AFL Lions Future Stars Carnival a Success The AFL Lions Future Stars program came to an end for 2008 last Friday night with the South East Queensland Carnival played at ‘Giffin Park’ in Coorparoo with some outstanding football played under lights. more -->

AFL Lions Academy Boys do well at State Athletics A number of past and present AFL Lions Academy squad members performed well at the QLD State Secondary School Athletics titles held in early October. more -->

2008-2009 Summer Development Program Information With the introduction of a new and exciting partner GC17 in the AFL Queensland Talent program, the adjusted summer training structure will add another tier of advanced training for players aspiring to play State u18 for the Queensland Scorpions and/or represent the GC17 in the Victorian based TAC Cup competition in season 2009. more -->

Rookie Search Day a Success! Over 50 boys aged 14 – 18 yrs age attended “Giffin Park” on Monday 20th October to be put through their paces and find out more about AFL pathways as part AFL Queensland’s ‘Athlete Rookie Search’ program. more -->

Daniel Cross (Western Bulldogs) Article Matthew Boyd knows Daniel Cross well. A little too well. They are very close mates and in fact Boyd will be one of Cross' groomsmen when he marries next month. Yet Cross drives Boyd mad. more -->

Michael Voss Scholarship Boys Fulfill Dreams 2008 Michael Voss Scholarship holders Nicky Price and Zac Smith have fulfilled their dreasm of playing with an AFL club after signing with the new Gold COast Football Club headed up by coach Guy McKenna. more -->

Two Queenslanders Make AIS-AFL Squad After playing in the Queensland Scorpions State Under 16 team at the NAB AFL National Under 16 Championships, Lewis Moss and Rex Liddy have been selected in the AIS-AFL squad of 30 players. more -->

Kicking – the skill that draft camp forgot LAST WEEK, I spent three days at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra watching and meeting the best young players in the country as part of the NAB AFL Draft Camp.

I’m a big fan of the draft camp concept. I think it provides the recruiters and coaches with a wonderful opportunity to spend time with the young men they’re considering bringing into their club and to study different aspects of their individual games closely. more -->

Recruiting Article by Robert Walls Club Scouts on the Prowl for Rare, Prized Specimen - A friend of mine recently started doing some part-time work recruiting for an AFL club. He asked what were the qualities you should look out for. They are many and varied in a continually changing game, and it's a rare player that possesses them all, but for starters, kicking skills are a must. more -->