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The Queensland Rugby Football League QRL Constitution, 2009: 3 (QRL QRL Constitution, 2009: 2) is the governing body for
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. It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL Commission) and selects the members of the
Queensland rugby league team The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales in the State of O ...
. The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland". Today the QRL administers the rugby league through its regional divisions. It is also responsible for the
Queensland Rugby League team The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales in the State of O ...
. The QRL's headquarters are on Vulture Street, Woolloongabba in
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.


History of the QRL

The Queensland Rugby Football League was formed in 1908 by seven rugby players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) as the Queensland Rugby Association. Those founding fathers were
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, George Watson, Jack Fihelly, J O'Connor. E Buchanan, Alf Faulkner and Sine Boland. Discussion about breaking away from the rugby 'union' and forming a professional 'league' in Queensland can be traced as far back as 1905 through the visions of then Deputy State Premier, Michael Allison. On 14 March 1908, the breakaway group was first mentioned in the local media, and a fortnight later the first official announcement was made regarding the formation of the Queensland Rugby Association was made. On 16 May that year a hastily assembled Queensland team played the touring New Zealand "All Golds" side in
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. Later that month there were three representative games against
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, which acted as selection trials for a national team. In 1909, club rugby league officially began, with W. Evans scoring the inaugural try before backing up with another as North Brisbane beat Toombul 8-0 at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, although Valleys were the first premiers. Other teams that entered the competition include: Milton (1909), South Brisbane (1909),
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(1910), Natives (1912), Merthyr (1917) and Coorparoo (1917). In 2012, the QRL formally joined with the NSWRL and each
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club, to form the Australian Rugby League Commission, which is the overarching governing body for all of Rugby League throughout Australia. Notwithstanding the Commission's role as supreme governing authority for the code, the QRL retains responsibility for both management of the Queensland State of Origin team in Origin series, as well as day-to-day accountability for the operations of the Queensland Cup second-tier league, and junior representative Rugby League, plus divisional leagues, throughout Queensland.


Current Major Competitions


Intrust Super Cup

The Queensland Cup has been contested since 1996. Since 1998 the team winning the Queensland Cup is considered to be the premier club team in Queensland.


FOGS Cup

The Brisbane A-Grade Rugby League, also known as the FOGS Cup, and the
FOGS Colts Challenge The FOGS Colts Challenge is an 11-team rugby league competition run by the QRL. It is the highest level of junior rugby league in Brisbane before players move into senior rugby. FOGS in an acronym for Former Origin Greats. The competition pr ...
is run by the Queensland Rugby League's South East Division. It is regarded as the division below the Queensland Cup.


Mal Meninga Cup

The Cyril Connell & Mal Meninga Cups were introduced in 2009 to provide a pathway for young rugby league players to reach the professional levels of the game. Named after famous Queensland rugby league personalities Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga, the Cups have proved popular. Both competitions have the same structure of sixteen team split into two geographically aligned groups. Pool A contains teams from outside of Brisbane while Pool B comprises teams from the Brisbane metropolitan area and two Gold Coast Rugby League selections. The Cyril Connell Cup was discontinued after 2016. The teams are:


47th Battalion Shield

Like the Northern Division's "Foley Shield" or the South-East Division's "Bulimba Cup" the "47th Battalion Shield" is run as the Central Region's regional Carnival and none of the teams are club teams, with the only exception being some of the Women's teams. Its traditionally held over one weekend and normally at one venue with multiple grounds to play on.


The Foley Shield

The Foley Shield competition began in North
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in 1948. With the introduction of the Queensland Cup in 1996 the Foley Shield competition was scrapped, only to be reintroduced in 2000. Since the revamp in 2000 it has only contested by the three largest cities in North Queensland; Cairns,
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and Townsville.


Former


Brisbane Rugby League Premiership

The Brisbane Rugby League Premiership was a former top-flight rugby league competition. The competition ran fom 1922 until 1997, but became a second tier competition with the advent of the ARL Premiership in 1995.


Bulimba Cup

The Bulimba Cup was similar to the Foley Shield in that it was contested by city representative sides in a region, this time the South East Region, with the teams being Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba.


QRL Divisions

The QRL administers rugby league in Queensland through the following divisions. * ''As of 2010 the Central, South West and Wide Bay divisions were amalgamated to form the new Central Division.''


Central Queensland Capras

*
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* Central West Rugby League * Gladstone & District Rugby League * Rockhampton & District Rugby League


South West Queensland Mustangs

* Roma District Rugby League * Toowoomba Rugby League ** Border Rivers Rugby League


Defunct Competitions

* Western Rugby League


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* Bundaberg Rugby League * Central Burnett Rugby League * Northern Districts Rugby League * South Burnett Rugby League * Sunshine Coast Rugby League


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* Cairns District Rugby League * Mackay & District Rugby League * Mount Isa Rugby League * Remote Areas Rugby League * Townsville & District Rugby League


Defunct Competitions

* Mid West Rugby League * Northern Peninsula Area Rugby League


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*
Brisbane Second Division Rugby League The Brisbane Second Division Rugby League is the second division of rugby league clubs in Brisbane. History In 1971 the Brisbane Rugby League began a second division competition. This competition was for Under 23 teams in three grades, and was co ...
''The Poinsettias / The Stingers (Juniors)'' * Gold Coast Rugby League ('' The Vikings'') * Ipswich Rugby League (''The Diggers'')


Seasons

*
1908 Queensland Rugby League season The first season of Rugby League in Queensland saw the formation of an association in March 1908, footballers begin training in the new code by early May, and the first in a series of representative matches played on 16 May. Club football began a ...
* 1909 Queensland Rugby League season * 1910 Queensland Rugby League season * 1911 Queensland Rugby League season


See also

*
Rugby league in Queensland Rugby league is the most popular winter sport in the Australian state of Queensland. Prior to the introduction of rugby league, rugby union was the state's most popular sport. After the introduction of League in 1908 it became popular as rugby ...
* Australian Rugby League *
Queensland Rugby League team The Queensland rugby league team represents the Australian state of Queensland in rugby league football. Nicknamed the "Maroons" after the colour of their jersey, they play three times a year against arch-rivals New South Wales in the State of O ...


References


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General

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External links

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League's Queensland page

Queensland Rugby League History

Rugby League clubs in Queensland


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