The Rockhampton District Rugby League (RDRL) is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Rockhampton, Queensland. Formed in 1918 and a part of the Queensland Rugby League's Central Division, the RDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Browne Park. The competition changed its name to Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League in 2018.
Representative Team Rockhampton is represented by the Central Queensland Capras, who compete in the Queensland Rugby League's statewide Queensland Cup competition, and are an affiliate of National Rugby League club Dolphins.
The local leaue's representative team is the Rockhampton Rustlers who participate in QRL Carnivals and events. The team formerly competed in the Winfield State League before the advent of the Capras and the Queensland Cup and won the competition in 1995 over the Gold Coast Vikings 26–22.
Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League The local senior competition was established in 1918, and continued with just Rockhampton based clubs until it merged with the Gladstone District Rugby League in 2024.
Current clubs Rockhampton Senior Local Rugby League ClubsPreviously known as "Rockhampton District Rugby League"ClubMonikerEstablishedCity / TownHome ground(s)Premierships BiloelaPanthers1954BiloelaBiloela OvalNone Brothers RockhamptonLeprechauns1918RockhamptonVictoria Park1995-96, 1998-2001, 2006, 2008–10, 2013, 2017–18 Emu ParkEmus2015Emu ParkBicentennial Park2024 FitzroySharks1886RockhamptonSaleyards Park/ Cedric Archer Park2012 NorthsChargers1921RockhamptonBrowne Park1992-94, 2003–05, 2007, 2015 Past Brothers GladstoneLeprechauns1930GladstoneBriffney Creek FieldsNone Tannum SandsSeagulls1994Boyne Island-Tannum SandsDennis ParkNone Valleys GladstoneDiehards1919GladstoneValleys GroundsNone WallabyWallabies1923GladstoneAlbion ParkNone YeppoonSeagulls1968YeppoonWebb Park1997, 2002, 2011, 2014–15, 2019, 2021–23
Former clubs Railways
2024 Grades ClubA Grade Reserve GradeUnder 19sInter City Women's Biloela Panthers Brothers Rockhampton Emu Park Emus Fitzroy Gracemere Sharks Norths Chargers Past Brothers Gladstone Tannum Sands Seagulls Valleys Diehards Wallabys Yeppoon Seagulls
Recent Premiers (1992–present)
Juniors There are two junior competitions in the Rockhampton District, the Rockhampton & District Junior Rugby League and the Callide Dawson Junior Rugby League. Rockhampton & District Junior Rugby League (2018)ClubEstablishedCity / TownHome ground(s)Boys U18'sBoys U16'sBoys U15'sBoys U14'sBoys U13'sGirls U17'sGirls U14's Brothers Rockhampton1918RockhamptonVictoria Park Capricorn Coast Brothers2007Pacific HeightsSt Benedicts Emu Park Emus2015Emu ParkBicentennial Park Fitzroy Sharks ?RockhamptonSaleyards Park Gladstone Raiders ?GladstoneMarley Brown Oval Gracemere Lions ?GracemereCedric Archer Park North Rockhampton Knights1921RockhamptonJimmy Grounds Rockhampton Tigers ?RockhamptonElizabeth Park Woorabinda Warriors ?Woorabinda"Woorabinda" Yeppoon Seagulls1968YeppoonWebb Park Callide-Dawson Junior Rugby League Callide-Dawson Junior Rugby League Callide-Dawson Junior Rugby League
Baralaba Panthers Duaringa Loggers Moura Tigers Theodore Roosters Woorabinda Warriors
See also
Gladstone District Rugby League Queensland Rugby League Central Division
References