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| Full name | Townsville Stingers Rugby League Football Club |
| Short name | Stingers |
| Colours | Blue Gold |
| Founded | 1998 |
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| Competition | Townsville & District Rugby League, Mal Meninga Cup, Cyril Connell Cup, Queensland Cup |
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Townsville Stingers Rugby League Club are an Australian rugby league football club based in Townsville formed in 1998. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] The team played in the Queensland Cup before exiting in the 1998 season.
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.
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.
The Willows Sports Complex was a grass football stadium situated in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was used predominantly as a rugby league ground as the home ground of the North Queensland Cowboys National Rugby League club. The ground was also used for rugby union and soccer. From 2009 to 2011, A-League football club North Queensland Fury called it home.
AFL Townsville is an amateur competition formed as the Townsville Australian Football League in 1955, the first contemporary AFL competition to be formed outside of the South East Queensland. It is based in the city of Townsville. For a short period in the 1980s, the competition was played during the summer months. The representative team is known as the Eagles and they wear similar guernseys to the Zillmere Eagles' old white and blue guernseys.
The North Queensland Young Guns were a rugby league team competing in the Queensland Cup. They acted as a feeder team for the North Queensland Cowboys. The Cowboys had previously entered reserve grade teams in the Australian Rugby League and Super League competitions. However, to prevent a drain on travelling expenses, the Cowboys applied to join the Queensland Cup for the 1998 season. Competing as the Townsville Stingers, the reserve grade team had some initial success before narrowly missing the finals. The team was excluded from the 1999 Queensland Cup season, and the Cowboys decided to enter their teams into the predominantly New South Wales-based First Division for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Readmitted to the Queensland Cup in 2002, the Young Guns would win the competition in 2005 with a 36–6 win against defending premiers Burleigh Bears in the grand final.
George Gatis is a former rugby league footballer who played as a hooker in the 2000s in the NRL and the Super League.
Samuel Hoare is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for the Townsville Blackhawks in the Queensland Cup. Primarily a prop, he previously played for the North Queensland Cowboys.
The Townsville and District Rugby Union (TDRU) is a regional rugby union based in the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was founded in 1967 and is the governing body for rugby union in and around the city of Townsville.
Kyle Feldt is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL).
The Townsville & Districts Blackhawks are an Australian semi-professional rugby league football club based in Townsville, Queensland. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup. The club was admitted to the Queensland Cup in September 2014, first competing in the 2015 season. The side plays their home games at Jack Manski Oval.
Gideon Gela-Mosby is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who last played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the NRL.
Corey Jensen is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Brisbane Broncos in the National Rugby League (NRL).
Kyle Laybutt is a Papua New Guinea international rugby league footballer who plays as a lock, centre, five-eighth, halfback and hooker for the Townsville blackhawks in the Qld Cup.
Enari Tuala is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or centre for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL.
The Ipswich Rugby League is a rugby league football competition based in Ipswich, Queensland. It is under the administration of the Queensland Rugby League through the South East Queensland Division, which also administers the Brisbane and Gold Coast competitions.
Jack Manski Oval is a sporting venue situated in the suburb of Kirwan in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. Predominantly used as a rugby league ground, it is the home ground of the Townsville Blackhawks, who play in the Queensland Cup. The ground is also used by the Townsville Brothers junior and senior rugby league teams.
Reuben Cotter is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays primarily as a lock forward for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League (NRL) and Australia at international level.
The 1998 Queensland Cup season was the 3rd season of Queensland's top-level statewide rugby league competition.
Leigh McWilliams is an Australian former rugby league footballer who played for the North Queensland Cowboys in the National Rugby League. He primarily played hooker.
Found headquarters, The Townsville District Rugby League (TDRL) is a rugby league football competition in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The competition is run under the Queensland Rugby League, and features nine clubs, who contest a Premiership season across four senior men's and one senior women's grade from April until August.
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