We rank the top Gold Coast Aussie Rules clubs of 2025
After a thrilling year of footy on the Gold Coast. We have ranked all 14 local Aussie Rules clubs to reveal the top club of 2025. See where your team is ranked here and vote for who you believe is the top club in our poll.
The Aussie Rules season is done and dusted for another year on the Gold Coast and we have shone a light on every club’s efforts in 2025 to rank the top teams this year.
It was a year to remember for many with almost every club on the Glitter Strip boasting at least one grand final appearance or premiership at junior or senior level.
From QFA, to QAFL, to VFL and even SEQ juniors, see how your club has fared this season here.
1. Southport Sharks
Senior Grand final appearances: 4
Premierships: 2
Junior premierships: 1
It was a year to remember for Sharks faithful with all four senior teams making grand finals.
The QAFLW seniors and reserves claimed back-to-back premierships, while the QFA Division 3 and VFL sides both had strong seasons making the grand final.
2. Coolangatta Tweed
Senior Grand final appearances: 3
Junior premierships: 2
Coolangatta Tweed had a year to remember with all three QFA Division 2 South men’s and women’s teams making the grand finals, with the women’s side also taking home the minor premiership.
Unfortunately for the Blues, it was not to be on grand final day, with all three sides suffering defeat.
However, the Blues still took home silverware in 2025 with the U17 Girls Division 2 South and U13 Girls Division 2 Gold Coast/Northern Rivers sides winning their premierships.
3. Palm Beach Currumbin
Senior Minor premierships: 1
Junior Premierships: 2
It was another strong season for the Lions with three of their four senior sides making finals.
The QAFL senior side was a force to be reckoned with throughout the year with former AFL star Levi Casboult leading the way to take home the J.A. Grogan Medal.
PBC claimed the QAFL minor premiership but coud not go all the way as the men’s seniors and reserves teams both suffered defeat in the preliminary final.
The Lions were as dominant as ever at junior level, featuring in multiple deciders and taking home two titles.
4. Broadbeach
Senior Premierships: 1
Junior premierships: 2
The Broadbeach QFAW Division 1 side led the way this season taking out the premiership and minor premiership.
The Cats’ QAFL senior and reserves side both boasted solid seasons with the latter making the preliminary final before suffering defeat to Maroochydore.
At junior level, the Cats claimed a U13 Mixed double with the Division 3 and Division 1 South miced sides both winning the flag.
5. Bond University
Senior grand final appearances: 2
Senior premierships: 1
The Bull Sharks were in fine form again across the men’s and women’s programs with the QFA Division 2 South men’s side leading the way with a thrilling extra time grand final win.
The women’s teams also put in strong seasons with both making the QAFLW finals and the Reserve grade team making it all the way to the grand final.
6. Pac Pines
Senior premierships: 1
Senior minor premierships: 1
Junior premierships: 1
The Pacific Pines QFA Division 3 side claimed the minor premiership/grand final double with 13 wins from 14 games in the regular season and a dominant 43-point win in the decider.
At junior level, the under-13 Girls Division 3 team soared on their way to the 2025 premiership.
7. Tweed Coast
Senior Premierships: 1
Junior Premierships: 1
The Tweed Coast Tigers women’s side were crowned Queens of the South after taking home the QFAW Division 2 South premiership against the previously undefeated Tweed Coolangatta.
It was the perfect send-off for coach Katie Patison as she finished her coaching tenure with the Tigers in style.
At junior level, Tweed Coast was a threat and won the U15 Boys Division 2 premiership.
8. Burleigh
Senior minor premierships: 1
Junior Premierships: 2
The Burleigh junior footy factory was one again thriving in 2025 with multiple teams making grand finals and two taking home premierships.
At senior level, all three teams earned finals berths with the QFA Div 2 Reserves taking home the minor premiership.
9. Labrador
Senior Finals appearances: 4
Junior premierships: 2
The Tigers’ men’s teams were strong across QFA Division 3 and QAFL level this year with all four teams making finals.
The QFA Div 3 was on the cusp of a grand final berth with a home prelim but suffered defeat to Southport.
At junior level, the U13 Mixed Division 2 and U17 Boys Division 2 teams both achieved the holy grail and took home premierships.
10. Ormeau
Senior finals appearances: 1
Junior Premierships: 2
The under-17 Division 3 boys team was the fairytale story for the Bulldogs this year as they went back-to-back in emotional fashion.
Playing in honour of their late assistant coach Wayne Fogden, who passed away in 2024, Ormeau’s young guns were determined to win the premiership in his honour - which they did.
“I lost my best mate last year, he was assistant coach so we credited the grand finals last year and this year to him,” coach Troy Brooke said.
“To go back-to-back for him was huge, he was a massive part of Ormeau.”
11. Carrara
Senior premierships: 1
Two of the three Saints sides made the finals this year with the Reserve grade side leading the way with a solid victory over Coolangatta on QFA Division 2 South grand final day.
12. Surfers Paradise
Senior Grand final appearances: 1
Junior grand final appearances: 2
Spearheaded by new coach Sam Dwyer, the Surfers Paradise Demons were a force to be reckoned with throughout the back end of the QAFL season and took out two Gold Coast teams on the way to the grand final.
Unfortunately for the Demons, they faced a red hot Matthew Hammelmann on grand final day who led Redland Victoria Point to the premiership.
13. Coomera
Best senior finish: 7th
Junior minor premierships: 1
Junior grand final appearances: 1
The under-13 Division 2 side was the shining light for the Magpies this year as they dominated the regular season to finish on top of the ladder with 12 wins from 14 games.
However, they could not claim the ultimate prize as they went down to the Labrador Tigers by 19 points on grand final day.
14. Robina Mudgeeraba Roos
Senior finals appearances: 2
Junior finals appearances: 3
It was a solid year for Robina with two of the three senior sides and all three competitive junior teams making the finals.
Honourable mentions
Both of these clubs only had the one senior team competing this year so could not be ranked fairly against their northern counterparts but still had moments to remember in 2025.
Byron Bay
Byron Bay only fielded the one senior side this year which finished seventh in the QFAW Division 2 competition but it did taste success at junior level with the under-15 Girls Division 3 team taking home the premiership.
Ballina Bombers
The Bombers only had three teams playing for points across junior and senior level this year yet impressively all three sides made finals.
