Marcus Ashcroft is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played 318 games for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions and is currently on the coaching panel of the Gold Coast Football Club. The Marcus Ashcroft Medal, awarded to the player judged best on ground in the QClash football match played between the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Football Club, is named after him.
In Queensland, Australian rules football dates back to the colonial era in 1866, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1900s. Today, it is most popular in South East Queensland and the Cairns Region. There are 11 regional club competitions, the highest profile of which are the semi-professional Queensland Australian Football League and AFL Cairns. It is governed by AFL Queensland which has more than 55,000 registered adult players.
Ben Hudson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club, Western Bulldogs, Brisbane Lions and Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the defensive skills, ruck and forwards coach at the Brisbane Lions since September 2014. He was also the ruck coach for Collingwood after being selected as a mature age rookie player in the 2012 rookie draft.
Emily Bates is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to season 7. Bates was selected by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural national women's draft in 2013, and represented them in the first three years of the exhibition games staged prior to the creation of the league. She represented Brisbane in 2016, the last year that the games were held, and was drafted by the club with the second selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft prior to the inaugural AFL Women's season.
The Allies is a composite team competing in interstate representative Australian rules football matches that comprises players from Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland and Tasmania.
Dayne Zorko is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Zorko is a dual All-Australian, five-time Merrett–Murray Medallist and dual Brisbane Lions leading goalkicker. He served as Brisbane Lions captain from 2018 to 2022.
Charles Mark Cameron is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club from 2014 to 2017. Cameron was taken with pick 7 in the 2013 rookie draft by Adelaide.
Ben Keays is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). His great-grandfather Fred Keays represented both Fitzroy and Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Eric Hipwood is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL).
Emma Zielke is a retired Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's competition. She was the club's inaugural AFLW team captain, leading the club in 2017–2018 and 2020–2021.
Sharni Webb is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Brisbane in the AFL Women's.
Breanna L. Koenen is an Australian rules footballer and captain of the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Jordan Zanchetta is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions and Essendon in the AFL Women's.
Gabrielle "Gabby" Collingwood is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW).
Natalie "Nat" Grider is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Springfield Central Stadium is an Australian rules football venue located in Springfield, a suburb of Ipswich, approximately 30 km south-west of Brisbane.
Lily Postlethwaite is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW).
Connor Ballenden is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Brisbane Lions with the 43rd draft pick in the 2017 AFL draft.
Max Lynch is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Football Club and the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
William Martyn is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).
