Queensland Rugby League Northern Division

Northern Division
Current season or competition:; Foley Shield
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1909
Country	Australia; Queensland
Related competition	Central Division; South-East Division

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.

Team of the Century

In 2008, the centennial year of rugby league football in Australia, the Northern Division named its team of the century:^[1]

1. Ray Laird (Mackay, NQ, Qld, Aus)
2. Kerry Boustead (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
3. Alan Gill (Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
4. Gary Wellington (Burdekin, Herbert River, Qld, Aus)
5. Dale Shearer (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
6. Bob Banks (Charters Towers, Tully, Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
7. Arch Foley (Townsville, NQ, Qld – career cut short by World War I)
8. Martin Bella (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
9. Brian Fitzsimons (Cairns, Ayr, Qld, Aus)
10. Dan Clifford (Tully, NQ, Qld)
11. Jim Paterson (Townsville, Innisfail, Herbert River, NQ, Qld, Aus)
12. Angelo Crema (Tully, NQ, Qld, Aus)
13. Kel O'Shea (Ayr, Qld, NSW, Aus)
Reserves:
14. Lionel Williamson (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
15. Matt Bowen (NQ Cowboys, Qld, Aus)
16. Marshall Colwell (Mackay, Townsville, NQ, Qld)
17. Greg Dowling (Herbert River, Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)

Cairns District Rugby League

Seniors

The C.D.R.L (the Marlins) is the governing body for the Cairns eleven club senior competition, which has three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's).^[2] All finals matches are played at Barlow Park. Cairns is represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Northern Pride.

Cairns District Rugby League
Colours	Club	Established	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
	Atherton Roosters		Mungalli Creek Dairy Stadium
	Cairns Brothers		Stan Williams Park		2022
	Innisfail Brothers		Callendar Park
	Edmonton Storm		Petersen Park
	Ivanhoes Knights		Smithfield Sporting Complex
	Cairns Kangaroos		Vico Oval
	Mareeba Gladiators		Davies Park
	Mossman Port Douglas Sharks		Coronation Park
	Southern Suburbs Cockatoos		Alley Park
	Tully Tigers		Tully Showground
	Yarrabah Seahawks		Jilara Oval

Juniors

The Cairns District Junior Rugby League (the Crocodiles) runs a twelve club junior competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 16's.^[3] Cairns' juniors compete in the Cyril Connell Cup state league as the Northern Pride.

Cairns District JRL
Babinda Colts Cairns Brothers Cairns Kangaroos Central Scorpions Edmonton Storm Innisfail Brothers Innisfail Cowboys Ivanhoes Knights Redlynch Razorbacks Mossman Sharks Southern Suburbs Yarrabah Seahawks

Eacham Junior Rugby League

Eacham Junior Rugby League is the governing body for seven club junior rugby league on the Atherton Tablelands.^[4] 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. As of 2021 the Only remaining teams in the Eacham Junior League are, Ravenshoe, Herberton, Malanda and Atherton. With Cooktown in their own competition, Kuranda being defunct and Mareeba going back into the Cairns District Junior League.


Eacham JRL Clubs
Atherton Herberton Malanda Ravenshoe

Innisfail Junior Rugby League

Former 4 team competition based around Innisfail now part of the CDJRL.

Mackay & District Rugby League

Senior clubs

The Mackay & District Rugby League (the Sea Eagles) runs an eight club senior competition of three grades, A-Grade, reserve grade and colts (under 18's) and selects representative sides also represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Mackay Cutters.

Mackay & District Rugby League
Colours	Club	City	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
	Brothers Mackay	Mackay	Leprechaun Park
	Carltons	Mackay	Mackay JRL Grounds
	Magpies	Mackay	Sologinkin Oval
	Moranbah Miners	Moranbah	Darryl Bourke Oval
	Sarina Crocodiles	Sarina	Ray Edwards Oval
	Souths	Mackay	Shark Park
	Wests Tigers	Mackay	Tiger Park
	Whitsundays Brahmans	Proserpine	Les Stagg Oval

Junior Clubs

The Mackay Junior Rugby League (the Junior Sea Eagles) runs a nine club juniors competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 16's.^[5] Mackay's juniors competed in the Cyril Connell Cup state league as the Mackay Cutters.

Mackay District JRL
Brothers Bulldogs JRLFC Moranbah Miners JRLFC North Mackay Magpies JRLFC Northern Suburbs JRLFC Proserpine Brahmans JRLFC Sarina JRLFC Southern Suburbs JRLFC Walkerston Wanderers JRLFC Western Districts JRLFC

Townsville District Rugby League

Senior Clubs

The Townsville District Rugby League runs an Eight club senior competition of three grades: A-Grade, reserve grade, under 19's and colts (under 18's) and selects representative teams to compete in the yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state league as the Townsville Stingers/Townsville Blackhawks.^[6]

Townsville & District Rugby League
Club	City	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
Bowen Seagulls (Reserves Only)	Bowen	Denison Park
Townsville Brothers Leprechauns	Townsville	Jack Manski Oval
Burdekin Roosters	Ayr	Rugby Park
Centrals ASA Tigers	Townsville	Townsville Sports Reserve
Charters Towers Miners	Charters Towers	Bill Lewis Oval
Herbert River Crushers	Herbert River	Artie Gofton Oval
North Townsille Devils	Townsville	Peggy Banfield Park
South Townsille Bulls	Townsville	Ross River Sports Ground
Western Lions	Townsville	Townsville Sports Reserve

Junior Clubs

The logo of the Townsville Junior Rugby League

The Townsville District Junior Rugby League (the Kangaroos) runs a ten club juniors competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 16's.^[7] Townsville's juniors competed in the Cyril Connell Cup state league formerly as the Townsville Stingers, but now go by Mendi Townsville & Districts Blackhawks.

The TDJRL clubs are shown below.

Townsville District JRL clubs
Abergowrie Bowen Burdekin Centrals A.S.A Charters Towers Herbert River North Thuringowa Devils Townsville Brothers United Suburbs Upper Ross Western Lions

Mid West Rugby League

Mount Isa Rugby League
Colours	Club	Established	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
	Hughenden Eagles
	Julia Creek Saints
	Normanton Stingers

Mid West JRL clubs
Cloncurry Hughenden Julia Creek Richmond Normanton (juniors in recess)

Mount Isa Rugby League

Mount Isa Rugby League
Colours	Club	Established	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
	Mount Isa Brothers		Alec Inch Oval
	Cloncurry		Cloncurry Showground
	Black Star Diehards Mt Isa		Alec Inch Oval
	Mount Isa Townies		Alec Inch Oval
	Mount Isa Wanderers		Alec Inch Oval

Remote Areas Rugby League

Remote Areas Rugby League
Colours	Club	Established	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
	Aurukun Kang Kang
	Central Cape Suns
	Cooktown Crocs
	Hope Vale Cockatoos
	Lockhart River Scorpions
	Mulga Tigers
	Napranum Bulldogs
	Old Mapoon
	Pormpuraaw Crocs
	Weipa Raiders
	Wujal Wujal Yindili
	Zenadth Kes RLFC

Major Venues

Barlow Park - Cairns (18,000 / 3,750 Grandstand seating)
BB Print Stadium - Mackay (12,000 / 1,050 Grandstand seating)
Jack Manski Oval - Townsville (4,000 / 250 Grandstand seating)
Queensland Country Bank Stadium - Townsville (25,000 / 25,000 Grandstand seating)

References

External links

Official website

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Rugby league in Queensland
Federation	Queensland Rugby League
Representative Teams	Queensland Maroons Queensland women's Queensland Residents Queensland U-20 Queensland U-18 Queensland U-16 Queensland women's U-18
NRL clubs	Current clubs: Brisbane Broncos Dolphins Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys Former Clubs: Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers (1988-1998) South Queensland Crushers (1995-1997)
NRLW clubs	Current clubs: Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys
Major Competitions	State-wide leagues: Queensland Cup Women's Premiership Hastings Deering Colts (U21s) Mal Meninga Cup (U18s) State League (1982-95) Cyril Connell Cup (2009-16) Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Other leagues: Masters Police Services Primary School Secondary School Confraternity Carnival Universities Women's
Northern Division	Foley Shield Cairns Mackay Mid West Mount Isa Remote Areas Townsville
Central Division	47th Battalion Shield Capricorn Region Central Highlands Central West Gladstone Rockhampton South West Region Border Rivers Roma Toowoomba Wide Bay Region Bundaberg Central Burnett Northern Districts South Burnett Sunshine Coast-Gympie
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Queensland Cup clubs	Brisbane Tigers Burleigh Bears Central Queensland Capras Ipswich Jets Northern Pride Mackay Cutters Norths Devils PNG Hunters Redcliffe Dolphins Souths Logan Magpies Sunshine Coast Falcons Townsville Blackhawks Tweed Heads Seagulls Western Clydesdales Wynnum Manly Seagulls
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