4-748: Northern Rugby Union is a name that has been used by two sporting governing bodies: Queensland Rugby Union , the governing body for rugby union in Queensland, Australia, was known as the Northern Rugby Union until 1893. Rugby Football League , the governing body for rugby league in the United Kingdom, was known as the Northern Union, Northern Rugby Union or Northern Rugby Football Union between 1895 and 1922. Topics referred to by
8-597: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Queensland Rugby Union The Queensland Rugby Union , or QRU , is the governing body for the sport of Rugby union in Queensland in Australia . It is a member and founding union of Rugby Australia . The QRU was founded in Brisbane in 1883 as the Northern Rugby Union , after breaking away from
12-628: The Queensland Football Association before being formally constituted in 1893 when the name was changed to the Queensland Rugby Football Union. The first 1883 season began with two clubs: Fireflies and Wanderers. Early intercolonials were played at Eagle Farm Racecourse . The competition boomed after the collapse of the QFA in 1890 with the majority of the remaining Australian rules players making
16-436: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Northern Rugby Union . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Northern_Rugby_Union&oldid=704260760 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
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