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Cairns District Rugby League

The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Cairns, Queensland. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Barlow Park. The competition changed its name to Far North Queensland Rugby League in 2023.

Representative teams

Selected players from the Cairns District Rugby League, represented Cairns in representative sides called Cairns Marlins (senior team), and Cairns Crocs (junior team). The Marlins compete in the Foley Shield while the Northern Pride represents Cairns in the competitions the Queensland Cup, the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup .

Senior Clubs

Cairns District Rugby League

The Cairns senior competition features eleven clubs in three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's). All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.

Recent Grand Finals

Source:[1]

Cairns Juniors

Cairns District Junior Rugby League

The Cairns junior competition features twelve clubs in eleven grades, from under 6's to under 16's.

Eacham Junior Rugby League

Eacham Junior Rugby League is the governing body for seven club junior rugby league on the Atherton Tablelands.[2] The home grounds of Eacham Junior Rugby League are the Atherton Junior Rugby League grounds. The name of the Eacham Junior Rugby League comes from a senior competition dating back to the early twentieth which comprised senior clubs from Mareeba, Atherton, Malanda and Millaa Millaa.

Innisfail Junior Rugby League

Former 4 team competition based around Innisfail now part of the CDJRL It consisted of:
Innisfail Brothers Leprechauns,
Innisfail Cowboys,
Babinda Colts,
Tully Tigers.

Notable players

Cairns Brothers

Atherton Roosters

Dallas Johnson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairns_District_Rugby_League/Dallas_Johnson

Cairns Kangaroos

Innisfail Leprechauns

Innisfail Souths

Ivanhoes Knights

Southern Suburbs

Edmonton Storm

See also

References

  1. ^ "Association: FNQ Rugby League". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
  2. ^ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2235-0-162366-0&a=CLUBS [dead link]

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