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2 unusual facts about Queensland Cup


Bore Head

Bore Head won the 1963 Queensland Cup with Fred Clarke in the saddle, carrying just 7 stone 1 pound, defeating Booberanna, 1964 Ipswich Cup (dead-heat with Isaacson), 1965 Caulfield Cup, 1965 QTC Moreton Handicap, 1965 QTC Sir Winston Churchill Stakes and in 1967 the Australian Cup and the Doomben Cup.

Wizard Cup

Queensland Cup, a rugby league football competition formerly known as the Queensland Wizard Cup


2011 Queensland Cup season

It was the first time in the sixteen year history of the Queensland Cup that Wynnum Manly featured in the grand final, whilst Tweed previously featured back in 2007 where they defeated the Redcliffe Dolphins 28-18.

Daly Cherry-Evans

Manly coach Des Hasler chose Hodkinson which meant that Cherry-Evans played in the Queensland Cup for Manly's then feeder club the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles.

Joel Riethmuller

Before playing for the Cowboys, he played for the Ipswich Jets and the Northern Pride in the Queensland Cup.

Mackay Cutters

They, along with the Northern Pride, will be one of two expansion teams for the 2008 season of the Queensland Cup.

Stadium Mackay

The stadium is home to the Queensland Cup's Mackay Cutters and Queensland State League's Whitsunday Miners.

Tahi Reihana

In 2000 Reihana was playing for Brisbane Souths in the Queensland Cup when he was selected for the Aotearoa Māori side.


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