Cairns District Rugby League

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

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.

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
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

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.

Club Name	Club Nickname	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 Name	Club Nickname	Homeground
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

References

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