 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Nepo vatambi vechikwata cheQueensland rugby league vari kunyanya kubva kuQueensland, kusvika muna 1980 apo mitemo yekusarudza yekugara yakanga ichiri kushandiswa, vamwe vevatambi venhabvu veNew South Wales, vakadai saDally Messenger naClive Churchill, vakatambawo maMaroons. Vatambi veQueensland ndevamwe vevatambi vane mukurumbira vanogadzirwa neAustralia, nechinangwa chekukanda chinangwa Mal Meninga achinzi BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year muna 1990, mutambi wekutanga we rugby league akambozviita. Kubvira pakupera kwezana remakore vatambi veMaroons vakava vatambi venhabvu vane mukurumbira kwete chete mumutambo werugby asiwo mune mamwe makodhi. Rugby Unions 2003 World Cup FinalChete yakaratidza vatambi vana vekare veQueensland: Brad Thorn achitamba maAll Blacks, uye Mat Rogers, Lote Tuqiri naWendell Sailor vachitamba maWallabies. Vaimbove maMaroons Karmichael Hunt naIsrael Folau vese vakanyoreswa neAFL kuti vatambe nhabvu yeAustralia nhabvu uye vese parizvino vanotamba nyanzvi rugby union. 