Mal Meninga Cup: Difference between revisions

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 20162023}}

|current_season =

|teams = [[#Teams|1415]]

|country = {{AUS}}Australia

| headquarters = Brisbane, Australia

|champion = {{league iconleagueicon|Tweed HeadsTweeds|16px16}} [[Tweed Heads Seagulls]] (1st3rd title)

|season = 2019

|most_champs = {{league icon|Townsville Blackhawks|16px16}} [[Townsville Blackhawks]]

| website = [https://www.webcitation.org/5ixoMf0lw?url=http://www.qrl.com.au/news/topic/auswide-bank-mal-meninga-cup/ www.qrl.com.au]

The '''Mal Meninga Cup''', known as the '''[[Auswide Bank]] Mal Meninga Cup''' due to sponsorship, is a junior [[rugby league]] football competition based in [[Queensland]], played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition, administered by the [[Queensland Rugby League]], features the junior representative teams of [[Queensland Cup]] clubs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/11/13/david-fifita-follows-meningas-path-to-greatness/|title=David Fifita follows Meninga's path to greatness|date=9 November 2018|website=NRL}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/03/09/progress-in-focus-in-auswide-bank-mal-meninga-cup/|title=Progress the focus in Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup|date=9 March 2019|website=QRL}}</ref>

Since 2011, the winners of the Grand Final play the winners of the New South Wales’ under-18 competition, the [[SGS. G. Ball Cup|S.G. Ball Cup]], in the National Final.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qt.com.au/news/history-against-tweed-in-under-18-league-final/3723063/|title=History against Tweed in under-18 league final|date=11 May 2019|website=Queensland Times}}</ref>

The Mal Meninga Cup is named after [[Mal Meninga]], a 32-game [[Queensland state rugby league team|Queensland]] representative and the most successful [[State of Origin series|State of Origin]] coach of all time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2019/12/13/auswide-bank-mal-meninga-cup-draw/|title=Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup draw|date=13 December 2019|website=QRL}}</ref>

The Mal Meninga Cup consists of fourteenfifteen clubs: thirteenfourteen based within in [[Queensland]] and one each in [[New South Wales]]. The competition currently operates on a single group system, after using a pool system for eight seasons.

ThirteenFourteen of the fourteenfifteen clubs are junior representative teams for [[Queensland Cup]] clubs.<br />The WesternWide MustangsBay are the onlyBulls teamcurrently withhave no Queensland Cup affiliation.

!style="background:white; width:2310%" | City

| [[Brisbane]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Langlands Park|SuzukiTotally Workwear Stadium]]

| [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Pizzey Park|UAA Oval]]

| [[Rockhampton]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Ipswich, Queensland|Ipswich]]

| [[Mackay, Queensland|Mackay]]

| [[Cairns,]]
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Brisbane]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Nundah, Queensland#Sport|Bishop Park]]

| [[Redcliffe, Queensland|Redcliffe]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[Dolphin OvalStadium (Brisbane)|Kayo Stadium]]

| align=center | 12 (20132023)

| [[Brisbane]],
| [[Queensland]]

| align=center | 12 (20182022)

| [[Sunshine Coast, Queensland|Sunshine Coast]]

| [[Townsville,]]
| [[Queensland]]

| {{leagueicon|Tweed Heads|16}} '''[[Tweed Heads Seagulls]]'''

| [[Tweed Heads,]]
| [[New South Wales]]

| align=center | 13 ('''2019(2023)''')

| {{leagueicon|Toowoomba|16}} '''[[Toowoomba Clydesdales|Western MustangsClydesdales]]'''

| [[Toowoomba]],
| [[Queensland]]

| [[GoldClive ParkBerghofer Stadium]]

| [[Brisbane]],
| [[Queensland]]

* Western MustangsClydesdales played as Toowoomba Clydesdales from 2009 to 2016 and Western Mustangs 2017 to 2021.</small>

| align=left| [[Nundah, Queensland#Sport|Bishop Park]]

| align=left| [[Nundah, Queensland#Sport|Bishop Park]]

*{{Official website|URL=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/topic/auswide-bank-mal%20meninga%20cup/?before=2018-01meninga-31T05%3A33%3A47.4274182Z&page=1cup/}}