The Cairns District Rugby League is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Cairns, Queensland. Formed on 5 August 1918, the CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Barlow Park. The competition changed its name to Far North Queensland Rugby League in 2023.
The competetion extends from Mossman-Port Douglas Sharks in the north, to the Tully Tigers to the south.
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 Foley Shield while the Northern Pride represents Cairns in the competitions the Queensland Cup, 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. Club Name & Colours Club Nickname Founded Homeground City/Town/s Suburb/s Atherton Roosters 1918 Atherton Showgrounds Atherton Cairns Brothers Leprechauns 1926 Stan Williams Park Cairns Manunda Cairns Kangaroos 1931 Vico Oval Cairns Mooroobool Innisfail Brothers Leprechauns Callendar Park Innisfail Edmonton Storm 2006 Petersen Park Cairns Edmonton Ivanhoes Knights 1923 Smithfield Sporting Complex Cairns Smithfield Mossman Port Douglas Sharks Mossman Showgrounds Mossman & Port Douglas Southern Suburbs Cockatoos Alley Park Cairns Gordonvale Yarrabah Seahawks 2000 Jilara Oval Yarrabah Mareeba Gladiators Davies Park Mareeba Tully Tigers1919 Tully Showgrounds Tully Former Senior Clubs Club Name & Colours Club Nickname FoundedCeased Homeground City/Town/s Fate Babinda Colts 19181999 Bill Wakeham Park, Babinda BabindaFailed to field a senior team due to lack of numbers. Still fields junior teams. The Edmonton Storm were removed by the CDRL for the 2026 Senior season due to alleged rule breaches .
Recent Grand Finals +Cairns & District Rugby League Grand FinalsYearPremiersScoreRunners-upVenue2017 Yarrabah31 – 22 Innisfail BrothersBarlow Park2018 Mossman Port Douglas36 – 12 Tully TigersBarlow Park2019 Mossman Port Douglas30 – 24 Innisfail BrothersBarlow Park2020Season Cancelled due to COVID-19N/A2021 Yarrabah20 – 16 Innisfail BrothersBarlow Park2022 Cairns Brothers26 – 24 Mossman Port DouglasBarlow Park2023 Cairns Brothers24 – 22 Innisfail BrothersBarlow Park2024 Cairns Brothers18 – 14 IvanhoesBarlow Park2025 Cairns Brothers18-12Southern SuburbsBarlow Park Source: https://www.cairnspost.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CPWEB_MRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cairnspost.com.au%2Fsport%2Flive-streams%2Fleague%2F2025-fnqrl-live-stream-watch-eight-grand-finals-live%2Fnews-story%2Fa1a389096e1b160dbd5bf182bd6cec37&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&BT=KTV 2026 Cairns Brothers
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. Club Colours Club Name Club Nickname Founded Homeground Suburb Babinda Colts 1918 Bill Wakeham ParkBabinda Brothers (Cairns) Leprechauns Stan Williams Park Manunda Brothers (Innisfail) Leprechauns Callendar Park Innisfail Cairns Kangaroos Vico Oval Mooroobool Central Scorpions Jones Park Westcourt Edmonton Storm Petersen Park Edmonton Innisfail Cowboys Goondi Combined Sports Complex Innisfail Ivanhoes Knights Smithfield Sporting Complex Smithfield Redlynch Razorbacks St Andrews Catholic CollegeRedlynch Mossman Sharks Mossman Showgrounds Mossman Southern Suburbs Cockatoos Alley Park Gordonvale Yarrabah Seahawks Jilara Oval Yarrabah
Eacham Junior Rugby League
Eacham Junior Rugby League is the governing body for seven club junior rugby league on the Atherton Tablelands.http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-2235-0-162366-0&a=CLUBS The home grounds of Eacham Junior Rugby League are the Atherton Junior Rugby League grounds. The name of the Eacham Junior Rugby League comes from a senior competition dating back to the early twentieth which comprised senior clubs from Mareeba, Atherton, Malanda and Millaa Millaa.
Club Colours Club Name Club Nickname Founded Homeground Suburb Atherton Roosters Atherton JRL Grounds Cooktown & Districts Herberton Magpies Kuranda & Districts Malanda Eels Malanda Showgrounds Mareeba Gladiators Davies Park Ravenshoe Tigers
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.
Notable players
Cairns Brothers
Brad Arthur (Coach of Parramatta Eels 2012 & 2014-present) George Burgess (2012-19 South Sydney Rabbitohs, 2020-21 Wigan Warriors & 2022 St. George Illawarra Dragons)
Atherton Roosters Dallas Johnson https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Johnson
Cairns Kangaroos David Westley (1993–2002 Canberra Raiders, Parramatta Eels & Northern Eagles) Justin Hodges (2000–2015 Brisbane Broncos & Sydney Roosters) Ashley Graham (2002–2013 Parramatta Eels & North Queensland Cowboys) Brent Webb (2002–2014 NZ Warriors, Leeds Rhinos & Catalans Dragons) Jayden Hodges (2013– North Queensland Cowboys & Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles) Gideon Gela-Mosby (2017–2019 North Queensland Cowboys) Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (North Queensland Cowboys & Dolphins) Jeremiah Nanai (North Queensland Cowboys)
Edmonton Storm Enari Tuala (2017- North Queensland Cowboys, Newcastle Knights & Canterbury Bulldogs) Innisfail Leprechauns Ty Williams (2002–10 North Queensland Cowboys) Scott Bolton (2007–19 North Queensland Cowboys) Billy Slater (2003–18 Melbourne Storm)
Innisfail Souths Kerry Boustead (1979–1990 Eastern Suburbs, Manly, Hull KR & North Sydney Bears)
Ivanhoes Knights James Segeyaro (2011–19 North Queensland Cowboys, Penrith, Leeds, Cronulla & Brisbane).
Southern Suburbs Nate Myles (2005–17 Canterbury, Sydney, Gold Coast, Manly & Melbourne Storm)
Edmonton Storm Enari Tuala (2017– North Queensland Cowboys & Newcastle Knights) Darryn Schonig (2020– Melbourne Storm)
See also
Rugby League Competitions in Australia
References
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