World number one junior Emerson Jones made her Far North debut on Wednesday, but for the 16-year old with a bright future, it was an acknowledgment of the past shared with her older brother that was at the forefront of her performance.
Australia’s number one ranked junior female tennis star has gone down in a gutsy effort at the Cairns Tennis International on Thursday morning. READ ABOUT THE DAY 5 ACTION HERE.
Vote now: Discover the top schoolboys rugby league players in Queensland and pick your ultimate team of the year from the NRL’s elite Year 10 and senior competitions. Cast your vote here.
Juniors from across the country went head-to-head at the Premier Invitational. See all the pictures from Saturday’s U10-U12s. Gallery 5 of 5:
Queensland’s basketball stars of tomorrow faced off at the under-12 state titles with teams from across the Sunshine State battling it out for glory over the school holidays. Meet the players who stood out from the action-packed championships here.
Juniors from across the country went head-to-head at the Premier Invitational. See all the pictures from Saturday’s U10s. Gallery 1 of 5:
The craze has reached Gold Coast shores! National honours are up for grabs when the Australian Pickleball Championships get underway in Carrara October 2-7, with an Aussie Olympian getting behind the action. Find out what he has to say about this new adventure:
Australia’s largest football tournament, the Premier Invitational, is one week into competition at Glennon Park with 10 age groups done and dusted for 2024. Check out the gallery from day 7, featuring teams from the under-14 and under-15 Boys divisions. 40+ pics inside:
Rugby rookies: Here is an insight into the Queensland Reds Under-16s players primed to contest the Super Rugby Pacific title. Meet all 30 here.
They are our future Super Rugby Pacific players and exciting rugby rookies who set club land alight this season. Meet the try-scoring maestros of Colts 1 club rugby and pick who scored the Try of the Year. VOTE NOW
Where are they now: Ahead of the Super Rugby Under-19s tournament, check out how the Queensland Reds’ young gun classes of 2022 and 2023 are progressing.
These two names may not be common with the Aussie sporting vernacular, but they should be. The story of Australia’s wakeboarding world champions who are ‘living the dream’.
The stunning success of the Bond University Bull Sharks swim squad in 2024 has extended beyond its athletes, with the club’s head coach walking away from Swimming Australia’s annual awards night with two major gongs. Full story inside:
GPS First V basketball picture gallery: Check out more than 100 photos from the season featuring Churchie, Nudgee College, Brisbane State High, Brisbane Boys’ College, The Southport School and Toowoomba Grammar.
One of Queensland’s elite rugby league competitions is set for a massive overhaul to bring it in line with its national counterpart. Find out how the QRL BMD Premiership will change here.
Taverners Qld Boys: The elite Under-17 cricket competition continued to unearth next-up stars and here the top performers are uncovered. Catch up on round three.
Australia’s largest football tournament is just two sleeps away, with 500 teams and over 7500 players and coaches gearing up for the nine-day-long Premier Invitational. Meet the players you must see in action, the X-factors and born leaders:
The Brisbane North Cougars claimed a momentous double at this year’s Nissan State Titles, taking home gold in the Under-16 and Under-18 divisions. They now join the Carina Leagues Club Tigers as the only franchises to win both age groups in the same year. Relive the action with our mega gallery of over 100 snaps.
The usual suspects were on display at Nissan State Titles, showing Queensland selectors why they’re the best in the biz. But with so many new faces eyeing a maroon dress, who really stood out? Full list inside:
Taverners Qld Boys: The top Under-17 cricket talents stood out on Sunday with six wicket hauls abound. Catch up on who starred in round two here with the top performers uncovered.
The talent pool of netball in Queensland is ever growing, and if the recent Under-12s School Sport Nationals are anything to go by, there’s no slowing down. Meet the squads and hear how they brought home gold and bronze:
GPS First XV rugby: The Team of the Season has been revealed following a stunning season won by three-peat premiers Nudgee College. See who made it from your school here.
A veteran NBL star in his 16th season has come out in support of Gold Coast as a leading contender for the league’s next franchise, days after fans were told they could be left waiting yet another year. Full story:
Calls have been made to get the ball moving on a senior schoolboys nationals in 2025 as men’s netball participation continues to grow in the state and beyond, both in playing and officiating capacity. Details here:
HIGHLIGHT TAPES: Watch the Queensland boys named in the Australian Under-18s rugby squad in action and get an insight into the future with a three word analysis on the 16 players selected. WATCH NOW.
Taverners Qld Rd 1: Who were the standout Under-17 performers from the opening round? The list is headed by a Sunshine Coast weapon, a Toombul terror and a Gold Coast top gun. FULL LIST
There’s no doubt, rugby league is booming on the Gold Coast and flocks of young talent are making their way through the ranks. As the curtain closes on another star-studded season, we reveal the top players who took to the field in RLGC junior grand finals.
Nudgee College did the unthinkable on Saturday, securing their third successive GPS First XV rugby premiership and 45th title in a grand final epic against Brisbane State High. Read here how they created history here.
Discover the top performers and list of champions from the 2024 Gold Coast Recreation and Sport Inc annual Athletics Championships that attracted over 500 students. Details and photos here.
In a 72-hour turnaround, one of Gold Coast’s brightest teen rugby talents went from a seemingly healthy 16-year-old to needing an urgent open heart surgery. Read her story here.
A dream-come-true homecoming is on the horizon for wrestling world champion “Timeless” Toni Storm, with the 28-year-old All Elite Wrestler set to perform in front of a sellout Suncorp Stadium crowd in 2025. Full story:
Who starred in Rd 8 of the GPS First V basketball competition? The top talents from each school are highlighted here ahead of the final round of the season this Saturday.
An Australian Rules Football club has been left stumped after a tree mysteriously appeared in the centre of its oval. Shady characters are suspected.
AFL Queensland is investigating the conduct of two local junior football clubs following an incident at the SEQ junior grand finals between a player and an opposing official. Full details here:
Ruby Powers may only be 16, but the teen sensation has now been voted Gold Coast’s greatest women’s rugby star of 2024- just seven days on from open-heart surgery. Full story:
Brothers’ Hospital Cup side and Bond University’s Premier Women joined rare air at Ballymore on Sunday in grand final epics. Read who starred and see the best pictures here along with comprehensive coverage from Colts 3, 2 and 1.
Four months on from undergoing a gruelling double wrist surgery which left her ‘handless,’ Bond University star Gabriella Rivers is suiting up for the side’s third consecutive Queensland Premier Rugby grand final. Full story:
A junior triathlete has been left disillusioned following a national school sport incident involving children as young as 11 wearing shirts brandishing the picture of an official with the words ‘I have sex with bikes’. Go inside the bizarre incident here.
An emerging Queensland Reds Academy flyhalf broke the hearts of his rivals to punch a Colts 1 club rugby grand final berth for Souths while Easts’ Premier Women and Wests’ Hospital Cup teams advanced. See who starred here from each team.
Southport Sharks made a feast of the 2024 QAFLW grand finals, defeating Bond University Bull Sharks in both the Reserve and Senior clashes Sunday August 25 at People First Stadium. Full report:
The Nerang Bulls broke an 18-year drought by claiming the GCDRU first grade premiership 38-16 on home soil against a rattled Griffith Uni Colleges Knights roster, but the club went one step further in claiming all three grades. How they did it:
100 images from the Brisbane Schoolgirls Rowing Association Head of the River. All Hallows’ School won both the Aggregate Cup and Head of the River rowing VIII. St Margaret’s finished second and BGS third.
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