AFLQ State Association is an Australian Rules Football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 association which includes clubs from South East Queensland

South East Queensland

South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...

. Unlike the Queensland State League, the State Association is almost entirely amateur competitions.

History

AFL South Queensland was formed in 2000 from an almagamation of two open aged leagues with long and proud histories, the Brisbane Australian Football League (BAFL) and the Gold Coast Australian Football League (GCAFL).

In 2006, AFL South Queensland was taken under the umbrella of AFL Queensland and rebranded as the Queensland State Association.

Representative Sides

Representative sides for AFLQ include:

• Bushrangers – representing the entire South East Queensland
  South East Queensland
  South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...
  
   region Official Site
• Gold Coast Stingrays – representing the Gold Coast
  Gold Coast, Queensland
  Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
  
   region
• Suncoast Power – representing the Sunshine Coast
  Sunshine Coast, Queensland
  The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
  
   region Official Site
• Western Taipans – representing the western regions, including the cities of Ipswich
  Ipswich, Queensland
  Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...
  
   and Toowoomba. Official Site
• Northern Raiders – representing the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane and Bribie Island. Official Site

Division 1

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Alexandra Hills Bombers	Alexandra Hills Alexandra Hills, Queensland Alexandra Hills is a suburb of 16,985 people located in Redland City, south east of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Alexandra Hills sits between two major areas of Redlands, with Cleveland to the east and Capalaba to the west. Best known for the Squeeze Club.-Education:**Alexandra Hills State...	Official Site
Aspley Hornets	Aspley Aspley, Queensland Aspley is a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia located about 13 kilometres north and about a half-hour drive north of the Central Business District of Brisbane...	Official Site
Caloundra Panthers	Caloundra	Official Site
Coorparoo Kings	Coorparoo Coorparoo, Queensland Coorparoo is a southern suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, located approximately four kilometres from the city. Surrounding suburbs include Camp Hill, Holland Park, Greenslopes, East Brisbane, Norman Park and Seven Hills.-Aboriginal history:...	Official Site
Kedron Lions	Kedron Kedron, Queensland Kedron is a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia, centred on Gympie Road and Kedron Brook. It is close to Westfield Chermside shopping centre in the neighbouring suburb of Chermside...	Official Site
Kenmore Bears	Chelmer Chelmer, Queensland Chelmer is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 7 km west of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River. Chelmer is zoned as a residential area, and consists of low-density housing. It has many fine Queenslanders, characterised by wooden verandahs, wide stairways and roofing of...	Official Site
Robina Roos	Robina Robina, Queensland Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :...	Official Site
University of Queensland Red Lions University of Queensland Australian Football Club The University of Queensland Australian Football Club is an amateur Australian rules football club playing in Divisions 1 and 2 of the AFLQ State Association competition overseen by AFL Queensland. UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's No...	St Lucia St Lucia, Queensland St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River and is dominated by the main campus of the University of Queensland.-History:...	Official Site
Wynnum Vikings	Wynnum Wynnum, Queensland Wynnum is a suburb located on the shores of Moreton Bay in Brisbane, Australia, about 16 kilometres east of the CBD. The area was sparsely settled until the arrival of the railway in the late 1880s, but then grew fairly rapidly. The former Wynnum Shire Council was created in 1902, and twelve years...	Official Site
Yeronga Devils	Yeronga Yeronga, Queensland Yeronga is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the Brisbane River 7 km south of the Brisbane CBD. Yeronga is a residential suburb. It is home to the Yeronga Devils.-Transport:There is a Yeronga train station on the Beenleigh railway line....	Official Site

Division 2

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Beenleigh Buffaloes	Beenleigh Beenleigh, Queensland Beenleigh is a suburb in the Logan City area of Queensland, Australia. Beenleigh and adjoining suburbs are located near the confluence of the Logan and Albert rivers...	Official Site
Caboolture Lions	Caboolture	Official Site
Calamvale Leopards	Calamvale Calamvale, Queensland Calamvale is a suburb on the south side of the city of Brisbane, Australia. A relatively large suburb, it adjoins Stretton, Parkinson, Sunnybank Hills, Acacia Ridge, Algester and Drewvale. It is 18 kilometres from Brisbane's central business district....	Official Site
Coomera Magpies	Coomera Coomera, Queensland Coomera is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Coomera had a population of 1,420. The name Coomera comes from the Aboriginal word for fern....	Official Site
Griffith Moorooka Roosters	Moorooka Moorooka, Queensland Moorooka is a suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia. Bordering with Toohey Forest Park, it is seven kilometres south of Brisbane's central business district...	Official Site
Ipswich Eagles	Ipswich Ipswich, Queensland Ipswich is a city in South-East Queensland, Australia. Situated along the Bremer River Valley approximately 40 kilometres away from the state's capital Brisbane. The suburb by the same name forms the city's Central Business District and administrative centre...	Official Site
Logan City Cobras	Tanah Merah Tanah Merah, Queensland Tanah Merah is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.Tanah Merah means 'red earth' in Indonesian/Malay. This type of soil is found across the local area.The land was once owned by the Murray family who sold it off in sections to developers...	Official Site
Nambour & Hinterland	Palmwoods Palmwoods, Queensland Palmwoods is a town in Queensland, Australia, situated near Nambour. At the 2006 census, Palmwoods had a population of 3,576.The small town was previously named 'Merriman Flats' in 1881 by the Kuskopfs who were part of the first White settlers in the area. It was later renamed Palmwoods after the...	Official Site
Pine Rivers Swans	Strathpine Strathpine, Queensland Strathpine is a suburb north of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Its Local Government Area is the Moreton Bay Region. It is home to the Pine Rivers District offices of the Moreton Bay Region as well as many businesses. The area contains a medium-sized Westfield shopping centre...	Official Site
Redcliffe Tigers Redcliffe Tigers Redcliffe Tigers AFC is an Australian Football Club – Aussie Rules Club, that plays its home games out of the Rothwell a suburb of Redcliffe, South East Queensland. It plays in the AFL Queensland State Association Division TWO...	Redcliffe Redcliffe, Queensland   Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...	Official Site
University of Queensland Red Lions 2 University of Queensland Australian Football Club The University of Queensland Australian Football Club is an amateur Australian rules football club playing in Divisions 1 and 2 of the AFLQ State Association competition overseen by AFL Queensland. UQAFC home games are played at the University of Queensland's No...	St Lucia St Lucia, Queensland St Lucia is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south-west of the Brisbane CBD. The suburb is bordered on three sides by the Brisbane River and is dominated by the main campus of the University of Queensland.-History:...	Official Site

Division 3 Central

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Collingwood Park Power	Redbank Plains Redbank Plains, Queensland Redbank Plains is an eastern suburb of Ipswich, Queensland in Australia. The suburb is a neighbour of a similar suburb which contains a large shopping mall called Redbank Plaza...	Official Site
Jimoomba Redbacks	Jimboomba Jimboomba, Queensland Jimboomba is a growing town of approximately 6,288 people, as recorded in the 2006 census, in the Logan City Local Government Area, South East Queensland, Australia. It is situated on the Mount Lindesay Highway, 47 km south of Brisbane central business district...	Official Site
Woodsmen	East Chelmer Chelmer, Queensland Chelmer is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 7 km west of the Brisbane CBD on the Brisbane River. Chelmer is zoned as a residential area, and consists of low-density housing. It has many fine Queenslanders, characterised by wooden verandahs, wide stairways and roofing of...	Official Site
Yeronga Devils	Yeronga Yeronga, Queensland Yeronga is a suburb of Brisbane, Australia located on the Brisbane River 7 km south of the Brisbane CBD. Yeronga is a residential suburb. It is home to the Yeronga Devils.-Transport:There is a Yeronga train station on the Beenleigh railway line....	Official Site
Bond University Bullsharks	Robina Robina, Queensland Robina is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 Census, Robina had a population of 19,182.The Robina Town Centre shopping centre and Bond University are located in Robina.- History :...

Possible Expansion

• Beaudesert
• Boom population areas in the South West

Division 3 North

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Bribie Island Bullodgs	Bribie Island Bribie Island, Queensland Bribie Island, 34 kilometres long and 8 kilometres at its widest, is the smallest and most northerly of three major sand island forming the coastline sheltering the northern part of Moreton Bay, Queensland. The others are Moreton Island and North Stradbroke Island...	Official Site
Gympie Gympie Gympie may refer to:* Gympie, a city in Queensland, Australia** Gympie Airport** Electoral district of Gympie** Gympie Region, its local government authority* Gympie Gympie , a stinging plant...	Gympie Gympie Gympie may refer to:* Gympie, a city in Queensland, Australia** Gympie Airport** Electoral district of Gympie** Gympie Region, its local government authority* Gympie Gympie , a stinging plant...	Official Site
Maroochy/Northshore Roos	Maroochydore	Official Site
Noosa Tigers	Noosa	Official Site
Pomona Pomona Pomona was a goddess of fruitful abundance in ancient Roman religion and myth. Her name comes from the Latin word pomum, "fruit," specifically orchard fruit. She was said to be a wood nymph and a part of the Numia, guardian spirits who watch over people, places, or homes...	Pomona Pomona, Queensland Pomona is a town located at the base of Mount Cooroora at the northern end of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. The town was originally called Pinbarren siding and was renamed Pomona in 1906, after the Roman goddess of fruit and orchards...	Official Site

Possible Expansion

As this is a one team senior competition some smaller towns could join the existing clubs.

• Glasshouse Lions Rejoin
• Nambour
• Caloundra
• Coolum
• Maleny
• Buderim

Defunct / Hiatus Clubs

Club	Suburb	Official Website
Murri Mavericks	Murri, Kedron Kedron, Queensland Kedron is a northern suburb of Brisbane, Australia, centred on Gympie Road and Kedron Brook. It is close to Westfield Chermside shopping centre in the neighbouring suburb of Chermside...	Official Site
Glasshouse Hinterland Lions	Glasshouse Mountains	Official Site

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

External links

• AFL Queensland State Association Website