Brisbane Rugby League (2001)

The Brisbane Rugby League (otherwise known as the In Safe Hands Cup due to sponsorship purposes; formerly known as the Quest Cup, Mixwell Cup, FOGS Cup and Brisbane A-Grade Rugby League) is a nine-team competition, expanded from a six-team competition in 2020. It is the division below the Queensland Cup and is generally regarded as the successor competition to the original Brisbane Rugby League which folded in 1997.

History[]

It started in 2001, then known as the Quest Cup, changing its name to the Mixwell Cup in 2003, and becoming the FOGS Cup in 2006. FOGS in an acronym for .

On 26 September 2014, the South East Queensland Division of the QRL announced that they would dissolve the current structure of the FOGS Cup and reform the Brisbane Rugby League.^[1]

Clubs[]

It was announced in August 2019 that Queensland Cup clubs would withdraw their direct team presence and instead formalise affiliate relationships with local clubs in an effort to expand the competition and create opportunities for players at the local level, seeing many local clubs return to A-Grade level.^[2]

2019 season[]

Teams for the 2019 season^[3]
Team name	Nickname	Home ground
Easts	Tigers	Langlands Park
Redcliffe	Dolphins	Dolphin Oval
Souths Logan	Magpies	Davies Park
Fortitude Valley	Diehards	Emerson Park
Wests	Panthers	Purtell Park
Wynnum-Manly	Seagulls	Kougari Oval

2020 season[]

Teams for the 2020 season
Team name	Nickname	Home ground
	Pride	Bill Norris Oval
	Roosters	Jim Lawrie Oval
	Bulldogs	Balmoral Recreation Reserve
Carina	Tigers	Leo Williams Oval
Normanby	Hounds	Bert St Clair Oval
	Bears	Mathieson Oval
Fortitude Valley	Diehards	Emerson Park
Wests	Panthers	Purtell Park
Wynnum-Manly	Seagulls	Kougari Oval/Kitchener Park

Premiership winners[]

Premiership results by season, showing grand final scores
Season	Premiers	Score	Runner–up
	Easts	24–18	Norths
	Easts	16–8	Redcliffe
	Redcliffe	19–6	Wynnum-Manly
	Easts	21–20	Burleigh
	Easts	31–22	Burleigh
	Burleigh	28–6	Tweed Heads
	Wynnum-Manly (MP*)	52–18	Ipswich
	Easts	12–10	Wynnum-Manly
	Wests	30–24	Redcliffe (MP*)
	Redcliffe	26–14	Burleigh
	Redcliffe	30–18	Norths
	Redcliffe	22–12	Wynnum-Manly
	Easts	26–16	Redcliffe
	Redcliffe	34–20	Burleigh
	Burleigh	22–12	Wynnum-Manly
	Redcliffe	31–30	Ipswich
	Fortitude Valley	16–12	Redcliffe
	Wynnum-Manly	28–20	Redcliffe
	Wynnum-Manly	22–20	Fortitude Valley
2020	Cancelled due to COVID-19
		–
		–
		–

*MP: These two teams achieved the minor premiership.

References[]

^ Brisbane Rugby League rebirth - QRL
^ "In Safe Hands Cup competition to expand in 2020". QRL. 27 August 2019.
^ "BRL A Grade In Safe Hands Cup 2019 draw". QRL. 22 January 2019.

External links[]

Official website

[1] Brisbane Rugby League rebirth - QRL

[2] "In Safe Hands Cup competition to expand in 2020". QRL. 27 August 2019.

[3] "BRL A Grade In Safe Hands Cup 2019 draw". QRL. 22 January 2019.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t Rugby league in Queensland
Federation	Queensland Rugby League
Representative Teams	Queensland Maroons Queensland women's Queensland Residents Queensland U-20 Queensland U-18 Queensland U-16 Queensland women's U-18
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)
Major Competitions	State-wide leagues: Queensland Cup Women's Premiership Hastings Deering Colts (U21s) Mal Meninga Cup (U18s) State League (1982-95) Cyril Connell Cup (2009-16) Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Other leagues: Confraternity Carnival Universities Women's
Northern Division	Foley Shield Cairns Midwest
Central Division	Regions: Capricorn Region / South West Region / Wide Bay Region Roma District South Burnett Sunshine Coast Gympie
South-East Division	Brisbane Bulimba Cup Brisbane A-Grade Brisbane Second Division Brisbane Women Ipswich Gold Coast FOGS Colts (U20's)