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2021 QAFL
GRAND FINALS
Photo: Brooke Sleep Photography
SATURDAY 18 SEPTEMBER - 2021
FANKHAUSER RESERVE - SOUTHPORT
2:30PM SENIORS BROADBEACH CATS V MAROOCHYDORE ROOS
11:45AM RESERVES MORNINGSIDE PANTHERS V LABRADOR TIGERS
9:30AM COLTS LABRADOR TIGERS V BROADBEACH CATS
ALL THREE GRADES LIVE STREAMED: WWW.AFLQ.COM.AU/QAFL-LIVE
WELCOME MESSAGE
HEAD OF AFL QUEENSLAND
On behalf of AFL Queensland, I extend my thanks A special mention to the work undertaken by our
to everyone involved in State League football in AFL Queensland Community Football team, under
Queensland for a fantastic 2021 season. the leadership of Barry Gibson and Matt
Bialkowski, for putting on the 2021 QAFL season.
The standard and profile of the QAFL
competitions continues to rise year on year and in I’d also like to acknowledge the unheralded
season 2021 we’ve got a lot to celebrate; contribution of our umpires. Their tireless efforts
The inclusion of two new clubs into the QAFL; are critical to the running of competitions, and we
Redland-Victoria Point Sharks and the Noosa are very appreciative of their support and
Tigers, commitment to community footy.
A partnership with NITV to showcase our Congratulations to those officiating today on their
competitions to a national audience, while appointments.
also showcasing our Indigenous talents,
Some fantastic themed rounds, Last Sunday we held our AFL Queensland State
And importantly, we’re completing the QAFL
League Awards night, and I extend my
season and awarding Premierships today.
congratulations to the three players named the
Best and Fairest players in their respective QAFL
Through the committed efforts of everyone
competitions;
involved, our great game continues to go from
Broadbeach’s Jordan Moncrieff - 76th J. A
strength to strength with record participation
Grogan Medal, as well the league Leading
achieved this year.
Goal Kicker and QAFL Team of the Year and
John Wren Trophy recipient,
We saw an 11% growth in community football
registrations compared to 2019 – which is a Morningside’s Teejay Halkias – Bill Clerke
fantastic achievement.The future of football in the Medal (Reserves)
Sunshine State is bright in large part because of Maroochydore’s Tom Cuthbert – Clem Ryan
so many great people, great clubs and great and Keith Wallis Medal (Colts)
communities who love football and contribute to
its success. I also congratulate Jonathan Croad from Palm
Beach Currumbin who took home the Syd
Similar to last year, this season presented its Guildford Trophy for the QAFL MVP as voted by
COVID challenges, but again the resilience of the QAFL Senior Coaches, and Cooper Anderson
clubs and everyone involved prevailed and we from the Labrador Tigers who was named the
find ourselves in the incredibly fortunate position 2021 QAFL Rising Star.
of playing grand finals today. I would like to
sincerely thank the many dedicated volunteers Best of luck to all of our Grand Finalists today!
and administrators at our QAFL clubs for their
hardwork this year.
Trisha Squires
Head of AFL Queensland
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 1
UMPIRE
APPOINTMENTS
COLTS FIELD BOUNDARY GOAL
UMPIRES Josh Weekley (8) Belinda Maher Tim Parson
Kye Pendlebury (16) Grace Wilkin Elize Mwandu
Max David (38)
RESERVES FIELD BOUNDARY GOAL
UMPIRES Matt Bellina (17) Ronin Mahony Caleb Fidge
Henry Harris (37) Connor Schoch Darcie Rahbein
Jono Angus (44) Luke Spanner
Emergency:
Justin Lillecrapp (3)
SENIORS FIELD BOUNDARY GOAL
UMPIRES Andrew Beecroft (14) Cooper Beaton Kane Miller
Sam Somerville (42) Jacob Hudson Tom Sullivan
Timm O'Shea (19) Andrew Reddie Third Scorer:
Emergency: Tristan Symes
Ollie Pye (5)
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 2
MATCH PREVIEW
2021 QAFL COLTS
GRAND FINAL
LABRADOR TIGERS V BROADBEACH CATS The Cats have had a very solid season and have
September 18, 9:00am shown through their efforts across each quarter.
They have split their halves, winning 18 quarters in
each and has worked very hard defensively across
Labrador has been the best team in the Colts competition
the year to win games and doing what is needed to
all season and it is of no surprise that they have made the
keep the scoreboard active and stay in front.
Grand Final considering their near flawless performance
since the opening bounce of the season.
Broadbeach has kicked 130 goals across the season;
63 in the first half and 67 in the second. They average
The Tigers have not been defeated in their 16 matches and
just under 9 goals per game but their defensive game
for the most part, it didn’t look likely. This group of players
has seen teams struggle to kick winning totals against
is the foundation for the strength of this club, and
them.
regardless of the result at Southport, the future is in good
hands.
There is a redemption story unfolding with
Broadbeach eager to re-write the mishap of the
This young team of Tigers continue to showcase that it is
Grand Final loss last year and its run through the
the best group of players in any team across the QAFL. It
finals this season has been nothing short of
has won a staggering 50 quarters which is the most by any
statement-making.
team across Colts, Reserves and Seniors.
On one hand you have a team that hasn’t lost a game
What is more astounding is that it has won 25 quarters in
this season, and another that is clawing its way back
the first half and 25 in the second.
to the top of the mountain and eager to finish the job
that it didn’t do in 2020.
Labrador has been a better attacking team in the first half
in 2021, kicking 104 goals in the first half, about 6.5 goals a
There is some good feeling about this because either
half, and 93 in the second half. They average just a tick over
way, a great story will be told; one that hypes up the
12 goals per game which is quite remarkable for this group
perfect season for the Tigers, the other; a
of players at this level.
redemption tale completed by Broadbeach.
Broadbeach is one of two teams in the competition that
Labrador hasn’t done anything wrong this season,
has leaped from sixth into a Grand Final and that in itself is
and often with teams that have produced a body of
a remarkable achievement considering the circumstances
work across the season like they have come unstuck
of the restricted season.
at the final hurdle; but not this team, it will make a
strong case to go the journey and win the title.
It is not surprising that this team has continued its
sustained success this season after going down in the
worst of circumstances in the premiership decider last year
2021 match-ups:
(50 point turn around in the final quarter to PBC) and to
have the opportunity to turn it around again thanks to a
Round 2 – Labrador 14.10.94 defeated Broadbeach
flawless run through the finals is just the momentum they
7.3.45
need.
Round 12 – Labrador 10.10.70 defeated Broadbeach
4.5.29
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LABRADOR BROADBEACH
# NAME G B # NAME G B
1 JACK KIMPTON 1 HAMILTON HOWARD
2 CAMPBELL CAMPBELL 2 JAKE ROGERS
3 RILEY MATONS 3 JONAH SEMMLER
4 JED RIDDLE 4 KOBE CUMMING
5 ALEX FYFE KYE REYNOLDSON
5
8 LOUIS PAIN DANIEL LEQUESNE
6
9 JAKE GOOCH KALEB BAINES
8
10 JOSHUA YOUNG
9 JACK BOWEN
11 LOCHIE HOWELL
10 NICK TYSON
12 HARRY SULLIVAN
11 HARRISON TONKS
13 KYLE MCNAMARA
12 NASH CROW
15 SAMUEL MERCER
JORDAN HOWARD 13 CONNOR MUNRO
19
20 RYAN HOSKING 15 EZEKIEL STORTENBEKER
23 RYAN KING 16 COOPER PARKES
24 LACHLAN SHEPPARD 17 COOPER JENKINS
27 NATHAN WRIGHT 19 JAXON DENNY
29 LEVI FYFE 20 TAINE DAWSON
30 BAILEY BROWN 21 JARED ECKERSLEY
31 FLETCHER PEARCE 23 ADEN CONLAN
32 KY NICHOLLS 24 CONNAR ROBSON
34 ETHAN WHITE 25 NOAH DUNSTONE
35 LEONARD TRUEMAN 26 NOAH COTTRELL
44 OAKLEY WALLACE 27 CHARLIE BEECH
46 THOMAS MILDE 30 WILSON PARTRIDGE
61 NOAH O'BRIEN SAMUEL ROSE
33
COACH COACH
NICK MATT
JACKSON DWYER
Photo: Brooke Sleep Photography
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 4
LABRADOR COLTS CO-CAPTAINS:
LOUIS PAIN #8 & KYLE MCNAMARA #13
Photo: Cheers Photography
BROADBEACH COLTS CAPTAIN:
HARRY TONKS #11
Photo: Brooke Sleep Photography
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 5
MATCH PREVIEW
2021 QAFL RESERVES
GRAND FINAL
MORNINGSIDE PANTHERS V LABRADOR The Tigers remain the strongest team in the first half
TIGERS across the year, kicking 102 goals and winning 23
quarters (not including the match with Sherwood).
September 18, 11:45am
They also won 21 quarters in the second half, kicking
73 goals across the season in that time for a total of
Fans had to wait until the second week of the finals before
175 goals overall.
the top two heavyweights of the competition went toe-to-
toe and it delivered beyond the wildest expectations with
They have an 8-1 record against the top six teams
Morningside saluting victory with a point after the siren;
with the only blemish coming at the hands of
and on foreign soil.
Morningside two weeks ago. They also have an
average winning margin of 61-points against teams
Labrador had failed to drop a game during the home and
out of the top six, showing their true ruthlessness
away season after a simply flawless year across all of their
and overall confidence.
matches. There has been a strong, united front at the club
right across the year and it is of no surprise that all three
The key to conquering the Tigers is to be the best
teams made it to at least the Preliminary Final stage of the
team in the first half. Statistically, Labrador is the best
competition.
first half team in the competition and Morningside
negated that in the semi finals by taking the lead at
Morningside continue to impress with their consistency
half time (with 8.0) and hold on for the finest of wins
and talented crop of players, many of whom have been
to make the Grand Final. They must be able to
squeezed out of the Senior team and ultimately added
replicated that again on the grandest stage of them
more strength to this Reserves line-up.
all.
The Panthers have been clearly the second best team
When you have two quality teams competing on the
across the competition right through the year and arguably
big stage like these two, and the only meeting
proved to be the best team when they won the semi-final
between the pair was a thrilling one-point result, you
clash against the Tigers.
could only hope that the second meeting would be
quite similar and we’d see yet another thriller.
The Panthers haven’t needed to be a high-scoring team
Labrador has a lot more depth at its disposal and
this year due to its strong defense, but they had kicked 100
that could be the spark to seal a famous Grand Final
points or more on two occasions.
win by less than two goals.
Their record against the top six is impressive with a 5-2 win
2021 match-ups:
to loss ration. They have an average winning margin of 25
points (124 in total) and average losing margin of just five
Semi Finals:
points; going down to Broadbeach and Palm Beach
Morningside 10.4.64 defeated Labrador 9.9.63
Currumbin by a kick or less.
Morningside tasted victory seven times against teams out
of the top six with an average winning margin of 46-points,
or 323-points overall.
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MORNINGSIDE LABRADOR
# NAME G B # NAME G B
4 Harrrison Baxter 1 Matthew Watmuff
6 Samuel Copland 8 Bill Hicks
12 Benjamin Murray 10 Blair Rubock
14 Jake Chapman 11 Nick Jackson
17 Edward Mallan 12 Bailey Reeves
21 Teejay Halkias 13 Luke Coombes
26 Louis McCormick 19 Thomas Hofert
29 James Johnson 20 Rhys Coombe
30 Presten Cockatoo-Collins 22 Joshua Deacon (E)
32 Joshua Hammond 23 Benjamin Gibbeson
35 Dylan D'Roza 24 Joshua Connolly
36 Cameron Macqueen 26 Jackson Brumley (E)
37 Kai Purslow 30 Shaydan Close
38 Jordan Brown 31 Shaun King (E)
39 Wilson Barry 32 Riley Johnson
40 O'Neill Moncrieff 35 James Smith
42 Ethan Edwards 38 Patrick Turner
44 Lachlan McClare (E) 41 Mackenzie Riddle
45 Sean Massey 43 Billy Evers
46 Alexander Nelson 45 Mathew Freeman
47 Alec Stibbard (E) 46 Nicholas Anderson
51 Scott Munro 47 Shaye Walsh
52 Steven Bhungard (E) 54 Kurt McMahon
53 Callum Langborne (E) 55 Clarence Baird
57 Ryan Cole 56 Tyler Brown
60 William Wolbers 57 Joel Baxter (E)
COACH COACH
ADRIAN BYRON
MCCORMICK DONNELLON
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 7
MORNINGSIDE RESERVES CO-CAPTAINS:
HARRY BAXTER #4 & JORDAN BROWN #38
LABRADOR RESERVES CAPTAIN:
BILLY HICKS #8
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 8
MATCH PREVIEW
2021 QAFL SENIORS
GRAND FINAL
BROADBEACH CATS v MAROOCHYDORE The winner will celebrate its first QAFL Senior
ROOS premiership, and it would be cliche to say that the
winners’ of the day will be the fans, and it’s true.
September18, 2:30pm
If Broadbeach hold a four-goal lead heading into the
This match between Broadbeach and Maroochydore is final quarter, it is absolutely necessary that it kicks
historical in many ways starting with each team in its the first and second goals shortly after the
pursuit of its first-ever Senior QAFL men’s premiership. resumption.
Broadbeach has played off in two of the last three Grand Maroochydore is like the Kyle Chalmers of the 100
Finals, going down on both occasions. Its history has been metre freestyle; the greater the deficit, the better it
long and decorated, but at the same time, starved of rises to the challenge, but there has to be some point
Senior premiership success since it first joined the where the lead is too great to peg back.
competition in 1997.
Broadbeach has been here twice in the past three
After a three year stint in the NEAFL from 2011-13, the Cats seasons. Maroochydore is only into its second
returned to the QAFL and have been a power-house team season at QAFL level.
ever since, with that famous piece of men’s silverware the
only prize missing from its trophy cabinet. The fact remains is that Broadbeach has been a
dominant team across the season for longer, and
They do have the honour of winning the last-ever Gold Maroochydore has had to play its absolute best three
Coast Football League premiership in 1996 but they would times to rise from sixth, into a Grand Final.
trade it in for a QAFL flag in a heart-beat, and to cap off the
celebrations of the Club's 50th year playing our great It’s going to be a tough ask, and if they don’t taste
game. victory here, they will return to the big stage in 2022.
Maroochydore joined the QAFL for the first time in 2020 Broadbeach on the other hand, it’s time is now.
after a succesful reign of dominance in the QFA Division 1
competition. Its entry into the QAFL in a COVID interrupted 2021 match-ups:
2020 also paved the way for Noosa to become the next
addition to the QAFL competition from the Sunshine Coast. NIL
The pair would unite in numerous battles across the 2021
system and continue their rich history against each other in
the QFA.
Not only is this the first meeting for the season between
the Cats and the Roos, but this is only just the second
meeting between the pair in the QAFL.
The pair first met on Saturday August 22 where a
rampaging Broadbeach team proved too strong for the
new kids on the block Maroochydore, winning by 94-points
(17.18-120 to 4.2-26) to set up its run to the Grand Final.
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 9BROADBEACH MAROOCHYDORE
# NAME G B # NAME G B
1 Brandon Chadwick 2 Jake Warren
3 Harrison Arnold 3 Joshua Filo
4 Blake Erickson 4 Jarryd Hill
5 Jackson Fisher 7 Lachlan Robinson
6 Jordan Moncrieff 8 Jordan Daniel
7 Cody Harrington 9 Jackson Bury
9 Liam Nelson 10 Mitchell Scholard
10 Ryan Gilmore 11 Brodi Finn (E)
11 Samuel Weddell (E) 12 Joshua Govan
12 Joshua Searl 13 Thomas Holt (E)
13 Bradley Lowe 14 Michael Steven
14 Jacob Welsh 15 Jacob Simpson
16 Darcy Irwin (E) 17 Gregory Stirton
18 Max Lower 22 Alexander Jacobs
19 Michael Selsby 23 Sam McLachlan
20 Nicholas Burton 26 Jonathan Giles
22 Jack O'Shea (E) 27 Lochie Laing
23 Ryan Pickering 28 Lachlan O'Toole (E)
24 Lucas Jellyman-Turner 30 Daniel Fleming
25 Tyrone Armitage 31 Benjamin Thomas (E)
36 James Gledhill 34 Zac Stone
37 Sam Jasper 35 Liam Jacka
53 Riley Winter 41 Ben Kethro
55 Alexander Moloney 45 Brent Pearson
56 Finn Brown (E) 52 Daniel Lanthois
57 Brayden Taylor 59 Jack Whaley
COACH COACH
CRAIG ANDREW
O'BRIEN CADZOW
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 10BROADBEACH CAPTAIN:
JOSH SEARL #12
PHOTO: BROOKE SLEEP PHOTOGRAPHY
MAROOCHYDORE CAPTAIN:
JOSH GOVAN #12
PHOTO: TRACEY JONES
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 11QAFL AWARDS
2021 BEST AND FAIREST AWARDS
J.A. GROGAN MEDAL & JOHN WREN TROPHY -
SENIORS
JORDAN MONCRIEFF - BROADBEACH CATS
BILL HARDY MEDAL - RESERVES
TEEJAY HALKIAS - MORNINGSIDE PANTHERS
CLEM RYAN & KEITH WALLIS MEDAL - COLTS
TOM CUTHBERT - MAROOCHYDORE ROOS
2021 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER
SYD GUILDFORD TROPHY - SENIORS
JONATHAN CROAD - PALM BEACH CURRUMBIN
QAFL GRAND FINALS | 12QAFL AWARDS
2021 RISING STAR AWARD
RISING STAR AWARD - SENIORS
COOPER ANDERSON - LABRADOR
2021 GOAL & MARK OF THE YEAR
GOAL OF THE YEAR - SENIORS
JACK PRESTEGAR - SURFERS PARADISE
MARK OF THE YEAR - SENIORS
JACK PRESTEGAR - SURFERS PARADISE
2021 LEADING GOAL KICKERS
RAY HUGHSON MEDAL - SENIORS
JORDAN MONCRIEFF - BROADBEACH CATS (55 GOALS)
QAFL RESERVES
CAMERON POHORAMA - SURFERS PARADISE (36 GOALS)
QAFL COLTS
KY NICHOLLS - LABRADOR (38 GOALS)
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