No Cairns team in NEAFL for 2014… but maybe later?
- Tuesday, October 01 2013 @ 06:53 am ACST
- Contributed by: Wesley Hull
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The Far North Queensland city of Cairns has been in the running to have a team in the NEAFL competition for some time as a prelude to a potential AFL team at some point in the future.
Aftersuccessfully hosting three Gold Coast Suns v Richmond matches at Cazalys Stadium (including the remarkable match where a Karmichael Hunt kick after the siren won the match for the Suns), Cairns was hoping for good news. The following article, reproduced from the AFL Queensland website, details the decision today.
AFL Queensland today advised that a North Queensland team will not be introduced into the restructured North East Football League (NEAFL) for season 2014.
CEO Michael Conlan said that while the organisation supported the concept of a North Queensland side, the timing was not right.