The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in

Cairns, Queensland Cairns (; ) is a city in the Cairns Region, Queensland, Australia, on the tropical north east coast of Far North Queensland. In the , Cairns had a population of 153,181 people. The city was founded in 1876 and named after Sir William Welling ...

. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at

Barlow Park Barlow Park is a multi-sports facility and stadium in Parramatta Park, Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The Park is home of the Northern Pride RLFC offices, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Spor ...

. The competition changed its name to Far North Queensland Rugby League in 2023.

Representative teams

Selected players from the Cairns District Rugby League, represented Cairns in representative sides called Cairns Marlins (senior team), and Cairns Crocs (junior team). The Marlins compete in the

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while the Northern Pride represents Cairns in the competitions the

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, the Cyril Connell Cup and the Mal Meninga Cup .

Senior Clubs

Cairns District Rugby League

The Cairns senior competition features eleven clubs in three grades: A-grade, reserves and colts (under 18's). All finals matches are played at Barlow Park.

Recent Grand Finals

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Cairns Juniors

Cairns District Junior Rugby League

The Cairns junior competition features twelve clubs in eleven grades, from under 6's to under 16's.

Eacham Junior Rugby League

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Innisfail Junior Rugby League

Former 4 team competition based around Innisfail now part of the CDJRL It consisted of:
Innisfail Brothers Leprechauns,
Innisfail Cowboys,
Babinda Colts,

Tully Tigers The Tully Tigers were formed in 1919 and currently field male and female teams in all junior grades of the Cairns District Rugby League. The club is based at Tully Showgrounds, Tully, Queensland Tully is a rural town and Suburbs and localitie ...

Notable players

Cairns Brothers

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Atherton Roosters

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Cairns Kangaroos

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Innisfail Leprechauns

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Innisfail Souths

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Ivanhoes Knights

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Southern Suburbs

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, Gold Coast, Manly &

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Edmonton Storm

* Enari Tuala (2017–

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) * Darryn Schonig (2020–

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References

External links

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