Mackay & District Rugby League

Mackay District Rugby League
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	1919
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Website	www.qrl.com.au ; Rugby League Mackay & District

Mackay & District Rugby League is the governing body for rugby league and the principal competition in Mackay, Queensland. Founded in 1919, the competition contains eight clubs who compete across three men's grades and one women's grade.^[2]

Representative sides[edit]

Mackay & District Rugby League selects representative sides for the Queensland Cup and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 18's) state leagues, known as the Mackay Cutters. They were formerly known as the Mackay Sea Eagles during the 1990s.

Mackay & District Rugby League[edit]

Senior clubs[edit]

The Mackay & District Rugby League (the Sea Eagles) runs an eight club senior competition of three men's grades, A-Grade, Reserve Grade and Colts (under 18's).^[3]

Mackay & District Rugby League^[4]
Club	City	Home ground(s)	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
Brothers Mackay	Mackay	Leprechaun Park
Carltons	Mackay	Mackay JRL Grounds
Magpies RLFC	Mackay	Sologinkin Oval
Moranbah Miners	Moranbah	Darryl Bourke Oval
Sarina Crocodiles	Sarina	Ray Edwards Oval
Souths Sharks	Mackay	Shark Park
Wests Tigers	Mackay	Tiger Park
Whitsundays Brahmans	Proserpine	Les Stagg Oval

Recent Grand Finals[edit]

Mackay & District Rugby League Grand Finals
Year	Premiers	Score	Runners-Up	Venue
2020	Wests Tigers	42 – 18	Brothers Mackay	Stadium Mackay
2021	Sarina Crocodiles	24 – 20	Wests Tigers	Stadium Mackay
2022	Wests Tigers	40 – 24	Magpies RLFC	Stadium Mackay

Source: ^[5]

Mackay Juniors[edit]

The Mackay Junior Rugby League (the Junior Sea Eagles) runs a nine club juniors competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 16's.^[6] Mackay's juniors competed in the Cyril Connell Cup state league as the Mackay Cutters.

Mackay District JRL^[3]
Brothers Bulldogs JRLFC Moranbah Miners JRLFC North Mackay Magpies JRLFC Northern Suburbs JRLFC Proserpine Brahmans JRLFC Sarina JRLFC Southern Suburbs JRLFC Walkerston Wanderers JRLFC Western Districts JRLFC

References[edit]

^ http://www.mackayhistory.org/research/rugbyleague/MRL_history.html
^ "Mackay Rugby League History - From 1919". mackayhistory.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
^ ^a ^b "Association: Rugby League Mackay & District". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
^ "Our clubs | Mackay Rugby League Clubs". Rugby League Mackay District. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
^ "Association: Rugby League Mackay & District". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
^ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2237-0-226419-0&a=CLUBS ^{[dead link]}

[1] ttp://www.mackayhistory.org/research/rugbyleague/MRL_history.html

[2] "Mackay Rugby League History - From 1919". mackayhistory.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

[:0-3] "Association: Rugby League Mackay & District". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

[4] "Our clubs | Mackay Rugby League Clubs". Rugby League Mackay District. Retrieved 2023-04-11.

[5] "Association: Rugby League Mackay & District". www.playrugbyleague.com. Retrieved 2023-08-08.

[6] ttp://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2237-0-226419-0&a=CLUBS ^{[dead link]}

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