- Rugby league in Queensland
Governing body
The
Queensland Rugby League (QRL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Queensland. It is a member of theAustralian Rugby League (ARL) and selects the members of Queensland State of Origin teams.National Rugby League
The
National Rugby League (NRL) is Australia's top level competition for the sport of rugby league.There are three Queensland based teams in the NRL:
Brisbane Broncos ,Gold Coast Titans andNorth Queensland Cowboys .Gold Coast Chargers competed in the NRL in 1998.Major Competitions in Queensland
Queensland 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. This is because in 1996 and 1997 it was contested parallel to the
Brisbane Rugby League , which was considered the premier competition in the state.The Queensland Cup grew out of the
Winfield State League . Since its formation in 1995, the Queensland Cup has been known as the Queensland Cup, Bundy Gold Cup, Channel 9 Cup. For sponsorship reasons it is currently known as the Queensland Wizard Cup.FOGS Cup & FOGS Colts Challenge
Also known as the FOGS Cup & FOGS Colts Challenge, they are run by the Queensland Rugby League's
South East Division . It is made up of 12 clubs, 7 of which play in theQueensland Cup . Generally, it is regarded as the division below theQueensland Cup . The FOGS Cup and FOGS Colts Challenge are formerly known as the Quest Cup and Mixwell CupFoley Shield
The Foley Shield competition began in North
Queensland 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 inNorth Queensland ; Cairns, Mackay and Townsville.Past Competitions
Brisbane Rugby League
The Brisbane Rugby League (BRL) premiership was the premier competition in Queensland from 1909 until 1997. It was superseded by the
Queensland Cup .Bulimba Cup
The Bulimba Cup was a representative competition contested between Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba. It was contested between 1925 and 1972.
Winfield State League
The Winfield State League was a Queensland-wide competition that was held in a variety of formats between 1982 and 1995. This competition was superseded by the
Queensland Cup .tate of Origin
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Queensland State of Origin Team The Queensland State of Origin side is by far Queensland's most loved football team. Purely a representative team, they play three games a year against New South Wales in the competition known as the State of Origin, thus named because players represent their state of birth or the state where they played their first senior game of football. They are currently captained by
Darren Lockyer and coached byMal Meninga .The Queensland and New South Wales teams are heavily competitive. During the 1980s Queensland had the upper hand (8 out of 10 to Qld); during the 1990s, factoring in Super League which took out most of the Queensland team (through the Brisbane Broncos), the results were reasonably similar (6 out of 10 to NSW); and during the first decade of the 2000s, New South Wales has had the upper hand, but are by no means dominant (4 out of 7 to NSW, with the most recent to Qld).
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Rugby league in Australia
*Sport in Queensland External links
* [http://www.qrl.com.au Queensland Rugby League]
* [http://queenland.rleague.com League's Queensland page]
* [http://www.qrl.com.au/display.php?pg_id=2476 Queensland Rugby League History]
* [http://www.playrugbyleague.com.au/qld/ Rugby League clubs in Queensland]
* [http://www.freewebs.com/queensland-masters-rugby-league/index.htm Queensland Masters Rugby League Association inc]
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