2012 Queensland Cup draw

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2012 Intrust Super Cup Draw
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Major Competition Draws: ISC, FOGS Cup, Colts

RUGBY league supporters can expect an explosive start to the 2012 Intrust Super Cup season, with an enticing grand final re-match in the opening week to be followed soon after by an electric Rivalry Round in April.

In another significant development, the Intrust Super Cup will stage its inaugural ?Country Week? in round 17 with all six matches on the weekend of July 14-15 to be played at regional and outback grounds.

Last year, the Northern Pride and the Souths Logan Magpies played an historic match at Bamaga in Cape York in one of the highlights of the season.

Intrust Super Cup general manager Jamie O?Connor said the success of that game prompted the decision to expand the concept into a full round.

?We saw how successful the game was in Bamaga and how much the community got behind it,? O?Connor said.

?This new Country Round is just one of the ways we are attempting to take the game away to places that might not get to see much rugby league, let alone games of this quality.?

However, the early spotlight will fall on the Round 1 blockbuster between defending premiers Wynnum Manly and Tweed Heads.

Both clubs will also figure prominently in the Men of League?s Rivalry Round in round 7 (April 28 ? 29), with Wynnum Manly hosting bayside rivals the Redcliffe Dolphins in a bumper showdown and Tweed Heads clashing with the Burleigh Bears in a coastal derby that always delivers fireworks.

The four other Rivalry Round games will also have plenty of spice, with the Mackay Cutters hosting the Central Capras, the Ipswich Jets up against their 2008 grand final nemesis Souths Logan, the Easts Tigers crossing paths with the Norths Devils and ?09 grand finalists the Sunshine Coast and Northern Pride facing off in Cairns.

Competition for a finals berth will be fierce, with this year?s play-off series to feature five teams instead of six. The top five format will see the minor premiers have the first week of the finals off with the winner of the second versus third clash to progress to a grand final qualifier the following weekend against the competition front-runners.

The loser of the second v third semi-final will stay alive by meeting the winner of the elimination clash between four and five.

The FOGS Cup returns unchanged with eight teams competing, while the FOGS Challenge will welcome the Toowoomba Clydesdales to the fold as part of an 11-team competition.

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Been waiting for this for weeks. Im excited at the Country Round and the Rivalry Round.