QAFL Women's

QAFL Women's

Current season, competition or edition: 2025
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	2001
First season	2001
Owner(s)	AFL Queensland
No. of teams	40
Country	Australia
Headquarters	Brisbane, Queensland
Most recent champion(s)	Southport (1st premiership) (2024)
Most titles	Logan (5 premierships)
Sponsor(s)	Bond University
Related competitions	AFL Women's VFLW SANFLW WAFLW AFL Sydney Women's
Official website	aflq.com.au/qaflw/

The Queensland Australian Football League Women's (QAFLW) is the highest-level women's Australian rules football competition in Queensland. It provides elite women footballers the opportunity to play in a semi-professional environment. Many players from this league have represented their state, earned All-Australian honours, and participated in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition.

There are five senior women's Australian rules football leagues in Queensland governed by AFL Queensland. The second-tier of women's football in South-East Queensland is the Queensland Football Association Women's (QFAW), which was introduced in 2017. This competition is designed to allow women who are new to the game to develop their football understanding and skills, and also provide new clubs with an entry point into women's football.

Clubs

QAFLW Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships
						Total	Recent
Aspley		Hornets	Graham Road Oval, Carseldine	1964	2019-	0	-
Bond University		Bull Sharks	Bond University Oval, Robina	2011	2018-	1	2023
Coorparoo		Roos	Giffin Park, Coorparoo	1996	2013-	4	2019
Maroochydore		Roos	Neil Upton Oval, Maroochydore	1970	2017-	0	-
Moreton Bay		Lions	Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex, Burpengary	1987	2025-	0	-
Morningside		Panthers	Jack Esplen Oval, Hawthorne	1947	?-2012, 2018-	2	2005
Southport		Sharks	Fankhauser Reserve, Southport	1961	2022-	1	2024
University of Queensland		Red Lionesses	The Meadows, St Lucia	1956	2013-	2	2022
Wilston Grange		Gorillas	Hickey Park, Stafford	1945	2014-	1	2018
Yeronga South Brisbane		Devils	Leyshon Park, Yeronga	1928	2011-	4	2020

QFAW Division 1 Clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships
						Total	Recent
Broadbeach		Cats	Subaru Oval, Mermaid Waters	1971	2016-	1	2017
Noosa		Tigers	Noosa Oval, Noosaville	1970	2020-	4	2023
Palm Beach Currumbin		Lions	Salk Oval, Palm Beach	1961	?-2013, 2023-	0	-
Sandgate		Hawks	Taigum Place Park, Taigum	1943	2017-	0	-
Sherwood		Magpies	Powenyenna Oval, Chelmer	1991	?-2010, 2014, 2020-	2	2024
Surfers Paradise		Demons	Sir Bruce Small Park, Benowa	1962	2000s, 2018-	4	2022

QFAW Division 2 Clubs

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North

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships
						Total	Recent
Caloundra		Panthers	Carter Park, Golden Beach	1973	2022-	0	-
Gympie		Cats	Ray Warren Oval, Glanmire	1971	2017-	0	-
Hinterland		Blues	G Rae Oval, Palmwoods	1970	2017-	0	-
Kedron		Lions	EK (Ted) Anderson Oval, Kedron	1937	2003-2013, 2016-	1	2019
Mayne		Tigers	Enoggera Memorial Park, Enoggera	1924	2021-	0	-
North Shore		Jets	North Shore Multisports Complex, Mudjimba	1999	2019-	0	-
Pine Rivers		Swans	Rob Akers Reserve, Strathpine	1970	2016-	0	-
Redcliffe		Tigers	Nathan Road Sports Complex, Kippa-Ring	1974	2019-	0	-
Sandgate reserves		Hawks	Taigum Place Park, Taigum	1943	2017-	0	-

Central

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships
						Total	Recent
Alexandra Hills		Bombers	Keith Surridge Park, Alexandra Hills	1980	2001-?, 2018-	0	-
Beenleigh		Buffaloes	Dauth Park, Beenleigh	1998	2017-	0	-
Ipswich		Eagles	Limestone Park, Ipswich	1966	2018-	1	2019
Jindalee		Jags	Jindalee Recreation Reserve, Jindalee	1971	2015-	2	2024
Jimboomba		Redbacks	Glenlogan Park, Glenlogan	2000	2020-2021, 2023-	1	2020
Moorooka		Roosters	Alexander Park, Moorooka	1968	2012-2015, 2018-	0	-
Mount Gravatt		Vultures	Southside Toyota Oval, Mt Gravatt	1964	2018-	0	-
Redland-Victoria Point		Sharks	Totally Workwear Park, Southport	2020	2021-	0	-
Sherwood reserves		Magpies	Powenyenna Oval, Chelmer	1991	?-2010, 2014, 2020-	2	2024

South

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships
						Total	Recent
Ballina		Bombers	Fripp Oval, Ballina	1984	2017-	1	2020
Broadbeach reserves		Cats	Subaru Oval, Mermaid Waters	1971	2016-	1	2017
Burleigh		Bombers	Bill Godfrey Oval, Burleigh Waters	c. 1979	2015-	1	2024
Byron Bay		Magpies	Cavanbah Centre, Byron Bay	1984	2018-	1	2019
Coolangatta Tweed Heads		Blues	EXIMM Oval, Coolangatta	1962	2014-2016, 2018-2022, 2025-	1	2016
Labrador		Tigers	Cooke-Murphy Oval, Labrador	1964	2021-	0	-
Ormeau		Bulldogs	Ormeau Sports Park, Kingsholme	2008	2025-	0	-
Pacific Pines		Power	McAuley Parade Oval, Pacific Pines	2005	2022-	0	-
Robina		Roos	Scottsdale Drive, Robina	1996	2018-	0	-
Surfers Paradise reserves		Demons	Sir Bruce Small Park, Benowa	1962	2000s, 2018-	4	2022
Tweed Coast		Tigers	Seabreeze Oval, Pottsville	2009	2017-	1	2023

Former clubs

Club	Colours	Nickname	Home ground	Est.	Years in comp.	Premierships		Fate
						Total	Recent
Ipswich		Cats	Ivor Marsden Memorial Sports Centre, Amberley	1959	2015	0	-	In recess since 2015
Lismore		Swans	Gloria Mortimer Oval, Lismore	2002	2017-2020	2	2018	Folded after 2020 season
Logan		Cobras	Tansey Park, Tanah Merah	1973	?-2013	5	2010	Folded after 2013 season
Redland		Sharks	Totally Workwear Park, Victoria Point	1966	2001-?	1	2001	Folded
Zillmere		Eagles	O'Callaghan Park, Zillmere	1923	?-2017	1	2017	In recess since 2017

Premiers

QAFLW Grand Finals

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue	Best on ground
AFLQ Women's League
2001	Redlands	Alexandra Hills	6.5 (41) - 1.2 (8)	33 points	-	-
2002	Surfers Paradise	Alexandra Hills	5.6 (36) - 2.3 (15)	21 points	-	-
2003	Morningside	Surfers Paradise	2.7 (19) - 3.0 (18)	1 point	Leyshon Park	-
2004	Surfers Paradise	Morningside	8.6 (54) - 5.2 (32)	22 points	-	-
2005	Morningside	Kedron	7.7 (49) - 4.7 (31)	18 points	-	Debbie Lowe (Morningside)
2006	Logan	Kedron	8.12 (60) - 5.9 (39)	21 points	-	-
2007	Logan	Surfers Paradise	6.13 (49) - 0.4 (4)	45 points	-	-
2008	Logan	Surfers Paradise	7.3 (45) - 6.8 (44)	1 point	-	-
2009	Logan	Western Magpies	8.7 (55) - 1.3 (9)	46 points	-	-
2010	Logan	Western Magpies	7.5 (47) - 4.6 (30)	17 points	Giffin Park	Jenille Pasfield (Logan)
2011	Yeronga South Brisbane	Morningside	8.12 (60) - 7.9 (51)	9 points	Giffin Park No. 2	Kate Lutkins (Yeronga)
SEQAFL Women's League
2012	Yeronga South Brisbane	Zillmere	11.5 (71) - 3.3 (21)	50 points	Giffin Park	Emily Bates (Yeronga)
2013	Coorparoo	Yeronga South Brisbane	5.14 (44) - 6.6 (42)	2 points	E.K. Anderson Oval	Jordan Zanchetta (Yeronga)
QWAFL
2014	Coorparoo	Zillmere	7.8 (50) - 2.5 (17)	33 points	Leyshon Park	Megan Hunt (Coorparoo)
2015	Coorparoo	Coolangatta Tweed	12.5 (77) - 5.5 (35)	42 points	Leyshon Park	Emma Zielke (Coorparoo)
2016	Coolangatta Tweed	Yeronga South Brisbane	5.7 (37) - 4.11 (35)	2 points	Leyshon Park	Leah Kaslar (Coolangatta)
2017	Yeronga South Brisbane	Coorparoo	10.15 (75) - 9.3 (57)	18 points	Leyshon Park	Emily Bates (Yeronga)
2018	Wilston Grange	Coorparoo	5.7 (37) - 3.5 (23)	14 points	Leyshon Park	Kate Lutkins (Wilston Grange)
QAFLW
2019	Coorparoo	Bond University	14.10 (94) - 2.6 (18)	76 points	Leyshon Park	Paige Parker (Coorparoo)
2020	Yeronga South Brisbane	Coolangatta Tweed	8.8 (56) - 1.3 (9)	47 points	Bond University Oval	Jordan Zanchetta (Yeronga)
2021	University of Queensland	Bond University	15.5 (95) - 8.7 (55)	40 points	Leyshon Park	Dakota Davidson (University of Qld)
2022	University of Queensland	Southport	5.1 (31) - 3.6 (24) after extra time	7 points	Leyshon Park	Steph O'Brien (University of Qld)
2023	Bond University	Aspley	10.6 (66) - 2.5 (17)	49 points	Brighton Homes Arena	Havana Harris (Bond University)
2024	Southport	Bond University	8.6 (54) - 3.1 (19)	35 points	People First Stadium	Kaylee Kimber (Southport)

Premierships by Club

Premiership tallies for the premier women's competition in Queensland (AFLQ Womens League 2001-2011, SEQAFL Womens League 2012-2013, QWAFL 2014-2018, QAFLW 2019-present)

Club	Location	Titles	Premiership years	Establ.
Logan City	Logan	5	2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010	1973
Yeronga South Brisbane	Brisbane	4	2011, 2012, 2017, 2020	1928
Coorparoo	Brisbane	4	2013, 2014, 2015, 2019	1996
University of Queensland	Brisbane	2	2021, 2022	1956
Morningside	Brisbane	2	2003, 2005	1947
Surfers Paradise	Gold Coast	2	2002, 2004	1961
Southport	Gold Coast	1	2024	1961
Bond University	Gold Coast	1	2023	2015
Wilston Grange	Brisbane	1	2018	1945
Coolangatta Tweed	Gold Coast	1	2016	2012

QFAW Division 1 Grand Finals

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue
QWAFA
2014	Caboolture	Zillmere	13.9 (87) - 6.9 (45)	42 points	Giffin Park
2015	Zillmere	Caboolture	7.10 (52) - 6.6 (42)	10 points	Ern Dowling Oval
2016	Maroochydore	Yeronga South Brisbane	4.8 (32) - 2.5 (17)	15 points	Hickey Park
QWFA Division 1
2017	Bond University	Yeronga South Brisbane	8.2 (50) - 4.5 (29)	21 points	Leyshon Park
2018	Aspley Hornets	Coorparoo	4.1 (25) - 3.5 (23)	2 points	Leyshon Park
QFAW Division 1
2019	Kedron	Burleigh	6.6 (42) - 5.8 (38)	4 points	Leyshon Park
2020	Southport	Broadbeach	4.3 (27) - 3.4 (22)	5 points	Bond University Oval
2021	Southport	Surfers Paradise	4.6 (30) - 3.2 (20)	10 points	Bond University Oval
2022	Surfers Paradise	Moreton Bay	7.4 (46) - 6.8 (44)	2 points	Leyshon Park
2023	Moreton Bay	Morningside	7.5 (47) - 5.3 (33)	14 points	EK Anderson Oval
2024	Sherwood	Sandgate	5.2 (32) - 4.3 (27)	5 points	South Pine Sporting Complex

QFAW Division 2 Grand Finals

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue
2017	Broadbeach	Kedron	5.12 (42) - 3.5 (23)	19 points	Leyshon Park
QFAW Division 2 North
2018	Jindalee	Sandgate	4.12 (36) - 0.2 (2)	34 points	Leyshon Park
2019	Ipswich	Hinterland	6.3 (39) - 2.7 (19)	20 points	Leyshon Park
2020	Noosa	Hinterland	2.7 (19) - 2.4 (16)	3 points	Moreton Bay Oval 1
2021	Noosa	Ipswich	4.4 (28) - 1.4 (10)	18 points	Lemke Road, Sandgate
2022	Noosa	Pine Rivers	11.11 (77) - 4.2 (27)	50 points	Leyshon Park
2023	Noosa	Caloundra	7.5 (47) - 4.1 (25)	22 points	Moreton Bay Regional Sports Park
2024	Jindalee	Caloundra	5.1 (31) - 4.5 (29)	2 points	Moreton Bay Regional Sports Park
QFAW Division 2 South
2018	Morningside	Robina	2.4 (16) - 1.4 (10)	6 points	Leyshon Park
2019	Surfers Paradise	Mount Gravatt	8.7 (55) - 2.3 (15)	40 points	Leyshon Park
2020	Jimboomba	Beenleigh	4.4 (28) - 4.3 (27)	1 point	Bond University Oval
2021	-	Byron Bay Tweed Coast	not played	-	Bond University Oval
2022	Byron Bay	Tweed Coast	5.4 (34) - 0.4 (4)	30 points	Leyshon Park
2023	Tweed Coast	Ballina	7.3 (45) - 2.1 (13)	33 points	Fankhauser Reserve
2024	Burleigh	Robina	9.11 (65) - 2.5 (17)	48 points	Kombumerri Park
QFAW Division 2 Central
2021	Sherwood	Jindalee	8.7 (55) - 3.5 (23)	32 points	Bond University Oval

QFAW Northern Rivers Grand Finals

Season	Premier	Runner-up	Score	Margin	Venue
2017	Lismore	Ballina	1.7 (13) - 1.0 (6)	7 points	Byron Bay Sports Complex
2018	Lismore	Tweed	8.11 (59) - 2.2 (14)	45 points	Byron Bay Sports Complex
2019	Byron	Tweed	2.6 (18) - 2.3 (15)	3 points	Oakes Oval
2020	Ballina	Byron	1.6 (12) - 1.4 (10)	2 points	Barry Shepherd Field

QAFLW Awards

Emma Zielke Medal

The medal is awarded to the best and fairest player in the league, and was named after Brisbane player Emma Zielke in August 2021. ^[2]

Year	Player Name	Club	Ref.
2001	Billy Schloss	Redland
2002	Monica O'Brien	Surfers Paradise
2003	N/A
2004	Marlo Brack	Logan City
2005	Marlo Brack	Logan City
2006	Kara Fabian	Logan City
2007	Sammy Franks	Kedron
2008	Mica Cubis	Kedron
2009	N/A
2010	Jade Pregelj	Logan City	[3]
2011	Jade Pregelj	Logan City	[3]
2012	Tayla Harris	Zillmere	[4]
2013	Kate Lutkins	Yeronga South Brisbane	[5]
2014	Emma Zielke	Coorparoo	[6]
2015	Emma Zielke Jordan Zanchetta	Coorparoo Yeronga South Brisbane	[7] [8]
2016	Leah Kaslar Sam Virgo	Coolangatta Tweed Yeronga South Brisbane	[9]
2017	Kate McCarthy	Yeronga South Brisbane	[10] [11]
2018	Brittany Gibson Tori Groves-Little	Wilston Grange Coorparoo	[12]
2019	Emily Bates	Yeronga South Brisbane	[13]
2020	Belle Dawes Taylor Smith Jordan Zanchetta	Maroochydore Bond University Yeronga South Brisbane	[14]
2021	Shannon Danckert	Bond University	[15]
2022	Selina Priest Lily Postlethwaite	Southport Maroochydore	[16]
2023	Steph O'Brien	Southport	[17]
2024	Steph O'Brien	Southport	[18]

QAFLW Leading Goal Kicker

Year	Player name	Club	Goals	Ref.
2014	Maddie Protheroe	Coorparoo	53	[6]
2015	Hayley Newberry	Yeronga South Brisbane	52	[7]
2016	Jade Ransfield Kalinda Howarth	Yeronga South Brisbane Coolangatta Tweed	38	[9]
2017	Jade Ransfield Maddison Peeters	Yeronga South Brisbane Wilston Grange	39	[10]
2018	Jenae Govan	Coorparoo	34	[19]
2019	Kalinda Howarth	Bond University	29	[13]
2020	Taylor Smith Jamie Stanton	Bond University Coorparoo	15	[14]
2021	Grace Brennan Lexi Edwards	University of Queensland Yeronga South Brisbane	20	[15]
2022	Rachael Vetter	Aspley	25	[16]
2023	Maggie O'Connell Jess Stallard	Southport Aspley	26	[17]
2024	Jess Stallard	Aspley	32	[18]

QAFLW Rising Star

Year	Player Name	Club	Ref.
2013	Tayla Harris	Zillmere	[5]
2014	Maddy Roberts	Coolangatta Tweed	[6]
2015	Marley Beaven	University of Queensland	[7]
2016	Arianna Clarke	Coolangatta Tweed	[9]
2017	Tahlia Randall	Wilston Grange	[10]
2018	Nat Grider	University of Queensland	[20]
2019	Lily Postlethwaite	Maroochydore	[13]
2020	N/A
2021	Abby Hewett	Wilston Grange	[15]
2022	Ava Seton	University of Queensland	[16]
2023	Ava Usher	Bond University	[17]
2024	Dekota Baron	Southport	[18]

See also

• Sports portal
• Australia portal
• Queensland portal

• List of women's Australian rules football leagues

References

1. "QFAW fixtures revealed for 2021 season". AFL Queensland.
2. Whiting, Michael (4 August 2021). "Queensland football's tribute to Zielke, B&F medal named in her honour" . Retrieved 4 August 2021.
3. "Jade wins women's medal – again". AFL Queensland. 22 August 2011.
4. "Three-way tie in NEAFL Grogan Medal". AFL Queensland. 10 September 2012.
5. "Southport's Kiel claims Grogan". AFL Queensland. 9 September 2013.
6. "Davey double at Grogan Medal". AFL Queensland. 15 September 2014.
7. "Grogan Medal Night Wrap". AFL Queensland. 20 September 2015.
8. "WATCH: Zielke and Zanchetta QWAFL B&F". AFL Queensland. 22 September 2015.
9. "Grogan Medal and Awards Wrap". AFL Queensland. 11 September 2016.
10. "Mills and Burge tie for Grogan Medal". AFL Queensland. 17 September 2017.
11. Fielding, Josie (18 September 2017). "Kate McCarthy wins QWAFL's Best and Fairest". Brisbane Lions . Telstra Media.
12. Wingard, Ant (17 September 2018). "Groves-Little becomes youngest ever QWAFL Best and Fairest winner". AFL Queensland.
13. "Bates and Neate claim AFL Queensland top honours". AFL Queensland. 9 September 2019.
14. Black, Sarah (28 September 2020). "Fourth to a flag for Yeronga, Lions dominate awards". AFLW.
15. Sleep, Brooke (12 September 2021). "Big cat Moncrieff dominates the 2021 AFL Queensland State League Awards Night". AFL Queensland.
16. Sleep, Brooke (12 September 2022). "2022 J.A. Grogan and Emma Zielke Medal Awards Night". AFL Queensland.
17. "GROGAN AND ZIELKE AWARDS NIGHT: ALL THE WINNERS". AFL Queensland. 11 September 2023.
18. "Powerhouse Performances Shine at AFL Queensland's Highest Individual Footballing Honours". AFL Queensland. 8 September 2024.
19. Cheadle, Josh (18 September 2018). "Groves-Little claims QWAFL B&F". Gold Coast . Telstra Media.
20. Wingard, Ant (3 October 2018). "AFLW the next chapter in Grider's Collingwood connection". AFL Queensland.

External links

• Official website