996–1998 9 3 Born and raised in Cairns
Steven Lawrence Southport Brisbane Lions QLD/NT (1993) 1995-2003 120 60 Raised on the Gold Coast
Brent Green Southport Brisbane Lions 1995-1998 12 8 Raised on the Gold Coast
David Cockatoo-Collins Cairns City Cobras Melbourne 1995–1997 2 0 Born and raised in Cairns
Chris Scott - Brisbane Lions 1994-2007 215 79 Raised and schooled in Brisbane
Che Cockatoo-Collins Cairns City Cobras Melbourne / Port Adelaide QLD/NT (1993) 1994-2003 160 215 Born in Brisbane, raised in Cairns (Kuku Yalanji)
Rudi Frigo Mayne Brisbane Bears QLD/NT (1993) 1994-1995 8 1 Raised in Brisbane
Michael Voss Trinity College, Beenleigh / Morningside Brisbane Bears / Lions QLD, QLD/NT (1993) 1992-2006 289 245 Raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane). Brownlow Medallist and Australian Football Hall of Famer. QLD Team of the Century member. Triple premiership captain of Brisbane Lions.
Steven Handley Southport Geelong QLD 1992–1997 73 28 Raised on the Gold Coast
Steven McLuckie Southport Brisbane Bears QLD/NT (1993) 1992–1993 20 8 Raised in Brisbane
Troy Clarke South Cairns Cutters Brisbane Bears QLD (1991), QLD/NT (1993) 1991-1996 68 31 Raised in Cairns
Simon Luhrs Western Districts Brisbane Bears QLD/NT (1993) 1991–1992 12 0 Raised in Brisbane
Corey Bell Southport Brisbane Bears QLD 1991 8 2 Raised on Gold Coast
Jason Millar Caloundra Brisbane Bears QLD 1991 1 0 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Matthew Kennedy Southport Brisbane Bears / Lions QLD/NT (1993) 1990-2001 188 30 Raised on Gold Coast
Ray Windsor Western Districts Brisbane Bears QLD, QLD/NT (1993) 1990-1993 23 22 Raised in Brisbane
David Wearne Coorparoo Brisbane Bears QLD/NT (1993) 1990-1993 18 2 Raised in Brisbane
Marcus Ashcroft Southport Brisbane Bears / Lions QLD/NT (1993) 1989-2003 318 145 Raised on Gold Coast. First Queenslander to play 300 AFL games. Triple premiership Brisbane Lions player. QLD Team of the Century member.
Simon Hose Western Districts AFC Brisbane Bears 1989 5 2 Raised in Brisbane
Stephen Lawrence Southport Hawthorn QLD 1988-1998 146 30 Raised on the Gold Coast
Tony Lynn Morningside, Mt Gravatt Brisbane Bears / Carlton QLD/NT (1993) 1988-1996 33 19 Raised in Beenleigh, Logan (Brisbane)
Matthew Simpson Mayne Brisbane Bears 1988 9 2 Raised in Brisbane
Gavin Crosisca Western Districts AFC Collingwood QLD (1998) 1987-2000 246 64 Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member
Dean McRae Sandgate North Melbourne / Sydney 1987-1996 141 55 Raised on Bribie Island, Sunshine Coast
Darren Carlson Southport Brisbane Bears QLD (1988), QLD/NT (1993) 1987-1990 25 7 Raised on the Gold Coast
Stuart Glascott Southport Brisbane Bears QLD (1988) 1987 4 0 Raised on the Gold Coast
Tony Beckett Mayne Brisbane Bears QLD (18 caps) 1987 6 2 Raised in Brisbane
Allan Giffard Sherwood Brisbane Bears QLD (12 caps) 1987 1 0 Raised in Brisbane
Tony Smith Morningside Sydney QLD (1988) 1986–1988 17 1 Raised in Brisbane
Jason Dunstall Coorparoo Hawthorn QLD (3 caps: 1992), QLD/NT (1993) 1985-1998 269 1254 Born and Raised in Brisbane. Represented Queensland four times in State of Origin. Australian Football Hall of famer. QLD Team of the Century member.
Michael Gibson Coorparoo Fitzroy / Brisbane Bears QLD (15 caps: 1988) 1985-1991 55 3 Born and raised in Brisbane
Trevor Spencer Jindalee Essendon / Melbourne / Geelong QLD (1988) 1985-1991 44 29 Raised in Brisbane
Craig Potter Western Districts Brisbane Bears / Sydney Swans / Brisbane Bears QLD/NT (1993) 1984-1992 55 19 Raised in Brisbane
Craig Brittain North Cairns / Windsor-Zillmere North Melbourne U18 (?) 1984 5 2 Raised in Cairns
Scott McIvor Wilston Grange Fitzroy / Brisbane Bears / Lions QLD (17 caps: 1984-?) 1985-1997 200 96 Born and raised in Brisbane. QLD Team of the Century member.
Gary Shaw Western Districts Collingwood / Brisbane Bears 1983-1987 38 38 Raised in Brisbane
Carl Herbert Mayne Collingwood QLD (1988) 1983 3 0 Raised in Brisbane
Brett Grimley Wilston Grange Fitzroy QLD (1988) 1983-85 18 2 Raised in Brisbane.
Zane Taylor Southport Geelong QLD (26 caps: 1988) 1980-1983 27 12 Raised in Brisbane. Represented QLD 27 times. Queensland Team of the Century member.
Frank Dunell Zillmere Eagles Australian Football Club Essendon / Brisbane Bears QLD (7 caps: 1988) 1979-1988 115 61 Raised in Brisbane. Represented QLD Seven times. Premiership player.
Warren Jones Morningside Carlton / St Kilda QLD (1979) 1978-1988 123 36 Raised in Brisbane. Premiership player.
Barry Denny South Brisbane / Morningside Melbourne QLD (7 caps) 1977–1979 22 3 Raised in Brisbane.
Glen Scanlon Coorparoo North Melbourne / Footscray 1977–1978 9 4 Raised in Brisbane.
Mark Maclure Coorparoo Carlton QLD (1988) 1974–1986 243 327 Raised in Brisbane.
Ken Grimley Wilston Grange Fitzroy QLD (c 1963, 1964) (22 caps) 1957 9 16 Raised in Brisbane.
Erwin Dornau Kedron Football Club South Melbourne QLD (1946, 1947) 1948–1952 54 8 Born and raised in Brisbane.[75]
Tom Calder Coorparoo South Melbourne QLD (1947 c, 1950) 1945 5 0 Lived in Brisbane for some time

Women's[edit]

Current Players[edit]

AFLW players from Queensland[edit]

Currently on an AFLW senior list
Player QLD junior/senior club AFLW Club/s Representative Honours AFLW Draft Selection ALFW Years AFLW Games AFLW (Goals) Connections to Queensland, Notes & References
Brooke Sheridan Boyne Island Tannum Sands, Wilston Grange, University Of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2021, 2023) 2023- - - Raised in Gladstone (Tannuam Sands)
Courtnery Murphy Mountain Creek, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane, Greater Western Sydney U18 (2016) 2023- - - Raised on Sunshine Coast (Mountain Creek)
Kiara Hillier Kawana, Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane, Sydney U18 (2022) 2022 #78 2023- - - Raised on Sunshine Coast
Bella Smith Noosa, Narangba, Maroochydore (QAFLW), Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane, Geelong U18 (2021) 2023- - - Raised on Sunshine Coast
Poppy Boltz Centrals Trinity Beach, Cairns Saints, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2017) 2023 supplementary (supplementary #16) 2023- 4 - Raised in Cairns
Fleur Davies Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy Greater Western Sydney 2023- 1 - Raised on Gold Coast
Charlotte Mullins North Lakes, Ferny Grove, Wilston Grange, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane U19 (2021, 2022) 2023- 1 1 Raised in Moreton (Brisbane)
Ella Smith Sandgate, Aspley, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane, Gold Coast Brisbane, Gold Coast 2023- 1 - Raised in Brisbane
Beth Pinchin Broadbeach, Coolangatta, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions St Kilda 2023- 1 - Raised in Coolangatta (Gold Coast)
Brianna McFarlane Coolangatta, Wilston Grange, Maroochydore, Southport Western Bulldogs 2023- 1 - Raised on Gold Coast
Meara Girvan Bond University, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2023- 1 - Recruited from the Gold Coast
Alana Gee North Mackay, Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2023- 1 - Raised in Mackay
Darcie Davies Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2023- 1 - Raised on Gold Coast
Casidhe Simmons Bond University Greater Western Sydney 2022- 2 - Raised on Gold Coast
Giselle Davies Southport, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast U18 (2021) 2021 #30 2022- 6 1 Raised on Gold Coast
Maggie Harmer Noosa, Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Academy, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2021) 2021 #18 2022- 1 0 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Kaylee Kimber Moranbah Bulldogs, Southport, Gold Coast Gold Coast U17 (?), U18 (2022) 2022 Free agent 2022- 2 1 Raised in Moranbah
Jasmyn Smith Broadbeach, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy. Gold Coast Gold Coast U17 (?), U18 (2022) 2022 #52 2022- 1 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Mikayla Pauga Brisbane Lions Academy, Maroochydore, Bond University, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2021) 2021 #46 2022- 7 0 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Jacqueline Dupuy Cairns Saints, Maroochydore, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2021 Free agent 2022- 9 2 Raised in Cairns
Zimmorlei Farquharson Dalby Swans, Brisbane Brisbane, Western Bulldogs U18 (2016, 2017,[148] 2018[149]) 2020 #8 2022- 2 1 Born in Dalby, raised in Dalby and Toowoomba
Luka Yoshida-Martin University of Queensland, Brisbane Brisbane 2021 #53 2022- 3 1 Raised in Brisbane
Lulu Pullar Bond University, Brisbane Brisbane 2021 #58 2022- 4 0 Raised in Brisbane
Indy Tahau Brisbane Brisbane, Port Adelaide FC 2020 #37 2021- 8 0 Raised in Cunnamulla
Lucy Single Burleigh, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2020 #57 2021- 9 1 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Daisy D'Arcy Hermit Park, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast U18 (2020) 2020 #60 2021- 19 0 Born and raised in Townsville
Wallis Randell Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2020 #61 2021- 12 0 Raised in Carmila
Maddison Levi Bond University, Gold Coast Gold Coast U18 (2019)[150] 2020 #50 2021- 8 3 Raised on Gold Coast
Annise Bradfield Labrador, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Southport, Bond University, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2020 #7 2021- 2 0 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Lauren Ahrens Gold Coast Gold Coast 2019 Prelist 2020- 16 1 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Ellie Hampson Hermit Park, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Gold Coast Gold Coast U18 (2017,[148] 2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 Prelist 2020- 7 0 Raised in Townsville
Belle Dawes Maroochydore, Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions U18 (2017,[148] 2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 #15 2020- 18 3 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Dakota Davidson University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 2019 #60 2020- 17 18 Born and raised in Ipswich
Maria Moloney University of Queensland Port Adelaide 2019 #75 2020- 8 0 Raised in Brisbane
Jade Pregelj Logan City Cobras, Yeronga, Gold Coast Gold Coast 2011 2019 #86 2020- 16 0 Born and raised in Logan
Charlotte Hammans Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy Carlton U18 (2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 Prelist 2020- 3 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Dee Heslop Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Yeronga, Gold Coast Gold Coast, Brisbane Lions U18 (2017,[148] 2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 #69 2020- 16 0 Schooled on Gold Coast
Greta Bodey Cairns Saints, University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 2019 Rookie signing 2020- 17 11 Raised in Brisbane
Cathy Svarc Wilston Grange, Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 2019 #16 2020- 12 0 Recruited from Brisbane
Taylor Smith Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions U18 (2018)[149] 2019 Priority signing 2020- 12 5 Raised on Gold Coast
Tahlia Hickie Coorparoo Brisbane Lions U18 (2017,[148] 2019[150]) 2019 #28 2020- 12 1 Raised in Brisbane
Serene Watson Broadbeach, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast U18 (2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 #18 2020- 16 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Lily Postlethwaite Moreton Bay, Maroochydore Brisbane Lions U18 (2017,[148] 2018,[149] 2019[150]) 2019 #3 2020- 11 1 Raised in Caboolture
Kate Surman Maroochydore Gold Coast, Port Adelaide 2019 Expansion club signing 2020- 16 5 Raised on Sunshine Coast
Tarni White Coorparoo St Kilda, Collingwood U18 (2017,[148] 2019[150] 2019 #30 2020- 13 0 Born and raised in Mackay
Nat Grider Jindalee Jags / University of Queensland, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2017,[148] 2018 c[149]) 2018 #22 2019- 19 0 Raised in Brisbane
Erica Fowler Yeronga Collingwood 2019- 27 0 Raised in Brisbane
Georgie Rankin Surfers Paradise Geelong 2019- 46 1 Raised on the Gold Coast
Tori Groves-Little Beenleigh Buffaloes, Gold Coast Suns Academy Gold Coast 2019- 6 0 Raised in Logan
Jesse Wardlaw Coorparoo, Brisbane Brisbane, St Kilda U18 (2018)[149] 2019- 25 16 Raised in Logan
Jade Ellenger Coorparoo, Brisbane Brisbane U18 (2018)[149] 2019- 13 3 Raised in Brisbane
Paige Parker Coorparoo Brisbane Lions / Gold Coast 2019- 17 2 Raised in Brisbane (Quandamooka)
Jacqui Yorston Kedron District Juniors, Zillmere, Wilston Grange, Yeronga Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast, Port Adelaide 2019- 11 2 Raised in Brisbane
Elisha King North Cairns North Melbourne U18 (2015) 2019- 10 3 Raised Cairns
Krystal Scott Bond University Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2018- 1 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Gabby Collingwood Forest Lake Dragons, Jindalee Jags, University of Queensland, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions U18 (2016, 2017)[148] 2018- 13 0 Raised in Brisbane
Kalinda Howarth Southport, Gold Coast Suns Academy, Coolangatta Tweed Heads, Brisbane Gold Coast, Collingwood U18 (2016, 2017)[148] 2017 #31 2018- 16 12 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Molly Ritson Surfers Paradise/Southport, Bond University Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2018- 9 0 Raised on Gold Coast
Sophie Conway Zillmere, Brisbane Lions Academy Brisbane Lions U18 (2017)[148] 2018- 24 8 Raised in Bracken Ridge (Brisbane)
Emma Pittman Coorparoo, University of Queensland Gold Coast 2018- 10 0 Born and raised in Mackay
Jordan Zanchetta Jindalee Jags Brisbane Lions 2018-2021 13 1 Raised in Brisbane
Jessy Keeffe Yeronga Brisbane Lions 2018-2021 11 0 Raised in Brisbane
Arianna Clarke Broadbeach, Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions U18 (2016) 2018-2020 18 4 Raised on Gold Coast
Delma Gisu Wilston Grange GWS Giants 2018-2020 1 0 Born and raised in Townsville (Torres Strait Islander)
Stacey Livingstone - Collingwood FC 2017- 57 0 Raised in Queensland
Lauren Bella Bakers Creek, Bond University, Gold Coast Suns Academy Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast U18 (2016, 2018)[149] 2017- 19 0 Born and raised in Mackay
Tayla Harris Zillmere Brisbane Lions, Carlton/Melbourne U18 (2013) 2017- 49 47 Born and raised in Brisbane
Ally Anderson Zillmere Brisbane Lions U18 (2013)[151] 2017- 66 8 Born and raised in Brisbane (Gangulu)
Kate McCarthy Yeronga St Kilda, Brisbane Lions, Hawthorn 2017- 33 18 Raised in Brisbane
Katie Brennan Logan City Cobras / Yeronga Western Bulldogs, Richmond U18 (2007, 2008c, 2009c, 2010c), 2011, 2013, 2014 2017- 26 30 Born and raised in Logan
Aasta O'Connor Northshore Jets, Logan City Cobras Geelong, Western Bulldogs 2013, 2014 2017- 32 4 Born in Brisbane and raised on Sunshine Coast
Emma Zielke Morningside, University of Queensland Brisbane Lions 2011 2017- 41 4 Born and raised in Bundaberg
Emily Bates Yeronga Brisbane Lions U18 (2011, 2012) 2017- 66 9 Raised in Brisbane from age 3
Tahlia Randall Kawana, Nambour, Maroochydore, Wilston Grange Brisbane Lions, North Melbourne U18 (2016) 2017- 39 1 Born and raised on Sunshine Coast
Leah Kaslar Centrals Trinity Beach, Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2013, 2014 2017- 36 3 Raised in Cairns
Kate Lutkins Wilston Grange Brisbane Lions 2011 2017- 41 3 Born in Brisbane, raised and schooled in Ipswich
Sharni Webb Caloundra, Zillmere, University of Queensland Brisbane Lions 2011 2017- 27 1 Born and raised in Nambour, Sunshine Coast
Jordan Membrey Carrara Saints, Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions, Collingwood 2017- 18 11 Raised on Gold Coast
Shannon Campbell Wilston Grange Brisbane Lions 2017- 38 2 Born and raised on Sunshine Coast
Jamie Stanton Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions, North Melbourne, Gold Coast 2017- 36 5 Raised on Gold Coast
Aliesha Newman Melbourne FC, Collingwood FC, Sydney Swans 2017- 39 16 Born and raised on Sunshine Coast and Redcliffe (Ningy Ningy)
Breanna Koenen Magnetic Island, North Cairns, University of Queensland Brisbane Lions 2011 2017- 39 1 Born and raised in Townsville (Magnetic Island)
Sam Virgo Griffith-Moorooka Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast 2017-2021 29 3 Raised in Brisbane
Tiarna Ernst Manunda Western Bulldogs, Gold Coast 2017-2020 29 1 Born Thursday Island raised in Cape York / Cairns
Megan Hunt University of Queensland Brisbane Lions 2017-2019 14 1 Raised in Brisbane
Nikki Wallace Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions 2017 8 0 Recruited from the Gold Coast
Selina Priest Coolangatta Tweed Heads Brisbane Lions 2011 2016 #98 2017-2021 8 0 Born and raised on Gold Coast
Shaleise Law Zillmere Brisbane Lions U18 (2016) 2017 3 0 Born and raised in Townsville
Kate Deegan Coorparoo Brisbane Lions 2017 1 0 Raised in Brisbane
Delissa Kimmince Yeronga Brisbane Lions 2016 (Rookie) Rookie 2017 1 0 Born and raised in Warwick

Bibliography[edit]

  1. Bird, Murray; Parker, Greg (2018). More of the Kangaroo: 150 Years of Australian Football in Queensland - 1866 to 2016. Morningside, Qld. ISBN 978-0-9943936-1-6. OCLC 1082363978.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. de Moore, Greg; Hess, Rob; Nicholson, Matthew; Stewart, Bob (2021). Australia's Game: The History of Australian Football. Hardie Grant Books. ISBN 9781-74379-657-3.
  3. John Morton's Queensland Australian Rules Year Book 1960 by John Morton, 1960
  4. Queensland Team of the Century Football Record Official Programme, AFL Queensland, 2003
  5. Official Souvenir Programme of Collingwood v South Melbourne, Queensland Australian National Football League, 1935

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