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Barraclough Shield

Barraclough Shield

Football tournament

The Barraclough Shield is the trophy for interstate rugby union matches between the New South Wales Suburban and Queensland Suburban representative teams, colloquially known as "Subbies". The Barraclough Shield was first contested in 1966 and was named after Lindley John Forbes (John) Barraclough AM (1926-2005), a former New South Wales MP and stalwart of New South Wales Suburban Rugby.[1]

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History

As of 2020, New South Wales have won the Barraclough Shield on forty three occasions, Queensland have won five, with three matches drawn.[1][2] Recent matches have usually been played at Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane, but the match in the 50th year of Subbies Rugby in Queensland was played at Suncorp Stadium as the curtain-raiser to the Queensland Reds match against the British and Irish Lions.[2][3][4]

List of winners since 1966:

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See also

References

  1. [1]
    "The Barraclough Shield". Queensland Rugby. 2012. Archived from the original on 11 March 2014. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Annual Report 2013" (PDF 1.1 MB). New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union. 2013. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2014.
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    Buchan, Jay (7 June 2013). "Ipswich trio chases revenge in Lions' curtain-raiser". The Queensland Times. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. [4]
    "2013 Annual report". Queensland Rugby. 2013. p. 44. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
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