Queensland Residents rugby league team
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| Nickname | Maroons | ||||||
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| Governing body | Queensland Rugby League | ||||||
| Head coach | Jon Buchanan | ||||||
| Captain | Blake Leary | ||||||
| Home stadium | Suzuki Stadium (5,000) | ||||||
| First game | |||||||
 Queensland 24–12 West Coast  (Wingham Park, Greymouth; 1988) |
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| First Residents Game | |||||||
 New South Wales 30–22 Queensland (Lang Park, Brisbane; 1994) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||
Queensland 76–2 Manawatu  (Palmerston North Showgrounds, Palmerston North; 1990) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||
 Auckland 70–12 Queensland (Carlaw Park, Auckland; 1988) |
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The Queensland Residents rugby league team is a representative rugby league team consisting of players who compete in the Intrust Super Cup (Queensland Cup) competition. They currently play an annual fixture against NSW Cup Representative Team, often as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game.
The team is administered by the Queensland Rugby League and regularly played its home matches at Suncorp Stadium, until 2015, when they starting playing at Brisbane's Langlands Park (now known as Suzuki Stadium). Up until 1995, they side played against touring international sides and went on tours to countries like New Zealand and France.
A number of Queensland Residents players have gone onto play for Queensland in State of Origin, including Daly Cherry-Evans and David Taylor. As Residents selection has no bearing on Origin eligibility, a number of players have gone on to also represent New South Wales, including Trent Hodkinson and Jamie Buhrer.New Zealand internationals Jeremy Smith and Adam Blair are also former Queensland Residents representatives.
The first Queensland Residents side was selected in 1988 and went on a three-game tour of New Zealand, winning two games. Over the next six years the side toured New Zealand two more times (1990, 1992), Papua New Guinea (1989, 1995), France (1989), Fiji (1992, 1993), Western Samoa (1993), Tonga (1993) and South Africa (1994). In 1990, they defeated the touring French side in Rockhampton and in 1992 lost to the touring Great Britain side in Townsville.
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