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The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRL) is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission and selects the members of the Queensland rugby league team.
Australian rules football in Queensland was the first official football code played in 1866. The Colony of Queensland was the second after Victoria to adopt Australian rules football and it became established across the colony as the most popular code however it soon fell into the shadow of British football variants for more than a century. The introduction of the Brisbane Bears to the national competition in 1987 did little to help the code grow and access to suitable stadiums hampered it until the 1993 redevelopment of the Brisbane Cricket Ground (Gabba) to host AFL matches. However the AFL's move from the Gold Coast to Brisbane set in motion enormous growth in popularity, resulting in average attendances tripling by 1996.
The Toowoomba ClydesdalesRugby League Football Club, commonly known as Toowoomba Clydesdales or Clydesdales are a rugby league football club based in Toowoomba, Queensland, named after the Scottish horse breed. They played in the Queensland Wizard Cup since the competition began in 1996 but no longer play in the competition.
The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league football club based in Ipswich, Queensland. Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Originally in the 1980s their colours were green and white, but in recent years gold has been added to the combination.
Duncan Fulton Thompson MBE was an Australian veteran of both WWI and WWII and a rugby league footballer, coach and administrator. He was wounded on active service in WWI and has been named amongst the nation's finest footballers of the 20th century, and is regarded as the father of modern coaching.
Lagi Setu is a Samoa international rugby league footballer. In rugby league he primarily plays second-row, prop or lock.
Rodney Griffin is a Papua New Guinean professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop, second-row and lock forward for the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup. He is a Papua New Guinean international.
Denis Flannery, also known by the nickname of "Flag Pole", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. An Australian international and Queensland interstate representative winger, he played his club football in the Ipswich Rugby League for the Brothers club. He has been recognised as one of Queensland's greatest ever players
Lionel Morgan is an Indigenous Australian former rugby league footballer, named amongst the nation's finest of the 20th century. He is currently a coach. Morgan was the first Indigenous Australian to be selected to play in a recognised rugby league Test match. He primarily played on the wing.
Joel Riethmuller is an Italy international rugby league footballer who previously played professionally for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League.
Cameron Carr, is an Australian Paralympic wheelchair rugby player. He has won a silver medal at the 2008 Paralympics and gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Paralympics.
Nathaniel Neale is a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer. He previously played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the National Rugby League. He primarily plays as a prop and second-rower.
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Bill Pearson is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. A Queensland interstate representative centre, he played club football in Ipswich, Brisbane and Bundaberg, usually at five-eighth.
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Kurt Capewell is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row forward and centre for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
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The 1956 New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia was the eighteenth tour by New Zealand's national rugby league team, and the thirteenth tour to visit Australia. The fifteen-match tour included three Test Matches.
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Gary Greinke is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer and coach. He played for Brisbane Souths in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership and later coached the London Broncos in the 1994-95 Second division and the 1995–96 Championship.
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