BRISBANE LIONS V GOLD COAST SUNS Saturday 7 May 2011 Information Sheet
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BRISBANE LIONS V GOLD COAST SUNS Saturday 7 May 2011 Information Sheet Brisbane’s Bryce Retzlaff and Gold Coast’s Joey Daye will be the127th and 128th Queenslanders to play VFL/AFL football when they debut in the first Q-Clash. Retzlaff and Daye will be the 8th and 9th Queensland debutants this season after Gold Coast’s Zac Smith, Charlie Dixon, Marc Lock, Karmichael Hunt and Alik Magin, and Brisbane’s Claye Beams and Broc McCauley. Even with two-thirds of the season to go, nine Queensland debutants in one year is the second- highest on record behind 10 in 2006 … debutants on a year-by-year basis for past decade are:- 2011 – 9 - Zac Smith, Charlie Dixon, Marc Lock, Karmichael Hunt, Alik Magin, Claye Beams, Broc McCauley, Bryce Retzlaff, Joey Daye. 2010 - 0 2009 - 5 – Brendan Whitecross, Jake Spencer, Dayne Beams, Ben Warren, Rohan Bail. 2008 - 8 – Kurt Tippett, Jesse White, ,Gavin Urquhart, Brent Renouf, Scott Clouston, Rhys Magin, Sam Reid, John Williams. 2007 – 9 – Jarrod Harbrow, Tom Williams, Ricky Petterrd, David Armitage, Brad Howard, Albert Proud, Daniel Dzufer, Will Hamill, Shaun Hampson. 2006 – 10 - Scott Harding – Rhan Hooper, Wayde Mills, Cheynee Stiller, Luke McGuane, Sam Gilbert, Marty Pask, Courtenay Dempsey, Marcus Allan, Brad Moran 2005 – 3 – Daniel Merrett, Josh Drummond, Leigh Ryswyk 2004 – 5 – Steve Kenna, Ben Hudson, Daniel Pratt, Joel Macdonald, Andrew Raines. 2003 – 2 – David Hale, Luke Weller. 2002 – 2 – Shane Morrison, Brad Miller. 2001 – 4 – Nick Riewoldt, Jamie Charman, Robert Copeland, Michael Osborne Of 128 Queenslanders to play AFL football 34 have been from the Gold Coast. … this includes the likes of Marcus Ashcroft, Nick Riewoldt, Daniel Merrett, Matthew Kennedy, Sam Gilbert, Dayne Beams, Clark Keating, David Hale, Brent Renouf, Kurt Tippett, Andrew Raines, Michael Osborne, Ricky Petterd, Ben Hudson, Luke McGuane, Steven Lawrence, Steven Handley, Jesse White and Claye Beams. The first Queenslander to play AFL football was Erwin Dornau, who played 54 games for South Melbourne from 1948-52. A Kedron junior, he was the dominant centre half back of the Queensland competition and represented the Maroons in 1946-47. He caught the eye of South Melbourne scouts when runner-up in the 1947 Tassie Medal at the Hobart national carnival. A record 53 Queenslanders are on the playing lists of AFL clubs this year (including rookies). There are 16 Queenslanders with the Gold Coast - list players Daye, Dixon, Jarrod Harbrow, Tom Hickey, Hunt, Rex Liddy, Lock, Magin (elevated rookie), Lewis Moss, Smith, Jack Stanlake, Rory Thompson, Joel Wilkinson, plus rookies Jake Crawford, Jack Stanley and Joel Tippett. There are 8 Queenslanders with the Lions – Claye Beams, Jamie Charman, Josh Drummond, Daniel Merrett, Andrew Raines, Retzlaff, Cheynee Stiller and McCauley (elevated rookie). Queensland AFL brothers … six sets of Queensland brothers have played at AFL level …. (a) Clark and Aaron Keating – the only pair of premiership-winning brothers …. Aaron, two years older, played in the 1997 Adelaide premiership in just his 3rd AFL game … Clark was a member of Brisbane’s 2001-02-03 hat-trick in a career restricted to 139 games by injury. (b) Michael and Brett Voss – most games by Queensland brothers … Michael played 289 games for Brisbane 1992-2006 … Brett played 170 games for Brisbane and St.Kilda 1997-2007. (c) Che, David and Donald Cockatoo-Collins … from Cairns, they are the Queensland’s only three-brother set to play at AFL level … Che played 160 games for Essendon and Port Adelaide from 1994-2003 … twins David and Donald both played for Melbourne …David two games in 1996-97 and Donald nine games in 1996-98. (d) Dayne and Claye Beams … Dayne has played 48 games for Collingwood ….Claye three games for Brisbane Lions. (e) Rhys and Alik Magin … Rhys played four games with Essendon in 2008, and Alik has played three games with Gold Coast in 2011. (f) David and Stephen Wearne – David played … David played 18 games for the Brisbane Bears from 1990-92 and was a member of the club’s 1991 Reserves premiership side .. Stephen played three games for Melbourne in 1992. Note: Joel Tippett, younger brother of Adelaide’s Kurt Tippett is a Gold Coast Suns rookie list player after three years as a Brisbane Lions rookie. Father/Son Queenslanders … the only father/son combination from Queensland to play at AFL level was Ken and Brett Grimley … Ken was the second Queenslander to play at elite level, playing 9 games with Fitzroy in 1957 … his son Brett played 18 games at Fitzroy from 1983-85 … Brett’s brother Jason was also a standout QAFL player. Note: We don’t count Barry and Steven Lawrence … or Peter and Shane Morrison .. or Mike and Marc Woolnough …. In case the fathers moved to Queensland after they’d retired from the AFL. Queensland’s AFL Participation Explosion… in 2000 there were 30,120 registered AFL players in Queensland .. in 2010 there were 112,447 .. and Queensland represented 15.0% of the national figure – behind Victoria (30.9%), NSW/ACT (16.7%), Western Australia (16.6%) and more than South Australia (13.4%), Tasmanian (4.8%) and NT (2.7%). QUEENSLAND AFL PREMIERSHIP PLAYERS Warren Jones, although born in New Zealand, was drafted by Carlton from QAFL club Morningside and was the first Queensland product to play in a premiership side with Carlton in 1972 .. Collingwood’s Dayne Beams became the 16th member of this club last year … the full list is:- Warren Jones – Carlton – 1972 Frank Dunell - Essendon – 1984 Jason Dunstall – Hawthorn – 1986-88-89-91 Gavin Crosisca – Collingwood – 1990 Stephen Lawrence – Hawthorn – 1991 Aaron Keating – Adelaide – 1997 Jason Akermanis – Brisbane – 2001-02-03 Marcus Ashcroft – Brisbane – 2001-02-03 Clark Keating – Brisbane – 2001-02-03 Mal Michael – Brisbane – 2001-02-03 Michael Voss – Brisbane – 2001-02-03 Robert Copeland – Brisbane - 2001-03 Jamie Charman – Brisbane – 2003 Michael Osborne – Hawthorn – 2008 Brent Renouf – Hawthorn – 2008 Dayne Beams – Collingwood – 2010 QUEENSLAND 100-GAMERS Ray Smith, a one-time Queensland rugby league representative who also played in the QAFL with Western Districts, was the first Queenslander to play 100 AFL games .. he played a total of 104 games for Essendon and Melbourne from 1971-76 … he was the first of what is now a list of 28 players … 325 Jason Akermanis Brisbane/Western Bulldogs 1995-2010 318 Marcus Ashcroft Brisbane 1989-2003 289 Michael Voss Brisbane 1992-2006 269 Jason Dunstall Hawthorn 1985-1998 246 Gavin Crosisca Collingwood 1987-2000 238 Mal Michael Collingwood/Brisbane/Essendon 1997-2008 234 Max Hudghton St.Kilda 1997-2009 202 Nick Riewoldt St.Kilda 2001-2011 200 Scott McIvor Fitzroy/Brisbane 1985-1997 188 Matthew Kennedy Brisbane 1990-2001 181 Mitch Hahn Western Bulldogs 2000-2011 170 Brett Voss Brisbane/St.Kilda 1997-2007 163 Clint Bizzell Geelong/Melbourne 1996-2007 160 Che Cockatoo-Collins Essendon/Port Adelaide 1994-2003 146 Stephen Lawrence Hawthorn 1988-1998 143 Robert Copeland Brisbane 2001-2008 141 Dean McRae Sydney/North Melbourne 1987-1996 139 Clark Keating Brisbane 1996-2006 139 Michael Osborne Hawthorn 2001-2011 136 Brad Miller Melbourne / Richmond 2002-2011 134 David Hale North Melbourne / Hawthorn 2003-2011 130 Ben Hudson Adelaide/Western Bulldogs 2004-2011 129 Jamie Charman Brisbane 2001-2011 120 Steven Lawrence Brisbane/St.Kilda 1995-2003 115 Frank Dunell Essendon/Brisbane 1979-1988 113 Daniel Pratt Brisbane/North Melbourne 2004-2011 108 Daniel Merrett Brisbane 2005-2011 104 Ray Smith Essendon/Melbourne 1971-1976 QUEENSLAND FOOTBALL HISTORY TIMELINE 1866 On 22 May 1866 Queensland’s first club was formed at the Metropolitan Hotel in Brisbane by a group of cricketers who, as winter approached, sought a sporting alternative to keep fit. They chose what the locals referred to as ‘Victorian Rules’ and gave birth to the Brisbane Australian Football Club. In 1868-69 there were four clubs – Brisbane, the Volunteer Artillery, Brisbane Grammar School and the Civil Service - and in 1870 an Ipswich team joined, necessitating an overnight journey on a steamer for matches. 1879 The Queensland Football Association (QFA) was formed to administer a game flourishing in the Brisbane/Ipswich area. 1883 Queensland sent delegates to the Inter-Colonial Football Conference where the Australian Football Council was formed. At the time Queensland boasted more than 300 teams. 1884 Queensland played its first interstate match, losing to New South Wales 3-16 to 7-10 (behinds were recorded in the scores at the time but did not actually count until 1897). 1885 Australian football was the first-choice code of the grammar schools in Queensland, with Ipswich Grammar beating Toowoomba Grammar at North Ipswich in 1885 before catching an overnight train to play Brisbane Grammar the following day. 1888 Queensland attracted more than 5000 people to the Brisbane Exhibition Ground for a match against VFL club Melbourne, prompting ‘Wikipedia’ to record that ‘by the 1880’s Australian football was the most prominent football code in the state”. 1890 South Melbourne visited Queensland to play Brisbane, Ipswich and Queensland 1903 On 29 July 1903 the Queensland Football League (QFL) was formed. 1904 On 18 June 1904 at Queen’s Park in the Brisbane Botanical Gardens the first premiership game was played. This gave a revival to a sport which had stagnated somewhat through the 1890’s after independent school headmasters in 1887 adopted ‘rugby football’ as their preferred code by a one-vote majority. The decision was reportedly influenced by the then recent creation of a Queensland-based governing body for rugby, and strong resistance to the use of the word "Victorian" in the name of the sport. The first premiership was shared by Norths, Souths and Wests. 1905 Games were first played at the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba).