Barlow Park

Barlow Park is a multi-sports facility and stadium in Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia.

The Park is home of the Northern Pride RLFC offices, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Sports Commission Development, Oztag, and formerly Cairns FC and Cairns District Rugby League.^[1]

Since 2008 it has been the home ground for the Northern Pride rugby league team who play in the State Competition Queensland Cup.

Venue

The ground comprises an IAAF international athletics facility, turf sports fields at the main Barlow and West Barlow parks, and a capacity of 15,000 people including a 1,700 seat grandstand with corporate and media facilities.^[1]

History

The Cairns Sports Centre (Barlow Park) was officially opened on Saturday the 5th of December 1987. It has had various upgrades over the course of time, notably the stadium extension was opened on 13 August 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Barlow Park has played host to international athletic events and pre-season NRL, Super Rugby and A-League matches. 2007, 2010, 2012 and 2015 the Oceania Area Championships have been held at Barlow park, seeing athletes from around the world compete, as well as international sports people such as Sir Sebastian Coe. On 16 June 2013 the ground hosted a regular season NRL match between South Sydney Rabbitohs and Gold Coast Titans in front of a crowd of 16,118.^[2] The record attendance at the venue was set when 20,000 people attended a 2004 NRL pre-season match.^[3] The ground hosted additional NRL matches involving the Rabbitohs in 2014, 2015 and 2016, 2017, 2018, and most recently in 2023.^{[citation needed]}

The stadium hosted three matches in the 2017 Rugby League World Cup, including a double-header.^{[citation needed]}

The venue also hosted the 2018 Australian All School Athletics Championships. ^[4]

NRL Games

Game #	Date	Result	Attendance
1	16 June 2013	South Sydney Rabbitohs def. Gold Coast Titans 30–24	16,118
2	3 August 2014	South Sydney Rabbitohs def. Newcastle Knights 50–10	11,578
3	26 April 2015	Canberra Raiders def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 30–22	8,713
4	3 July 2016	North Queensland Cowboys def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 20–0	14,923
5	16 July 2017	North Queensland Cowboys def. South Sydney Rabbitohs 23–10	11,217
6	1 July 2018	South Sydney Rabbitohs def. North Queensland Cowboys 21–20	7,195
7	12 August 2023	South Sydney Rabbitohs vs St George Illawarra Dragons 26-14	8,378

References

External links

• Barlow Park at Austadiums
• Barlow Park rleague.com
• Barlow Park cricinfo.com