# AFL Queensland Schools Cup

The AFL Queensland Schools Cup is an Australian rules football competition organised by the AFL Queensland, contested by schools from across the state of Queensland.
Founded in 2016 it consists of a knockout tournament starting from several regional tournaments finalizing to a state championship series held at the Maroochydore Multisports Complex. Since its inception, it has continuously generated a great amount of participation, recently having 745 teams competing for the 2024 competition.

## Schools of Excellence

AFL Queensland runs the Schools of Excellence competition to identify the schools around South East Queensland that operates their AFL program to a high standard. These schools play against each other in a round robin competition throughout the year, with the higher placing schools earning an automatic entry into the State Quarter or Semi Finals for the Schools Cup. As of 2025 the program has 13 schools:
| School | Location | School colours | Joined |
| Bribie Island State High School | Moreton Bay | Navy blue and yellow | 2025 |
| Brisbane South State Secondary College | Brisbane | Purple and green | 2022 |
| Helensvale State High School | Gold Coast | Navy blue and green | 2007 |
| Mountain Creek State High School | Sunshine Coast | Navy blue and fuchsia | 2012 |
| Narangba Valley State High School | Moreton Bay | Navy blue, green and gold | 2007 |
| Pacific Pines State High School | Gold Coast | Green, blue and red | 2018 |
| Palm Beach Currumbin State High School | Gold Coast | Red and white | 2007 |
| Park Ridge State High School | Logan | Green and white | 2007 |
| Southport State High School | Gold Coast | Sky blue and navy blue | 2018 |
| Springwood State High School | Logan | Green, gold and black | 2022 |
| Sunshine Beach State High School | Sunshine Coast | Blue and green | 2025 |
| Woodcrest State College | Ipswich | Black, green and gold | 2017 |
| Varsity College | Gold Coast | Navy, gold, and grey | 2023 |

## Schools Cup Premiers
### Senior Male

| Season | Premiers | Runners-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Grand Final BoG |
| 2016 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | St Augustine's College | Brayden Crossley (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2017 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | Ignatius Park College | Jake Burrows (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2018 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | Cairns SHS | St Laurence's College | Ashton Crossley (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2019 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Augustine's College | Mountain Creek SHS | Shaye Walsh (Helensvale) |
| 2020 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | Will Bella (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2021 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Laurence's College | St Augustine's College | Finn Brown (Helensvale) |
| 2022 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | St Augustine's College | Nudgee College | Jed Walter (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2023 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Laurence's College | All Saints Anglican School | St Augustine's College | Will Graham (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2024 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Laurence's College | Padua College | St Augustine's College | Jai Murray (Palm Beach Currumbin) |

#### Titles

| No. | School | Location | Titles | Runners-up |
| 1 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Gold Coast | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 (7) | 2019, 2021 (2) |
| 2 | Helensvale SHS | Gold Coast | 2019, 2021 (2) | 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022 (5) |
| 3 | St Laurence's College | Brisbane | | 2023, 2024 (2) |

### Senior Female

| Season | Premiers | Runners-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place | Grand Final BoG |
| 2016 | Mountain Creek SHS | The Cathedral College | Kedron SHS | Lindisfarne Anglican Grammar | Jessica Bender (Mountain Creek SHS) |
| 2017 | The Cathedral College | Mountain Creek SHS | Lourdes Hill College | Narangba Valley SHS | Jane Childs (The Cathedral College) |
| 2018 | Miami SHS | Fairholme College | Southport SHS | The Cathedral College | Lucy Single (Miami) |
| 2019 | Miami SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | The Cathedral College | Teagan Levi (Miami) |
| 2020 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | Park Ridge SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | Faith Alchin (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2021 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Kedron SHS | St Andrews Catholic College | Caitlin Thorne (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2022 | Varsity College | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | St Andrews Catholic College | Havana Harris (Varsity College) |
| 2023 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | The Cathedral College | Marymount College | Allanah Welsh (Palm Beach Currumbin) |
| 2024 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | St Teresa's Catholic College | The Cathedral College | Mia Salisbury (Palm Beach Currumbin) |

#### Titles

| No. | School | Location | Titles | Runners-up |
| 1 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Gold Coast | 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 (4) | 2019, 2022 (2) |
| 2 | Miami SHS | Gold Coast | 2018, 2019 (2) | |
| 3 | Varsity College | Gold Coast | 2022 (1) | 2021, 2023, 2024 (3) |
| 4 | Mountain Creek SHS | Sunshine Coast | 2016 (1) | 2017, 2020 (2) |
| 5 | The Cathedral College | Rockhampton | 2017 (1) | 2016 (1) |
| 6 | Fairholme College | Toowoomba | | 2018 (1) |

### Junior Male

| Season | Premiers | Runners-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
| 2016 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Cairns SHS | Iona College |
| 2017 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Ignatius Park College | St Laurence's College |
| 2018 | Helensvale SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | St Teresa's College Abergowrie |
| 2019 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Augustine's College | Helensvale SHS | Mountain Creek SHS |
| 2020 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS | Mountain Creek SHS | Varsity College |
| 2021 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Ambrose Treacy College | Padua College | St Augustine's College |
| 2022 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Laurence's College | Padua College | St Brendan's College |
| 2023 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | St Laurence's College | Helensvale SHS | St Augustine's College |
| 2024 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Brisbane South SSC | Padua College | Trinity Bay SHS |

#### Titles

| No. | School | Location | Titles | Runners-up |
| 1 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Gold Coast | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (6) | 2016, 2017 (2) |
| 2 | Helensvale SHS | Gold Coast | 2016, 2017, 2018 (3) | 2020 (1) |
| 3 | St Laurence's College | Brisbane | | 2022, 2023 (2) |
| 4 | Ambrose Treacy College | Brisbane | | 2021 (1) |
| 4 | Brisbane South SSC | Brisbane | | 2024 (1) |
| 4 | Narangba Valley SHS | Moreton Bay | | 2018 (1) |
| 4 | St Augustine's College | Cairns | | 2019 (1) |

### Junior Female

| Season | Premiers | Runners-Up | Third Place | Fourth Place |
| 2016 | Miami SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | St Monica's College | Hillbrook Anglican School |
| 2017 | Park Ridge SHS | Narangba Valley SHS | St. Teresa's Catholic College | Mercy College |
| 2018 | Park Ridge SHS | Cleveland District SHS | Kedron SHS | Mercy College |
| 2019 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Kedron SHS | Ryan Catholic College |
| 2020 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Pacific Pines SHS | Woodcrest SC |
| 2021 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Marymount College | The Cathedral College |
| 2022 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Hillcrest Christian College | The Cathedral College | Pacific Pines SHS |
| 2023 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Helensvale SHS | St Andrews Catholic College |
| 2024 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Varsity College | Marymount College | St Margaret Mary's College |

#### Titles

| No. | School | Location | Titles | Runners-up |
| 1 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Gold Coast | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 (6) | |
| 2 | Park Ridge SHS | Logan | 2017, 2018 (2) | |
| 3 | Miami SHS | Gold Coast | 2016 (1) | |
| 4 | Varsity College | Gold Coast | | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024 (5) |
| 5 | Narangba Valley SHS | Moreton Bay | | 2016, 2017 (2) |
| 6 | Cleveland District SHS | Redland City | | 2018 (1) |
| 6 | Hillcrest Christian College | Gold Coast | | 2022 (1) |

## North Queensland Championships

The North Queensland Championships are contested by the previous regional winners from Cairns, Capricornia, Mackay and Townsville for each division. The winners of these championships qualifies for the State Championships in Sunshine Coast.

### North Queensland Champions

| Season (Host) | Senior Male | Senior Female | Junior Male | Junior Female |
| 2016 (Townsville) | St Augustine's College | The Cathedral College | Cairns SHS | St Monica's College |
| 2017 (Mackay) | Ignatius Park College | The Cathedral College | Ignatius Park College | Mercy College |
| 2018 (Townsville) | Cairns SHS | The Cathedral College | St Teresa's College Abergowrie | Mercy College |
| 2019 (Mackay) | St Augustine's College | The Cathedral College | St Augustine's College | Ryan Catholic College |
| 2020 | Season not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland | Season not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland | Season not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland | Season not contested due to COVID-19 pandemic in Queensland |
| 2021 (Townsville) | St Augustine's College | St Andrews Catholic College | St Augustine's College | The Cathedral College |
| 2022 (Townsville) | St Augustine's College | St Andrews Catholic College | St Brendan's College | The Cathedral College |
| 2023 (Mackay) | St Augustine's College | The Cathedral College | St Augustine's College | St Andrews Catholic College |
| 2024 (Townsville) | St Augustine's College | The Cathedral College | Trinity Bay SHS | St Margaret Mary's College |
| 2025 (Townsville) |

## Former Competitions
### Schools of Excellence Cup

The AFLQ Schools of Excellence (SoE) was the premier interschool competition for secondary schools in South East Queensland. It consisted of a home & away round robin as well as finals. With the introduction of the Schools Cup, while the SoE structure is still in place for game development, this series concludes with the succeeding participants qualifying for the larger state-wide competition. The Junior Premiers of each year will go onto the Northern States Cup to play against the winners of other state-wide interschool competitions. The Brisbane Lions Cup was the state competition for Youth Girls.

#### Premiers

| Season | Senior Male | Junior Male |
| 2009 | Helensvale SHS | Helensvale SHS |
| 2010 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS |
| 2011 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS |
| 2012 | Helensvale SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS |
| 2013 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS |
| 2014 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS |
| 2015 | Palm Beach Currumbin SHS | Helensvale SHS |

### Brisbane Lions Youth Girls Cup

The Brisbane Lions Cup was the premier state competition for Youth Girls. It was introduced in 2005 as a means of developing players that are new to the game. In 2015, a Schools of Excellence division was created, later being absorbed into the current AFLQ Schools Cup from 2016 onwards.

#### Premiers

| Season | Senior Female | Junior Female |
| 2005 | Narangba Valley SHS | Narangba Valley SHS |
| 2006 | Narangba Valley SHS | Narangba Valley SHS |
| 2007 | Kedron SHS | Narangba Valley SHS |
| 2008 | Kedron SHS | Park Ridge SHS |
| 2009 | Kedron SHS | Centenary SHS |
| 2010 | Mountain Creek SHS | Mountain Creek SHS |
| 2011 | St Ursula's College | Kedron SHS |
| 2012 | Mountain Creek SHS | Mountain Creek SHS |
| 2013 | Mountain Creek SHS | Park Ridge SHS |
| 2014 | Mountain Creek SHS | Mountain Creek SHS |
| 2015 | Mountain Creek SHS |