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General information | |
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Founded | 1955 |
AFL Townsville Season 2024: | |
Premiers | Thuringowa Bulldogs |
Minor Premiers | Thuringowa Bulldogs |
Wooden Spoon | Northern Beaches Suns |
Leading goal kicker | McKye Turner (Hermit Park) |
WJ Williams Medal | |
League Records | |
Highest Score | West Townsville 69.26.440 (v Hermit Park 1.1.7) – 1992 |
Most goals in a game | 27 – Steve Mazey – West Townsville vs Northern Beaches – 1999 |
AFL Townsville is an amateur competition formed as the Townsville Australian Football League in 1955, the first contemporary AFL competition to be formed outside of the South East Queensland. It is based in the city of Townsville. For a short period in the 1980s, the competition was played during the summer months. The representative team is known as the Eagles and they wear similar guernseys to the Zillmere Eagles' old white and blue guernseys. AFL Townsville runs a men's competition with seniors and reserves divisions, as well as a women's and junior competitions.