Australian rules football in South East Queensland

Australian rules football in South East Queensland has a varied history and many changes were made especially in the 21st century.

History

Competition football began in 1970 with the South Queensland Australian Football Association (SQAFA) for developing players for the QAFL. Most of the players were amateurs. In 1992, the league changed its name to the Brisbane Australian Football League (BAFL) and included clubs from the Sunshine Coast. Another name change in 2000 brought about AFL South Queensland. In 2006, AFL South Queensland was taken under the umbrella of AFL Queensland and rebranded as the Queensland State Association. In 2012, it was renamed South East Queensland AFL.^[1] Finally in 2014 the local level was divided into two leagues, the Queensland Football Association (QFA) and the Queensland Amateur Football Association (QAFA).

League name changes

1970-1991 - South Queensland Australian Football Association (SQAFA)
1992-1999 - Brisbane Australian Football League (BAFL)
2000-2005 - Australian Football League South Queensland (AFLSQ)
2006-2011 - AFL Queensland (AFLQ) State League and State Association
2012-2013 - South East Queensland Australian Football League (SEQAFL)
2014-today - Queensland Football Association (QFA) & Queensland Amateur Football Association (QAFA)

Premiers

Year	SQAFA Division 1	SQAFA Division 2	SQAFA Division 3
1970	Sherwood	Deagon
1971	Mt Gravatt	University Queensland	Stafford
1972	Mt Gravatt	Banyo	Mt Gravatt
1973	Sherwood	Banyo	Stafford
1974	Mt Gravatt	Wynnum	Aspley
1975	Sherwood	Banyo	Redland
1976	Sherwood	RAAF	Deagon
1977	Sherwood	Deagon	Beenleigh-Slacks
1978	Sherwood	Oakleigh	Everton
1979	Sherwood	Ipswich	RAAF
1980	Sherwood	Beenleigh	No competition 1980-96
1981	Sherwood	Everton
1982	Sherwood	Banyo
1983	Mt Gravatt	Ashgrove
1984	Acacia Ridge	University Queensland
1985	Aspley	Beenleigh
1986	Aspley	Jindalee
1987	Aspley	Redland
1988	Aspley	Redcliffe
1989	Aspley	Springwood
1990	Aspley	Everton
1991	Strathpine	Ipswich
Year	BAFL Division 1	BAFL Division 2	BAFL Division 3
1992	Aspley	Moorooka
1993	Maroochydore	Sandgate
1994	Maroochydore	Sandgate
1995	Maroochydore	Alexandra Hills
1996	Maroochydore	Alexandra Hills
1997	Noosa	Wilston Grange	Kenmore
1998	Redland	Moorooka	Kenmore
1999	Redland	Caboolture	Redland
Year	AFLSQ Premier Division	AFLSQ Division 1	AFLSQ Division 2	AFLSQ Division 3	AFLSQ Division 4
2000	Palm Beach-Currumbin	Coorparoo Kings	Gympie
2001	Coolangatta	Burleigh Heads	Coorparoo Kings	Gympie
2002	Aspley	Springwood	Redcliffe	Kenmore	Wilston Grange
2003	Coolangatta	Strathpine	Wynnum	No competition 2003-06
2004	Burleigh	Strathpine	Robina
2005	Burleigh	Redcliffe	Robina
Year	AFLQ State League Div 2	AFLQ State Assoc'n Div 1	AFLQ State Assoc'n Div 2	AFLQ State Assoc'n Div 3 North	AFLQ State Assoc'n Div 3 Central
2006	Western Magpies	Yeronga	Kenmore
2007	Palm Beach-Currumbin	Yeronga	Kedron	Gympie	Western Magpies
2008	Western Magpies	Wynnum	Redcliffe	Nambour	Strathpine
2009	Palm Beach-Currumbin	Wynnum	Beenleigh	Nambour	Woodsmen
2010	Noosa	Caloundra	Robina
2011	Noosa	Coorparoo Kings	Nambour & Hinterland	Pomona	Jimboomba
Year	SEQAFL Division 1	SEQAFL Division 2	SEQAFL Division 3	SEQAFL Division 4 North	SEQAFL Division 4 Central	SEQAFL Division 4 South
2012	Western Magpies	Coorparoo Kings	Redcliffe	Caloundra	Pine Rivers	Tweed Coast
2013	Springwood	Coorparoo Kings	Coomera	Pomona	Zillmere	Tweed Coast
Year	QFA North	QFA South	QAFA A Grade	QAFA B Grade North	QAFA B Grade Central	QAFA B Grade South
2014	Mayne	Springwood	Griffith Uni/Moorooka	Bribie Island	Woodsmen	Bond Uni
2015	Mayne	Springwood	Bond Uni	Gympie	Kedron	Tweed Coast

Representative sides

Representative sides for AFLQ include:

Bushrangers – representing the entire South East Queensland region Official Site
Gold Coast Stingrays – representing the Gold Coast region
Suncoast Power – representing the Sunshine Coast region Official Site
Western Taipans – representing the western regions, including the cities of Ipswich and Toowoomba. Official Site
Northern Raiders – representing the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane and Bribie Island. Official Site

Current clubs

QFA North

^[2]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Aspley Hornets	Aspley	Official Site
Caloundra	Caloundra
Maroochydore Roos	Maroochydore	Official Site
Mayne Tigers	Enoggera
Moreton Bay	-
Nambour & Hinterland	Palmwoods	Official Site
Noosa Tigers	Noosa	Official Site

QFA South

^[3]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Alexandra Hills Bombers	Alexandra Hills	Official Site
Bond University Bullsharks	Robina
Burleigh Bombers	Burleigh Heads
Coolangatta Tweed Heads	Coolangatta
Coomera Magpies	Coomera	Official Site
Coorparoo Kings	Coorparoo	Official Site
Kenmore Bears	Chelmer	Official Site
Robina Roos	Robina	Official Site
Springwood	Springwood
Yeronga/South Brisbane	Yeronga	Official Site

QAFA A Grade

^[4]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Beenleigh Buffaloes	Beenleigh	Official Site
Carrara Saints	Carrara	Official Site
Griffith Moorooka Roosters	Moorooka	Official Site
Ipswich Eagles	Ipswich	Official Site
Park Ridge	Park Ridge
Pine Rivers Swans	Strathpine	Official Site
Redcliffe Tigers	Redcliffe	Official Site
South East Suns	Tanah Merah	Official Site
Victoria Point	Victoria Point
Wynnum Vikings	Wynnum	Official Site

QAFA B Grade North

^[5]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Gympie	Gympie	Official Site
Maroochydore Roos	Maroochydore	Official Site
Pomona Demons	Pomona	Official Site
Bribie Island Bulldogs	Bribie Island	Official Site

QAFA B Grade Central

^[6]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Collingwood Park Power	Redbank Plains	Official Site
Coorparoo Kings	Coorparoo	Official Site
Ferny Grove	Ferny Grove
Ipswich Cats	Ipswich
Ipswich Eagles	Ipswich
Jimboomba Redbacks	Jimboomba	Official Site
Kedron Lions	Kedron	Official Site
Kenmore Bears	Chelmer	Official Site
Mayne Tigers	Mayne
University of Queensland Red Lions	St Lucia	Official Site
Sandgate	Sandgate
Woodsmen	East Chelmer	Official Site
Yeronga/South Brisbane	Yeronga	Official Site
Zillmere	Zillmere

QAFA B Grade South

^[7]

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Ballina	Ballina	Official site
Byron Bay	Byron Bay	Official Site
Lismore Swans	Lismore	Official Site
Robina Roos	Robina	Official Site
Tweed Coast	Cabarita	Official Site

Defunct or hiatus clubs

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Caboolture Lions	Caboolture	Official Site
Calamvale Leopards	Calamvale	Official Site
Glasshouse Hinterland Lions	Glasshouse Mountains	Official Site
Murri Mavericks	Murri, Kedron	Official Site
Northshore Jets	Mudjimba	Official Site

Former AFL South Queensland Divisions

2003 Bundaberg-Wide Bay Hinterland Division

All four AFL Bundaberg-Wide Bay Clubs from 2002, Hervey Bay Bombers, Across the Waves Bundaberg Eagles, Brothers Bulldogs and Maryborough Bears were joined by teams further south, Gympie Cats, Pomona Demons, Glasshouse and Bribie Island to play one season against each other before reverting to their various regional leagues in 2004 once again.

Finals summary:

Elimination Final - Maryborough 13.8-86 defeated Glasshouse 10.7-67
Qualifying Final - Across the Waves 13.12-90 defeated Bribie Island 11.11-77
First Semi Final - Maryborough 15.14-104 defeated Bribie Island 12.6-78
Second Semi Final - Hervey Bay 18.15-123 defeated Across the Waves 9.7-61
Preliminary Final - Across the Waves 14.15-99 defeated Maryborough 4.10-34
GRAND FINAL - Hervey Bay 8.8-56 defeated Across the Waves 6.17-53

References

↑ "SEQAFL". Australian Football. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QFA North Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QFA South Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. 2015-04-08. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QAFA (A) Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QAFA (B) North Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QAFA (B) Central Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
↑ "2015 QAFA (B) South Clubs - AFL Queensland". Aflq.com.au. Retrieved 2015-10-05.

External links

AFL Queensland State Association Website

AFLQ State Association (QAFL)

NEAFL clubs	Aspley Brisbane Lions reserves Gold Coast reserves Northern Territory Redland Southport

QAFL clubs	Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Mount Gravatt Palm Beach Currumbin Sandgate Surfers Paradise University of Queensland Western Magpies Wilston Grange

QFA North clubs	Aspley Caboolture Caloundra Kedron Mayne Maroochydore Roos Nambour & Hinterland Noosa Redcliffe

QFA South clubs	Alexandra Hills Bond University Football Club Burleigh Coolangatta Tweed Heads Coomera Coorparoo Kenmore Robina Springwood Wynnum Yeronga South Brisbane

QAFA (A) clubs	Beenleigh Calamvale Carrara Saints Griffith Moorooka Ipswich Logan City Pine Rivers Swans University of Queensland

QAFA (B) Central clubs	Collingwood Park Jimoomba Redbacks Kedron Kenmore University of Queensland Woodsmen Yeronga South Brisbane Zillmere

QAFA (B) North clubs	Bribie Island Glasshouse Gympie Maroochydore Noosa Tigers Pomona

QAFA (B) South clubs	Ballina Burleigh Byron Bay Lismore Robina Tweed Coast

QWAFL clubs	Coolangatta Tweed Heads Coorparoo Griffith Moorooka University of Queensland Wilston Grange Yeronga South Brisbane Zillmere

QWAFA clubs	Bond University Football Club Caboolture Ipswich University of Queensland Western Magpies Zillmere

Former QAFL clubs	Caloundra Coorparoo Kedron Kedron Grange Locomotives Maroochy Northshore Sherwood South Brisbane Sunshine Coast Valley Windsor-Zillmere Wynnum Yeronga

Australian rules football in Queensland

Governing body	AFL Queensland

Professional clubs	Brisbane Lions Gold Coast Football Club

Major leagues	North East Australian Football League League Championship Cup Queensland Australian Football League AFLQ State Association

Other leagues	Cairns Capricornia Darling Downs Mackay Mt Isa Townsville Wide Bay

Historical leagues	Australian rules football leagues in regional Queensland

Women's leagues	AFL Queensland Women's

Principal venues	The Gabba Carrara Stadium Cazaly's Stadium

Major events	QClash

NEAFL teams	Aspley Brisbane Lions Gold Coast Redland Southport

QAFL teams	Broadbeach Labrador Morningside Mt Gravatt Palm Beach Currumbin Sandgate Surfers Paradise UQ Red Lions Western Magpies Wilston Grange

QFA teams	Alexandra Hills Aspley Bond University Burleigh Caloundra Coolangatta Coomera Coorparoo Kenmore Maroochydore Mayne Moreton Bay Nambour & Hinterland Noosa Robina Springwood Yeronga South Brisbane

QAFA (A) teams	Beenleigh Carrara Griffith Moorooka Ipswich Kedron Park Ridge Pine Rivers Redcliffe South East Victoria Point Wynnum

QAFA (B) teams	Ballina Bribie Island Byron Bay Collingwood Park Glasshouse Greater Springfield Gympie Jimboomba Lismore Maroochydore Northshore Noosa Pomona Tweed Coast Woodsmen UQ Red Lions Yeronga-South Brisbane Zillmere

Former teams	Coorparoo Kedron Grange Locomotives Maroochy Northshore Sherwood South Brisbane Sunshine Coast Valley Windsor Zillmere Wynnum Yeronga

List of clubs	List of Australian rules football clubs in Queensland

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