The Queensland Country Heelers are the team representing Queensland Country in the Australian Rugby Shield

Australian Rugby Shield

The Australian Rugby Shield is a national Rugby union competition intended to unearth new talent and foster rugby union development outside the traditional Rugby states New South Wales and Queensland....

 competition. As such, the team draws on players from clubs taking part in the Queensland Country Championship and Queensland Outback Championship.

Clubs taking part in Queensland's more highly regarded competitions Queensland Premier

Queensland Premier Rugby

Queensland Premier Rugby is a club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. Ten clubs compete in the competition, eight of which are from Brisbane, with a club each from the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast also competing. The competition has been contested in its present form since 1929...

 and Brisbane Club Rugby, are represented by the Queensland Reds

Queensland Reds

The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...

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Franchise area

• Queensland Country Championship
  • Cairns
  • Townsville
  • Rockhampton
    Rockhampton
    Rockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
    
    
  • Sunshine Coast
    Sunshine Coast, Queensland
    The Sunshine Coast is an urban area in South East Queensland, north of the state capital of Brisbane on the Pacific Ocean coastline. Although it does not have a central business district, by population it ranks as the 10th largest metropolis in Australia and the third largest in...
    
    
  • Gold Coast
    Gold Coast, Queensland
    Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
    
    
  • Darling Downs
    Darling Downs, Queensland
    The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of eleven major regions of Queensland....
    
    
• Queensland Outback Championship
  • Western Queensland
  • Mount Isa
  • Central Highlands
    Emerald, Queensland
    Emerald is a town located in the Central Highlands district of Central Queensland, Australia. At the 2006 census, Emerald had a population of 10,999. The town is the business centre for the Central Highlands Regional Council....
    
    
  • Western Downs
• Suspended from competition
  • Mackay
    Mackay, Queensland
    Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
    
    
  • Bundaberg

See also

• Queensland Rugby Union
  Queensland Rugby Union
  The Queensland Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in Queensland. It is a member and founding union of the Australian Rugby Union.-See also:*Queensland Reds*Australian Rugby Union*The Wallabies*Rugby union in Queensland...
  
  
• Australian Rugby Shield
  Australian Rugby Shield
  The Australian Rugby Shield is a national Rugby union competition intended to unearth new talent and foster rugby union development outside the traditional Rugby states New South Wales and Queensland....
  
  
• Rugby union in Australia
  Rugby union in Australia
  Rugby union is the third most popular winter sport in Australia, with its history dating back to 1864.The principal competition in Australian rugby union is Super Rugby, which is a multi-regional competition across the southern hemisphere...