Queensland Country Rugby Union

Queensland Country Rugby Union
Sport Rugby Union
Jurisdiction Queensland Regions
(excluding Brisbane)
Abbreviation QCRU
Founded 1965 (1965)
Affiliation Queensland Rugby Union
President Dan Morton
Official website
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 eleven country sub-unions.[1] 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

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]

Bundaberg and District Rugby Union

Far North Queensland 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. 1 2 "GrainCorp Country Championships". Queensland rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Border Cup Heads North". New South Wales Country Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 26 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
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