2025 AFLQ Schools Cup live stream: Watch the state finals live from Maroochydore

A Gold Coast heavyweight dominated the action on the opening day of the AFLQ Schools Cup state finals in Maroochydore, qualifying for five grand finals. Watch all Friday’s REPLAYS here.

Gold Coast heavyweights Palm Beach Currumbin have punched their ticket to five of Sunday’s six grand finals after dominant opening game victories on Friday afternoon.

In the past two years, the sporting school of excellence have lifted the trophy in all four available age divisions prior to the competition being expanded in 2025.

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The addition of the youth male and female divisions mean PBC will be aiming to continue their junior and senior sweep as well as adding another trophy to their illustrious cabinet in the youth female age group.

PBC’s youth male side were the only team that failed to qualify for the state finals after St Laurence’s claimed a 6.4 (40) to 5.7. (37) victory in September’s semi final.

Despite a six-division sweep out of reach, PBC kept their opposition on notice after their preliminary finals performances included a 104-point win over St Augustine’s in the senior male, 66-points over Trinity Bay in the senior female, 121-points over St Monica’s in the youth female, 106-points over Kirwan in the junior male and 105-points over St Margaret Mary’s in the junior female.

They will meet St Laurence’s (senior male), St Peters Lutheran (senior female), Varsity (youth female), St Laurence’s (junior male) and Helensvale (junior female) who will be looking to put a stop to PBC’s AFLQ Schools Cup dominance.

Varsity and St Laurence’s will battle it out in the youth male grand final.

DAY 1 REPLAYS

OVAL 1

St Laurence’s College vs Iona College (Senior Male)

St Peters Lutheran College vs Helensvale SHS (Senior Female)

St Augustine’s College vs Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Senior Male)

Trinity Bay SHS vs Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Senior Female)

All Saints Anglican School vs Mooloolaba State School (Primary Female)

Please note – This match didn’t go ahead due to the earlier injury on Oval 1 and won’t be rescheduled.

Marymount Primary School vs Villanova College (Primary Male)

Please note – This match didn’t go ahead due to the earlier injury on Oval 1 and won’t be rescheduled.

Tagai State College vs All Saints Anglican School (Primary Female)

Please note – This match was impacted by an injury and technical difficulties.

Banksia Beach State School vs Mango Hill State School (Primary Male)

Siena Catholic Primary School vs St Thomas More Primary (Primary Female)

Woodcrest State College vs St Joseph’s Nudgee College (Primary Male)

Tagai State College vs Camira State School (Primary Female)

OVAL 2

Brisbane South SSC vs Helensvale SHS (Junior Female)

St Margaret Mary’s College vs Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Junior Female)

Camira State School vs Hermit Park State School (Primary Male)

Matthew Flinders Anglican College vs Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School (Primary Male)

Elanora State School vs Buddina State School (Primary Female)

Matthew Flinders Anglican College vs Camira State School (Primary Male)

Siena Catholic Primary School vs All Saints Anglican School (Primary Male)

Matthew Flinders Anglican College vs Banksia Beach State School (Primary Male)

Banksia Beach State School vs St Thomas More Primary (Primary Female)

Emmanuel College vs St Joseph’s Nudgee College (Primary Male)

Siena Catholic Primary School vs Banksia Beach State School (Primary Female)

Emmanuel College vs Mooloolaba State School (Primary Male)

Gordonvale State School vs Westside Christian College (Primary Mixed)

Buddina State School vs Villanova College (Primary Male)

Mango Hill State School vs All Saints Anglican School (Primary Female)

OVAL 3

Varsity College vs Mountain Creek SHS (Youth Female)

Brisbane South SSC vs St Laurence’s College (Youth Male)

St Monica’s College vs Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Youth Female)

Ignatius Park College vs Varsity College (Youth Male)

Camira State School vs Marymount Primary School (Primary Female)

Hermit Park State School vs Siena Catholic Primary School (Primary Male)

Mango Hill State School vs Camira State School (Primary Female)

Hermit Park State School vs Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School (Primary Male)

Buddina State School vs Mango Hill State School (Primary Female)

All Saints Anglican School vs Mooloolaba State School (Primary Male)

Mooloolaba State School vs Buddina State School (Primary Female)

OVAL 4

Helensvale SHS vs St Laurence’s College (Junior Male)

Kirwan SHS vs Palm Beach Currumbin SHS (Junior Male)

All Saints Anglican School vs St Joseph’s Nudgee College (Primary Male)

Lourdes Hill College vs St Thomas More Primary (Primary Female)

Marymount Primary School vs Emmanuel College (Primary Male)

Mooloolaba State School vs St Thomas More Primary (Primary Male)

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School vs Mango Hill State School (Primary Male)

Villanova College vs Mooloolaba State School (Primary Male)

Lourdes Hill College vs Elanora State School (Primary Female)

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School vs Kawungan State School (Primary Male)

Lourdes Hill College vs Woodcrest State College (Primary Female)

St Thomas More Primary vs All Saints Anglican School (Primary Male)

Marymount Primary School vs Mooloolaba State School (Primary Female)

Marymount Primary School vs St Thomas More Primary (Primary Male)

St Thomas More Primary vs Marymount Primary School (Primary Female)

OVAL 5

Banksia Beach State School vs Kawungan State School (Primary Male)

Westside Christian College vs Glenvale State School (Primary Mixed)

Marymount Primary School vs Tagai State College (Primary Female)

Woodcrest State College vs Banksia Beach State School (Primary Female)

Buddina State School vs Kawungan State School (Primary Male)

Emmanuel College vs Buddina State School (Primary Male)

Glenvale State School vs Gordonvale State School (Primary Mixed)

St Thomas More Primary vs Buddina State School (Primary Male)

Banksia Beach State School vs Westside Christian College (Primary Mixed)

Siena Catholic Primary School vs Camira State School (Primary Male)

Woodcrest State College vs Elanora State School (Primary Female)

Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar School vs Banksia Beach State School (Primary Male)

PREVIEW

The 2025 AFLQ Schools Cup finals are set to be an Aussie rules extravaganza with 62 teams taking to the field across three huge days of action.

A record number 856 teams and more than 17,000 students have taken part in this year's overall competition with the remaining top sides battling it out for silverware at the Maroochydore Multisports Complex on the Sunshine Coast from October 17-19.

Schools stretched from Cape York to the Gold Coast and everywhere in between will compete across seven divisions, with every match exclusively live streamed on Kommunity TV through the Courier Mail and Gold Coast Bulletin mastheads.

Games from Ovals 1-5 will be streamed live on both Friday and Saturday with Ovals 1-4 streamed on Sunday.

Local team Mountain Creek State High School will be flying the flag for the Sunshine Coast in the youth female division with a tough preliminary finals matchup against Varsity College.

“The girls are really looking forward to getting out there,” Mountain Creek SHS head coach Mimi Hogan said.

“It’s a great testament to the effort and commitment they’ve put in over the past four seasons, they’ve really come together as a group and play a great brand of attacking footy.

Mountain Creek SHS players Olivia Matthews, Freya McIntosh, Lucy Vanthoff, Eleanor Podsiadly and Jovie Telford. Picture: Patrick Woods

“It will be very special to play at home in front of family and friends, majority of our girls play club footy at Maroochydore so it’s cool they’ve been able to progress this far.”

Heavyweights Palm Beach Currumbin will play Cairns-based St Monica’s College in the other preliminary matchup with the winners to progress to Sunday’s grand final and the losers to battle it out in a third place playoff.

“We know Varsity will be a very tough side that play very contested so it will be a close contest right to the end,” Mountain Creek SHS captain Freya McIntosh said.

Palm Beach Currumbin SHS will be leading favourites in all four senior divisions. Picture: Glenn Campbell

“Our team has been building for the last few years but we’re always having fun out on the field which we feel our results have shown so far.”s

Gold Coast sporting behemoth Palm Beach Currumbin will be looking to defend all four secondary titles once again while Marymount (primary girls) and Villanova (primary boys) were the respective champions 12 months ago.