Queensland Country Rugby Union

Queensland Country Rugby Union
SportRugby Union
JurisdictionQueensland Regions
(excluding Brisbane)
AbbreviationQCRU
Founded1965
(59 years ago) (1965)
AffiliationQueensland Rugby Union
PresidentDan Morton
Official website
redsrugby.com.au/GrassrootsRugby/Country

The Queensland Country Rugby Union, or QCRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within most of the state of Queensland in Australia. It is affiliated with the Queensland Rugby Union.

The Queensland Country Rugby Union administers the game in regions of Queensland outside of metropolitan Brisbane. The union is split into eleven country sub-unions.[1] Queensland Country is represented by the Queensland Country Heelers team.[1]

Structure

Country Heelers kit

The Queensland Country Rugby Union has eleven country sub-unions, each running their own club competitions during the year. The sub-unions are grouped into three regional divisions in Northern, Central, and Southern Queensland:

North Queensland

Central Queensland

  • Rockhampton
  • Central Highlands
  • Western Queensland
  • Wide Bay – selected from Bundaberg and District Rugby Union, plus teams from Fraser Coast, Gympie, and South Burnett.

South Queensland

Sub-union teams compete in Regional Championships against other teams in their regional division. Representative sides from the three regions are then selected to play at the Queensland Country Championships.

Following the Country Championships, a representative Queensland Country Heelers team is selected by the Queensland Country Rugby Union to play regular fixtures including City-Country matches against Brisbane selections, and the "Battle of the Borders" Cup against the New South Wales Country Cockatoos.[2]

Rugby Bundaberg

  • The Waves Falcons
  • Bundaberg Barbarians
  • Turtles Brothers Rugby
  • Isis Crushers
  • Bundaberg Pythons

Far North Queensland Rugby Union

  • Cairns Northern Beaches Mudcrabs
  • Barron-Trinity Bulls
  • Brothers Rugby Union
  • Cairns Old Crocs Rugby Union
  • Cairns Wanderers
  • Innisfail Chargers Junior Rugby Union
  • JCU Mariners
  • Port Douglas Rugby Union
  • Southside Crusaders Sports & Culture

Central Highlands Rugby Union

  • Capella Rugby Union
  • Clermont Rugby Union
  • Emerald Rugby
  • Moranbah Bulls
  • Rolleston Rugby Union

Central Queensland Rugby Union

  • Biloela Rugby
  • Blackwater Rugby
  • Rockhampton Brothers Rugby Union
  • Capricorn Coast Rugby
  • Colts Rugby Club
  • Dawson Valley Rugby Club
  • Frenchville Pioneers
  • Gladstone Rugby Club
  • Mount Morgan Rugby
  • Rockhampton Boars
  • University Central Queensland Rugby

Darling Downs Rugby Union

  • Condamine Rugby Union
  • Dalby and District Rugby Union Football Club
  • Goondiwindi Rugby
  • Highfields Redbacks Rugby Union
  • Roma Rugby Union
  • South Burnett Rugby
  • St George & District Rugby
  • Toowoomba Bears Rugby
  • Toowoomba Rangers Rugby
  • University Of Southern Queensland Rugby
  • Warwick & Districts Rugby
  • University of Queensland - Gatton

Mackay District Rugby Union

  • Bowen Rugby
  • Brothers Mackay
  • City Rugby Club
  • Kuttabul Rugby
  • Proserpine/Whitsunday Rugby Union
  • Slade Point Rugby

Mt Isa Rugby Union

  • Cloncurry Rugby
  • Euros Rugby Union
  • Keas Rugby
  • Warrigals Rugby

Gold Coast and District Rugby Union

Sunshine Coast Rugby Union

  • Caboolture Rugby Union
  • Caloundra Rugby Union
  • Fraser Coast Rugby Union
  • Gympie Rugby Union
  • Maroochydore Rugby Union
  • Nambour Rugby Union
  • Noosa District Rugby Union
  • University of the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union

Townsville and Districts Rugby Union

  • Townsville Brothers Rugby Union
  • Burdekin Rugby Union
  • Charters Towers Rugby Union
  • Ingham Rugby Union
  • James Cook University
  • North Ward Old Boys Rugby
  • Ross River Redskins
  • Teachers West Rugby Union

Western Queensland Rugby Union

  • Barcaldine Rugby Union
  • Collegians Rugby Union
  • Longreach Rugby Union

See also

  • flagQueensland portal
  • Sports portal

References

  1. ^ a b "GrainCorp Country Championships". Queensland rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Border Cup Heads North". New South Wales Country Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.

External links

  • Official website
  • Queensland Country Rugby Union on Facebook
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