2022 QRL Women's Premiership

QRL Women's Premiership
Current season or competition:; 2022 QRL Women's Premiership
Sport	Rugby league
Instituted	2019; 5 years ago
Inaugural season	2020
Number of teams	8
Country	Australia
Website	www.qrl.com.au
Related competition	NRL Women's Premiership; NSWRL Women's Premiership

The '2022 QRL Women's Premiership' was the 3rd season of Queensland's first top-level statewide open age women's competition. rugby league competition run by the Queensland Rugby League. The competition, known as the BMD Premiership due to sponsorship from BMD Group,^[1] is the top level of women's rugby league football in Queensland, Australia featured 8 teams playing a 9-week long season (including finals) from March to June.^[2]

Teams

The QRL Women's Premiership consists of eight teams, five from South East Queensland and one each from North Queensland, Central Queensland and Northern New South Wales. The league operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation and promotion from other leagues.

Current clubs

Club	Established	Joined	City	Stadium(s)
QRL Women's Premiership
Brisbane Tigers	1917	2020	Brisbane	Totally Workwear Stadium
Burleigh Bears	1934	2020	Gold Coast	Pizzey Park
Central Queensland Capras	1996	2020	Rockhampton	Browne Park
North Queensland Gold Stars	2019	2020	Townsville	Jack Manski Oval
Tweed Heads Seagulls	1909	2020	Tweed Heads	Piggabeen Sports Complex
Valkyries Queensland	2021	2021	Brisbane	Davies Park
Valleys Diehards	1909	2021	Brisbane	Emerson Park
West Brisbane Panthers	1915	2020	Brisbane	Frank Lind Oval

Previous clubs

Club	First season	Last season	City	Stadium(s)
QRL Women's Premiership
Ipswich Brothers	2020	2020	Ipswich	Blue Ribbon Motors Field
Souths Logan Magpies	2020	2020	Brisbane	Davies Park

References

^ "Partnerships generate momentum ahead of season opener". 16 March 2022.
^ "Draw".

[1] "Partnerships generate momentum ahead of season opener". 16 March 2022.

[2] "Draw".

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v t e 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 Dolphins Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys Former Clubs: Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers (1988-1998) South Queensland Crushers (1995-1997)
NRLW clubs	Current clubs: Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys
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: Masters Police Services Primary School Secondary School Confraternity Carnival Universities Women's
Northern Division	Foley Shield Cairns Mackay Mid West Mount Isa Remote Areas Townsville
Central Division	47th Battalion Shield Capricorn Region Central Highlands Central West Gladstone (defunct) Rockhampton South West Region Border Rivers Roma Toowoomba Western Wide Bay Region Bundaberg Central Burnett Northern Districts South Burnett Sunshine Coast-Gympie
South-East Division	Bulimba Cup (defunct) Brisbane A-Grade Brisbane Second Division Women Ipswich Gold Coast FOGS Colts (Brisbane U20's)
Queensland Cup clubs	Brisbane Tigers Burleigh Bears Central Queensland Capras Ipswich Jets Northern Pride Mackay Cutters Norths Devils PNG Hunters Redcliffe Dolphins Souths Logan Magpies Sunshine Coast Falcons Townsville Blackhawks Tweed Heads Seagulls Western Clydesdales Wynnum Manly Seagulls
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Representative Competitions	State of Origin series Interstate Series (defunct)
Clubs	List of rugby league clubs in Queensland by competition