The Rugby League Townsville & District Ltd (RLTD) is a rugby league football competition in Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The competition is run under the Queensland Rugby League, and features nine clubs, who contest a Premiership season across four senior men's and one senior women's grade from April until August.
Representative Team The local representative team in the Queensland Cup is the Townsville Blackhawks, who play at Jack Manski Oval. Junior squads are nicknamed the Townsville Stingers, which was also the name of the former representative team in the Queensland Cup. RLTD selects representative teams to compete in the yearly Foley Shield and Mal Meninga Cup (Under 19's) state league as the Townsville Stingers/Townsville Blackhawks.http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=0-2269-0-210439-0&a=LADDER
Senior Clubs The Rugby League Townsville & District Ltd runs an eight club senior competition comprising four grades: A-Grade Reserve Grade Under 20's Women Townsville & District Rugby LeagueClubCityHome ground(s)No. of A-Grade PremiershipsA-Grade Premiership Years Bowen Seagulls *BowenDenison Park Townsville Brothers LeprechaunsTownsvilleJack Manski Oval Burdekin RoostersAyrRugby Park Centrals ASA TigersTownsvilleTownsville Sports Reserve Charters Towers MinersCharters TowersBill Lewis Oval Herbert River CrushersInghamArtie Gofton Oval Northern Suburbs DevilsTownsvillePeggy Banfield Park Southern Suburbs BullsTownsvilleRoss River Sports Ground Western Suburbs LionsTownsvilleNeil Stewart Park
Bowen Seagulls compete only in the Reserve Grade, Under 20's and Women's.
Recent Grand Finals +Townsville & District Rugby League Grand FinalsYearPremiersScoreRunners-upVenue2013 Herbert River24 – 12 Townsville BrothersTownsville Sports Reserve2014 Townsville Brothers22 – 8 Burdekin RoostersTownsville Sports Reserve2015 Burdekin Roosters20 – 18 Herbert RiverTownsville Sports Reserve2016 Herbert River32 – 20 Centrals ASA TigersTownsville Sports Reserve2017 Townsville Brothers18 – 16 Herbert RiverTownsville Sports Reserve2018 Centrals ASA Tigers46 – 22 Townsville BrothersTownsville Sports Reserve2019 Townsville Brothers42 – 10 Herbert RiverTownsville Sports Reserve2020Season Cancelled due to COVID-19N/A2021 Townsville Brothers32 – 0 Centrals ASA TigersTownsville Sports Reserve2022 Herbert River24 – 14 Townsville BrothersTownsville Sports Reserve2023Townsville Brothers42-16Southern Suburbs BullsTownsville Sports Reserve2024Southern Suburbs Bulls34-24Western Suburbs LionsTownsville Sports Reserve2025Southern Suburbs Bulls22-8Townsville BrothersJack Manski Oval2026Southern Suburbs Bulls23-16Centrals ASA TigersJack Manski Oval Source:
Townsville District Juniors
The Townsville & District Junior Rugby League (the Kangaroos) runs a ten club juniors competitions with grades ranging from under 6's to under 18's.http://www.sportingpulse.com/comp_info.cgi?c=7-2240-0-223220-0&pool=1&round=0&a=LADDER Townsville's juniors competed in the Cyril Connell Cup state league formerly as the Townsville Stingers, but now go by Mendi Townsville & Districts Blackhawks.
The TDJRL clubs are shown below. Townsville District JRL clubs Abergowrie Bowen Burdekin Centrals A.S.A Charters Towers Herbert River North Thuringowa Devils Townsville Brothers United Suburbs Upper Ross Western Lions Palm Island Barracudas
See also
Cairns District Rugby League Mackay & District Rugby League Queensland Rugby League Northern Division
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