Queensland Rugby League Northern Division#Mid West Rugby League

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The Northern Division of the Queensland Rugby League is responsible for administering the game of rugby league in North Queensland, specifically in the area from Sarina in the south to Cape York and the Torres Strait Islands in the north and west to Mount 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 historic Foley Shield competition that is held each year. Mid West and Mount Isa play in the Toyota Outback Carnival.

Team of the Century

In 2008, the centennial year of rugby league football in Australia, the Northern Division named its team of the century:{{cite web| url = http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/06/23/2283036.htm?site=northqld| title = League names its North Queensland best - ABC (none) - Australian Broadcasting Corporation| website = Australian Broadcasting Corporation}}

1. Ray Laird (Mackay, NQ, Qld, Aus)
2. Kerry Boustead (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
3. Alan Gil (Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
4. Garry Wellington (Burdekin, Herbert River, Qld, Aus)
5. Dale Shearer (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
6. Bob Banks (Charters Towers, Tully, Cairns, NQ, Qld, Aus)
7. Arch Foley (Townsville, NQ, Qld – career cut short by World War I)
8. Martin Bella (Sarina, NQ, Qld, Aus)
9. Brian Fitzsimmons (Cairns, Ayr, Qld, Aus)
10. Dan Clifford (Tully, NQ, Qld)
11. Jim Paterson (Townsville, Innisfail, Herbert River, NQ, Qld, Aus)
12. Angelo Crema (Tully, NQ, Qld, Aus)
13. Kel O'Shea (Ayr, Qld, NSW, Aus)
Reserves:
14. Lionel Williamson (Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)
15. Matt Bowen (NQ Cowboys, Qld, Aus)
16. Marshall Colwell (Mackay, Townsville, NQ, Qld)
17. Greg Dowling (Herbert River, Innisfail, NQ, Qld, Aus)

Competitions

= [[Cairns District Rugby League]] =

{{main|Cairns District Rugby League}}The C.D.R.L (The Marlins) is the governing body for the Cairns eleven club senior competition, which has three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's).http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2262-0-0-0&a=CLUBS {{Dead link|date=August 2022}} All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.

Cairns is represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Northern Pride. The competition was renamed the Far North Queensland Rugby League in 2020.

The region's representative teams are known as the Marlins.

= [[Mackay & District Rugby League]] =

{{Main|Mackay & District Rugby League}} The Mackay & 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 the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues by the Mackay Cutters.

The region's representative teams are known as the Sea Eagles.

= Mid West Rugby League =

The Mid West Rugby League is a competition played North Western Queensland, Australia under the auspices of the Queensland 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 the Western Riverina Community Cup and Mid West Cup in neighbouring New South Wales.

== Clubs ==

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left" ! colspan="6" \|Mid West Rugby League
style="background:white" \|Colours ! style="background:white" \|Club ! style="background:white" \|Established ! style="background:white" \|Home ground(s) ! style="background:white" \|No. of A-Grade Premierships ! style="background:white" \|A-Grade Premiership Years
{{leagueicon\|Australia\|20}} \|Cloncurry Eagles \| \|Cloncurry Sports Ground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|St George\|20}} \|Doomadgee Dragons \| \|Doomadgee Sports Ground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Sheffield\|20}} \|Hughenden Eagles \| \|Hughenden Sports Ground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Eastern Suburbs\|20}} \|Julia Creek Saints \| \|Julia Creek Sports Ground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Canterbury\|20}} \|Normanton Stingers \| \|Normanton Sports Ground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Manly\|20}} \|Richmond Tigers \| \|Richmond Sports Ground \| \|

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"

! colspan="6" |Mid West Rugby League

style="background:white" |Colours

! style="background:white" |Club

! style="background:white" |Established

! style="background:white" |Home ground(s)

! style="background:white" |No. of A-Grade

Premierships

! style="background:white" |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

== Recent Premiers ==

{{hidden|header=Mid West Rugby League Premierships|content= A-Grade

2023: Normanton
2024: Normanton

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== Juniors ==

class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

!Mid West JRL clubs

* Cloncurry

Hughenden
Julia Creek
Richmond
Normanton (juniors in recess)

= Mount Isa Rugby League =

The Mount Isa Rugby League is a competition played the vicinity of Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia under the auspices of the Queensland 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.

== Clubs ==

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left" ! colspan="6" \|Mount Isa Rugby League
style="background:white" \|Colours ! style="background:white" \|Club ! style="background:white" \|Established ! style="background:white" \|Home ground(s) ! style="background:white" \|No. of A-Grade Premierships ! style="background:white" \|A-Grade Premiership Years
colspan="6" \|A Grade
{{leagueicon\|Brothers\|20}} \|Mount Isa Brothers \|1929 \|Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Whitehaven\|20}} \|Mount Isa Townies \| \|Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Norths Devils\|20}} \|Mount Isa Wanderers \|1953 \|Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa \| \|
colspan="6" \|Women's
{{leagueicon\|Western Suburbs\|20}} \|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
{{leagueicon\|Australia\|16}} \|Cloncurry Eagles \| \|Cloncurry Showground \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Queensland\|16}} \|Wranglers RLFC Mount Isa \| \|Alec Inch Oval, Mount Isa \| \|

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"

! colspan="6" |Mount Isa Rugby League

style="background:white" |Colours

! style="background:white" |Club

! style="background:white" |Established

! style="background:white" |Home ground(s)

! style="background:white" |No. of A-Grade

Premierships

! style="background:white" |A-Grade

Premiership Years

colspan="6" |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

colspan="6" |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

== Recent Premiers ==

{{hidden|header=Mount Isa Rugby League Premierships|content= A-Grade

2013: Black Star
2014: Wanderers
2015: Wanderers
2016: Cloncurry
2017: Townies
2018: Townies
2019: Townies
2020: Wanderers
2021: Cancelled due to COVID-19
2022: Wanderers
2023: Wanderers
2024: Townies

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= Remote Areas Rugby League =

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left" ! colspan="6" \|Remote Areas Rugby League
style="background:white" \|Colours ! style="background:white" \|Club ! style="background:white" \|Established ! style="background:white" \|Home ground(s) ! style="background:white" \|No. of A-Grade Premierships ! style="background:white" \|A-Grade Premiership Years
{{leagueicon\|Western Suburbs\|20}} \|Aurukun Kang Kang \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|St George Dragons\|20}} \|Central Cape Suns \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Wynnum\|20}} \|Cooktown Crocs \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Penrith\|20}} \|Hope Vale Cockatoos \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|South Queensland\|20}} \|Lockhart River Scorpions \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Wests Tigers\|20}} \|Mulga Tigers \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Canterbury\|20}} \|Napranum Bulldogs \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Western Suburbs\|20}} \|Old Mapoon \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Western Suburbs\|20}} \|Pormpuraaw Crocs \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Canberra\|20}} \|Weipa Raiders \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Western Suburbs\|20}} \|Wujal Wujal Yindili \| \| \| \|
{{leagueicon\|Canterbury\|20}} \|Zenadth Kes RLFC \| \| \| \|

class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"

! colspan="6" |Remote Areas Rugby League

style="background:white" |Colours

! style="background:white" |Club

! style="background:white" |Established

! style="background:white" |Home ground(s)

! style="background:white" |No. of A-Grade

Premierships

! style="background:white" |A-Grade

Premiership Years

|Aurukun Kang Kang

|Central Cape Suns

|Cooktown Crocs

|Hope Vale Cockatoos

|Lockhart River Scorpions

|Mulga Tigers

== Zenadth Kes Rugby League ==

Mulga Tigers
Suburbs
Roosters (est 2004)
Pioneer Knights (est 2004)

= Townsville District Rugby League =

The Townsville 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 yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state league as the Townsville Stingers.http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-2269-0-210439-0&a=LADDER {{Dead link|date=August 2022}}

Major Venues

Barlow Park - Cairns (18,000 / 3,750 Grandstand seating)
BB Print Stadium - Mackay (12,000 / 1,050 Grandstand seating)
Jack Manski Oval - Townsville (4,000 / 250 Grandstand seating)
Queensland Country Bank Stadium - Townsville (25,000 / 25,000 Grandstand seating)