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34-596: The competition still runs junior grades. Its most recent season of competition was 2017 for Inter City Women's and 2015 for A-Grade & Under 20s. From 2017 until 2022 Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League incorporated many of the former GDRL clubs' Women's, First Grade and Under 20s sides, and from 2017 until 2021, Gladstone's Reserve Grade teams. Gladstone began running its own reserves competition in order to offer senior local competition again from 2022, with other grades continuing to play in Rockhampton. A-Grade returned

68-507: 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

102-576: 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)

136-559: A hastily assembled Queensland team played the touring New Zealand "All Golds" side in Brisbane . Later that month there were three representative games against New 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 the Brisbane Cricket Ground , although Valleys were

170-546: 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

204-580: 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

238-513: 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

272-694: Is the governing body for rugby league in Queensland . It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission (ARL Commission) and selects the members of the Queensland rugby league team . The QRL aims to "foster, develop, extend, govern and control Rugby League Football throughout the State of Queensland". Today the QRL administers the rugby league through its regional divisions. It is also responsible for

306-478: 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

340-532: The Brisbane Rugby League clubs, represented Brisbane in a representative team called Brisbane Firsts or Brisbane Capitals against various Sydney Rugby League clubs or against Sydney Firsts or Sydney Capitals Teams in bold still existed during the at the end of the 1st-grade competition in 1994. Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Queensland Rugby League The Queensland Rugby Football League (QRL )

374-622: 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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408-561: 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

442-491: 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

476-628: The Queensland Rugby League team . The QRL's headquarters are on Vulture Street, Woolloongabba in Brisbane . The Queensland Rugby Football League was formed in 1908 by seven rugby players who were dissatisfied with the administration of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) as the Queensland Rugby Association. Those founding fathers were Micky Dore , George Watson , Jack Fihelly , J O'Connor. E Buchanan, Alf Faulkner and Sine Boland . Discussion about breaking away from

510-553: 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

544-649: 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

578-431: 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

612-587: The Commission's role as supreme governing authority for the code, the QRL retains responsibility for both management of the Queensland State of Origin team in Origin series, as well as day-to-day accountability for the operations of the Queensland Cup second-tier league, and junior representative Rugby League, plus divisional leagues, throughout Queensland. The Queensland Cup has been contested since 1996. Since 1998

646-500: 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

680-474: The first premiers. Other teams that entered the competition include: Milton (1909), South Brisbane (1909), West End (1910), Natives (1912), Merthyr (1917) and Coorparoo (1917). In 2012, the QRL formally joined with the NSWRL and each National Rugby League club, to form the Australian Rugby League Commission , which is the overarching governing body for all of Rugby League throughout Australia. Notwithstanding

714-663: The following year, however, in 2024 the competition was disbanded in favour of clubs joining the Rockhampton competition again. The representative team for Gladstone in the 47th Battalion Shield is known as the Gladstone Raiders. "Boyne Valley" Liz Cunningham Park "Boyne Valley" Valleys Grounds A-Grade (Established: 1918) Source: First Grade Titles by club: Reserve Grade (Established: ?) Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Brisbane Rugby League premiership The Brisbane Rugby League premiership

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748-569: 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 in North Queensland ; Cairns , Mackay and Townsville . The Brisbane Rugby League Premiership was a former top-flight rugby league competition. The competition ran fom 1922 until 1997, but became

782-571: 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

816-513: 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

850-487: The professional levels of the game. Named after famous Queensland rugby league personalities Cyril Connell and Mal 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. The Cyril Connell Cup

884-403: 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

918-404: 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

952-553: The team winning the Queensland Cup is considered to be the premier club team in Queensland. The Brisbane A-Grade Rugby League , also known as the FOGS Cup, and the FOGS Colts Challenge is run by the Queensland Rugby League's South East Division . It is regarded as the division below the Queensland Cup . The Cyril Connell & Mal Meninga Cups were introduced in 2009 to provide a pathway for young rugby league players to reach

986-569: 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

1020-454: 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

1054-412: 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

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1088-767: Was discontinued after 2016. The teams are: Like the Northern Division's "Foley Shield" or the South-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. The Foley Shield competition began in North Queensland in 1948. With

1122-466: 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

1156-472: 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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