QFA Div 2 North

[TheRanga]

Can almost guarantee it will only be the pirates going to Gympie and no return serve. They are such an outlier so I think that is a reasonable outcome (I am from the pirates) but for context Redcliffe to Yara is 80km while Yara to tweed is 105 and Cooley is 86 which are the two most southern clubs at present and while I agree that a restructure is needed it needs to be more than just the pirates going south as having to do the m1 stretch from Beenleigh to Helensvale every second week is a punishment no club in seq should have to endure

Fair call on Pirates travelling, but I would say there's an equal argument for Gympie travelling if they want to stay in the Brisbane based comp.
And I would hope AFLQ is understanding of the Pirates position after the debacle at Greenbank.
If North is 12 teams and South ends up 8, they will switch 2 teams to make it 10 each. Not sure if Alex Hills or Moorooka are the furtherest south.

 

[Boxo004]

Kawana definitely staying in Div 3 in season 2026

Definitely d3 in 26 but with a view to be in d2 in 2027

 

[Backpocket101]

Fair call on Pirates travelling, but I would say there's an equal argument for Gympie travelling if they want to stay in the Brisbane based comp.
And I would hope AFLQ is understanding of the Pirates position after the debacle at Greenbank.
If North is 12 teams and South ends up 8, they will switch 2 teams to make it 10 each. Not sure if Alex Hills or Moorooka are the furtherest south.

Jeez even Alex Hills to Coomera would be annoying. Can’t imagine wanting to be Alex or Moorooka knowing you’ve got a GC game pretty much every second week. If that change occurs. I mean wouldn’t be any better for your Burleighs and Coolys either.

 

[LaggingBehind]

The GC clubs would be more inclined to move up if multiple clubs went up. Which would stuff the south comp. Hence everything getting blown up in 12 months.

Funnily enough in the 70s and 80s Brisbane had QAFL & SQAFA with 2 divs and the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast had their comps. It strikes me that with all the changes over the last 4 decades we seem to be back to the future.

 

[freddyfudrucker]

Has anyone actually got the version of what’s happening from HQ?

 

[Boxo004]

Has anyone actually got the version of what’s happening from HQ?

No they don’t all speculation.

 

[TheRanga]

Has anyone actually got the version of what’s happening from HQ?

AFLQ have flagged the change in the comp meetings for 2026.
Of course it isn't guaranteed, but that is their current intention.