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Mal Meninga Cup

Sport	Rugby league
Inaugural season	2009
Number of teams	16
Country	Australia
Premiers	Western Mustangs (1st title) (2017)
Most titles	Townsville Stingers/Blackhawks (5 titles)
Website	www.QRL.com.au
Related competition	SG Ball Cup

The Mal Meninga Cup is a junior rugby league football competition based in Queensland, played between teams made up of players aged under 18. The competition is administered by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition includes the junior representative teams of Queensland Cup clubs and others that do not field a team in the competition. The competition currently features teams from New South Wales and Victoria and has formerly featured a team from the Northern Territory. 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.

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.

Teams

The Mal Meninga Cup consists of sixteen clubs: fourteen based within in Queensland and one each in New South Wales and Victoria. The competition currently operates on a single group system, after using a pool system for eight seasons.

Thirteen of the sixteen clubs are junior representative teams for Queensland Cup clubs. The Central Crows, Victoria RL and Western Mustangs are the only teams with no Queensland Cup affiliation.

Current clubs

Mal Meninga Cup
Club	Established	City	Stadium	Premierships (Last)
Burleigh Bears	1934	Gold Coast, Queensland	Pizzey Park	0
Central Crows	2011	Bundaberg, Queensland	Across the Waves Sportsground	0
Central Queensland Capras	1996	Rockhampton, Queensland	Browne Park	0
Easts Tigers	1917	Brisbane, Queensland	Suzuki Stadium	0
Ipswich Jets	1982	Ipswich, Queensland	North Ipswich Reserve	0
Mackay Cutters	2007	Mackay, Queensland	BB Print Stadium Mackay	0
Northern Pride	2007	Cairns, Queensland	Barlow Park	0
Norths Devils	1933	Brisbane, Queensland	Bishop Park	2 (2011)
Redcliffe Dolphins	1947	Redcliffe, Queensland	Dolphin Oval	1 (2013)
Souths Logan Magpies	1918	Brisbane, Queensland	Davies Park	0
Sunshine Coast Falcons	1996	Sunshine Coast, Queensland	Sunshine Coast Stadium	0
Townsville Blackhawks	1998	Townsville, Queensland	Jack Manski Oval	5 (2016)
Tweed Heads Seagulls	1909	Tweed Heads, New South Wales	Piggabeen Sports Complex	0
Victoria Rugby League	2015	Melbourne, Victoria	Casey Fields	0
Western Mustangs	1996	Toowoomba, Queensland	Gold Park	1 (2017)
Wynnum Manly Seagulls	1951	Brisbane, Queensland	BMD Kougari Oval	0
Central Crows played as Central United from 2011 to 2013. CQ Capras played as Central Comets from 2009 to 2011. Townsville Blackhawks played as Townsville Stingers from 2009 to 2015. Western Mustangs played as Toowoomba Clydesdales from 2009 to 2016.

Previous clubs

Mal Meninga Cup
Club	Seasons	City	Stadium	Premierships (Last)
Gold Coast Blue	2010	Gold Coast, Queensland	Merv Craig Sporting Complex	0
Gold Coast Gold	2011-2012	Gold Coast, Queensland	Pizzey Park	0
Gold Coast Green	2010-2016	Gold Coast, Queensland	Pizzey Park	0
Gold Coast Vikings	2009	Gold Coast, Queensland	Pizzey Park	0
Gold Coast White	2013-2016	Gold Coast, Queensland	Pizzey Park	0
Northern Territory Rugby League	2009-2010	Darwin, Northern Territory	Richardson Park	0
Wests Panthers	2011-2012	Brisbane, Queensland	Purtell Park	0
Wide Bay Bulls	2009	Bundaberg, Queensland	-	0

Grand Final results

Season	Grand Finals
	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue
2009	Norths Devils	20–18	Townsville Stingers	Bishop Park
2010	Townsville Stingers	26–24	Norths Devils	Langlands Park
2011	Norths Devils	28–10	Townsville Stingers	Langlands Park
2012	Townsville Stingers	22–14	Redcliffe Dolphins	BMD Kougari Oval
2013	Redcliffe Dolphins	44–16	Gold Coast White	Langlands Park
2014	Townsville Stingers	22–18	Norths Devils	Barlow Park
2015	Townsville Stingers	30–24	Easts Tigers	Tapout Energy Stadium
2016	Townsville Blackhawks	38–16	Norths Devils	Suzuki Stadium
2017	Western Mustangs	40–30	Souths Logan Magpies	Suzuki Stadium

See also

• Rugby League Competitions in Australia

References

External links

• Official website