Mal Meninga Cup
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Inaugural season | 2009 |
Number of teams | 15 |
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Premiers | ![]() |
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Website | www.qrl.com.au |
Related competition | SG Ball Cup |
The Mal Meninga Cup, known as the Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup due to sponsorship, is a junior rugby league football competition based in Queensland, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition, administered by the Queensland Rugby League, features the junior representative teams of Queensland Cup clubs.[1][2]
Since 2011, the winners of the Grand Final play the winners of the New South Wales’ under-18 competition, the SG Ball Cup, in the National Final.[3]
The Mal Meninga Cup is named after Mal Meninga, a 32-game Queensland representative and the most successful State of Origin coach of all time.[4]
Teams
The Mal Meninga Cup consists of fourteen clubs: thirteen based within in Queensland and one each in New South Wales. The competition currently operates on a single group system, after using a pool system for eight seasons.
Thirteen of the fifteen clubs are junior representative teams for Queensland Cup clubs. The Western Mustangs and Wide Bay Bulls currently have no Queensland Cup affiliation.
Current clubs
Previous clubs
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Club | Seasons | City | Stadium | Premierships (Last) | ||
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2011–2017 | Bundaberg, Queensland | Across the Waves Sportsground | 0 | ||
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2010 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Merv Craig Sporting Complex | 0 | ||
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2011–2012 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Pizzey Park | 0 | ||
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2010–2016 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Pizzey Park | 0 | ||
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2009 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Pizzey Park | 0 | ||
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2013–2016 | Gold Coast, Queensland | Pizzey Park | 0 | ||
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2009–2010 | Darwin, Northern Territory | Richardson Park | 0 | ||
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2015–2018 | Melbourne, Victoria | Casey Fields | 0 | ||
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2011–2012 | Brisbane, Queensland | Purtell Park | 0 | ||
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Grand Final results
Season | Grand Finals | |||
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Premiers | Score | Runners-up | Venue | |
2009 | ![]() |
20–18 | ![]() |
Bishop Park |
2010 | ![]() |
26–24 | ![]() |
Langlands Park |
2011 | ![]() |
28–10 | ![]() |
Langlands Park |
2012 | ![]() |
22–14 | ![]() |
BMD Kougari Oval |
2013 | ![]() |
44–16 | ![]() |
Langlands Park |
2014 | ![]() |
22–18 | ![]() |
Barlow Park |
2015 | ![]() |
30–24 | ![]() |
Tapout Energy Stadium |
2016 | ![]() |
38–16 | ![]() |
Suzuki Stadium |
2017 | ![]() |
40–30 | ![]() |
Suzuki Stadium |
2018 | ![]() |
18–16 | ![]() |
Bishop Park |
2019 | ![]() |
28–24 | ![]() |
Kougari Oval |
2020 | Season cancelled | |||
2021 | ![]() |
30–24 | ![]() |
Jack Manski Oval |
2022 | ![]() |
38–26 | ![]() |
Sunshine Coast Stadium[5] |
See also
References
- ^ "David Fifita follows Meninga's path to greatness". NRL. 9 November 2018.
- ^ "Progress the focus in Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup". QRL. 9 March 2019.
- ^ "History against Tweed in under-18 league final". Queensland Times. 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Auswide Bank Mal Meninga Cup draw". QRL. 13 December 2019.
- ^ "Blackhawks v Magpies - Grand Final". qrl.com.au. Retrieved 22 July 2022.