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Mitch Bourke is a sports reporter covering Melbourne’s south-east after stints at the Mackay Daily Mercury and Gold Coast Bulletin.

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Lachlan Ferguson as Palm Beach Currumbin have four teams in the AFLQ Schools Cup semi finals for juniors and seniors grades.Picture: Glenn Campbell

Replays: AFL Queensland Schools Cup, SEQ semi-finals

Did Palm Beach Currumbin continue their dominance of the AFL Queensland Schools Cup, or is it time for one of their rivals to shine? Watch replays of all 12 finals from the SEQ semi-finals.

Local Sport

Action from the Under 13 grand final between the Samford Stags and the Valley Diehards at Brighton. Picture Lachie Millard

Inside restricted weight plans for junior rugby league

Innovative weight-for-age rugby league gala days are set to be trialled for teams from central Queensland down to northern NSW. Discover how it affects your club and its expansion plans here.

Local sport

Opposition front rowers Cooper Clarke (Caloundra SHS) and Elijah Keung (Mabel Park) after their Langer Trophy clash. The pair are the Queensland Schoolboys starting front-rowers. Picture: Andrew Dawson

Langer Trophy Team of the Season – and where they are headed in the NRL

Langer Trophy Team of the Season has been revealed here. See if your NRL club has picked up the top talent from this year’s elite schoolboy league competition.

Local Sport

The players set to decide the QAFLW reserves grand final

Just one point split these sides a fortnight ago, so which players are set to stand tall with a QAFLW reserves premiership on the line. Find out here.

Local Sport

Runaway BayÃs Zane Lothian in the A-grade fixture between Runaway Bay and Tugun at the Kevin Bycroft fields.Picture: Glenn Campbell

RLGC report cards: Every side’s season graded

With the home and away season in the books, we run the rule over every Rugby League Gold Coast A-Grade side leading into finals and reveal their best players and most improved.

Local sport

Keebra Park SHS prop Lennox and fullback Israel.

Boom boys named: Schoolboy Walters Cup Team of the Season

The schoolboy Walters Cup Team of the Season features an overflowing bucket of rugby league boom boys – and a host of next generation NRL players. FULL SQUAD

Local Sport

Southport captain Rianna Schipp and Bond Univeristy captain Courtney Sexton ahead of the 2024 QAFLW grand final. Picture: Cavan Flynn Bond Uni.

The match-ups set to decide the QAFLW grand final

Read the biggest threats Southport and Bond University will each face, the key match-ups, the final message each coach will deliver to their troops and more in our QAFLW grand final preview.400-1: Leading QAFL stars ranked for the 2024 season

Sunshine Coast

QAFL top players of 2024. Picture: Highflyer Images, Brooke Sleep Media and Craig Slaney Sports Photography.

400-1: Leading QAFL stars ranked for the 2024 season

The 2024 QAFL regular season has come to a close as we uncover the rankings for every leading performer this season. View every stat column to see who led the charge and where you rank.

Live Stream

Mabel Park are the Langer Reserves champs.

REPLAY: Marsden magic lifts Mabel Park to miracle victory

Mabel Park completed a stirring recovery from 12 points down to beat a stunned Ipswich with the last play of the game in a tense Langer Reserves grand final. Catch up on the REPLAY.

Live Stream

Keebra Park SHS celebrated the Walters Cup premiership.

REPLAY: Keebra late-show settles absorbing Walters Cup decider

Two tries in the final four minutes from their electric backline has propelled Keebra Park over a heartbroken Marsden to the prestigious Y10 title. Catch up on the REPLAY.

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