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.

Far North Queensland Rugby League

Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1918
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Premiers	Cairns Brothers (2022)
Website	www.qrl.com.au

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.

Club Name & Colours	Club Nickname	Founded	Homeground	City/Town/s	Suburb/s
Atherton	Roosters	1918	Atherton Showgrounds	Atherton
Cairns Brothers	Leprechauns	1926	Stan Williams Park	Cairns	Manunda
Cairns	Kangaroos	1931	Vico Oval	Cairns	Mooroobool
Innisfail Brothers	Leprechauns		Callendar Park	Innisfail
Edmonton	Storm	2006	Petersen Park	Cairns	Edmonton
Ivanhoes	Knights	1923	Smithfield Sporting Complex	Cairns	Smithfield
Mossman Port Douglas	Sharks		Mossman Showgrounds	Mossman & Port Douglas
Southern Suburbs	Cockatoos		Alley Park	Cairns	Gordonvale
Yarrabah	Seahawks	2000	Jilara Oval	Yarrabah
Mareeba	Gladiators		Davies Park	Mareeba
Tully	Tigers		Tully Showgrounds	Tully

Recent Grand Finals

Cairns & District Rugby League Grand Finals

Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Venue
2017	Yarrabah	31 – 22	Innisfail Brothers	Barlow Park
2018	Mossman Port Douglas	36 – 12	Tully	Barlow Park
2019	Mossman Port Douglas	30 – 24	Innisfail Brothers	Barlow Park
2020	Season Cancelled due to COVID-19			N/A
2021	Yarrabah	20 – 16	Innisfail Brothers	Barlow Park
2022	Cairns Brothers	26 – 24	Mossman Port Douglas	Barlow Park
2023	Cairns Brothers	24 – 22	Innisfail Brothers	Barlow Park
2024	Cairns Brothers	18 – 14	Ivanhoes	Barlow Park

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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.

Club Colours	Club Name	Club Nickname	Founded	Homeground	Suburb
	Babinda	Colts		Bill Wakeham Park	Babinda
	Brothers (Cairns)	Leprechauns		Stan Williams Park	Manunda
	Brothers (Innisfail)	Leprechauns		Callendar Park	Innisfail
	Cairns	Kangaroos		Vico Oval	Mooroobool
	Central	Scorpions		Jones Park	Westcourt
	Edmonton	Storm		Petersen Park	Edmonton
	Innisfail	Cowboys		Goondi Combined Sports Complex	Innisfail
	Ivanhoes	Knights		Smithfield Sporting Complex	Smithfield
	Redlynch	Razorbacks		St Andrews Catholic College	Redlynch
	Mossman	Sharks		Mossman Showgrounds	Mossman
	Southern Suburbs	Cockatoos		Alley Park	Gordonvale
	Yarrabah	Seahawks		Jilara Oval	Yarrabah

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.

Club Colours	Club Name	Club Nickname	Founded	Homeground	Suburb
	Atherton	Roosters		Atherton JRL Grounds
	Cooktown & Districts
	Herberton	Magpies
	Kuranda & Districts
	Malanda	Eels		Malanda Showgrounds
	Mareeba	Gladiators		Davies Park
	Ravenshoe	Tigers

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

• Brad Arthur (Coach of Parramatta Eels 2012 & 2014-present)
• George Burgess (2012-19 South Sydney Rabbitohs, 2020-21 Wigan Warriors & 2022 St. George Illawarra Dragons)

Atherton Roosters

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

Cairns Kangaroos

• David Westley (1993–2002 Canberra Raiders, Parramatta Eels & Northern Eagles)
• Justin Hodges (2000–2015 Brisbane Broncos & Sydney Roosters)
• Ashley Graham (2002–2013 Parramatta Eels & North Queensland Cowboys)
• Brent Webb (2002–2014 NZ Warriors, Leeds Rhinos & Catalans Dragons)
• Jayden Hodges (2013– North Queensland Cowboys & Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles)
• Gideon Gela-Mosby (2017–2019 North Queensland Cowboys)
• Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (North Queensland Cowboys & Dolphins)
• Jeremiah Nanai (North Queensland Cowboys)

Innisfail Leprechauns

• Ty Williams (2002–10 North Queensland Cowboys)
• Scott Bolton (2007–19 North Queensland Cowboys)
• Billy Slater (2003–18 Melbourne Storm)

Innisfail Souths

• Kerry Boustead (1979–1990 Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Hull KR & North Sydney Bears)

Ivanhoes Knights

• James Segeyaro (2011–19 North Queensland Cowboys, Penrith, Leeds, Cronulla & Brisbane).

Southern Suburbs

• Nate Myles (2005–17 Canterbury, Sydney, Gold Coast, Manly & Melbourne Storm)

Edmonton Storm

• Enari Tuala (2017– North Queensland Cowboys & Newcastle Knights)
• Darryn Schonig (2020– Melbourne Storm)

See also

• Sports portal

• Rugby League Competitions in Australia