Mackay & District Rugby League

Mackay District Rugby League
SportRugby league
Instituted1919 [1]
Number of teams8
Country Australia
Websitewww.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

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

Senior clubs

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 2023
Moranbah Miners Moranbah Darryl Bourke Oval
Sarina Crocodiles Sarina Ray Edwards Oval 2021, 2024
Souths Sharks Mackay Shark Park 2012, 2013, 2014
Wests Tigers Mackay Tiger Park 2018, 2020, 2022
Whitsundays Brahmans Proserpine Les Stagg Oval 2015, 2017, 2019

Recent Grand Finals

Mackay & District Rugby League Grand Finals
Year Premiers Score Runners-Up Venue
2012 Souths Sharks Stadium Mackay
2013 Souths Sharks Moranbah Miners Stadium Mackay
2014 Souths Sharks 36 – 30 Wests Tigers Stadium Mackay
2015 Whitsundays Brahmans 21 – 12 Sarina Crocodiles Stadium Mackay
2016 Stadium Mackay
2017 Whitsundays Brahmans 31 – 6 Wests Tigers Stadium Mackay
2018 Wests Tigers 34 – 16 Moranbah Miners Stadium Mackay
2019 Whitsundays Brahmans 38 – 4 Wests Tigers Stadium Mackay
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
2023 Magpies RLFC 26 – 6 Brothers Mackay Stadium Mackay
2024 Sarina Crocodiles 16 – 14 Brothers Mackay Stadium Mackay

Source: [5]

Mackay Juniors

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

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mackay Rugby League History - from 1919".
  2. ^ "Mackay Rugby League History - From 1919". mackayhistory.org. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
  3. ^ a b "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. ^ http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2237-0-226419-0&a=CLUBS [dead link‍]