QClash

QClash
TeamsBrisbane Lions
Gold Coast Suns
First meeting7 May 2011
(Gold Coast 124–116 Brisbane)
Latest meeting5 May 2024
(Brisbane 79-45 Gold Coast)
Next meeting26 July 2024
TrophyQClash Trophy
Statistics
Meetings total27
All-time series (regular-season only)Brisbane Lions 20 wins
Gold Coast Suns 7 wins
Largest victoryBrisbane Lions, 91 points
10 August 2019
Longest win streakBrisbane Lions, 9
18 August 2018–29 July 2023
Current win streakBrisbane Lions, 2
5 May 2024–present

The QClash is the name given to the Australian rules football rivalry match between the Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns, who both participate in the Australian Football League (AFL). The first men's QClash was held in 2011, with Gold Coast winning by 8 points at home (although the game was played at the Lions' Gabba Ground). The game achieved the record for the highest pay TV viewing audience ever for an AFL game, with a total of 354,745 viewers tuning in to watch the game on Foxtel channel Fox Footy.[1]

  1. ^ QClash sets TV record - afl.com.au. Published 9 May 2011. Retrieved 11 May 2011.