Bond University Football Club

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| league = QFA Div 2: Senior men
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The Bond University Football Club, nicknamed the Bull Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, operating out of Bond University. The club currently competes in the Queensland Football Association and the QAFL Women's competitions.

The club is currently one of two universities that supply teams to AFL Queensland, the other being University of Queensland.

History

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The Bond University Football Club was formed in 2011 and entered the AFLQ Division 3 Central league for their inaugural season. Bond would play home games at the Robina Roos' ground on Scottsdale Drive due to unsuitable facilities existing at the university. Nicknamed the Bull Sharks, the club surprised many by compiling a 14–1 record through the home and away season to claim the minor premiership. Bond would suffer a 31-point loss to Jimboomba in the 2011 Grand Final. The club was then transferred to the newly created SEQAFL Division 4 South league which was a combination of former Summerland Australian Football League teams mixed with Gold Coast clubs.

Bond would again reach the Grand Final in 2012 but lightning would strike twice as the Bull Sharks fell to Tweed Coast by 44 points. After a disappointing 2013 season in which the club was eliminated in the first round of the finals, the Bull Sharks moved their home games to the newly created Australian rules football field at the university campus. Affectionately known as the "Canal", the new grounds would prove a successful move for Bond as the club claimed a second minor premiership in 2014. The club went on to win the 2014 QAFA (B) South premiership, defeating Tweed Coast to claim the first premiership in the club's short history.

As a result of their 2014 successes, the Bullsharks were promoted to the QAFA (A) division and impressively claimed another minor premiership in 2015, going undefeated in the home and away season. The club went on to win the 2015 QAFA (A) Grand Final against the South East Suns and in doing so made it back-to-back premierships in separate divisions. This success saw them promoted again to the QFA South competition for season 2016.{{Cite web|title = Bond Uni promoted to the QFA South – AFL Queensland|url = http://www.aflq.com.au/bond-uni-promoted-to-qfa-south/|website = AFL Queensland|access-date = 2016-01-30|language = en-US}} 2015 also saw the launch of the women's team competing in the QWAFA competition. They compiled a 9–6 record in their inaugural season and made it to the preliminary final where they were defeated by the eventual premiers Zillmere.

In September 2017, the Bond University women's team defeated Yeronga 50–29 in the Grand Final to claim the QWFA Division 1 premiership. 2017 also saw Molly Ritson and Krystal Scott drafted to the Brisbane Lions Women's team as rookies in the 2017 AFLW Draft as well as the team promoted to the QWAFL. The Men however, would suffer a rough season after sustaining mass injuries. Leading to only one win for the Seniors and subsequent relegation to QFA Division 2 for 2018.

Premierships (6)

class="wikitable sortable" width=780px !width=6%\|No. !width=8%\|Year !width=17%\|Competition !width=23%\|Opponent !width=23%\|Score !width=23%\|Venue
1	2014	QAFA (B) South	Tweed Coast Tigers	15.8 (98) – 7.16 (58)	Scottsdale Drive Oval
2	2015	QAFA (A)	South East Suns	12.21 (93) – 9.8 (62)	Tidbold Park
3 \|2017 \|QWFA Division 1 \|Yeronga South Brisbane \|8.2 (50) – 4.5 (29) \|Leyshon Park
4 \|2019 \|QAFLW Development \|Coorparoo \|3.8 (26) – 3.3 (21) \|Leyshon Park
5 \|2019 \|QFA Division 2 \|Beenleigh \|13.12 (90) – 7.10 (52) \|Leyshon Park
6 \|2023 \|QAFLW \|Aspley \|10.6 (66) - 2.5 (17) \|Brighton Homes Arena
7 \|2023 \|QFA Division 2 South Reserves \|Coolangatta \|7.5 (47) - 5.10 (40) \|Fankhauser Reserve

Drafted players in the AFLW

Year \|\| Name	Team	Draft No.
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2017	Molly Ritson	{{AFLW\|Bri}}	14th (rookie)
2017	Krystal Scott	{{AFLW\|Bri}}	18th (rookie)
2018	Lauren Bella	{{AFLW\|Bri}}	45th
2019	Charlotte Hammans	{{AFLW\|GC}}	Pre-list signing
2019	Kalinda Howarth	{{AFLW\|GC}}	Pre-list signing
2019	Taylor Smith	{{AFLW\|GC}}	Pre-list signing
2019 \|Molly Ritson \|{{AFLW\|GC}} \|Pre-list signing
2019	Serene Watson	{{AFLW\|GC}}	18th
2020	Annise Bradfield	{{AFLW\|GC}}	7th
2020	Maddison Levi	{{AFLW\|GC}}	50th
2020	Lucy Single	{{AFLW\|GC}}	57th
2020	Wallis Randell	{{AFLW\|GC}}	61st
2021	Teagan Levi	{{AFLW\|GC}}	6th
2021	Giselle Davies	{{AFLW\|GC}}	30th
2021	Mikayla Pauga	{{AFLW\|Bri}}	46th
2021	Lulu Pullar	{{AFLW\|Bri}}	58th
2021	Shannon Danckert	{{AFLW\|GC}}	Injury replacement
2022	Ruby Sargent-Wilson	{{AFLW\|Syd}}	Pre-list signing
2022	Laquoiya Cockatoo-Motlap	{{AFLW\|PA}}	Pre-list signing
2022	Litonya Cockatoo-Motlap	{{AFLW\|PA}}	Pre-list signing
2022 \|Krystal Scott \|{{AFLW\|GC}} \|Pre-list signing
2022	Jasmyn Smith	{{AFLW\|GC}}	52nd
2022	Imogen Evans	{{AFLW\|Col}}	Free agent signing
2023 sup.	Meara Girvan	{{AFLW\|GC}}	10th
2023	Lily Tarlinton	{{AFLW\|Ade}}	34th
2023	Kiara Bischer	{{AFLW\|GC}}	50th
2023	Sienna McMullen	{{AFLW\|GC}}	51st
2023 \|Imogen Evans \|{{AFLW\|Col}} \|Injury replacement

References

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{{cite web

|year= 2014

|title= Bond University Bullsharks

|publisher= Australian University Sport

|accessdate= 7 October 2014

|url= http://www.unisport.com.au/bondbullsharks/Clubs/Pages/AFL.aspx

|url-status= dead

|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105103/http://www.unisport.com.au/bondbullsharks/Clubs/Pages/AFL.aspx

|archivedate= 6 October 2014

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{{cite web

|date= 29 September 2014

|title= Bond University Claims Premership

|work= Fox Sports Pulse

|accessdate= 7 October 2014

|url= http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=0-109-110032-0-0&sID=197684&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=31657444

|url-status= live

|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141007165608/http://www.foxsportspulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=0-109-110032-0-0&sID=197684&&news_task=DETAIL&articleID=31657444

|archivedate= 7 October 2014}}

{{cite web

|date= 21 August 2012

|title= Still happy with move north

|work= Northern Star

|accessdate= 7 October 2014

|url= http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/still-flying-high/1512418/

|url-status= live

|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141007165506/http://www.northernstar.com.au/news/still-flying-high/1512418/

|archivedate= 7 October 2014}}

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