Ipswich Rugby League

The Ipswich Rugby League is a rugby league football competition based in Ipswich, Queensland. It is under the administration of the Queensland Rugby League through the South East Queensland Division, which also administers the Brisbane and Gold Coast competitions.

Representative team
Selected players from the Ipswich Rugby League, represented Ipswich in a representative side called Combined Ipswich, also called Ipswich Diggers, whose teams compete in the statewide competitions the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup.

Ipswich Rugby League Club Teams
The Ipswich Rugby League currently has 14 clubs, for senior and junior. All clubs are in the junior division aside from the Ipswich Jets, but not all are in the senior division.

The clubs currently in the senior division include:
 * Fassifern Bombers
 * Ipswich Jets
 * Karalee Tornadoes
 * Goodna Eagles
 * Ipswich Brothers
 * Swifts Bluebirds
 * North Ipswich Tigers
 * Rosewood Roosters
 * West End Bulldogs
 * Laidley Lions
 * Redbank Plains Bears
 * Springfield Panthers

These clubs are currently fielding teams just in the junior division, however, some have fielded senior teams in the past:
 * Brisbane Valley Bulls
 * Lowood Stags

Previous clubs in the league include Tivoli, the Eastern Suburbs Cobras, Boonah Rabbitohs, South Burnett Eagles and Gatton Hawks; the latter now competing in the Toowoomba Rugby League.

Premiership winners
A list of premiers and Grand Final results since 1980.

External links and Sources

 * Rugby League Week at State Library of NSW Research and Collections
 * Ipswich Rugby League : Senior A Grade Premiers 1910-2009, Compiled by J.E. Christison, 2010, ISBN 9780980607413.
 * The centenary of the greatest game under the sun : one hundred years of Rugby League in Queensland, Prof. Maxwell Howell, Celebrity Books, 2008.
 * The centenary of the greatest game under the sun : one hundred years of Rugby League in Queensland, Prof. Maxwell Howell, Celebrity Books, 2008.