2026 Talent League Girls R1 wrap: Lions win bragging rights
BRISBANE Lions Academy became the first side on the board in the 2026 Talent League Girls competition with a hard-fought nine-point win over Gold Coast Suns Academy. Given the Swans and Giants Academies Round 1 match was cancelled due to the weather, the Lions and Suns were the only Talent League Girls teams to take […]
2026 Talent League Girls preview: Suns Academy
COMING off a couple of massive years with promoting Academy athletes into their AFLW squad, the Gold Coast Suns have set themselves up for a bright future. While the 2026 Academy does not quite have the depth of talent of its predecessors, there are still a number of promising prospects to keep an eye out […]
2025 AFLW Draft Whispers
EVERYONE loves a bit of theatre when it comes to draft night, and there will be no shortage of posterising and poker faces tonight when the 2025 AFL Women’s Draft takes place. The first selection off the board is known, and there is a fairly good idea about the first dozen, but the order of […]
2025 AFLW Draft Preview: Gold Coast
GOLD Coast’s impending AFLW Draft haul has been by far the most talked about of the competition, and followed on from the discussions around the Suns’ Academy program which yielded a stack of top-end boys, and now will do so again in the girls. Gold Coast did not relax in trade period, trading out the […]
2025 AFLW Trade wrap: Day 3-4
THREE deals were completed on Sunday as Gold Coast Suns geared up to match bids on their top-end Academy talents. Not only did the Suns move back from Pick 1 to Pick 14, but also gained one of the league’s best midfielders to give the club an immediate boost for next season. >> AFLW TRADE: […]
House of the Rising Suns: Gold Coast’s talent bats deep
GOLD Coast Suns Academy were touted as having an enormous amount of draftable talent, particularly in the top-end this season, and there is no doubt that has become the case with a whopping seven players invited to the National Draft Combine. That means more than six per cent of players invited are from the Academy, […]
Grand Final spot on the line in QAFLW
SIX TEAMS were cut to four after last week’s QAFL Women’s elimination finals, while top two sides Southport and Morningside enter the mix after a week off. The Sharks and Panthers go head-to-head for a spot in the QAFLW Grand Final, while Bond University and Coorparoo face-off in another do-or-die final at the former’s home […]
Do-or-die QAFLW finals kick off tomorrow
FOUR teams with no turning back for the losers take part in the first week of the QAFL Women’s finals series. In an extended four-week post-season due to the additional two clubs added to the top flight Queensland league, Bond University and Aspley face off, as well as Coorparoo and Wilston Grange for the right […]
RECAP | 2025 AFLW U18s: Queensland
DESPITE missing a raft of first-choice players from the Queensland lineup, the Maroons showed the great depth within the squad an state to unearth a few new faces and uplift others to raise their draft stocks in the process. Though ultimately a loss to the Allies for the second consecutive year denied the Maroons the […]
Sharks secure QAFLW minor premiership
SOUTHPORT has earned the QAFL Women’s minor premiership after defeating Morningside Panthers by 53 points at Jack Esplen Oval in a top of the table final round clash on the weekend. The red-hot Sharks put the foot down after a reasonably tight first half to boot seven unanswered goals in the second half to win, […]
