The 2024 AFL Queensland season was the 159th season of Australian rules football in Queensland. Nine senior leagues – all governed by AFL Queensland (AFLQ) – held competitions, with the highest-level being the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) and the QAFL Women's (QAFLW).
Most AFLQ leagues operated with a single senior division (one for men and one for women), consisting of a home-and-away season and a finals series, along with lower-grade reserves and junior competitions. Only one competition, the Queensland Football Association (QFA), used a promotion and relegation system.
QAFL
won the QAFL premiership for the 11th time, defeating by five points in the 2024 QAFL Grand Final.
won the QAFLW premiership for the first time, defeating by 35 points in the 2024 QAFLW Grand Final at People First Stadium.
Cairns
The 2024 AFL Cairns season was the 69th season of the AFL Cairns (AFLC) men's competition and the 15th season of the women's competition.
South Cairns won the men's premiership for the tenth time, defeating North Cairns by 32 points in the grand final. It was the club's first premiership since 2003.
The women's premiership was won by Cairns City for the first time.
Men's Finals
Women's Finals
Capricornia
The 2024 AFL Capricornia season was the 56th season of the AFL Capricornia (AFLC) men's competition and the 15th season of the women's competition.
Yeppoon won the men's premiership, while Rockhampton won the women's premiership.
The existing pre-finals bye for the AFL Capricornia youth competitions was removed, with the junior grand finals played one week before the senior grand finals.
Men's Finals
Women's Finals
Darling Downs
The 2024 AFL Darling Downs season was the 54th season of the AFL Darling Downs (AFLDD) men's competition and the 12th season of the women's competition.
Men's Finals
Women's Finals
Mackay
The 2024 AFL Mackay season was the 55th season of the AFL Mackay (AFLM) men's competition and the latest season of the women's competition.
Following the introduction of Gather Round in the AFL for the 2023 season, round 1 of the AFL Mackay season saw eight games across three competitions (men's senior, men's reserves and women's) played at Harrup Park.
Men's Finals
Women's Finals
Mount Isa
The 2024 AFL Mount Isa season was the 58th season of the AFL Mount Isa (AFLMI) competition.
The premiership was won by the Mount Isa Buffaloes after defeating the Mount Isa Tigers by 12 points in the grand final. Scores were tied at the final siren, and as the extra time rules were unclear, a coin toss was conducted – the Tigers wanted two five-minute terms, while the Buffaloes wanted two ten-minute terms. The Buffaloes won the coin toss, and ultimately won the match at the end of extra time.
Although AFLMI had hoped to start an official women's league in 2024, no such competition took place. Instead, informal women's matches took place throughout the year, with teams selected on the day. One of these matches was played as a curtain raiser to the grand final.
Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Mount Isa Buffaloes (P) 13 9 3 1 0 1120 479 233.8 48 Qualifying final 2 Lake Nash 13 7 0 5 1 816 1002 81.4 30 3 Mount Isa Tigers 13 3 1 8 1 609 809 75.3 18 Elimination final 4 Dajarra Rhinos 13 1 1 11 0 467 722 64.7 8
Finals
Townsville
The 2024 AFL Townsville season was the 70th season of the AFL Townsville (AFLT) men's competition and the 10th season of the women's competition.
The Thuringowa Bulldogs won the men's premiership for the 14th time, while Hermit Park won the women's premiership for the fifth time and the second year in a row.
In round 9 of the men's season, the Northern Beaches Suns had a 299-point loss to the Thuringowa Bulldogs, failing to score for the entire match. 47.17 (299) and 0.0 (0) were the highest and lowest scores in the competition (and in senior AFLQ competitions) respectively for the 2024 season, and it was the biggest loss in the Suns' history. Following the loss, Ross Henningsen resigned as senior coach and was replaced by Gary Kelly.
Men's Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Thuringowa Bulldogs (P) 16 15 1 0 1667 420 396.9 60 Finals series 2 Curra Swans 16 11 5 0 1207 815 148.1 44 3 Hermit Park 16 9 7 0 1102 692 159.3 36 4 University Hawks 16 5 11 0 855 939 91.1 20 5 Northern Beaches Suns 16 0 16 0 210 2175 9.7 0
Finals
Women's Ladder + Team Qualification 1 Hermit Park (P) 16 13 3 0 812 207 392.3 52 Finals series 2 Curra Swans 16 12 4 0 566 296 191.2 48 3 Thuringowa Bulldogs 16 6 10 0 253 730 34.7 24 4 University Hawks 16 4 12 0 241 414 58.2 16 5 Northern Beaches Suns 16 5 11 0 214 339 48.8 16
Finals
Wide Bay
The 2024 AFL Wide Bay season was the 36th season of the AFL Wide Bay (AFLWB) men's competition and the seventh season of the women's competition.
Men's Finals
Women's Finals
Schools Cup
The 2024 AFLQ Schools Cup was the ninth season of the AFL Queensland Schools Cup, a knockout tournament contested by schools across Queensland and the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales. It included three age-based divisions – primary (grades 4–6), junior (grades 7–9) and senior (grades 10–12) – for both male and female players. A record 745 teams and 16,269 players participated.
For a second straight year, Palm Beach Currumbin State High School won all four secondary school titles, while St Vincent's Primary School and Marymount Primary School claimed the primary male and female titles respectively. All four players named best-on-ground in the secondary school grand finals were members of the Gold Coast Suns Academy.
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