Queensland Rugby League Northern Division


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:

Competitions

[Cairns District Rugby League]

The C.D.R.L is the governing body for the Cairns eleven club senior competition, which has three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts. All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.
Cairns is represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup 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]

The Mackay & District Rugby League runs an eight club senior competition of three grades, A-Grade, reserve grade and colts and selects representative sides also represented in the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup 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.

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.

Remote Areas Rugby League

Zenadth Kes Rugby League

  • Mulga Tigers
  • Suburbs
  • Roosters
  • Pioneer Knights

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.
The league selects representative teams to compete in the yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup state league as the Townsville Stingers.

Major Venues