Gladstone District Rugby League

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The Gladstone District Rugby League (GDRL) is a former rugby league competition in Gladstone, Queensland, run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, founded in 1918, folded in 2024 after going into recess from 2017-2021. [1]

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The competition still runs junior grades.

Gladstone District Rugby League
Sport Rugby league
Instituted1918
Number of teams5
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Website www.qrl.com.au
Rugby League Gladstone

History

Its most recent season of competition was 2017 for Inter City Women's and 2015 for A-Grade & Under 20s. From 2017 until 2022 Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League incorporated many of the former GDRL clubs' Women's, First Grade and Under 20s sides, and from 2017 until 2021, Gladstone's Reserve Grade teams.

Gladstone began running its own reserves competition in order to offer senior local competition again from 2022, with other grades continuing to play in Rockhampton. A-Grade returned the following year, however, in 2024 the competition was disbanded in favour of clubs joining the Rockhampton competition again.

Representative Team

The representative team for Gladstone in the 47th Battalion Shield is known as the Gladstone Raiders.

Rugby League Gladstone Senior Clubs

2023 Final Clubs

Gladstone District Rugby League [2]
(1918–1921; 1923–1941; 1944–1960; 1966–2016; 2022–2023) / Previously known as "Port Curtis Rugby League" (1918–1952)
Club [3] EstablishedCity / TownHome ground(s)Seasons
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Calliope Roosters
(Reserves only)
1960 Calliope Liz Cunningham Park1960-1961; ^; 1991–1992; 2013–2016; 2022–2023
Brothers Colours.svg Past Brothers Gladstone1930 Gladstone Briffney Creek Fields1930–1932; 1968–2015; 2022–2023
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Tannum Sands Seagulls1994 Boyne Island-Tannum Sands Dennis Park1994–2015; 2022–2023
Valleys colours.svg Valleys Diehards1919 Gladstone Valleys Grounds1919–1941; 1944–1961; 1966–2008; ^; 2010–2015; 2022–2023
Wests Tigers colours.svg Wallabys1923 Gladstone Albion Park1923–1941; 1944–1951; 1954–1961; 1966–1983; 1993–2008; ^; 2010–2016; 2022–2023

Former Clubs

Former Gladstone District Rugby League Clubs
Brothers Colours.svg Boyne Valley Bluebells1933 Boyne Valley "Boyne Valley"1933; 1935–1936; 1960; ^
 ? Calliope-Boyne Valley United1980 Calliope & Boyne Valley Liz Cunningham Park

"Boyne Valley"

1980–1982; ^
 ? Colts1939 Gladstone "Gladstone"1939–1940
 ? Country1929 Gladstone "Gladstone"1929
Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Dawson Valley2016 Moura "Moura"2016
North Sydney colours.svg Gladstone Rebels2016 Gladstone Marley Brown Oval2016
 ? Meatworks1919 Gladstone "Gladstone"1919–1922
Western Suburbs colours.svg Miriam Vale Magpies1966 Miriam Vale Gary Larson Oval1966–1968
 ? Natives1918 Gladstone "Gladstone"1918–1926
Redcliffe colours.svg QASC Red Devils^1966 Gladstone Yaralla Sports Club1966; 1978–1979; ^; 1992
Redcliffe colours.svg QASC/CBVU Red Devils^1983 Gladstone Calliope Boyne Valley Yaralla Sports Club

Liz Cunningham Park "Boyne Valley"

1983–1991; ^
 ? Railway1918 Gladstone "Gladstone"1918; 1927–1928; 1944–1948; 1951–1952
 ? Wallabys-Valleys2009 Gladstone Albion Park

Valleys Grounds

2009; ^
 ? Wanderers1918 Gladstone "Gladstone"1918
 ? Waratahs1937 Gladstone "Gladstone"1937–1941
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wests Seagulls1949 Gladstone "Gladstone"1949–1960; 1969–1983; 1985–1990

Premiers

Gladstone District Rugby League Premierships

A-Grade (Established: 1918)

  • 1918: Railways (1)
  • 1919: Meatworks (1)
  • 1920: Natives (1)
  • 1921: Valleys Gladstone Diehards (1)
  • 1922: abandoned
  • 1923: Wallabys (1)
  • 1924: Natives (2)
  • 1925: ?
  • 1926: ?
  • 1927: ?
  • 1928: ?
  • 1929: Wallabys (?)
  • 1930: ?
  • 1931: ?
  • 1932: ?
  • 1933: ?
  • 1934: ?
  • 1935: ?
  • 1936: ?
  • 1937: ?
  • 1938: Waratahs (1)
  • 1939: Colts (1)
  • 1940: Wallabys (?)
  • 1941: Wallabys (?)
  • 1942: Break - WWII
  • 1943: Break - WWII
  • 1944: Wallabys (?)
  • 1945: Wallabys (?)
  • 1946: Wallabys (?)
  • 1947: Wallabys (?)
  • 1948: Wallabys (?)
  • 1949: Wallabys (?)
  • 1950: ?
  • 1951: Wests Seagulls (1)
  • 1952: ?
  • 1953: ?
  • 1954: ?
  • 1955: ?
  • 1956: ?
  • 1957: ?
  • 1958: Biloela (1)
  • 1959: ?
  • 1960: Biloela (2)
  • 1961: abandoned
  • 1962: abandoned
  • 1963: abandoned
  • 1964: abandoned
  • 1965: abandoned
  • 1966: ?
  • 1967: Miriam Vale (1)
  • 1968: ?
  • 1969: ?
  • 1970: ?
  • 1971: Past Brothers Gladstone (1)
  • 1972: ?
  • 1973: ?
  • 1974: ?
  • 1975: ?
  • 1976: ?
  • 1977: ?
  • 1978: ?
  • 1979: ?
  • 1980: ?
  • 1980: QASC Red Devils (1)
  • 1981: ?
  • 1982: QASC Red Devils (2)
  • 1983: Wests Seagulls (6)
  • 1984: ?
  • 1985: ?
  • 1986: ?
  • 1987: QASC Red Devils (3)
  • 1988: ?
  • 1989: Past Brothers Gladstone (8)
  • 1990: Past Brothers Gladstone (9)
  • 1991: No A-Grade competition^
  • 1992: No A-Grade competition^
  • 1992: Valleys Gladstone Diehards (14)
  • 1993: Valleys Gladstone Diehards (15)
  • 1994: Past Brothers Gladstone (10)
  • 1995: Tannum Sands (1)
  • 1996: Tannum Sands (2)
  • 1997: Tannum Sands (3)
  • 1998: Tannum Sands (4)
  • 1999: Wallabys (25)
  • 2000: Valleys Galdstone Diehards (16)
  • 2001: Past Brothers Gladstone (11)
  • 2002: Wallabys (26)
  • 2003: Past Brothers Gladstone (12)
  • 2004: Wallabys (27)
  • 2005: Wallabys (28)
  • 2006: Wallabys (29)
  • 2007: Past Brothers Gladstone (13)
  • 2008: Tannum Sands (5)
  • 2009: Wallabys-Valleys (1)
  • 2010: Past Brothers Gladstone (14)
  • 2011: Past Brothers Gladstone (15)
  • 2012: Wallabys (30)
  • 2013: Valleys Gladstone Diehards (?)
  • 2014: Past Brothers Gladstone (16)
  • 2015: Past Brothers Gladstone (17)
  • 2016: No A-Grade competition^
  • 2017: Merged into Rockhampton District Rugby League All remaining clubs from 2016 either joined "Rockhampton District Rugby League" or went into recess. From 2022, the reformed Reserve Grade is the top competition run by Gladstone District Rugby League [4]

Source: [5]

First Grade Titles by club:

  • Past Brothers Gladstone: winners of 13 grand finals between 1971–2007.
  • Valleys Gladstone Diehards: winners of 16 grand finals between 1921–2000.
  • Wallabys: winners of 29 grand finals between 1923–2006.
  • Wests Seagulls: winners of 6 grand finals between 1951–1983.

Reserve Grade (Established: ?)

  • Past-1990: ?
  • 1991–92: ?^
  • 1993–2014: Unknown
  • 2015: Unknown
  • 2016: Calliope Roosters^
  • 2017–21: Merged with Rockhampton District Rugby League^ Gladstone Reserve Grade reformed as the local senior competition in 2022 [4]
  • 2022: Valleys Gladstone

Gladstone District Junior Rugby League

Gladstone District Junior Rugby League [2]
Gladstone District Junior Rugby League
  • Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Biloela Panthers
  • Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Calliope Roosters
  • Brothers Colours.svg Gladstone Past Brothers
  • Valleys colours.svg Gladstone Valleys Diehards
  • Wests Tigers colours.svg Gladstone Wallabys
  • Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Tannum/Boyne Seagulls

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