Mal Meninga Cup

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Mal Meninga Cup
Current season or competition:
Rugby football current event.svg 2023
Mal Meninga Cup new logo 2021.png
Sport Rugby league
Inaugural season2009
Number of teams 15
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Premiers Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins (2nd title) (2023)
Most titles Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks (5 titles)
Website www.qrl.com.au
Related competition SG Ball Cup

The Mal Meninga Cup, known as the Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup due to sponsorship, is a junior rugby league football competition based in Queensland, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition, administered by the Queensland Rugby League, features the junior representative teams of Queensland Cup clubs. [1] [2]

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Since 2011, the winners of the Grand Final play the winners of the New South Wales’ under-18 competition, the S.G. Ball Cup, in the National Final. [3]

The Mal Meninga Cup is named after Mal Meninga, a 32-game Queensland representative and the most successful State of Origin coach of all time. [4]

Teams

The Mal Meninga Cup consists of fifteen clubs: fourteen based within in Queensland and one in New South Wales. The competition currently operates on a single group system, after using a pool system for eight seasons.

Fourteen of the fifteen clubs are junior representative teams for Queensland Cup clubs.
The Wide Bay Bulls currently have no Queensland Cup affiliation.

Current clubs

Mal Meninga Cup
ClubEstablishedCityStateStadiumTiles (Last)
Balmain colours.svg Brisbane Tigers 1917 Brisbane Queensland Totally Workwear Stadium 0
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Burleigh Bears 1934 Gold Coast Queensland UAA Oval 0
Central Comets colours.svg Central Queensland Capras 1996 Rockhampton Queensland Browne Park 0
Ipswich Colours.svg Ipswich Jets 1982 Ipswich Queensland North Ipswich Reserve 0
Mackay Cutters colours.svg Mackay Cutters 2007 Mackay Queensland BB Print Stadium Mackay 0
Northern Pride colours.png Northern Pride 2007 Cairns Queensland Barlow Park 0
Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 1933 Brisbane Queensland Bishop Park 2 (2011)
Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 1947 Redcliffe Queensland Kayo Stadium 1 (2013)
Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 1918 Brisbane Queensland Davies Park 2 (2022)
Sunshine Coast Colours.svg Sunshine Coast Falcons 1996 Sunshine Coast Queensland Sunshine Coast Stadium 0
Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks 1998 Townsville Queensland Jack Manski Oval 5 (2016)
Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Heads Seagulls 1909 Tweed Heads New South Wales Piggabeen Sports Complex 2 (2021)
Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Western Clydesdales 1996 Toowoomba Queensland Clive Berghofer Stadium 1 (2017)
Leigh colours.svg Wide Bay Bulls 2009 Bundaberg Queensland Various0
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls 1951 Brisbane Queensland BMD Kougari Oval 0
  • Brisbane Tigers played as Easts Tigers from 2009 to 2020.
  • CQ Capras played as Central Comets from 2009 to 2011.
  • Townsville Blackhawks played as Townsville Stingers from 2009 to 2015.
  • Western Clydesdales played as Toowoomba Clydesdales from 2009 to 2016 and Western Mustangs 2017 to 2021.
  • Wide Bay Bulls rejoined the competition in 2021.

Previous clubs

Mal Meninga Cup
ClubSeasonsCityStadiumPremierships (Last)
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2017 colours.svg Central Crows2011–2017 Bundaberg, Queensland Across the Waves Sportsground 0
Canterbury colours.svg Gold Coast Blue2010 Gold Coast, Queensland Merv Craig Sporting Complex 0
Cook Islands YGWG.png Gold Coast Gold2011–2012 Gold Coast, Queensland Pizzey Park 0
Ireland colours.svg Gold Coast Green2010–2016 Gold Coast, Queensland Pizzey Park 0
Gold Coast Vikings Colours.svg Gold Coast Vikings 2009 Gold Coast, Queensland Pizzey Park 0
Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Gold Coast White2013–2016 Gold Coast, Queensland Pizzey Park 0
Balmain colours.svg Northern Territory Rugby League 2009–2010 Darwin, Northern Territory Richardson Park 0
Melbourne colours.svg Victoria Rugby League 2015–2018 Melbourne, Victoria Casey Fields 0
Wests Panthers Colours.svg Wests Panthers 2011–2012 Brisbane, Queensland Purtell Park 0
  • Central Crows played as Central United from 2011 to 2013.

Grand Final results

SeasonGrand Finals
PremiersScoreRunners-upVenue
2009 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 20–18 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers Bishop Park
2010 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers 26–24 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils Langlands Park
2011 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils 28–10 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers Langlands Park
2012 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers 22–14 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins BMD Kougari Oval
2013 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 44–16 Cairns Cyclones Colours.svg Gold Coast White Langlands Park
2014 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers 22–18 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils Barlow Park
2015 Hunter colours.svg Townsville Stingers 30–24 Balmain colours.svg Easts Tigers Tapout Energy Stadium
2016 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks 38–16 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils Suzuki Stadium
2017 Toowoomba Clydesdales colours.svg Western Mustangs 40–30 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies Suzuki Stadium
2018 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 18–16 Norths Devils colours.svg Norths Devils Bishop Park
2019 Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Heads Seagulls 28–24 Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Wynnum Manly Seagulls Kougari Oval
2020Season cancelled
2021 Western Suburbs colours.svg Tweed Heads Seagulls 30–24 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks Jack Manski Oval
2022 Souths-Logan Magpies Colours.svg Souths Logan Magpies 38–26 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks Sunshine Coast Stadium [5]
2023 Redcliffe colours.svg Redcliffe Dolphins 36-18 Townsville Blackhawks colours.png Townsville Blackhawks Totally Workwear Stadium

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References

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  2. "Progress the focus in Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup". QRL. 9 March 2019.
  3. "History against Tweed in under-18 league final". Queensland Times. 11 May 2019.
  4. "Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup draw". QRL. 13 December 2019.
  5. "Blackhawks v Magpies - Grand Final". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2022.