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]
The competition still runs junior grades and fields representative teams.
Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1918 |
Number of teams | 5 |
Country | Australia |
Website | www.qrl.com.au Rugby League Gladstone |
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.
Although the league no longer runs a senior competition, it still fields a representative side. The representative team for Gladstone in the 47th Battalion Shield is known as the Gladstone Raiders.
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] | Established | City / Town | Home ground(s) | Seasons | Fate | ||
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Calliope Roosters (Reserves only) | 1960 | Calliope | Liz Cunningham Park | 1960-1961; ^; 1991–1992; 2013–2016; 2022–2023 | Joined Northern Districts Rugby League | ||
Past Brothers Gladstone | 1930 | Gladstone | Briffney Creek Fields | 1930–1932; 1968–2015; 2022–2023 | Joined Rockhampton District Rugby League | ||
Tannum Sands Seagulls | 1994 | Boyne Island-Tannum Sands | Dennis Park | 1994–2015; 2022–2023 | Joined Rockhampton District Rugby League | ||
Valleys Diehards | 1919 | Gladstone | Valleys Grounds | 1919–1941; 1944–1961; 1966–2008; ^; 2010–2015; 2022–2023 | Joined Rockhampton District Rugby League | ||
Wallabys | 1923 | Gladstone | Albion Park | 1923–1941; 1944–1951; 1954–1961; 1966–1983; 1993–2008; ^; 2010–2016; 2022–2023 | Joined Northern Districts Rugby League |
Former Gladstone District Rugby League Clubs | |||||
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Boyne Valley Bluebells | 1933 | Boyne Valley | "Boyne Valley" | 1933; 1935–1936; 1960; ^ | |
? | Calliope-Boyne Valley United | 1980 | Calliope & Boyne Valley | Liz Cunningham Park "Boyne Valley" | 1980–1982; ^ |
? | Colts | 1939 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1939–1940 |
? | Country | 1929 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1929 |
Dawson Valley | 2016 | Moura | "Moura" | 2016 | |
Gladstone Rebels | 2016 | Gladstone | Marley Brown Oval | 2016 | |
? | Meatworks | 1919 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1919–1922 |
Miriam Vale Magpies | 1966 | Miriam Vale | Gary Larson Oval | 1966–1968 | |
? | Natives | 1918 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1918–1926 |
QASC Red Devils^ | 1966 | Gladstone | Yaralla Sports Club | 1966; 1978–1979; ^; 1992 | |
QASC/CBVU Red Devils^ | 1983 | Gladstone Calliope Boyne Valley | Yaralla Sports Club Liz Cunningham Park "Boyne Valley" | 1983–1991; ^ | |
? | Railway | 1918 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1918; 1927–1928; 1944–1948; 1951–1952 |
? | Wallabys-Valleys | 2009 | Gladstone | Albion Park Valleys Grounds | 2009; ^ |
? | Wanderers | 1918 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1918 |
? | Waratahs | 1937 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1937–1941 |
Wests Seagulls | 1949 | Gladstone | "Gladstone" | 1949–1960; 1969–1983; 1985–1990 |
A-Grade (Established: 1918)
Source: [5]
First Grade Titles by club:
Reserve Grade (Established: ?)
Gladstone District Junior Rugby League [2] |
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Gladstone District Junior Rugby League |
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