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Location | Crn Scott & Severin St, Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland |
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Coordinates | 16°55′49″S145°46′2″E / 16.93028°S 145.76722°E |
Capacity | 16,700 (1,700 seated) |
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Northern Pride RLFC |
Barlow Park is a multi-sports facility and stadium in Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.
The Park is home of the Northern Pride RLFC offices, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Sports Commission Development, Oztag, and formerly Cairns FC and Cairns District Rugby League. [1]
Since 2008 it has been the home ground for the Northern Pride rugby league team who play in the State Competition Queensland Cup. [2]
The ground comprises an IAAF international athletics facility, turf sports fields at the main Barlow and West Barlow parks, and a capacity of 15,000 people including a 1,700 seat grandstand with corporate and media facilities. [1]
The Cairns Sports Centre (Barlow Park) was officially opened on Saturday the 5th of December 1987. It was named after James Aloysius Barlow, an alderman with Cairns City Council from 1955-1970. It has had various upgrades, notablya stadium extension which was opened on 13 August 2003.[ citation needed ] In 2024 a $10.9 million project installed LED lighting which increased the lighting capacity from 500 lux to broadcast standard 1800 lux and also installed a large video screen for scoring and replays. [3] Further upgrades are proposed to enable the venue to be used for preliminary football matches for the 2032 Olympic games. [4]
Prior to the development of the sporting complex, Barlow Park was a cricket ground, and in 1978 hosted a match between the West Indies and Cavaliers XI. [5]
Barlow Park has hosted athletic events, rugby union, soccer, rugby league matches and music concerts, including Midnight Oil (1997), Killing Heidi (2000) and two John Farnham concerts (2003). [6]
The Oceania Area Championships have been held at Barlow Park in 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015. These events attracted athletes from around the world compete, as well as international sports people such as Sir Sebastian Coe. The venue also hosted the 2018 Australian All School Athletics Championships. [7]
CDRU play matches at Barlow Park.[ citation needed ]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Tour |
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15 July 1992 | Queensland B ![]() | 13 –32 | ![]() | Chivas Regal Rugby Series |
27 April 1994 | Queensland B ![]() | 12 –23 | ![]() | |
There have been three Super Rugby pre-season trial games at Barlow Park.[ citation needed ]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
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29 January 2011 | Queensland Reds ![]() | 42 –15 | ![]() |
11 February 2012 | Queensland Reds ![]() | 27 –20 | ![]() |
31 January 2015 | Queensland Reds ![]() | 13 –28 | ![]() |
On 21 June 1989 Queensland B played the British Lions during their tour to Australia.[ citation needed ]
The FNQ FC Heat, later Cairns FC, played their National Premier Leagues Queensland home games at Barlow Park between 2012-2018.[ citation needed ]
Four FFA Cup matches have been held at Barlow Park.[ citation needed ]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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27 July 2016 | FNQ Heat | 0 –3 | Edgeworth Eagles | 1,379 |
1 August 2018 | Cairns FC | 4 –0 | Armadale SC | 971 |
21 August 2018 | Cairns FC | 1 –2 | Sydney FC | 3,950 |
15 September 2021 | Edge Hill United | 0 –2 | Gold Coast Knights | 1,946 |
Two A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup matches have been played at Barlow Park.[ citation needed ]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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6 August 2005 | Brisbane Roar FC | 0 –0 | Sydney FC | 4,500 |
22 September 2013 | Brisbane Roar FC | 4 –1 | Sydney FC | 4,707 |
The CDRL play their grand final at Barlow Park. Prior to the development of Barlow Park in the 1980s, CDRL and Foley Shield rugby league games were played at Parramatta Park (now the Cairns Showgrounds).[ citation needed ]
The Cairns Cyclones Rugby League Football Club played 32 home games at Barlow Park between 1996 and 2000.[ citation needed ]
Since their inception in 2008, the Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club have played their Queensland Cup home games at Barlow Park. Average crowds were around 2,300, with attendances over 4,000 for matches against the PNG Hunters. [8]
The North Queensland Cowboys have played more than a dozen NRL pre-season trial matches. The record attendance at the venue was set at the 2004 Cowboys v Sea Eagles trial which attracted a crowd of 20,000. [9]
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Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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28 February 2003 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 24 –30 | ![]() | 11,200 |
20 February 2004 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 22 –22 | ![]() | 19,950 |
25 February 2005 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 18 –30 | ![]() | 17,000 |
18 February 2006 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 26 –10 | ![]() | 15,000 |
3 March 2007 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 12 –24 | ![]() | 12,500 |
23 February 2008 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 22 –30 | ![]() | |
28 February 2009 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 18 –18 | ![]() | 12,000 |
20 February 2010 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | –28 | 6 ![]() | 10,000 |
26 February 2011 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 22 –24 | ![]() | |
16 February 2013 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 28 –22 | ![]() | 12,036 |
21 February 2015 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 30 –10 | ![]() | |
17 February 2018 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 16 –30 | ![]() | |
22 February 2020 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 18 –16 | ![]() | |
19 February 2022 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 24 –12 | ![]() | 7,128 |
12 February 2023 | NQ Cowboys ![]() | 22 –22 | ![]() | 8,922 |
Seven NRL Telstra Premiership Games have been held at Barlow Park. The first was on 16 June 2013 between South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Gold Coast Titans, which attracted a crowd of 16,118. [10] Two other NRL Telstra Premiership matches were played in Cairns at Cazalys Stadium in 2001. [11]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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16 June 2013 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 30 –24 | ![]() | 16,118 |
3 August 2014 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 50 –10 | ![]() | 11,578 |
26 April 2015 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 22 –30 | ![]() | 8,713 |
3 July 2016 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | –20 | 0 ![]() | 14,923 |
16 July 2017 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 10 –23 | ![]() | 11,217 |
1 July 2018 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 21 –20 | ![]() | 7,195 |
12 August 2023 | South Sydney Rabbitohs ![]() | 26 –14 | ![]() | 8,378 |
The stadium hosted three matches in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, including a double-header. [12] Other international matches have been played, including the 1990 Les Chanticleers Tour, a trial match with New Zealand in 1994, and a qualifying match in the 2009 Pacific Cup. [13]
Date | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Attendance |
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14 June 1990 | QLD Country ![]() | –16 | 9 ![]() | 5,000 |
23 October 1999 | Cairns Aborigines ![]() | 32 –10 | ![]() | 5,200 |
17 October 2009 | Cook Islands Aitu, Kuki's ![]() | 22 –20 | ![]() | 4,261 |
29 October 2017 | Ireland Wolfhounds ![]() | 36 –12 | ![]() | 9,216 |
29 October 2017 | Mate Ma'a Tonga ![]() | 50 –4 | ![]() | 9,216 |
11 November 2017 | Toa Samoa ![]() | 14 –12 | ![]() | 4,309 |
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