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The Reserve, Springfield
Springfield Central Stadium (also known by naming rights sponsorship as Brighton Homes Arena and colloquially as The Reserve) is an Australian rules football venue located in the Ipswich, Queensland suburb of Springfield, approximately 30 km south-west of Brisbane. The facility has been the permanent training and administrative home of professional Australian Football League club the Brisbane Lions since 2022, and plays host to the club's AFL Women's and Victorian Football League home matches, with the inaugural game played at the venue being the AFL Women's season seven Grand Final. History The City of Ipswich has a long association with Australian rules, with some of the earliest matches in the 1860s played there. Ipswich Grammar was the first school in Queensland to adopt football in 1868. The senior Ipswich Football Club (1870-1940s) was the first football club based at the North Ipswich Reserve where interstate Australian rules contests between Queensland and New S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Queensland
Springfield is a suburb in the City of Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. In the Springfield had a population of 6,772 people. Springfield is in proximity of the nearby suburbs Springfield Lakes and Springfield Central. History Springfield was built as part of Greater Springfield, which was Australia's largest master-planned community at the time of its construction. In 2007 a larger master-planned community at nearby Ripley was announced. In the Springfield had a population of 6,772 people. Education Woodcrest State College is a government primary and secondary (Early Childhood-12) school for boys and girls at 38 Nev Smith Drive (). In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 1694 students with 140 teachers (131 full-time equivalent) and 78 non-teaching staff (56 full-time equivalent). It includes a special education program. Springfield Anglican College is a private primary and secondary (Prep-12) school for boys and girls which opened on 1 July 1998. Its primary (Prep- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland Football Association (1880-1890)
The Queensland Football Association (QFA) was the first governing body for football in the Colony of Queensland founded on 30 April 1880. Its role was primarily to facilitate club and representative matches primarily in Australian rules football but also in Rugby union. It was the first governing body for Australian rules football in Queensland (the code was first introduced to the colony in 1866 by the Brisbane Football Club). However it did not govern outright and as per its affiliation to the Victorian Football Association (which had begun with its member clubs in 1877) deferred all decisions on the game to this body as a result, the clubs were known as Victorian Association clubs, and would play under Victorian Association or "Association Football" rules. 900 Queensland Victorian Association footballers were members in 1884. The QFA was the fourth Australian rules football club competition in the colony after the South Australian Football Association, Victorian Football A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex
Moreton Bay Central Sports Complex is a sports field complex in Burpengary, a suburb of the City of Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia primarily for both Australian rules football and soccer. It was built and opened in 2013 and are managed by Caboolture Sports Football Club, Moreton Bay Australian Football Club and AFL Queensland's Northern Brisbane Academy Programs. It is the home ground for Caboolture Sports Football Club, playing within Football Queensland competitions, and also the home ground for Moreton Bay in the Queensland Football Association Northern Conference. It was the primary home ground for the Brisbane Lions AFL Women's team from 2019 until the completion of Springfield Central Stadium in 2022. Soccer Caboolture Sports Football Club are located in the Moreton Bay Cental Sports Complex. This complex was opened in May 2019 and is a new multi-million-dollar purpose-built football fFacility. The clubhouse is surrounded by a synthetic field and two full size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coorparoo, Queensland
Coorparoo is a suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Coorparoo had a population of 16,282 people. Geography Coorparoo is by road south-east of the Brisbane GPO. It borders Camp Hill, Holland Park, Stones Corner, Greenslopes, East Brisbane and Norman Park. Toponymy Coorparoo was chosen as the name of the suburb at a public meeting on 22 March 1875, before which it was known as Four Mile Camp. The name Coorparoo is likely derived from an Aboriginal name for Norman Creek, probably recorded by early surveyors as ''Koolpuroom''. The word is thought to refer to either a place associated with mosquitoes, or a sound made by the 'gentle dove'. The latter explanation appears doubtful though, as 'gentle dove' may mean the spotted dove, which was introduced to the area in 1912, long after the name Coorparoo was adopted. History Aboriginal history The Coorparoo clan, an Aboriginal clan, lived south of the Brisbane River and generally camped along creek ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giffin Park
Giffin Park is a sports venue in Coorparoo, a suburb in Brisbane, Australia. It includes an Australian rules football ground. It was formerly used by the Brisbane Lions as their secondary training venue and is used during the summer due to clashes with the Australian Cricket season. The Lions NEAFL team formerly used it as a home ground. It has been used as a major Queensland Australian Football League venue hosting the majority of the QAFL's premier division Grand Finals in the 21st Century, including 1999-2004, 2009-2010 and 2022. See also * Sport in Queensland Sport is an important part of the culture of the Australian state of Queensland. Golf is the most played organised sport and touch football is the most played team sport. Netball is the most popular female sport, while rugby league is the m ... References Australian rules football grounds Sports venues in Brisbane Brisbane Lions North East Australian Football League grounds Coorparoo, Queenslan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeronga
Yeronga is a southern riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Yeronga had a population of 6,535 people. Geography The suburb is bounded to the west and north by the Brisbane River and to the south-east by Ipswich Road. A total of 16 streets in the Yeronga West area begin with the letter O, including Orvieto Road, Orsova Road and Oriana Crescent, locally known as the 'O zone'. Many of these streets appear to be named after ships and passenger liners owned by the Orient Line, which became part of P&O. They include , , ''Ormuz'' and . Some names were used for two or more ships over time. For example the first was launched in 1911 and sunk by a torpedo in 1917, and the second was launched in 1924 and sunk in the Norwegian campaign in 1940. Four streets in Yeronga (including two forming a circuit) appear to have been named after prominent architects, being Dalton St, Grounds St, Seidler St and Utzon St. There were a series of lagoons ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gabba
The Brisbane Cricket Ground, commonly known as the Gabba, is a major sports stadium in Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, Australia. The nickname Gabba derives from the suburb of Woolloongabba, in which it is located. Over the years, the Gabba has hosted athletics, Australian rules football, baseball, concerts, cricket, cycling, rugby league, rugby union, Association football and pony and greyhound racing. At present, it serves as the home ground for the Queensland Bulls in domestic cricket, the Brisbane Heat of the Big Bash League and Women's Big Bash League, and the Brisbane Lions of the Australian Football League. The Gabba will be the centrepiece of the 2032 Summer Olympics and will be upgraded for the games. Between 1993 and 2005, the Gabba was redeveloped in six stages at a cost of A$128,000,000. The dimensions of the playing field are now (east-west) by (north-south), to accommodate the playing of Australian rules football at elite level. The seating capacity of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Davidson
Dakota Davidson (born 31 December 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Brisbane in the AFL Women's competition (AFLW). Early life Davidson was born in Ipswich, Queensland to a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Gunditjmara) and attended Ipswich Girls' Grammar School throughout her upbringing. She was playing for University of Queensland in the AFL Queensland Women's League when she was drafted by with the 60th pick in the 2019 AFL Women's draft. AFLW career Davidson made her debut in the Lions' round 1 game against at Hickey Park on 8 February 2020. She had her best game for the 2021 AFL Women's season in the Lions' round two 63 point victory over , where she kicked 4 goals. She starred in the Lions' 2021 preliminary final win over Collingwood with a three-goal performance to help her team qualify for the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. Davidson signed on with for two more years on 15 June 2021. Statistics :''Statistics are correct to the end of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Lutkins
Kate Lutkins (born 31 May 1988) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's. She was the "best player on the ground" at the 2021 AFL Women's Grand Final. Early life Lutkins was born in 1988 in Brisbane, Queensland. Her mother is Debbie Bowe. She attended and completed high school at West Moreton Anglican College and Ipswich Girls' Grammar School, in Ipswich, Queensland. Lutkins captained the "undefeated" Yeronga Devils Aussie Rules team. In 2012 she was working as an animal technician for the University of Queensland when she was announced as the captain of the national team to play in October at the Pacific Cup in San Francisco. She was playing for Wilston Grange when she was drafted. AFLW career Lutkins was recruited by with the number 79 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017. At the end of the season, she won the Lions' Most Courageous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Yoshiura
This is a list of every player to have been listed in the Australian Football League or the AFL Women's for the Brisbane Lions in the club's history. Players are listed in order of debut, and the start of their Brisbane Lions career is determined by their year of debut, and the end is determined by the year of their final game playing for the Brisbane Lions. This guideline results in the possibility that players may not have necessarily begun or finished their career on the Brisbane Lions' list within these periods listed. AFL players Other AFL-listed players Listed players yet to make their debut for Brisbane Formerly listed players who never played a senior game for Brisbane 2022 COVID contingency list For the 2022 season, clubs were permitted a supplementary list of 20 state league players, who would be available to play in the AFL if players were unavailable due to the league's health and safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brisbane selected VFL players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Australian Football Club
The Ipswich Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football club located in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia. The club emblem is the Eagle Eagle is the common name for many large birds of prey of the family Accipitridae. Eagles belong to several groups of genera, some of which are closely related. Most of the 68 species of eagle are from Eurasia and Africa. Outside this area, j ... and the club plays in the third Division of the SEQAFL Div 3. The Ipswich Eagles Football Club is not affiliated with the Ipswich Cats Football Club. History Club History Australian Rules Football within Ipswich has an extremely strong heritage and long-standing history. It has been played here over the last hundred years in various grades and by various teams with mixed levels of success. The Ipswich Eagles Australian Football Club (AFC) has been providing an invaluable service to the local community for 55 years now and has undergone some major changes in venue movement, naming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhan Hooper
Rhan Hooper (born 9 January 1988) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played with the Brisbane Lions and Hawthorn Football Club of the Australian Football League. An indigenous Australian with origins are from the Murri people his fast running and hard tackling were notable in the AFL. Picked at number 41 in the 2005 National Draft by Brisbane, Hooper was recruited from Ipswich in Queensland and wore the number 33 Guernsey formerly worn by his idol, indigenous player Darryl White. Classified as a utility player, he had the ability to play many positions around the ground. Averaging over a goal a game he was most notable in the role of defensive forward and "goal sneak", sometimes also playing in the forward pocket or half forward. His pace, defensive and ballwinning abilities also saw him sometimes used on the ball or as a rebound defender. Early life Hooper was born in Charleville to indigenous Australian ( Murri) parents whose ancestry is from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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