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| Sport | Rugby league |
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| Instituted | 1909 |
| Country |  AustraliaQueensland |
| Related competition | Central Division South-East Division |
TheNorthern Division of theQueensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game ofrugby league inNorth Queensland, specifically in the area fromSarina in the south toCape York and theTorres Strait Islands in the north and west toMount 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 historicFoley Shield competition that is held each year. Mid West and Mount Isa play in the Toyota Outback Carnival.
In 2008, the centennial year of rugby league football in Australia, the Northern Division named its team of the century:[1]
The C.D.R.L (TheMarlins) 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 atBarlow Park.
Cairns is represented in theQueensland Cup andMal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by theNorthern Pride. The competition was renamed theFar North Queensland Rugby League in 2020.
The region's representative teams are known as theMarlins.
TheMackay & District Rugby League 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 theQueensland Cup andMal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by theMackay Cutters.
The region's representative teams are known as theSea Eagles.
TheMid West Rugby League is a competition played North WesternQueensland,Australia under the auspices of theQueensland Rugby League Northern Division.
The league features six clubs and runs an A-Grade competition for both Men and Women, as well as Junior competitions in the Under 9s, 12s and 16s grades. Uniquely, rounds are played as "musters", where all teams travel to one location for the entire round of games due to the vast travel distances and low population density of the area. This model has since been adopted by other competitions including theWestern Riverina Community Cup andMid West Cup in neighbouringNew South Wales.
| Mid West Rugby League | |||||
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| Colours | Club | Established | Home ground(s) | No. of A-Grade Premierships | A-Grade Premiership Years |
 | Cloncurry Eagles | Cloncurry Sports Ground | |||
 | Doomadgee Dragons | Doomadgee Sports Ground | |||
 | Hughenden Eagles | Hughenden Sports Ground | |||
 | Julia Creek Saints | Julia Creek Sports Ground | |||
 | Normanton Stingers | Normanton Sports Ground | |||
 | Richmond Tigers | Richmond Sports Ground | |||
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TheMount Isa Rugby League is a competition played the vicinity ofMount Isa,Queensland,Australia under the auspices of theQueensland Rugby League Northern Division.
Founded in 1929, the league features six clubs and runs competitions in grades from Under 6s-Under 12s and an A-Grade for both Men and Women, with three teams participating in the premier competition in both the Men's and Women's grades.
Two foundation clubs remain from the 1929 season, the Black Star Diehards and the Mount Isa Brothers.
| Mount Isa Rugby League | |||||
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| Colours | Club | Established | Home ground(s) | No. of A-Grade Premierships | A-Grade Premiership Years |
| A Grade | |||||
 | Mount Isa Brothers | 1929 | Alec Inch Oval,Mount Isa | ||
 | Mount Isa Townies | Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa | |||
 | Mount Isa Wanderers | 1953 | Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa | ||
| Women's | |||||
 | Black Star Diehards Mt Isa | 1929 | Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa | 20 | 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1947, 1948, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1962, 1964, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2010 & 2013 |
| Cloncurry Eagles | Cloncurry Showground | |||
 | Wranglers RLFC Mount Isa | Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa | |||
A-Grade
| Remote Areas Rugby League | |||||
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| 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 | ||||
TheTownsville District Rugby League runs an eight club senior competition of three grades: A-Grade, reserve grade, under 19's and colts (under 18's).
The league selects representative teams to compete in the yearlyFoley Shield andMal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state league as theTownsville Stingers.[3]
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