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AFL Cairns is a semi-professional
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league that includes clubs from the
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region in
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,
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. It is widely regarded as the strongest regional Australian rules football league in
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and has a large base at
Cazalys Stadium Cazalys Stadium is a sports stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is situated in the suburb of Westcourt. The stadium is named after the social club which abuts the oval, Cazalys, which itself was named after Australian rules footballer ...
which has staged
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matches. The league has significant coverage in local media such as
The Cairns Post ''The Cairns Post'' is a major News Corporation newspaper in Far North Queensland, Australia, that exclusively serves the Cairns area. It has daily coverage on local, state, national and world news, plus a wide range of sections and liftouts c ...
. Each year the
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attracts between 2,000 and 3,000 spectators.


History

An article in the Cairns Post on 3 September 1885 on page 3 titled "Football Match" describes a game of football played at the then cricket grounds, believed to have been in the precinct around Munro Martin Park and the Civic Theatre. This game was between Cairns, led by Jack MacNamara (believed to have been a representative of Victoria at first intercolonial match) and Townsville, led by F Rendall. References are made of "Little Marks" and the final score after 2 hours was Cairns, 1 goal 7 behinds to Townsville, 1 goal 3 behinds. The Cairns umpire was AJ Draper. The Cairns team was :- Michelle Burke, Leonie Burke, J Swallow, "Little" Draper, Reid, Crawford, Horse, Campbell, Warren, Harrison, McClelland, Oldham, Rev.Nobbs, Grcnsen, J.Loridan, Bulcock, Wood, Ärmstrong, C.Loridan, Johnstone, D. Wall, Middlebrook, Schumhronk, Dent, McCarthy, Hogarth. T. H. LAKE was the secretary. The modern league as we now know it formed in 1955 as the Cairns Australian Football League and a local schoolboy competition was also formed resulting in a junior representative trip to Townsville by plane. In 1957 the ANFC, through
Bruce Andrew Cyril Bruce Andrew (28 February 1908 – 6 June 1996) was an Australian rules footballer, who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) before becoming a football administrator and television commentator. He ...
, purchased land in Cairns for the first dedicated field in regional Queensland which became
Cazalys Stadium Cazalys Stadium is a sports stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is situated in the suburb of Westcourt. The stadium is named after the social club which abuts the oval, Cazalys, which itself was named after Australian rules footballer ...
. The initial Senior competition had only two teams, Norths and Souths. This has since expanded to seven teams. Around 2000, the league affiliated with the
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and was re-branded AFL Cairns. The league has grown rapidly in recent years with the ongoing development of Cazalys Stadium, the success of the Queensland-based
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, and with Cairns hosting exhibition
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matches and later matches for premiership points. The league introduced a
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competition in 2002.


2004 Grand Final brawl

In the 2004 Grand Final between the North Cairns Tigers and the Port Douglas Crocs, a wild and violent bench-clearing brawl erupted after Tigers players charged at the Crocs huddle at the end of the national anthem, and the brawl escalated when spectators and team officials became involved. This caused widespread media publicity around Australia, and sparked the biggest investigation in the history of Australian Rules Football. The instigator, former VFL/AFL player and Tigers coach Jason Love, was suspended for eight years (three years for a total of eleven charges arising from the melee, including striking three opposition players and abusing and threatening the field umpires when they went to report him, and five years for bringing the game of Australian Rules Football in Queensland into disrepute), and the 22 North Cairns players were suspended for a total of 400 matches, suspensions ranging from 10 matches to five years, for various charges in relation to the brawl. AFL Cairns declared the Grand Final a "no result" and withheld the 2004 premiership.


Manunda Hawks' Omission from the 2015 season

In 2014, the Manunda Hawks forfeited an away game against
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
due to the concern for the safety of a player that was threatened via social media. The league reacted by suspending the club for the 2015 season.


Clubs


Current


Former

;Notes


Junior clubs


Current

* Centrals Trinity Beach *
South Cairns Cutters The South Cairns Cutters Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football and netball club located at Fretwell Park in the southern suburbs of Cairns. The football squad currently plays in the semi-professional AFL Cairns League. Clu ...
*
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
* North Cairns Tigers * Manunda Hawks * Cape York Eagles * Cairns Saints * Cairns City Lions * Cassowary Coast Crows * Gordonvale Suns


Former

* Tableland Pythons * Redlynch Lions * Babinda Magpies * Pyramid Power * Cairns City Cobras (Cairns Cities)


AFL Players

Notable players from the AFL Cairns who went on to play at VFL/AFL level include * Collin Judd (Hawthorn Hawks) * Alex Davies (Manunda Hawks) (Gold Coast Suns) * Austin Harris (Cairns Saints) (Gold Coast Suns) * Craig Brittain (North Melbourne) * Troy Clarke (Brisbane Bears) * Mark West (Western Bulldogs) * Charlie Dixon (Cairns Saints) (Port Adelaide Power and Gold Coast Suns) * Rex Liddy (North Cairns) (Gold Coast Suns) * Che Cockatoo-Collins * Donald Cockatoo-Collins * David Cockatoo-Collins * Jason Roe (Cairns City Cobras) (Brisbane Lions) * Peter Yagmoor (Cairns City Cobras/Lions) (Collingwood) * Courtenay Dempsey (Manunda Hawks) (Essendon Bombers) * Jarrod Harbrow (Manunda Hawks) (Gold Coast Suns) * Sam Michael (Manunda Hawks) Essendon Bombers) * Jack Bowes (Cairns Saints) (Gold Coast Suns) * Jacob Heron (Cairns Saints) (Gold Coast Suns)


Grounds/Venues

*Port Douglas Sporting Complex ( Port Douglas Crocs) *
Fretwell Park Fretwell Park is a cricket ground in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The ground held a first-class match in 2006 when New Zealand Whites played Pakistan A as part of the 2006 Top End series. The match was abandoned due to rain, as a result i ...
(
South Cairns Cutters The South Cairns Cutters Australian Football Club is an Australian rules football and netball club located at Fretwell Park in the southern suburbs of Cairns. The football squad currently plays in the semi-professional AFL Cairns League. Clu ...
) *
Cazalys Stadium Cazalys Stadium is a sports stadium in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. It is situated in the suburb of Westcourt. The stadium is named after the social club which abuts the oval, Cazalys, which itself was named after Australian rules footballer ...
(Manunda Hawks) *Watsons Oval (North Cairns Tigers) *Crathern Park (Centrals Bulldogs) *Holloways Beach Sporting Complex (Cairns City Lions) *Griffiths Park (Cairns Saints) *Power Park (Pyramid Power) *Redlynch State College Oval (Junior Training) *Buchan Street (Eagles)


2009 Ladder


2010 Ladder


2011 Ladder


2012 Ladder


2013 Ladder


2014 Ladder


2015 Ladder


2016 Ladder


2017 Ladder


2018 Ladder


2019 Ladder


2020 Ladder


Premiers

Below is the complete list of senior premiers in the AFL Cairns:List of Senior Premiers
/ref> *1956 South Cairns *1957 Tinaroo Falls *1958 North Cairns *1959 North Cairns *1960 Aloomba *1961 Babinda *1962 Babinda *1963 Souths/Balaclava *1964 Souths/Balaclava *1965 Souths/Balaclava *1966 Souths/Balaclava *1967 Centrals/Aloomba *1968 Souths/Balaclava *1969 Centrals/Aloomba *1970 Babinda *1971 Souths/Balaclava *1972 Souths/Balaclava *1973 Centrals/Aloomba *1974 Centrals/Aloomba *1975 Centrals/Aloomba *1976 North Cairns *1977 North Cairns *1978 Centrals/Aloomba *1979 Centrals/Aloomba *1980 North Cairns *1981 North Cairns *1982 City United *1983 City United *1984 North Cairns *1985 North Cairns *1986 North Cairns *1987 Manunda Hawks *1988 North Cairns *1989 Centrals/Trinity Beach *1990 Centrals/Trinity Beach *1991
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*1992 Centrals/Trinity Beach *1993 Centrals/Trinity Beach *1994 Cairns Saints *1995 Cairns Saints *1996 Cairns Saints *1997 Centrals/Trinity Beach *1998 Cairns Saints *1999 Cairns Saints *2000 Cairns Saints *2001
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2002 Cairns Saints *2003 South Cairns *2004 ''Title withheld'' *2005
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2006 Manunda Hawks *2007 Manunda Hawks *2008 Cairns Saints *2009 Cairns Saints *2010 Cairns Saints *2011 Manunda Hawks *2012 Cairns Saints *2013 Cairns Saints *2014
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2015 Cairns Saints *2016
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2017
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2018
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2019
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2020
Port Douglas Port Douglas is a coastal town and locality in the Shire of Douglas, Queensland, Australia, approximately 60 km north of Cairns. In the , Port Douglas had a population of 3,504 people. The town's population can often double, however, with the in ...
*2021 Cairns City Lions


Senior Grand Final Results

1 The 2004 Senior Grade Grand Final was declared a "no result" and the Premiership Cup withheld.


Senior Premierships Summary List 1956-2021


Recent Reserve Grade Grand Final Results


Reserves Premierships Summary List 1962-2021


See also

*
Australian rules football in Queensland Australian rules football in Queensland (typically referred to as "AFL", or less frequently "Australian Football", "Aussie Rules" or "Australian Rules") was the first official football code played in 1866. The Colony of Queensland was the second ...


References


External links


Official site

North Cairns AFC website
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