1996 Queensland Cup

The 1996 Queensland Cup Season was the first Season of the State-Wide League in Queensland.^[1] It had been formed after the Winfield State League was closed after the end of the 1995 Season. It was subsequently superseded by the Queensland Cup.^[2] At this time it was considered as the 2nd highest league, directly under the Brisbane Rugby League. It would run under the BRL until 1998 when the Queensland Cup would become the highest Rugby League Competition in 1998.

Teams

The Founding teams of the competition were as follows:

Ladder

The Season ran for 15 Rounds.^[3] Including 2 split rounds. The Final 6 Finals System was used in the 1996 Finals to determine the Premiers.^[4]

Pos.	Team	W	L	D	P/F	P/A	P/D	Pts
1	Toowoomba Clydesdales	11	3	1	360	226	134	23
2	Redcliffe Dolphins	10	3	2	365	193	172	22
3	Souths Magpies	10	4	1	375	205	170	21
4	Wests Panthers	10	4	1	359	208	151	21
5	Cairns Cyclones	10	5	0	310	224	86	20
6	Easts Tigers ¹	9	5	0	315	224	91	19
7	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	8	5	2	325	225	100	18
8	Past Brothers	9	6	0	339	354	-15	18
9	Norths Devils	8	7	0	334	332	2	16
10	Port Moresby Vipers	8	7	0	323	408	-85	16
11	Central Capras	7	8	0	309	336	-27	14
12	Mackay Sea Eagles	6	8	1	306	285	21	13
13	Bundaberg Grizzlies ¹	4	10	0	211	348	-137	9
14	Logan Scorpions	3	10	2	236	346	-110	8
15	Sunshine Coast Falcons	1	14	0	184	397	-213	2
16	Ipswich Jets	0	15	0	138	478	-340	0

¹Awarded One Point due to Game being Cancelled.

Results

The Draw & Results of the 1996 Queensland Cup Season can be found on this Web Page.

Finals

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
Home	Score	Away	Date and Time	Venue
Week 1 Qualifying Finals
Easts Tigers Easts Tigers	16-12	Cairns Cyclones		Barlow Park
Wests Panthers	22-15	Souths Magpies		Davies Park
Toowoomba Clydesdales	12-10	Redcliffe Dolphins		Athletic Oval
Week 2 Qualifying Finals
Souths Magpies	34-6	Easts Tigers		Davies Park
Redcliffe Dolphins	30-10	Wests Panthers		Dolphin Oval
Semi Finals
Wests Panthers	21-8	Souths Magpies		Purtell Park
Redcliffe Dolphins	6-0	Toowoomba Clydesdales		Athletic Oval
Preliminary Finals
Toowoomba Clydesdales	19-8	Wests Panthers		Athletic Oval
Grand Final
Toowoomba Clydesdales	8-6	Redcliffe Dolphins		Suncorp Stadium

References

↑ Queensland R.LEAGUE 1996 Season Page Retrieved 17 Dec 2007
↑ Wikipedia Winfield State League Retrieved 17 Dec 2007
↑ Queensland R.LEAGUE 1996 Table Retrieved 17 Dec 2007
↑ Queensland R.LEAGUE 1996 Results Retrieved 17 Dec 2007

Queensland Cup

Current Clubs	Burleigh Bears Central Queensland Capras Eastern Suburbs Tigers Ipswich Jets Mackay Cutters Northern Pride Norths Devils Papua New Guinea Hunters Redcliffe Dolphins Souths Logan Magpies Sunshine Coast Falcons Townsville Blackhawks Tweed Heads Seagulls Wynnum Manly Seagulls

Previous Clubs	Aspley Broncos Brothers-Valleys Bundaberg Grizzlies Cairns Cyclones Central Capras Gold Coast Vikings Logan Scorpions Mackay Sea Eagles North Queensland Young Guns Past Brothers Port Moresby Vipers Souths Magpies Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles Townsville Stingers Toowoomba Clydesdales Wests Panthers

Seasons	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Related articles	Grounds Premiers Records Wooden spooners National Rugby League reserves affiliations NRL State Championship

Rugby League in Queensland

Federation	Queensland Rugby League

Representative Teams	Queensland Maroons Queensland Residents Queensland U-20 Queensland U-18 Queensland U-16 Queensland women's

NRL clubs	Current clubs: Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys Former Clubs: Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers (1988-1998) South Queensland Crushers (1995-1997)

Competitions	State-wide leagues: Queensland Cup Mal Meninga Cup (U18s) Cyril Connell Cup (U16s) Queensland City vs Country Origin Winfield State League (1982-1995) Other leagues: Masters Police Services Primary School Secondary School Universities Women's

Northern Division	Foley Shield Bowen Cairns Mackay Midwest Mount Isa Remote Areas Townsville

Central Division	Regions: Capricorn Region / South West Region / Wide Bay Region 47th Battalion Shield Balonne-Barwon Jr. Border Bundaberg Callide-Dawson Jr. Central Burnett Central Highlands Central West Fraser Coast Gladstone District Northern Districts Rockhampton District Roma Dictrict South Burnett Sunshine Coast-Gympie Toowoomba Warwick & District Jr. Western

South-East Division	Bulimba Cup Brisbane Brisbane A-Grade Brisbane Second Division Brisbane Women Ipswich Gold Coast Gold Coast Second Division FOGS Colts (U20's)

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