Townsville District Rugby League

The Townsville District Rugby League (TDRL) is a rugby league football competition in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The competition is run under the Queensland Rugby League, and features nine clubs, who contest a Premiership season across four senior men's and one senior women's grade from April until August.[1]

Townsville District Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1920s
Number of teams9
Country Australia
Websitewww.qrl.com.au
Rugby League Townsville & District

Representative Team

The local representative team in the Queensland Cup is the Townsville Blackhawks, who play at Jack Manski Oval. Junior squads are nicknamed the Townsville Stingers, which was also the name of the former representative team in the Queensland Cup. RLTD selects representative teams to compete in the yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state league as the Townsville Stingers/Townsville Blackhawks.[2]

Senior Clubs

The Townsville & District Rugby League runs an eight club senior competition comprising four men's grades:

  • A-Grade (Senior Grade),
  • Reserve Grade,
  • Under 19's
  • Colts (Under 18's).
Townsville & District Rugby League[3]
Club City Home ground(s) No. of A-Grade

Premierships

 A-Grade

Premiership Years

Bowen Seagulls * Bowen Denison Park
Townsville Brothers Leprechauns Townsville Jack Manski Oval
Burdekin Roosters Ayr Rugby Park
Centrals ASA Tigers Townsville Townsville Sports Reserve
Charters Towers Miners Charters Towers Bill Lewis Oval
Herbert River Crushers Ingham Artie Gofton Oval
Northern Suburbs Devils Townsville Peggy Banfield Park
Southern Suburbs Bulls Townsville Ross River Sports Ground
Western Suburbs Lions Townsville Townsville Sports Reserve
  • Bowen Seagulls compete only in the Reserve Grade

Recent Grand Finals
Townsville & District Rugby League Grand Finals
Year Premiers Score Runners-Up Venue
2020 Season Cancelled due to COVID-19 N/A
2021 Townsville Brothers Leprechauns 32 – 0 Centrals ASA Tigers Townsville Sports Reserve
2022 Herbert River Crushers 24 – 14 Townsville Brothers Leprechauns Townsville Sports Reserve

Source:[4]

Townsville District Juniors

The Townsville & District Junior Rugby League (the Kangaroos) runs a ten club juniors competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 16's.[5] Townsville's juniors competed in the Cyril Connell Cup state league formerly as the Townsville Stingers, but now go by Mendi Townsville & Districts Blackhawks.

The TDJRL clubs are shown below.

Townsville District JRL clubs[3]
  • Abergowrie
  • Bowen
  • Burdekin
  • Centrals A.S.A
  • Charters Towers
  • Herbert River
  • North Thuringowa Devils
  • Townsville Brothers
  • United Suburbs
  • Upper Ross
  • Western Lions

See also

References
  1. "Home - Rubgy League Townsville & Districts". www.rltd.com.au. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  2. http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-2269-0-210439-0&a=LADDER
  3. "Association: Townsville District Junior Rugby League". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  4. "Competition: 2022 RLTD A GRADE Draw". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
  5. http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=7-2240-0-223220-0&pool=1&round=0&a=LADDER
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