The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in

Cairns, Queensland Cairns (, ) is a city in Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. The population in June 2019 was 153,952, having grown on average 1.02% annually over the preceding five years. The city is the 5th-most-p ...

. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at

Barlow Park Barlow Park is a multi-sports facility and stadium in Parramatta Park, Queensland, Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The Park is home of Cairns District Rugby League, Far North Queensland Rugby Union, Cairns District Rugby Union, C ...

Representative teams

Selected players from the Cairns District Rugby League, represented Cairns in representative sides called Cairns Marlins (senior team), and Cairns Crocs (junior team). The Marlins compete in the

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while the Northern Pride represents Cairns in the competitions the

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by four ...

, the

Cyril Connell Cup The Cyril Connell Challenge is an under-16 competition administered by the Queensland Rugby League. First run in 2021, the competition replaced the QRL Junior State Championships, which ran from 2017 to 2020. The 2020 competition was ultimately ca ...

and the

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Senior Clubs

Cairns District Rugby League

The Cairns senior competition features eleven clubs in three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's). All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.

Cairns District Junior Rugby League

The Cairns junior competition features twelve clubs in eleven grades, from under 6's to under 16's.

Eacham Junior Rugby League

Eacham Junior Rugby League is the governing body for seven club junior rugby league on the Atherton Tablelands.http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2235-0-162366-0&a=CLUBS The home grounds of Eacham Junior Rugby League are the Atherton Junior Rugby League grounds. The name of the Eacham Junior Rugby League comes from a senior competition dating back to the early twentieth which comprised senior clubs from Mareeba, Atherton, Malanda and Millaa Millaa.

Innisfail Junior Rugby League

Former 4 team competition based around Innisfail now part of the CDJRL It consisted of:
Innisfail Brothers Leprechauns,
Innisfail Cowboys,
Babinda Colts,
Tully Tigers.

Notable players

Cairns Kangaroos

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Innisfail Leprechauns

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(2002-10

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Innisfail Souths

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Edmonton Storm

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(2017-

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) * Darryn Schonig (2020-

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References

External links

* Sport in Cairns Rugby league competitions in Queensland Queensland Rugby League {{rugbyleague-competition-stub