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30-1049: 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 Foley Shield while the Northern Pride represents Cairns in the competitions the Queensland Cup , the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup . 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. Source: The Cairns junior competition features twelve clubs in eleven grades, from under 6's to under 16's. Eacham Junior Rugby League

60-521: A certain distance of their club. Accordingly, Brisbane was divided into Eastern Suburbs (incorporating Coorparoo and Wynnum), Southern Suburbs (incorporating Carltons), Western Suburbs, Northern Suburbs (incorporating Past Grammars), Fortitude Valley and Past Brothers (whose players had to prove that they had attended a Christian Brothers school). In 1934, the University Amateur Rugby League Club folded and disappeared from

90-572: A founding member of the Townsville Souths rugby league club, and with later Australian Prime Minister Arthur Fadden formed the North Queensland Rugby League in 1919. In 1948 the competition was structured into a Northern Zone ( Cairns , Babinda , Tully and Eacham ) and a Southern Zone ( Mackay , Ayr and Townsville ). The following year, a Central Zone ( Herbert River , Charters Towers and Home Hill )

120-604: A handful of spectators at Brisbane Cricket Ground . Matches were played under the auspices of the Queensland Amateur Rugby Football League (later renamed Queensland Rugby League ). The foundation clubs were: Note: Queensland Rugby League era statistics are not counted as Brisbane Rugby League statistics. In 1922 the Brisbane Rugby Football League (Brisbane Rugby Football League, later Brisbane Rugby League)

150-564: A more commercial basis. This coincided with the commencement of television broadcasts of Brisbane Rugby League games in the same year. The money made from jersey sponsorships and advertising hoardings at grounds was not able to compete with poker machine money available to Sydney Rugby League clubs in the Sydney Rugby League , and an increasing number of players left the Brisbane Rugby League. This also affected

180-536: A second-tier competition until it ceased and was fully replaced at this level by the Queensland Cup before the 1998 season. The FOGS Cup , a third-tier competition under the NRL and Queensland Cup , changed its name to the Brisbane Rugby League in 2016. The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRFL) was formed in 1908 by seven former rugby union players who were dissatisfied with the administration of

210-523: A statewide competition. The Winfield State League was created in 1982. The State League competition ran in parallel to the Brisbane Rugby League competition from 1982 to 1995. Also, like with Sydney's competition, Brisbane's competition was also called the Winfield Cup during the 1980s, due to sponsorship from Winfield cigarettes . The Queensland Cup would eventually replace both the State league and

240-602: Is a rugby league competition in North Queensland administered by the Queensland Rugby League . Prior to 1948 an inter-town competition known as the Carlton Cup was contested in North Queensland . This was revamped, and renamed in honour of Arch Foley , a member of the 1918 Townsville representative team that travelled north to Cairns , and south throughout Central Queensland . He was

270-666: Is the governing body for seven club junior rugby league on the Atherton Tablelands. 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. Former 4 team competition based around Innisfail now part of

300-492: The Australian Rugby League Premiership which took nationwide first-class status in 1995. The Brisbane Rugby League became a state competition from 1995-97 until the Queensland Cup , which became a league-style competition in 1998, superseded the Brisbane Rugby League as the top state league. Redcliffe won the last Brisbane Rugby League Grand Final in 1997 defeating Eastern Suburbs 35–6, and

330-638: The Brisbane Broncos in 1988. Also in 1988, the Sydney Rugby League de facto superseded the Brisbane Rugby League by going national and including the Brisbane and Gold Coast clubs. However, the BRL maintained legal top-flight status until the advent of the national Australian Rugby League premiership in 1995, which superseded both Brisbane Rugby League premiership and the Sydney Rugby League premiership . The Brisbane Rugby League premiership then became

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360-578: The New South Wales Rugby League . The Brisbane Broncos debuted in the Sydney Rugby League premiership in 1988 . As the Broncos began to represent Brisbane at rugby league in the public eye the Brisbane Rugby League competition entered the terminal phase of its decline. The dominance of the Brisbane Broncos in the media resulted in the Brisbane Rugby League losing live coverage of games and receiving only minor interest from

390-426: The Queensland Rugby League attempted to regain control of the Brisbane Rugby League competition in 1923 and 1924, the Brisbane Rugby League remained steadfast and the dispute simmered into the next decade. so dire did the situation become, that by the late 1920s, the Queensland Rugby League commenced its own competition involving Ipswich clubs and two supporting Brisbane clubs. Until 1932 Brisbane Exhibition Ground

420-634: The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU). The new organisation was attacked by both the local press and the QRU for introducing professionalism, which they claimed would destroy the sport. The "founding fathers" of the QRFL included John Fihelly , an Australian Labor Party Member of Parliament who became Minister for Railways and Deputy Premier. The first official club competition kicked off in Brisbane on 8 May 1909. Norths played against Souths before

450-539: The Anzac Day Long Weekend. In 2011, the competition moved to the 20th to 22 May to be played in Townsville, with no preliminary round played. Townsville will split into two zones, Townsville City and Townsville Country. This brings the Townsville district in line with their Juniors, who found the move successful. This has followed the lead of Cairns who split. into Cairns and Innisfail-Eacham. Also,

480-654: The Brisbane Rugby League competition around this time were South Coast (1952–1953), Wynnum-Manly (1951) and Redcliffe (1960). A then-record crowd at Brisbane Football Stadium of 19,824 saw Northern Suburbs defeat Fortitude Valley in the Brisbane Rugby League grand final in September 1961. In 1967 the Queensland Rugby League removed the residential qualifications for players in Brisbane Rugby League clubs, meaning that players did not have to reside in their certain suburbs to play for their teams. This reduced community support for teams, and club decisions began to be made on

510-489: The Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1996 and 1998. In the 1980s, two further teams were added to the Brisbane Rugby League competition: Ipswich (1986) and Logan (1987). Despite some New South Wales Rugby League ( Sydney Rugby League ) premiership games being re-broadcast during late night timeslots from the late 1970s, the Brisbane Rugby League remained the more popular competition in Queensland until 1988 with

540-521: The CDJRL It consisted of: [REDACTED] Innisfail Brothers Leprechauns, [REDACTED] Innisfail Cowboys, [REDACTED] Babinda Colts, [REDACTED] Tully Tigers . Dallas Johnson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Johnson Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership This rugby league competition article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Foley Shield The Foley Shield

570-510: The competition. In 1953 the friction between the Queensland Rugby League and Brisbane Rugby League ended, with the Brisbane Rugby League being replaced by the Brisbane division of the Queensland Rugby League. Former Brisbane Rugby League chairman and Queensland Rugby League secretary Ron McAullife eventually secured the use of Brisbane Football Stadium as a permanent home for rugby league in Queensland . Teams that joined

600-589: The league was then declared defunct. On 26 September 2014, the South East Queensland Division announced that they will be scrapping the existing FOGS Cup structure and reforming the Brisbane Rugby League as the state's secondary competition. Legally, although they share the same name, this competition is completely separate from the original BRL. (Reserve Grade) = Reserve Grade side to the Senior Grade side. Selected players from

630-583: The popularity of the Bulimba Cup which had been held between the cities of Brisbane , Ipswich and Toowoomba since the 1930s. In 1978 the premiership trophy, the Kirks Cup was replaced by the Winfield Cup. The Queensland Rugby League commissioned Eric White Associates to investigate the administrative structure of the game in Queensland in 1977. One of the recommendations was the creation of

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660-535: The re-introduction of Bowen to the Foley Shield (Formerly part of Whitsunday) who will combine with Palm Island, who play a 7 team A-Grade Competition. They will be known as Bowen-Palm Island. Mount Isa-Mid West will be known as Northern Outback, and Cape-Torres will be known as Remote Areas Rugby League. (RARL) Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Brisbane Rugby League premiership The Brisbane Rugby League premiership

690-720: The shield, Mount Isa, with the Mid-West league, (Mount Isa-Mid West) and Innisfail-Eacham returned to the competition and Cape York/Torres Strait joined the competition, and the Shield was played as a round robin at the Townsville Sports Reserve over the Easter weekend in 2009. In 2010, the competition was moved to the Labour Day Long Weekend, with a preliminary round played in regional centres over

720-404: The sports media. The drop in interest saw the Brisbane Rugby League, its clubs and its junior development base incurring significant and crippling financial losses. Several longstanding clubs were not able to survive the impact over the coming years. From 1988, Brisbane Rugby League players weren't chosen to represent Queensland again. The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was fully superseded by

750-586: The weekly live broadcast of the Match of the Round being played at Lang Park. In 1986 the New South Wales Rugby League decided to allow a team from Brisbane to enter the Sydney Rugby League premiership. While the New South Wales Rugby League was originally negotiating a Brisbane team sponsored by the Queensland Rugby League , a private bid in the form of the Brisbane Broncos was instead accepted by

780-513: Was a rugby league football competition in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . It was first held in 1922 and for every year until 1997. The competition was reinstated in 2001 , known as the FOGS premiership under the Queensland Cup . The competition consists of Brisbane's top six rugby league clubs. Each participating team is a feeder club for the Queensland Cup . Prior to 1922, the competition

810-475: Was added. The grand final was played in Townsville , and was a highlight of the rugby league calendar. The Foley Shield continued to be held annually until the introduction of the statewide Queensland Cup competition in 1996. In 2000 the competition was reinstated, and was contested by Cairns , Mackay and Townsville . In an attempt to re-invent the competition and renew the tradition and passion in

840-412: Was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League . Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in Brisbane, attracting large crowds and broad media coverage. The Brisbane Rugby League however, had been in slow decline for some 15 years as large numbers of its players left to compete in the more lucrative Sydney Rugby League , and began to lose popular interest with the creation of

870-466: Was formed out of dissatisfaction with the way the Queensland Rugby League ran the game. Those involved took particular exception to the salary being earned by Harry Sunderland as secretary of the Queensland Rugby League . The Brisbane Rugby League took control of the local competition. Competing in the Brisbane Rugby League competition that year were Brothers, Carltons, Coorparoo, University, Valley and Wests, with Past Grammars rejoining in 1924. Although

900-480: Was the home of rugby league in the city. The complicated arrangement between the Brisbane Rugby League, Queensland Rugby League and Royal National Association (who administered the Exhibition Ground) led to Brisbane Cricket Ground being used for rugby league matches. In 1933 district football was introduced to provide community support and player equalisation. This meant that players had to live within

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