Murri Rugby League Carnival

Murri Rugby League Carnival
Sport	Rugby league football
Instituted	2011
Inaugural season	22–25 September 2011
Winners	Badu Kulpiyam (2015)
Most titles
Website	http://www.arthurbeetsonfoundation.com.au/the-murri-carnival
Broadcast partner	NITV NITV/Austar SBS NITV/Foxtel
Related competition	NSW Koori Knockout All Stars match

The Murri Rugby League Carnival (QAIHC Arthur Beetson Foundation Murri Rugby League Carnival) is an annual four-day rugby league carnival for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Queensland rugby league teams. Queensland Rugby League (QRL) has awarded the Arthur Beetson Foundation with the tender for the next few years. The Foundation has employed MRL (Qld Pty Ltd) to event manage the Murri Rugby League carnival.

About

The carnival has certain basic rules. An adult person cannot play in the carnival unless they:

undergo a health check; and
enrol to vote or, if enrolled, make sure that their enrolment details are current.

An under 15 player cannot play in the carnival unless they:

undergo a health check; and
have a 90% school attendance record from 1 July to the date of the Carnival.^[1]

The Queensland Aboriginal & Islander Health Council have established a partnership with the Arthur Beetson Foundation, to support the organisation and running of the Qld Murri Rugby League Carnivals.

Murri Carnival Winners

Year	Mens Murri Carnival Winners	Information
Year	Team	Information
2011	The Southern Dingoes
2012	Argun Warriors
2013	The Southern Dingoes
2014	The Southern Dingoes
2015	Badu Kulpiyam	Southern Dingoes Blue officially winners stripped for fielding a suspended player.

QLD Murri vs. NSW Koori Interstate Challenge

The QLD Murri vs. NSW Koori Interstate Challenge is an annual rugby league game played between the winners of the NSW Koori Knockout and Murri Rugby League Carnival

Year	Murri vs. Koori Interstate Challenge
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up
2012	Mindaribba Warriors	40–18	The Southern Dingoes
2013	Argun Warriors	28–24	Newcastle Yowies
2014	Newcastle Yowies	18–12	The Southern Dingoes
2015	Badu Kulpiyam	30–22	Walgett Aboriginal Connection
2016	The Southern Dingoes	26–12	Redfern All Blacks

Representative Sides

Festival of Indigenous Rugby League

The NRL launched a Festival of Indigenous Rugby League program to take the place of the prestigious pre-season Rugby League All Stars game following every World Cup year.The 2014 Festival of Indigenous Rugby League featured a trial match between the Newcastle Knights and a Indigenous team, drawn from the NSW Koori Rugby League Knockout and Murri Carnivals in Queensland, as well as the NRL Indigenous Player Cultural Camp, Murri vs Koori women's and Under 16s representative games, a Murri v Koori match, a jobs expo and community visits.^[2]

First Nation Goannas

2014 squad

Coaching staff

1 Javarn White - FB
2 Kieran Vale - WG
3 Rickki Sutherland - CE
4 Joshua Benjamin - CE
5 Malcolm Congoo - WG
6 Kareel Phillips - FE
7 Adrian Davis (c) - HB
8 Reggie Saunders - PR
9 Roy Smith - HK
10 Matthew Pittman - PR
11 Noel Underwood - SR
12 Davin Crampton - SR
13 Phil Dennis - LK

14 David Peachey - FB
15 Nathan Blacklock - FB
16 James Livock - PR
17 Rod Jensen - CE, SR
18 Bobby Nona - PR, SR
19 Rex Johnson
20 Denis Moran - HB

Head coach

Laurie Daley

Legend:

(c) Captain
(vc) Vice captain

Year	Festival of Indigenous Rugby League
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up
2014	Newcastle Knights	50–12	First Nation Goannas

Queensland Murri Vs New Zealand Maori

On October 2013, a Queensland Murri representative side toured New Zealand to play A New Zealand Maori team in a two-game series. The Maori side won the first game 48–18 at Davies Park, Huntly. The second game was played at Puketawhero Park, Rotorua and was won by the Maori side, 32–16.^[3]

Year	Queensland Murri vs New Zealand Maori
Year	Winners	Score	Runners-up
2013	New Zealand Maori	40–18	Queensland Murri
2013	New Zealand Maori	32–16	Queensland Murri
2014	New Zealand Maori	46–22	Queensland Murri

2014 Representative squad

Queensland Murri

2014 Representative Squad