Important Dates
- 1876 - Earliest record of rugby football being played in Queensland
- 1882 - First interstate matches between Queensland and NSW
- 1883 - QRU formally constituted (known as the Northern Rugby Union)
- 1883 - First interstate match in Brisbane; Queensland beating NSW 12-11 at Eagle Farm Racecourse
- 1887 - First organised club competition in Brisbane
- 1896 - First visit by a Queensland team to New Zealand
- 1899 - Queensland defeat Great Britain 11-3 at Exhibition Ground to record first win against an international team
- 1929 - Revival of Club competition after code was inactive since start of First World War
- 1949 - Australian Rugby Football Union formally constituted
- 1961 - Formation of Queensland Junior Rugby Union
- 1964 - Sub-districts Rugby Union started
- 1965 - Queensland Country Rugby Union formed
- 1966 - Barraclough Shield played for the first time between Queensland (QSRU) and New South Wales (NSWSRU)
- 1971 - Queensland Schools Rugby Union formed
- 1980 - Queensland defeated New Zealand All Blacks, their first win against New Zealand
- 1982 - Queensland defeated NSW 41-7 in Centenary match
- 1987 - Ballymore hosts five inaugural World Cup matches including quarter and semi finals
- 1992 - Queensland Reds won Super Six
- 1994 - Reds Super 10 champions
- 1995 - Reds Super 10 champions
- 1996 - Rugby becomes professional
- 1996 - Reds finish season on top of Super 12 table
- 1999 - Reds finish season on top of Super 12 table
- 2005 - Chris Latham wins Australian Super 12 player of the year for a record 4th year
- 2006 - Reds begin playing all Super 14 matches at Suncorp Stadium
- 2011 - An epic Reds final win at Suncorp Stadium See's a "Nightmare wallabies revival" in time for the rugby world cup
- 2013 - Queensland Suburban / Sub-Districts celebrate 50 years of competition
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