Queensland Rugby League Northern Division

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Northern Division
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Rugby football current event.svg Foley Shield
Sport Rugby league
Instituted1909
CountryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Queensland
Related competition Central Division
South-East Division

The Northern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in North Queensland, specifically in the area from Sarina in the south to Cape York and the Torres Strait Islands in the north and west to Mount Isa as well as into the Gulf Communities. There are over 8000 registered players across 36 senior clubs and 39 junior clubs in this division. The Northern Division is responsible for the historic Foley Shield competition that is held each year. Mid West and Mount Isa play in the Toyota Outback Carnival.

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Team of the Century

In 2008, the centennial year of rugby league football in Australia, the Northern Division named its team of the century: [1]

Competitions

Cairns District Rugby League

The C.D.R.L (TheMarlins) is the governing body for the Cairns eleven club senior competition, which has three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's). [2] All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.

Cairns is represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Northern Pride. The competition was renamed the Far North Queensland Rugby League in 2020.

The region's representative teams are known as the Marlins.

Mackay & District Rugby League

The Mackay & District Rugby League runs an eight club senior competition of three grades, A-Grade, reserve grade and colts (under 18's) and selects representative sides also represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Mackay Cutters.

The region's representative teams are known as the Sea Eagles.

Mid West Rugby League

The Mid West Rugby League is a competition played North Western Queensland, Australia under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League Northern Division.

The league features six clubs and runs an A-Grade competition for both Men and Women, as well as Junior competitions in the Under 9s, 12s and 16s grades. Uniquely, rounds are played as "musters", where all teams travel to one location for the entire round of games due to the vast travel distances and low population density of the area. This model has since been adopted by other competitions including the Western Riverina Community Cup and Mid West Cup in neighbouring New South Wales.

Clubs

Mid West Rugby League
ColoursClubEstablishedHome ground(s)No. of A-Grade

Premierships

A-Grade

Premiership Years

Australian colours.svg Cloncurry Eagles Cloncurry Sports Ground
St. George colours.svg Doomadgee Dragons Doomadgee Sports Ground
Sheffeagles colours.svg Hughenden Eagles Hughenden Sports Ground
Eastern Suburbs colours.svg Julia Creek Saints Julia Creek Sports Ground
Canterbury colours.svg Normanton Stingers Normanton Sports Ground
Manly Sea Eagles colours.svg Richmond Tigers Richmond Sports Ground

Recent Premiers

Mid West Rugby League Premierships

A-Grade

  • 2023: Normanton
  • 2024: Normanton

Juniors

Mid West JRL clubs
  • Cloncurry
  • Hughenden
  • Julia Creek
  • Richmond
  • Normanton (juniors in recess)

Mount Isa Rugby League

The Mount Isa Rugby League is a competition played the vicinity of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League Northern Division.

Founded in 1929, the league features six clubs and runs competitions in grades from Under 6s-Under 12s and an A-Grade for both Men and Women, with three teams participating in the premier competition in both the Men's and Women's grades.

Two foundation clubs remain from the 1929 season, the Black Star Diehards and the Mount Isa Brothers.

Clubs

Mount Isa Rugby League
ColoursClubEstablishedHome ground(s)No. of A-Grade

Premierships

A-Grade

Premiership Years

A Grade
Brothers Colours.svg Mount Isa Brothers 1929Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa
Haven colours.svg Mount Isa TowniesAlec Inch Oval, Mount Isa
Norths Devils colours.svg Mount Isa Wanderers1953Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa
Women's
Western Suburbs colours.svg Black Star Diehards Mt Isa1929Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa201932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2010 & 2013
Australian colours.svg Cloncurry Eagles Cloncurry Showground
Queensland colours.svg Wranglers RLFC Mount IsaAlec Inch Oval, Mount Isa

Recent Premiers

Mount Isa Rugby League Premierships

A-Grade

  • 2013: Black Star
  • 2014: Wanderers
  • 2015: Wanderers
  • 2016: Cloncurry
  • 2017: Townies
  • 2018: Townies
  • 2019: Townies
  • 2020: Wanderers
  • 2021: Cancelled due to COVID-19
  • 2022: Wanderers
  • 2023: Wanderers
  • 2024: Townies

Remote Areas Rugby League

Remote Areas Rugby League
ColoursClubEstablishedHome ground(s)No. of A-Grade

Premierships

A-Grade

Premiership Years

Western Suburbs colours.svg Aurukun Kang Kang
St. George colours.svg Central Cape Suns
Wynnum-Manly Colours.svg Cooktown Crocs
Penrith Panthers square flag icon with 2020 colours.svg Hope Vale Cockatoos
South Queensland colours.svg Lockhart River Scorpions
Wests Tigers colours.svg Mulga Tigers
Canterbury colours.svg Napranum Bulldogs
Western Suburbs colours.svg Old Mapoon
Western Suburbs colours.svg Pormpuraaw Crocs
Canberra colours.svg Weipa Raiders
Western Suburbs colours.svg Wujal Wujal Yindili
Canterbury colours.svg Zenadth Kes RLFC

Zenadth Kes Rugby League

  • Mulga Tigers
  • Suburbs
  • Roosters (est 2004)
  • Pioneer Knights (est 2004)

Townsville District Rugby League

The Townsville District Rugby League runs an eight club senior competition of three grades: A-Grade, reserve grade, under 19's and colts (under 18's).

The league selects representative teams to compete in the yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state league as the Townsville Stingers . [3]

Major Venues

See also

References

  1. ↑ "League names its North Queensland best - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation". Australian Broadcasting Corporation .
  2. ↑ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2262-0-0-0&a=CLUBS [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-2269-0-210439-0&a=LADDER [ dead link ]
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