{"id":38981,"date":"2018-08-17T18:45:14","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T07:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afldraftcentral.com.au\/?p=38981"},"modified":"2018-08-17T18:45:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T07:45:14","slug":"queensland-weekly-wrap-qfa-finals-set-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2018\/08\/17\/queensland-weekly-wrap-qfa-finals-set-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland weekly wrap: QFA finals set to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>WITH the AFL regular season all but wrapping up in a couple of rounds, after this weekend\u2019s Q-Clash, the QFA finals series is set to get underway across the state. Elsewhere,\u00a0Australian International Islamic College Brisbane claimed their second consecutive Bachar Houli Cup victory.<\/p>\n<p><strong>QFA finals footy gets underway<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The first week of finals footy gets underway for a number of divisions in the QFA competitions. QFA Senior and Reserve divisions 3, 4, and 5 kick off across the weekend. \u00a0For details on the fixtures,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/websites.sportstg.com\/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=109\">click here<\/a>\u00a0and find your relevant competition.<\/p>\n<p>Finals fever also hits regional Queensland this weekend in the Wide Bay and Capricornia areas. The Wide Bay Seniors finals series will kick off this weekend with the Hervey Bay Bombers, the Gympie Cats, the Bay Power and the Brothers Bulldogs qualifying for a chance at the flag.<\/p>\n<p>In the Reserve grade it is the again the Hervey Bay Bombers, Gympie Cats, Brothers Bulldogs joined by Across the Waves Bundaberg AFC battling for the flag. Find more information on Wide Bay AFL<a href=\"http:\/\/websites.sportstg.com\/assoc_page.cgi?assoc=109\">\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0under the headings 2018 AFLWB Pacific Gold Macadamias Seniors, 2018 AFLWB Pacific Gold Macadamias Reserves.<\/p>\n<p>And perhaps a grand final preview will occur in Capricornia finals with the Yeppoon Swans taking on the Glenmore Bulls in a first\u00a0v second\u00a0battle in the Seniors grade. The winner will advance to the big dance, and the loser plays a preliminary knockout match against the Boyne Island Tannum Sands Saints.<\/p>\n<p>And in the Capricornia\u2019s Reserves it\u2019s Yeppoon facing off against Boyne Island\u2019s reserves in another first\u00a0vs second battle. The loser faces Glenmore\u2019s reserves next week for a second bite of the Grand Final cherry.<\/p>\n<p>Find more information on Capricornia AFL\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/websites.sportstg.com\/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3393-0-0-0\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>AIIC Brisbane win Bachar Houli Cup<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian International Islamic College Brisbane took out the 2018 Bachar Houli Cup last Friday at Yeronga. The competition saw three schools and 50 Islamic students partake, with the goal to improve participation numbers from the Islamic community in Aussie Rules. Australian International Islamic College Brisbane has now won the event for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday night Q-Clash<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The most intense rivalry in Queensland AFL continues on Saturday night when the Brisbane Lions play the Gold Coast Suns at Metricon Stadium. Nearing the end of the season a lot of pride will be on the line for two sides not in the finals and wanting to get the better of their Queensland counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>The Lions and Suns are both sitting on 16 competition points and coming off tough losses to premiership big guns last round. It will be an enticing battle; on one hand the Lions have shown plenty of promise and development this season across the board whilst at the same time losing close matches that they could\u2019ve easily taken.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, are the Suns who are amid the controversy of\u00a0<strong>Tom Lynch<\/strong>\u00a0leaving the club and perhaps other big names to join. This week Lion\u00a0<strong>Nick Robertson<\/strong>\u00a0labelled the Suns &#8220;soft&#8221; on radio, surely to spark to a response from the Gold Coast players and fans.<\/p>\n<p>Tip-off is 7:25 from Metricon Stadium.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WITH the AFL regular season all but wrapping up in a couple of rounds, after this weekend\u2019s Q-Clash, the QFA finals series is set to get underway across the state. Elsewhere,\u00a0Australian International Islamic College Brisbane claimed their second consecutive Bachar Houli Cup victory. QFA finals footy gets underway The first week of finals footy gets [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52,"featured_media":32787,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,3132,15],"tags":[4857,479,801,1363,6643,1820],"class_list":["post-38981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-queensland","category-state-leagues","tag-bachar-houli-cup","tag-brisbane-lions","tag-gold-coast-suns","tag-nick-robertson","tag-qfa","tag-tom-lynch"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/52"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}