"Yes we got beat, but I learned so much from that match.". They just blew us off the park. This has followed the lead of Cairns who split. The line though the centre of Rockhampton runs down the middle of Denison Street. Prior to 1948 an inter-town competition known as the Carlton Cup was contested in North Queensland. Off it, Scott could always see them coming from a distance. ''When asked if they would have liked to represent an Indigenous All-Stars side in their playing days, they both responded, ''Oh yes, mate!''. Not many people would recognise the name Harold Roberts but he was a magnificent winger in the Mackay teams that dominated North Queensland football from 1934 until 1937. Middle row :- Bryon Woodcock, Bruno Cullen, Gavin Shepherd ,Mel Brosnan, Bill Bawden. North Coast Line (NCL) opening dates chronologically, North Coast Line (NCL) opening dates by section. It is in the dry tropics region of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef. In 1948 the competition was structured into a Northern Zone (Cairns, Babinda, Tully and Eacham) and a Southern Zone (Mackay, Ayr and Townsville). The always dependable Paul Laffin would be the perfect foil for Bobby Banks as he played in five Foley Shield Finals, never losing. "I rung the journo up and I asked him not to play the interview because the Daisy boys could fight and I knew Frank would come after me, with Vern by his side. On the field he was a cruel, cruel man.". In 2009 it was decided to run the shield over the Easter long weekend Results of the Foley Shield finals from 1948-2004 that Mackay has played in. Please note, all ex-Mount Isa Foley Shield Players. Cultural and official perceptions and definitions of the various regions differ somewhat depending on the government agency or popular group by which they are being applied. The Foley Shield continued to be held annually until the introduction of the statewide Queensland Cup competition in 1996. The Northern Division is responsible for the historic Foley Shield competition that is held each year. Queensland Rugby League respects and honours the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Wingers: Ray Miguel (Ingham) and Harold Cocky Roberts (Mackay). The Queensland Country Championships, also known as the Graincorp Country Championship, is a rugby union competition for teams from regions of Queensland outside of Brisbane. Register or Buy Tickets, Price information. Subscribed to personalized events updates! The mountain is home to the Santuario di Santa Rosalia . Rugby league football is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field. "It was the hardest part of the football field, a barren piece of dirt. "When you looked into them on the football field those eyes would stand out, especially if he was after you. Its rules progressively changed with the aim of producing a faster, more entertaining game for spectators. Prop: Danny Clifford (Tully) and Marshall Colwell (Townsville) are my front-row and neither knew how to take a backward step. Represented by their widows at the night were Tom Tassell who died this year, and George Herwig. It is on the east coast of Far North Queensland. Marshall Colwell was a great forward that nobody got the better of in the late 1970s into the 1980s. Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date. No book before has captured the history of the rugby league in North Queensland like "MORE THAN THE FOLEY SHIELD 1908 - 2014". "We had 120 players for a big day at Brothers Rugby League club in Townsville," he said. He was a founding member of the Townsville Souths rugby league club, and with later Australian Prime Minister Arthur Fadden formed the North Queensland Rugby League in 1919. Vern eventually came to Townsville and was captain / coach of Palm Island.". Heyday: the Cairns Foley Shield winners of 1955. The book written in chronological order tells about the great North Queensland team that supplied nine Queensland players in 1915 and also tells about . into Cairns and Innisfail-Eacham. JavaScript is disabled. Photo: Robert Hiette The surviving members of Mount Isa's first ever victorious Foley Shield side have come together for a weekend of celebrations in the 50 th anniversary of that win. They are the original cowboys, and to this day they still wear the black, felt cowboy hats," Miles said. Celebrating our Foley Shield Milestones "To tell you the truth mate, this is going to mean a lot,'' Vern said. It is adjacent to the Bruce Highway approximately 140 kilometres (87mi) south of Cairns by road and 210 kilometres (130mi) north of Townsville. In 2010, the competition was moved to the Labour Day Long Weekend, with a preliminary round played in regional centres over the Anzac Day Long Weekend. I was running away from him. You knew you were in trouble if you got the stare. The photo has co-convenor John Moran standing behind the Foley Shield. Frank played for North Queensland for more than 10 seasons which puts him right up there with the greats of the game in the north. Surprise new details have emerged about the Broncos decision to enter the scrap for former $1 million-man David Fifita. Vern is the uncle of Indigenous All-Stars halfback Scott Prince. The Queensland Country Rugby Union administers the competitions at Senior and Colts levels. "I went over to get them and could see they were ripped to shreds so I hung my head and went over to the sideline all embarrassed because the crowd was giving it to me. Miles, named in the Queensland team of the century in 2008, became known in the world of rugby league for his signature one-handed basketball pass but he said Vern Daisy had mastered it well before he did. Laurie Joseph Spina is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who currently works as a commentator. The following year, a Central Zone (Herbert River, Charters Towers and Home Hill) was added. The Mighty Miners of Mount Isa defeated Townsville 12-9 in that first Foley Shield win. They both played into their 50s and such was their contribution to the code in the region, the Vern and Frank Daisy Cup competition for indigenous footballers was established in 2006. Scotty had the pleasure of playing for North Queensland in a rep jersey with them. Miles, while playing for Townsville, recalled the day Vern used him as a "rotary hoe" in the Foley Shield final of 1979, the same afternoon Scott, playing fullback, lost his pants in a tackle by a fired up opposite number Frank Daisy. "The Foley Shield was a big gathering spot for the whole of north Queensland, it was a big talking point in who was going to win it," Daisy said. On the park, the Daisy brothers were magic. Townsville will split into two zones, Townsville City and Townsville Country. Years later I told the Daisy boys the story and they both said 'lucky they didnt run it because we would have given it to you all right., Frank Daisy got Scott a good one on that 1979 day though, which resulted in the headline in the local paper the next day that read 'TOWNSVILLE PANTSED BY MOUNT ISA'. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Scott can spin a yarn with the best of them but Miles was also not keen to ever look into Vern's eyes. No book before has captured the history of the rugby league in North Queensland like MORE THAN THE FOLEY SHIELD 1908 2014. The players below are his home-grown heroes. "He was an intimidator. The grand final was played in Townsville, and was a highlight of the rugby league calendar. We care about the protection of your data. In 2000 the competition was reinstated, and was contested by Cairns, Mackay and Townsville. I'm starting to see Foley Shield stories and will try to put all I can find in here (, Forwards Kerrod Toby, left, and James Bryant are the remaining, READY TO ROLL: Mount Isa/Mid West representatives, Back in the limelight: Cairns Steve Singleton is among. Victoria Anne Kippin is a former Australian politician. Prior to 1948 an inter-town competition known as the Carlton Cup was contested in North Queensland. In 2011, the competition moved to the 20th to 22 May to be played in Townsville, with no preliminary round played. The Foley Shield was named in his honour. From Melbourne to North Queensland, I worked with some wonderful Rugby League people under these circumstances including Wayne Pearce, Gorden Tallis, Scott Sattler and Gary Freeman, effectively in. Subscribed to personalized events updates! "Together, the Daisy brothers were brilliant. (RARL) Teams Grand Final results 1948: Babinda 7 defeated Ayr 2 1949: Townsville 22 defeated Cairns 13 1950: Ayr 23 defeated Cairns 15 1951: Babinda 19 defeated Ayr 15 1952: Herbert River 15 defeated Babinda 4 Rleague.com World of Rugby League Queensland website, List of rugby league clubs in Queensland by competition, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foley_Shield&oldid=983958431, Recurring sporting events established in 1948, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 1953, 1955, 1958, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1986, 1993, 1995, 2005, 2006, 2008, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1982 (Drawn with Herbert River), 1987, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2010, Mount Isa, Mount Isa/Mid West, Northern Outback, 1969, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1952, 1965, 1980, 1982 (Drawn with Townsville), 1952: Herbert River 15 defeated Babinda 4, 1960: Innisfail 12 defeated Herbert River 9, 1967: Townsville 16 defeated Innisfail 15, 1973: Whitsunday 19 defeated Innisfail 16, 1980: Herbert River 18 defeated Burdekin 13, 1982: Townsville 25 drew with Herbert River 25 (both teams were declared joint winners after the scores were tied after extra time), 1983: Mount Isa 22 defeated Townsville 10, 1989: Innisfail-Eacham 40 defeated Mackay 12, 1990: Innisfail-Eacham 28 defeated Cairns 14, 2009: Innisfail-Eacham 32 defeated Cape-Torres 22, 2010: Townsville 48 defeated Mount Isa-Mid West 12, 2011: Mackay 30 defeated Townsville City 14, This page was last edited on 17 October 2020, at 08:36. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Fullback: Frank Daisy (Mount Isa) whose record of eight Foley Shield Finals is second to none. "They always got around with their big cowboy hats so you could see them coming, which was just as well," Scott grinned. Read our Privacy Policy. This was a time when North Queensland defeated South Queensland on a regular basis and touring international teams found no easy games in the northern part of Australia. Vern and his brother Frank became legendary players for Mount Isa in the Foley Shield competition and for North Queensland in the 1970s and 80s. Advertisement Ad Local News One arrested after alleged break-in at Mount Isa Hospital Chinaman Creek Dam reopens to public NT alcohol ban report to be released next week NSWRL U19 SG Ball Cup. Scott went away from that interview and back to his motel thinking about what he had just said, and held his head in anguish. Central Queensland is an ambiguous geographical division of Queensland that centres on the eastern coast, around the Tropic of Capricorn. {"title":"Australian history","description":"\u003cspan class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW47027584 BCX0\"\u003eExplore the history of our island continent with books fro . It is a member of the Australian Rugby League Commission and selects the members of the Queensland rugby league team. Bush football legend Vern Daisy helped guide Mt Isa to seven Foley Shields in the seventies and eighties, and it is hoped the town will also eventually rejoin the concept. volume (Lockport, N.Y.) 1852-1859, August 28, 1894, Page 1, Image 1, brought to you by New York State Library, and the National Digital Newspaper Program. In the late 1970s and 1980s they won five out of seven Foley Shield finals in Townsville, and the Daisy boys were the main men.". Nationwide News Pty Ltd 2023. Banks was possibly the greatest five-eight that played in Queensland until Wally Lewis arrived on the scene and played 13 tests for Australia plus numerous World Cup games that were not regarded as tests for some reason. During one Foley Shield trip the Ayr team visited Mt Isa for a match and while the team . Go-to place to discover events for more than 20M people globally. Mount Isa Foley Shield Players Only Renunion (Main Event), International Women's Day Celebrations In Australia, Holi Celebration @ Seven Hills Hotels, Puri. Hey, you! It is affiliated with the Queensland Rugby Union. North Queensland or the Northern Region is the northern part of the Australian state of Queensland that lies just south of Far North Queensland. Kev Duve attended the dinner but was unable to attend the photo. Anybody who played against the Mt Isa brothers in the 1970s and 1980s would be glad the concept is only in its fourth year. There were several players who were probably better rugby league players but nobody in Australian Rugby League ever beat Fitzsimmons in the scrums. Butterfield held the record for most test caps . That journo didnt know the Daisy boys and what they were capable of," he said. Stay tuned with the most relevant events happening around you. " John, I will be at the Reunion Saturday 21st and will pay my $35 at the door, signed Joe Blow " Send it to 0459 105 603 or phone me on the same number. Mount Isa-Mid West will be known as Northern Outback, and Cape-Torres will be known as Remote Areas Rugby League. Each region varies somewhat in terms of its economy, population, climate, geography, flora and fauna. Betfred Super League. "On the field Vern was a great ball player, could read play and see plays in advance. Maroons legends have hailed the famous and feared Daisy brothers for preparing them for State of Origin football and called for statues to be erected in their honour. "I've also told Scotty that he has to get home more. The Normanton Bowls Club is a friendly, relaxed, family orientated club. NORTH Queensland rugby league historian Tony Price will be in Mount Isa on Saturday to launch his book More Than the Foley Shield. He was a great footballer. The book written in chronological order tells about the great North Queensland team that supplied nine Queensland players in 1915 and also tells about the success of the North Queensland Cowboys, Mackay Cutters and Northern Pride. This was revamped, and renamed in honour of Arch Foley, a member of the 1918 Townsville representative team that travelled north to Cairns, and south throughout Central Queensland. "That would be bloody good,'' Vern responded.Frank was a fullback while Vern was a barnstorming backrower in his heyday and has already made an impact in Brisbane, having roused on his famous nephew for not visiting his hometown more. NRL Telstra Premiership. The region is also known as Capricornia. [2] He was named amongst the finest that New Zealand produced during the 20th century. Also, the re-introduction of Bowen to the Foley Shield (Formerly part of Whitsunday) who will combine with Palm Island, who play a 7 team A-Grade Competition. The book is not only about the games it captures the great players like Ola Olsen from Charters Towers, who played six games for Queensland in 1908 through to our current North Queensland super-star Johnathan Thurston. A public art campaign in Palermo, Sicily, is reminding residents of the city's grim Mafia years, and is encouraging them to resist creeping organized crime influence. McHardie could play halfback or front row and was considered the finest player of his generation as he dominated North Queensland rugby league from 1946-1954. "It was right on half-time and back in the day, the half-way mark, where you kick off, was just used and used and never grassed, Miles recalled. "The siren had gone and all he had to do was ankle tap me and I would have fallen on the deck. Brothers Leagues Club Townsville, Hervey Range Rd, Townsville, Queensland 4817, Condon, Australia. Gene Miles at training with Arthur Beetson. The Queensland Cup is the top level of rugby league football in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Ayr had a population of 8,281 people. Two men in hats. " John, I will be at the Reunion Saturday 21st and will pay my $35 at the door, signed Joe Blow " Send it to 0459 105 603 or phone me on the same number. Mid West and Mount Isa play in the Toyota Outback Carnival. "I did it, but not to the degree he did it. The following year, a Central Zone (Herbert River, Charters Towers and Home Hill) was added. I sat there listening to the coach with a wet sponge on my face trying to soothe the pain. Dinner co-convenor and former Foley Shield radio commentator John Moran said three others were in nursing homes and one could not make the night, which was sponsored by Queensland Country Credit Union. The Mackay squad is: 1 Daniel Flynn, 2 Harley Bickey, 3 Dean Tass, 4 Mick Comerford, 5 Kahn Ahwang, 6 Matt Griffin, 7 Justin McKay, 8 Peter Penaia, 9 Luke Srama, 10 Dylan Patterson, 11 Dane Vogel, 12 James Bryant, 13 Regan Hyde, 14 Ross Sammut, 15 Jamie McIvor, 16 Grant Moore, 17 Quentin Mitchell, 18 Adam Walker, 19 Sam Gardel, 20 Daniel Mount Isa won the Foley Shield final 26-6 in 1979 and Miles can still remember one incident vividly, and with good reason. into Cairns and Innisfail-Eacham. Attend, Share & Influence! "For their contribution to rugby league, I would like to see the Daisy brothers have statues erected outside the new Townsville stadium in their honour," Scott said. In an attempt to re-invent the competition and renew the tradition and passion in the shield, Mount Isa, with the Mid-West league, (Mount Isa-Mid West) and Innisfail-Eacham returned to the competition and Cape York/Torres Strait joined the competition, and the Shield was played as a round robin at the Townsville Sports Reserve over the Easter weekend in 2009. The history of the North Queensland Cowboys goes back to 1995 when they were admitted to the Australian Rugby League Premiership. "I've never seen so many happy people in my life, enjoying each other's company, it was a magnificent weekend.". In 1995, Spina was the inaugural captain of the North Queensland Cowboys. It services North Queensland and Far North Queensland, and is the largest TAFE region in Queensland with close to 20 campus locations in sixteen localities, covering an area of 52'000 kilometres. He feels that the period after World War II up to the introduction of the North Queensland Cowboys in 1995 was the most colourful era of rugby league in the north and the champions who stayed rather than go south chasing fame and fortune were his heroes. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on the lands we meet, gather and play on. In previous years it has also been contested by Ayr, Babinda, Burdekin, Eacham, Herbert River, Innisfail, Mount Isa, Tully and Whitsunday. Self storage units servicing Townsville area 399 Woolcock Street, Townsville, QLD, Australia 4814 Townsville is Australia's largest urban centre north of the Sunshine Coast, with a population of 173,815 as of the 2016 Australian census. Mount Pellegrino is a hill facing east on the bay of Palermo, Sicily, southern Italy, located north of the city.. Five-eight and halfback: The combination of Bobby Banks (Charters Towers, Ayr, Cairns and Tully) and Paul Laffin (Mount Isa) would be sensational. The infamous photo that accompanied the headline 'TOWNSVILLE PANTSED BY MOUNT ISA'. Find out more about our policy and your choices, including how to opt-out. Vern and Frank were every bit as big as Prince, Johnathan Thurston or Greg Inglis up in the far north in the prime of their football careers. Crema was a great forward who emerged in the days of North Queenslands dominance in the 1960s, playing continually for the north from 1961-1968. Townsville will split into two zones, Townsville City and Townsville Country. Those experiences toughened me and Scotty up to make the next step down here. In 1948 the competition was structured into a Northern Zone (Cairns, Babinda, Tully and Eacham) and a Southern Zone (Mackay, Ayr and Townsville). 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