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in the regional Queensland city of

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, 21 October 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2018. The field was named in honour of local rugby league identity Marley Brown who had died a year before the venue opened, with the first rugby league game played at Marley Brown Oval in 1976. The Gladstone Leagues Club located at the ground opened in 1988, and a 1000-seat grandstand was constructed in 1995. In 2017, it was announced Marley Brown Oval would benefit from state government funding, as part of the Works 4 Queensland program. The funding will be used to expand the amenities, make it more inclusive for female rugby league players and upgrade the venue to an NRL standard. Marley Brown Oval was chosen to host its first

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. Queensland Country hosted at Marley Brown Oval for the National Rugby Championship annual City-Country match in September 2019.

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