2001 AFLQ State League season

2001 AFLQ State League season
Date24 April − 23 September
PremiersBrisbane reserves
1st premiership
Minor premiersSouthport
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The 2001 AFLQ State League season was the 93rd season of the AFL Queensland State League (AFLQSL), the highest-level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Queensland. The season began on 24 April and concluded on 23 September.[1]

Ten clubs − Brisbane, Broadbeach, Labrador, Mayne, Mount Gravatt, Morningside, Northern Eagles, Redland, Southport and Western Magpies − took part in the competition.[1]

The premiership was won by Brisbane reserves for the first time, after defeating minor premiers Southport by 12 points in the 2001 AFLQ State League Grand Final. It was one of two premierships Brisbane won that year, with the club's senior side also winning the 2001 AFL Grand Final the following week.[2]

This would be the only time Brisbane would win an AFLQSL/QAFL premiership, and their only reserves-level premiership until the 2012 NEAFL Grand Final.[3][4]

Finals series

Grand Final

2001 AFLQ State League Grand Final
Sunday, 23 September Brisbane def. Southport Giffin Park [1][5][6][7]
2.1 (13)
5.4 (34)
11.14 (80)
13.20 (98) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		4.5 (29)
8.6 (54)
10.6 (66)
13.8 (86)
3: Headland
2: Mapleston, Kluver, Cupido, McLaren
1: Van Rooyen, Picken 		Goals 6: Pilcher
2: Mackay
1: Gehling, Watts, Devine, Coughlan, Bradley
Robbins, Headland, Shattock, McLaren, Bolton, Morrison, Hadley Best Pilcher, Lawton, Bradley, Crossley, Jenkins, Stephens
  • Brisbane captain Ben Robbins was awarded the Joe Grant Medal for best on ground, having collected 44 disposals[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "2001". Southport Sharks. Southport Sharks History. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
  2. ^ Rays of hope in Lions' historical record, The Courier-Mail, 10 April 2011
  3. ^ "Lions win 2012 NEAFL Championship". AFL NSW/ACT. 22 September 2012. Archived from the original on 20 May 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  4. ^ Lisson, Ben (22 September 2012). "The Brisbane Lions win the NEAFL grand final". ABC News. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2024.
  5. ^ "Anthony Van Rooyen". Acceleration Melbourne. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024. Favourite sporting achievement was winning the QAFL grand final for Brisbane Lions Reserves team at 17.
  6. ^ Lord, Sam (3 August 2011). "Lionhearted". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.
  7. ^ a b "2001 Revisited". Brisbane Lions. 2001 Season Review magazine. 13 September 2012. Archived from the original on 30 May 2024.