2024 QAFL season

2024 QAFL season
Date	6 April − 15 September 2024
Teams	12
Premiers	Morningside 11th premiership
Minor premiers	Aspley
Grogan Medallist	Tom Hickey (Palm Beach Currumbin − 26 votes)
Ray Hughson Medallist	Matthew Hammelmann (Redland-Victoria Point − 71 goals)
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The 2024 QAFL season was the 113th season of the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Queensland. ^[1] The season began on 6 April and concluded on 15 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season over 19 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series. ^[2]

Morningside won the QAFL premiership for the 11th time, defeating Redland-Victoria Point by five points in the 2024 QAFL Grand Final. ^[3]

Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts	Qualification
1	Aspley	18	15	3	0	1861	1118	166.5	60	Finals series
2	Morningside (P)	18	14	4	0	1985	1316	150.8	56
3	Redland-Victoria Point	18	12	6	0	1859	1295	143.6	48
4	Wilston Grange	18	11	7	0	1845	1348	136.9	44
5	Palm Beach Currumbin	18	11	7	0	1701	1544	110.2	44
6	Surfers Paradise	18	10	8	0	1553	1292	120.2	40
7	Maroochydore	18	9	9	0	1507	1448	104.1	36
8	Labrador	18	8	10	0	1697	1420	119.5	32
9	Broadbeach	18	8	10	0	1463	1586	92.2	32
10	Sherwood Districts	18	7	11	0	1484	1619	91.7	28
11	Noosa	18	3	15	0	1306	1869	69.9	12
12	Mount Gravatt	18	0	18	0	663	3069	21.6	0

Source: ^[4]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

	2024 QAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 15 September (2:30pm)	Morningside	def.	Redland-Victoria Point	Brighton Homes Arena	[5] [6]
	2.2 (14) 6.5 (41) 8.8 (56) 9.12 (66)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.4 (10) 3.11 (20) 4.12 (36) 8.13 (61)	Joe Grant Medal: Tommy Horne (Morningside)
J. Godwin 3, J. Lohmann 2, M. Waters 2, T. Horne, G. McDonagh		Goals	C. Cameron 2, M. Hammelmann 2, D. Annable, J. Brown, D. McDowell-White, M. Thomson
T. Horne, G. McDonagh, D. Swann, J. Lohmann, J. Godwin, M. Nelson		Best	L. O'Sullivan, D. Annable, N. Smith, D. McDowell-White, T. Hausfeld, H. Hunkin

Awards

• Tom Hickey (Palm Beach Currumbin) won the Grogan Medal as the QAFL's best and fairest player, finishing with 26 votes. ^{[7] [8] [9]}
• Matthew Hammelmann (Redland-Victoria Point) won the Ray Hughson Medal as the leading goalkicker for the second year in a row, finishing the season with 71 goals. ^{[10] [11]}
• Ty Gallop (Maroochydore) won the Rising Star award. ^{[7] [12]}
• Tom Hickey (Palm Beach Currumbin) won the Coaches MVP (Most Valuable Player) award. ^[7]

Notable events

• On 15 December 2023, AFL Queensland announced they had granted a provisional licence for the Coorparoo Football Club to enter the QAFL in 2025. ^[13] An official licence to enter the QAFL men's competition was granted on 31 July 2024. ^[14]

See also

• 2024 QAFLW season
• 2024 AFL Queensland season

References

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