Queensland Rugby Union

The Queensland Rugby Union, or QRU, is the governing body for the sport of Rugby union in Queensland in Australia. It is a member and founding union of Rugby Australia.

Not to be confused with Queensland Rugby League.

Queensland Rugby Union
SportRugby union
Founded1883 (1883) (1883 (1883))
HeadquartersBallymore Stadium Brisbane, Queensland
PatronPaul de Jersey
ChairmanBrett Clark
PresidentRoger Gould
Websitehttps://qld.rugby

The QRU was founded in Brisbane in 1883 as the Northern Rugby Union,[1] after breaking away from the Queensland Football Association before being formally constituted in 1893 when the name was changed to the Queensland Rugby Football Union.[2]

The first 1883 season began with two clubs: Fireflies and Wanderers. Early intercolonials were played at Eagle Farm Racecourse. The competition boomed after the collapse of the QFA in 1890 with the majority of the remaining Australian rules players making the switch to rugby.

A combination of the introduction of rugby league and the impact of World War I saw the organisation disbanded in 1919, however it reformed after a decade in 1928.

Early Northern Rugby Union clubs (1883-1893)
Club Founded Years active in union Notes
Fireflies18841884-?[3]
Wanderers18841884-?[3]
Wasps18841884-?
Gracemere18861890-?Central Queensland association
Wallaroo18801885-Formed under Australian rules[4]
Beenleigh1887
Oxley18901890-?
Past Grammar1887?1891-
Aubigny1889[5]
Warwick1889
Toowoomba Grammar School1889Formed under Australian rules[6]
Arformas?18901890-?
Boomerangs?18901890-?
Moonlight18901890-?
Young Athenian18901890-?
Pittsworth18901890-?
Greenmount18901890-?
Paddington18901890-?
Bunya18901890-?
Oriental18901890-?
Rockhampton18901890-?Central Queensland association
Wallaroo18901890-?Central Queensland association
Mount Morgan18901890-?Central Queensland association
Zingari18901890-?Central Queensland association
Charters Towers18901892-?
Oxford18901890-?
Emu18901890-?
Toowong Ranger18901890-?
Townsville18901890-?
Ipswich18921893-?
Beserkers18921892-?Capricornia District
Wanderers18921892-?Capricornia District
Waratahs18921892-?Capricornia District
Gordon18931893-?
Longreach18931893-?
Mountaineer18931893-?

See also

References
  1. "Football". The Week. Brisbane. 10 November 1883. p.6, col. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  2. "Queensland News". Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton. 19 April 1893. p.5, col. 6. Retrieved 21 August 2016.
  3. "RUGBY UNION CLUBS". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 8, 213. Queensland, Australia. 7 May 1884. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "THE WALLAROO FOOTBALL CLUB". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXIX, no. 8, 507. Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1885. p. 5. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "WASPS V. TOOWOOMBA GRAMMAR SCHOOL". Darling Downs Gazette. Vol. XXXI, no. 7, 279. Queensland, Australia. 27 May 1889. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs General Advertiser 21 May 1881 Page 2
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