page_title: Rugby union in Queensland
hierarchical_section_title: Rugby union in Queensland
caption_attribution_description: English: Queensland Reds rugby fans at ticker tape parade in Brisbane's Queens Street Mall celebtrate their title win in Super Rugby 2011.
context_page_description: Rugby union football is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports in Queensland.
  The earliest known Rugby football games in Queensland were played in Brisbane from 1876 through to 1878, with the clubs reverting to 'Victorian rules' for the 1879 season. The Rugby code became popular again in the early 1880s, with inter-colonial matches against New South Wales and the formation of the Northern Rugby Union. The game then developed rapidly and became the dominant local football code by 1890.
  Rugby continued to develop until the early 1900s, when the advent of professional Rugby in 1908 and the Great War ultimately saw the disbandment of the Queensland Rugby Union after the 1919 season. The QRU was revived in the late 1920s, and continues to this day as ‘Queensland Rugby’.
context_section_description: Rugby union football is one of the leading professional and recreational team sports in Queensland.
  The earliest known Rugby football games in Queensland were played in Brisbane from 1876 through to 1878, with the clubs reverting to 'Victorian rules' for the 1879 season. The Rugby code became popular again in the early 1880s, with inter-colonial matches against New South Wales and the formation of the Northern Rugby Union. The game then developed rapidly and became the dominant local football code by 1890.
  Rugby continued to develop until the early 1900s, when the advent of professional Rugby (later 'Rugby league') in 1908 and the Great War ultimately saw the disbandment of the Queensland Rugby Union (‘QRU’) after the 1919 season. The QRU was revived in the late 1920s, and continues to this day as ‘Queensland Rugby’.
caption: Queensland Reds fans celebrate their title win in 2011
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