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7 unusual facts about Queensland Rugby Union


Ballymore Tornadoes

The name, logo and team colors (along with the Aces) were unveiled on 14 February 2007, by the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU).

East Coast Aces

The name, logo and team colors were unveiled on 14, February 2007, by the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU).

Easts Tigers Rugby Union

The club assumed the name Eastern Districts at the suggestion of the QRU in 1949.

Johnnie Wallace

With no Queensland Rugby Union administration or competition in place from 1919 to 1929, the New South Wales Waratahs were the top Australian representative rugby union side of the period and a number of the fixtures of 1920s which were played against full international opposition were decreed by the Australian Rugby Union in 1986 as official Test matches.

Northern Rugby Union

Queensland Rugby Union, the governing body for rugby union in Queensland, Australia, were known as the Northern Rugby Union until 1893.

Tom Lawton, Snr

He represented for Queensland in rugby union in 1919 the final year before the sport massively lost its popularity to rugby league prompting the Queensland Rugby Union hiatus that lasted until 1929.

With no Queensland Rugby Union competition in place at that time the New South Wales Waratahs were the top Australian representative rugby union side of the period and a number of Waratah matches of the 1920s played against full international opponents were in 1986 decreed by the Australian Rugby Union as Test matches.


Cairns and District Rugby Union

They are an affiliated Sub-Union of the Queensland Rugby Union and ultimately the Australian Rugby Union and are run by 9 member clubs spread across the region from Innisfail to the South, Port Douglas and surrounds to the North and west to the Tablelands.


see also

SANZAR

This concept was developed by Queensland Rugby Union CEO Terry Doyle, NSW CEO David Moffett and Australian Rugby Union CEO Bruce Hayman.