Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League

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Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2015 BDWRL season
Sport Rugby league
Instituted2004
Inaugural season 2004 BDWRL season
Number of teams14
Premiers Souths Logan Womens Rugby League Club (2013)
Website Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League
Related competition Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League

The Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League is one of the main Women's rugby league competitions in Australia.

Contents

History

The Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League started in 2004 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]

Brisbane and District Women's Rugby League Clubs

Former clubs

Premiers

Division 1

The following list is incomplete.

YearPremiersScoreRunners-upReference
1998 Souths Magpies [11]
1999 Souths Magpies [11]
2002Brothers Ipswich32 — 8Aspley [12]
2003 Toowoomba Fillies 38 — 10Brothers Ipswich [13]
2004 Toowoomba Fillies 40 — 6Kedron Wavell [14]
2005Wests Centenary36 — 10Brothers Ipswich [15]
2009 Souths Logan Magpies Sunshine Coast Sirens
2010 Souths Logan Magpies 52 — 12Runaway Bay Seagulls [16]
2011 Souths Logan Magpies
2012 Souths Logan Magpies 16 — 4Springfield [17]
2013 Souths Logan Magpies Burleigh Bears
2014 Souths Logan Magpies 26 — 12Beerwah
2015 Burleigh Bears 24 — 10 Souths Logan Magpies
2016 Burleigh Bears 28 — 10 Souths Logan Magpies [18]
2017 Burleigh Bears 10 — 6Brothers Ipswich [19]
2018 Burleigh Bears 14 — 0 Wests Panthers [20]
2019 Wests Panthers 20 — 4 Burleigh Bears [21] [22]
2020 Burleigh Bears 28 — 10 Souths Logan Magpies [23]
2020Pine Central Hornets26 — 14Runaway Bay Seagulls [24]
2021Runaway Bay Seagulls26 — 10Goodna Eagles [25] [26]

In 2020 the QRL Women's Premiership was launched, a state-wide competition which included the leading Brisbane and South East Queensland clubs. This new competition's 2020 season was suspended after one playing round and subsequently cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. A restructure resulted in two competitions being played. The five-team Holcim Cup included Burleigh Bears, Souths Logan Magpies, Easts Tigers, Tweed Seagulls and Wests Panthers. The three-team South East Queensland Women's Premiership included Carina, Pine Central Hornets and Runaway Bay Seagulls. [27]

Competing Teams

In 1999 five teams competed: Brothers Ipswich, Goodna Eagles, Norths and Souths Magpies. [28]
In 2002 five teams competed: Aspley, Brothers Ipswich, Goodna Eagles, Sunshine Coast Crushers and Toowoomba Fillies. [12]
In 2003 fice teams competed: Brothers Ipswich, Goodna Eagles, Kedron Wavell Wildcats, Sunshine Coast Crushers and Toowoomba Fillies. [13] In 2004 five teams competed: Brothers Ipswich, Caboolture, Kedron, Toowoomba Fillies and Tugun. [29]
In 2005 four teams competed: Brothers Ipswich, Caboolture, Wests Centenary and Wests Mitchelton. [30]
In 2009 six teams competed: Souths Logan, Wests Centenary, Sunshine Coast Sirens, Caboolture, Runaway Bay and Logan Brothers. [31]
In 2013 ten teams competed in two divisions. Division 1: Souths Logan, Burleigh Heads, Beerwah, Wests Inana and Logan Brothers. Division 2: Aspley, Carina, Deception Bay Bombers, Wynnum-Manly Juniors and Swifts. [32]
In 2014 fourteen teams competed in two divisions. Division 1: Souths Logan, Beerwah, Burleigh Heads, North Ipswich, Carina, Aspley. Division 2: Burpengary, Waterford, Toowoomba Fillies, Swifts, Wests Inala, Pine Rivers, Wynnum Manly Juniors, Capalaba. [33]

Division 2

The following list is incomplete.

YearPremiersScoreRunners-upReference
2013 Aspley Broncos
2014Burpengary32 — 24 Toowoomba Fillies
2015 Toowoomba Fillies 18 — 4Waterford Demons

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