Let's not get to ahead of ourselves after outdrawing the Titans after one game as the winds can change pretty quickly if the Titans were to rebound next year and when the Sun's honeymoon period expires is when we can really see if the Suns can stand up in the Gold Coast. It's possible for both teams to get along without killing each other off they can thrive together.
Let's go back to the Brisbane Lions during there premiership years there was those who proclaim QLD as a AFL state through this infamous thread.
http://www.bigfooty.com/forum/showthread.php?t=166449
Now the premierships stop coming and the Lions hit rock bottom unfortunately, the moral of the story is not to jump to conclusions and declare premature victory as it will come back to bite you. Who knows what will happen in the next 5 years for both clubs who know both could be in top 4 with big crowds for both living happily ever after. We don't know I hate people deathriding other codes and I'm am a Leaguie also we can all get along.
Totally agree, for QLD to be regarded as a "AFL" state, their under 18's, under16's sides would need to play in division 1 at the nationals and have a good chance of winning, this would mean that the best athletes in that state would primarily be playing AF.
This of course does not look likely to happen, although a few years back they won the divi 2 title by a street and about 15 kids were drafted ( unlike the usual 4 or 5), this was around the time that the Lions were winning flags, and so it appeared that QLD was on the verge of change.
It is the country areas of QLD where RL is it's strongest.