Queensland Country Championships
Eleven country sub-unions are grouped into three regional divisions in Northern, Central, and Southern Queensland for the championships.[2] For the 1903 tournament, additional visiting teams were added from Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Charters Towers, Townsville, and Ravenswood.The QRU was not re-established until 1928–29,[5] after the game had lost a lot of ground and was no longer played much in the country parts of Queensland.In 1983, the country carnivals were replaced by a four-team regional State Championship which involved representative sides from Northern, Central, and Southern Queensland, as well as Brisbane competing for the XXXX Cup.[7] The trophy itself had been introduced in 1978 but was previously contested by Brisbane clubs and teams from individual Queensland Country sub-unions including Gold Coast, Darling Downs and Rockhampton.[8] Under the new format, the four teams played in a round-robin with the top two sides advancing to the final but this was revised after three wins in a row to Brisbane.