| Queensland Rugby League | |
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| Founded | 1908,Brisbane,Australia |
| Formerly named | Queensland Rugby Association[1] (1908) Queensland Amateur Rugby League[1] (1909–1911) |
| Responsibility | Queensland |
| Headquarters | Castlemaine Street,Milton,Brisbane[2] |
| Key people | John McDonald[3](Chair) Ben Ikin(from 22 May 2023)[4] (Chief Executive) |
| Men's coach | Billy Slater |
| Women's coach | Tahnee Norris |
| Competitions | Queensland Cup FOGS Cup FOGS Colts Challenge Foley Shield Bulimba Cup 47th Battalion Shield |
| Website | http://www.qrl.com.au/ |
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As of 2 December 2009 | |
TheQueensland Rugby Football League[5] (QRL[6]) is the governing body forrugby league in Queensland. It is a member of theAustralian Rugby League Commission (ARL Commission) and selects the members of theQueensland rugby league team.
The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland".[5] Today the QRL administers the rugby league through its regional divisions. It is also responsible for theQueensland Rugby League team. The QRL's headquarters are on Vulture Street,Woolloongabba inBrisbane.[2]
The Queensland Rugby Football League was formed in 1908 by sevenrugby players who were dissatisfied with the administration of theQueensland Rugby Union (QRU) as the Queensland Rugby Association.[1] Those founding fathers wereMicky Dore,George Watson,Jack Fihelly, J O'Connor. E Buchanan,Alf Faulkner andSine Boland. Discussion about breaking away from the rugby 'union' and forming a professional 'league' in Queensland can be traced as far back as 1905 through the visions of then Deputy State Premier,Michael Allison.
On 14 March 1908, the breakaway group was first mentioned in the local media, and a fortnight later the first official announcement was made regarding the formation of the Queensland Rugby Association was made. On 16 May that year a hastily assembled Queensland team played the touringNew Zealand "All Golds" side inBrisbane. Later that month there were three representative games againstNew South Wales, which acted as selection trials for a national team.
In 1909, club rugby league officially began, with W. Evans scoring the inaugural try before backing up with another as North Brisbane beat Toombul 8–0 at theBrisbane Cricket Ground, although Valleys were the first premiers. Other teams that entered the competition include: Milton (1909), South Brisbane (1909),West End (1910), Natives (1912),Merthyr (1917) andCoorparoo (1917).
In 2012, the QRL formally joined with theNSWRL and eachNational Rugby League club, to form theAustralian Rugby League Commission, which is the overarching governing body for all of Rugby League throughout Australia. Notwithstanding the Commission's role as supreme governing authority for the code, the QRL retains responsibility for both management of theQueensland State of Origin team in Origin series, as well as day-to-day accountability for the operations of theQueensland Cup second-tier league, and junior representative Rugby League, plus divisional leagues, throughout Queensland.
TheQueensland Cup has been contested since 1996. Since 1998 the team winning the Queensland Cup is considered to be the premier club team in Queensland.
The teams are:
 Brisbane Tigers (Eastern Suburbs Tigers) |
 Burleigh Bears |
 Central Queensland Capras |
 Ipswich Jets |
 Mackay Cutters |
 Northern Queensland Pride |
 Northern Suburbs Devils |
 Papua New Guinea Hunters |
 Redcliffe Dolphins |
 Southern Suburbs Logan Magpies |
 Sunshine Coast Falcons |
 Townsville Blackhawks |
 Tweed Heads Seagulls |
 Western Queensland Clydesdales |
 Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
TheBrisbane A-Grade Rugby League, also known as the FOGS Cup, and theFOGS Colts Challenge is run by the Queensland Rugby League'sSouth East Division. It is regarded as the division below theQueensland Cup.
The teams are:
 Beenleigh Pride |
 Brighton Roosters |
 Bulimba Valley Bulldogs |
| Carina Tigers |
 Fortitude Valley Diehards |
| Normanby Hounds |
| Pine Rivers Bears |
| Southern Suburbs Logan Magpies |
 Western Suburbs Panthers |
| Wynnum-Manly Seagulls |
TheCyril Connell Cup &Mal Meninga Cup were introduced in 2009 to provide a pathway for young rugby league players to reach the professional levels of the game. Named after famous Queensland rugby league personalitiesCyril Connell andMal Meninga, the Cups have proved popular. Both competitions have the same structure of sixteen team split into two geographically aligned groups. Pool A contains teams from outside of Brisbane while Pool B comprises teams from the Brisbane metropolitan area and two Gold Coast Rugby League selections. TheCyril Connell Cup was discontinued after 2016.
The teams are:
| Pool A | Pool B |
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| Central Qld Capras | Northern Suburbs Devils |
 Central United | Souths Logan Magpies |
 Ipswich RL | Eastern Suburbs Tigers |
| Mackay Cutters | Western Suburbs Panthers |
| Northern Pride | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| Toowoomba Clydesdales | Wynnum Manly Seagulls |
| Townsville Stingers |  Gold Coast RL Gold |
| Sunshine Coast RL |  Gold Coast RL Green |
Like theNorthern Division's "Foley Shield" or theSouth-East Division's "Bulimba Cup" the "47th Battalion Shield" is run as the Central Region's regional Carnival and none of the teams are club teams, with the only exception being some of the Women's teams. Its traditionally held over one weekend and normally at one venue with multiple grounds to play on.
TheFoley Shield competition began in NorthQueensland 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 andTownsville.
TheBrisbane Rugby League Premiership was a former top-flight rugby league competition. The competition ran fom 1922 until 1997, but became a second tier competition with the advent of theARL Premiership in 1995.
The Bulimba Cup was similar to the Foley Shield in that it was contested by city representative sides in a region, this time theSouth East Region, with the teams being Brisbane, Ipswich and Toowoomba.
The QRL administers rugby league in Queensland through the following divisions.
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