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Queensland Country Rugby Union
SportRugby Union
JurisdictionQueensland Regions, excluding Brisbane
AbbreviationQCRU
Gegründet1965 (59 years ago) (1965)
AffiliationQueensland Rugby Union
Official website
www.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 nine zones with 100 clubs and over 16,000 players. Queensland Country is represented by the Queensland Country Heelers team.[1]

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]

Further information: Queensland Country Championships and Queensland Country Heelers

Bundaberg and District Rugby Union

Cairns and District Rugby Union

Central Highlands Rugby Union

Central Queensland Rugby Union

Darling Downs Rugby Union

Mackay District Rugby Union

Mt Isa Rugby Union

Gold Coast District Rugby Union

Sunshine Coast Rugby Union

Townsville and Districts Rugby Union

Western Queensland Rugby Union

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.redsrugby.com.au/GrassrootsRugby/Country/QueenslandCountryChampionships.aspx
  2. ^ "Border Cup Heads North". New South Wales Country Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 9 March 2014 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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