Queensland Cup

The Queensland Cup, known as the Intrust Super Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by fourteen teams, twelve of which are based in Queensland, with one based in New South Wales and one in Papua New Guinea.

Queensland Cup
Current season or competition:
2020 Queensland Cup
SportRugby league
Inaugural season1996
ChairmanBruce Hatcher
Number of teams14
Countries Australia
 Papua New Guinea
Premiers Burleigh Bears (4th title) (2019)
Most titles Redcliffe Dolphins (6 titles)
Websitewww.qrl.com.au
Broadcast partner

The competition is the present-day embodiment of Queensland's top-level club competition. It replaced the Winfield State League in 1996 and accompanied the Brisbane Rugby League, before becoming the premier competition in 1998, following the disbanding of the Brisbane Rugby League.

History

Origin and establishment

Since its inaugural season in 1922, the Brisbane Rugby League was the premier competition in the state of Queensland. Like its counterpart, the Sydney Rugby Football League, the Brisbane Rugby League was thriving, boasting big crowds and large, loyal supporter bases with their respective clubs. The clubs were constant, with new teams rarely entering the competition. However, in 1956, when poker machines ("pokies") were introduced in New South Wales but not in Queensland, Sydney's clubs were able to recruit the best players from Brisbane, Rugby Union and overseas. Within the space of several years, the Sydney Rugby League had come to dominate the code within Australia.

In the 1980s, the NSWRFL began to further expand and supersede the Brisbane competition in popularity and media coverage. In 1982, the first clubs based outside of Sydney, the Canberra Raiders and Illawarra Steelers, were admitted. In 1988, two Queensland-based sides, the Brisbane Broncos and Gold Coast Giants, were formed and gained entry into the competition. The Broncos would sign Brisbane Rugby League stars like Wally Lewis, Gene Miles and Allan Langer. In the space of one season, media coverage and match attendance for the Brisbane Rugby League dropped significantly.

1996–1997: The beginning

In 1996, the Queensland Cup was formed, replacing the Winfield State League, as new federal government laws banned cigarette companies from sponsoring sport. Originally branded the Channel Nine Cup, the 15 round regular season competition featured sixteen teams, fifteen from Queensland and one from Papua New Guinea. At this time it was still considered as the second highest competition in the state, under the Brisbane Rugby League. The Toowoomba Clydesdales were crowned the inaugural premiers, defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Grand Final. In 1997, three teams withdrew from the competition and the Burleigh Bears joined, becoming the first Gold Coast-based side.

1998–2002: Premier competition

In 1998, the competition became the top level of rugby league in the state, following the end of the Brisbane Rugby League. Channel Nine also ended their sponsorship for the 1998 season, with competition going under name, the Queensland Cup. A sixteen-team competition returned in 1998, with the Bundaberg Grizzlies rejoining and the Gold Coast Vikings being formed.

In 1999, the Grizzlies and Vikings both left the competition, as well as inaugural club Brisbane Brothers and the Townsville Stingers, who played just one season.

In 2000, Bundaberg Rum began a two-year sponsorship of the competition and it was known as the Bundy Gold Cup. The 2000 season was also the first in which all twelve teams remained from the season prior. It would not last long though, as the Cairns Cyclones folded after the 2000 season, leaving no north Queensland representation in the competition. In 2002, the North Queensland Young Guns, a Townsville-based North Queensland Cowboys feeder club, were admitted into the competition. At the end of the 2002 season, the Logan Scorpions, an inaugural club, left the competition.

2003–2006: Interstate expansion

In 2003, the Tweed Heads Seagulls joined the competition, becoming the first New South Wales-based side. The club had originally applied for the 2002 season but were unsuccessful. However, following a merger of the Logan Scorpions and Souths Magpies to form the Souths Logan Magpies, a spot was opened up and Tweed Heads were admitted.[1] Another inaugural club would leave the competition in 2004, with the Wests Panthers exiting, and Brothers-Valleys, a merger of Past Brothers and the Fortitude Valley Diehards, joining for a single season.

In 2005, the competition became known as the Queensland Wizard Cup, after Wizard Home Loans became the major sponsor.

2007: Loss of the Clydesdales

Although the QRL had anticipated that the same teams from 2006 would participate in the 2007 competition, it was announced on 5 December 2006 that inaugural club, the Toowoomba Clydesdales, who were the reigning minor premiers, would be withdrawing from the competition for financial reasons. Brisbane Broncos chairman Bruno Cullen said that "It didn't make sense to have this club up there running at what was looking like a $250,000 loss for the year."[2] The following day it was announced that the Aspley Broncos would be replacing the Clydesdales, and acting as the Brisbane Broncos feeder club.[3] The Aspley Broncos would play just a single season in the competition.

The 2007 season marked the first time a team outside of Queensland would win the competition, with the Tweed Heads Seagulls defeating the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Grand Final.[4]

2008–2013: Further expansion

2008 saw the Queensland Cup once again have teams based in the northern cities of Cairns and Mackay after absences of seven and twelve years, respectively. These new teams replaced Aspley and North Queensland as part of the rationalisation of rugby league below the NRL level caused by the introduction of the NRL under 20s competition.

In 2009, the Sunshine Coast Falcons rejoined the competition after thirteen-year absence, after signing a partnership with the Manly Sea Eagles to develop rugby league on the Sunshine Coast.[5][6] The side played as the Sea Eagles and won the premiership in their first year.

In 2010, Intrust Super was announced as the new major sponsor, with the competition becoming known as the Intrust Super Cup.[7] From 2009 to 2013, the competition featured the same twelve teams for five straight seasons.

2014–present: Papua New Guinea and Townsville return

In 2014, the PNG Hunters entered the competition, becoming the first Papua New Guinea based side in the competition since the Port Moresby Vipers in 1997. In their inaugural season, the side was based out of the East New Britain town of Kokopo. On 10 September 2014, QRL chairman Peter Betros announced that the Brothers Townsville-led Townsville Blackhawks bid had been successful and the side would compete in the 2015 season.

On 5 October 2014, the Northern Pride became the first Queensland Cup side to win the NRL State Championship, defeating the heavily favoured Penrith Panthers New South Wales Cup side in the inaugural final.[8]

In 2017, the Hunters won their first Queensland Cup premiership, defeating the Sunshine Coast Falcons in the Grand Final and becoming the first team outside of Australia, and the second from outside of Queensland to win the competition.[9]

On 27 March 2020, the competition was cancelled for the first time in its history due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with no premiers being crowned.[10]

Teams

The Queensland Cup consists of 14 teams, eight in South East Queensland, three from North Queensland, and one each from Central Queensland, Northern New South Wales and Papua New Guinea. The league operates on a single group system, with no divisions or conferences and no relegation and promotion from other leagues. A number of clubs in the Queensland Cup have an affiliation with a team in the Australian national competition, the National Rugby League.

Current clubs

Queensland Cup
Club Est. Joined* City Stadium Premierships Last NRL affiliate
Burleigh Bears 1934 1997 Gold Coast Pizzey Park 4 2019 Gold Coast Titans
Central Queensland Capras 1996 1996 Rockhampton Browne Park 0 - Brisbane Broncos
Easts Tigers 1917 1996 Brisbane Langlands Park 0 - Melbourne Storm
Ipswich Jets 1982 1996 Ipswich North Ipswich Reserve 1 2015 Newcastle Knights
Mackay Cutters 2007 2008 Mackay BB Print Stadium Mackay 1 2013 North Queensland Cowboys
Northern Pride 2007 2008 Cairns Barlow Park 2 2014 North Queensland Cowboys
Norths Devils 1933 1996 Brisbane Pathion Park 1 1998 Brisbane Broncos
Papua New Guinea Hunters 2013 2014 Port Moresby National Football Stadium 1 2017 None
Redcliffe Dolphins 1947 1996 Redcliffe Dolphin Stadium 6 2018 New Zealand Warriors
Souths Logan Magpies 1918 2003 Brisbane Davies Park 1 2008 Brisbane Broncos
Sunshine Coast Falcons 1996 2008 Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Stadium 1 2009 Melbourne Storm
Townsville Blackhawks 2014 2015 Townsville Jack Manski Oval 0 - North Queensland Cowboys
Tweed Heads Seagulls 1909 2003 Tweed Heads Piggabeen Sports Complex 1 2007 Gold Coast Titans
Wynnum Manly Seagulls 1951 1996 Brisbane BMD Kougari Oval 2 2012 Brisbane Broncos
* The season the team joined the competition in its current form and consecutive tenure.

Previous clubs

As the Queensland Cup initially began as a representative competition that took over the old Winfield State League before becoming a proper club competition, many of the following clubs were "representative" sides that either withdrew (in the case of Mackay and Bundaberg) or folded (Cairns Cyclones and Port Moresby Vipers).

Queensland Cup
Club Est. City Stadium Premierships Last First Season Last Season
Aspley Broncos 1967 Brisbane Bishop Park 0 - 2007 2007
Brisbane Brothers 1929 Brisbane Corbett Park 0 - 1996 1998
Brothers-Valleys 2002 Brisbane O'Callaghan Park 0 - 2004 2004
Bundaberg Grizzlies 1996 Bundaberg Salter Oval 0 - 1996 1998
Cairns Cyclones 1996 Cairns Barlow Park 0 - 1996 2000
Gold Coast Vikings 1982 Gold Coast Carrara Stadium 0 - 1998 1998
Logan Scorpions 1987 Logan Meakin Park 0 - 1996 2002
Mackay Sea Eagles 1996 Mackay Mackay JRL Ground 0 - 1996 1996
North Queensland Young Guns 2002 Townsville Dairy Farmers Stadium 1 2005 2002 2007
Port Moresby Vipers 1986 Port Moresby Lloyd Robson Oval 0 - 1996 1997
Townsville Stingers 1998 Townsville Townsville Sports Reserve 0 - 1998 1998
Toowoomba Clydesdales 1996 Toowoomba Clive Berghofer Stadium 2 2001 1996 2006
Wests Panthers 1915 Brisbane Purtell Park 0 - 1996 2003
* Brisbane Brothers played as the Pine Rivers Brothers from 1996–1997.

Season structure

An Easts Tigers player tackled by the Redcliffe Dolphins at Langlands Park

Pre-season

The Queensland Cup pre-season typically begins in February and ends in early March. Clubs generally use this time to organise trial matches to test playing combinations. Usually, Queensland Cup teams will play each other in trials, while some face National Rugby League (NRL) sides. For example, in 2018, the Brisbane Broncos played trial matches against the Central Queensland Capras and PNG Hunters.[11][12]

Regular season

The Queensland Cup regular season usually begins in early March and runs until late August. A round of regular season games is played every weekend for twenty-four weeks. In most rounds, matches are played on Saturday nights/afternoons and Sunday afternoons. Each team receives one bye during the regular season.

The regular season also features a number of themed rounds, where proceeds from the games go to various charities. In 2018, these rounds included ANZAC Round, Indigenous Round, Men of League Round, Women in League Round, "Turn to Me" Round and the annual Country Week.[13]

Country Week

The Queensland Cup has the largest regional footprint of any professional sporting code in Queensland, hosting regular season and trial matches over a large geographical footprint.

It is also unique amongst professional sporting competitions in Australia, since 2012 in partnership with the Queensland Government the Queensland Cup has taken matches to regional Queensland, country towns and cities, to engage fans at a grassroots level. This round usually takes place in July.

Locations which have hosted Country Week games include:

  • 2012: Moranbah, Blackwater, Mount Isa, Kilcoy
  • 2013: Roma, Whitsundays, Woodford, Toowoomba, Yarrabah
  • 2014: Longreach, Emerald, Moranbah, Mareeba, Kingaroy, Kokopo (Papua New Guinea)
  • 2015: Dalby, Blackall, Bundaberg, Charters Towers, Innisfail, Stanthorpe
  • 2016: Barcaldine, Charleville, Gympie, Ravenshoe, Mount Isa, Moranbah
  • 2017: Bamaga, Clermont, Winton, Mundubbera, St George, Julia Creek
  • 2018: Goondiwindi, Maryborough, Cooktown, Normanton, Bowen, Hughenden and Lae (Papua New Guinea)
  • 2019: Pittsworth, Thursday Island, Ingham, Nanango and Illfracombe

In addition to this round games have also been played in regional locations during regular rounds in: Bamaga, Biloelia, Atherton, Hervey Bay, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Barcaldine, Emerald, Woorabinda, Lae (Papua New Guinea) and Stradbroke Island.

Finals Series

The eight highest placed teams at the end of the regular season compete in the finals series. The system consists of a number of games between the top eight teams over four weeks in September, until only two teams remain. These two teams then contest the Grand Final, which is usually played in late September. Over the years, the Queensland Cup has used a number of different finals series systems, usually involving five to six[14] and now eight teams. In 2019, the current eight team final series system will be adopted.

Grand Final

The Queensland Cup Grand Final, which determines the season's premiers, is one of the state's major sporting events. It is usually contested at Suncorp Stadium, having been held there annually since 2014, although other venues have been used, such as Dolphin Stadium, North Ipswich Reserve and Sunshine Coast Stadium.

The Grand Final had traditionally been played on Saturday afternoons, until moving to Sunday afternoons beginning in 2010.

Since 2007, the player judged to be the man-of-the-match is awarded the prestigious Duncan Hall Medal.[15]

NRL State Championship Match

Since 2014, The QLD Cup Grand Final Match has been played on the same day as the NSW Cup Grand Final, the weekend prior to the NRL Grand Final, allowing for the creation of the NRL State Championship which saw the QLD Cup premiers face off against the NSW Cup Premiers as a curtain raiser to the NRL Grand Final, originally following the National Youth Competition Grand Final from 2014 to 2017 [16][17] and following the NRL Women's Grand Final since 2018.[18][19] In 2019 the NRL State Championship was played prior the NRL Women's Grand Final.

Premiership winners

Season Grand Finals Minor Premiers
Premiers Score Runners-up Venue Premiers Points
1996 Toowoomba Clydesdales (1st title) 8 6 Redcliffe Dolphins
Suncorp Stadium
Toowoomba Clydesdales 23
1997 Redcliffe Dolphins (1st) 18 16 Easts Tigers Wynnum Manly Seagulls 29
1998 Norths Devils (1st) 35 16 Wests Panthers Norths Devils 33
1999 Burleigh Bears (1st) 12 10 Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe Dolphins 35
2000 Redcliffe Dolphins (2nd) 14 6 Toowoomba Clydesdales Redcliffe Dolphins 38
2001 Toowoomba Clydesdales (2nd) 28 26 Redcliffe Dolphins
Dolphin Oval
Toowoomba Clydesdales 41
2002 Redcliffe Dolphins (3rd) 34 10 Ipswich Jets Redcliffe Dolphins 36
2003 Redcliffe Dolphins (4th) 31 18 Burleigh Bears Burleigh Bears 33
2004 Burleigh Bears (2nd) 22 18 Easts Tigers
Suncorp Stadium
Burleigh Bears 34
2005 North Queensland Young Guns (1st) 36 6 Burleigh Bears North Queensland Young Guns 33
2006 Redcliffe Dolphins (5th) 27 6 Toowoomba Clydesdales Toowoomba Clydesdales 32
2007 Tweed Heads Seagulls (1st) 28 18 Redcliffe Dolphins North Queensland Young Guns 34
2008 Souths Logan Magpies (1st) 24 18 Ipswich Jets
North Ipswich Reserve
Ipswich Jets 36
2009 Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles (1st) 32 18 Northern Pride
Stockland Park
Souths Logan Magpies 32
2010 Northern Pride (1st) 30 20 Norths Devils
Suncorp Stadium
Souths Logan Magpies 34
2011 Wynnum Manly Seagulls (1st) 16 10 Tweed Heads Seagulls Tweed Heads Seagulls 41
2012 Wynnum Manly Seagulls (2nd) 20 10 Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe Dolphins 34
2013 Mackay Cutters (1st) 27 20 Easts Tigers
North Ipswich Reserve
Northern Pride 38
2014 Northern Pride (2nd) 36 4 Easts Tigers
Suncorp Stadium
Northern Pride 44
2015 Ipswich Jets (1st) 32 20 Townsville Blackhawks Townsville Blackhawks 43
2016 Burleigh Bears (3rd) 26 16 Redcliffe Dolphins Redcliffe Dolphins 40
2017 PNG Hunters (1st) 12 10 Sunshine Coast Falcons PNG Hunters 39
2018 Redcliffe Dolphins (6th) 36 22 Easts Tigers Redcliffe Dolphins 35
2019 Burleigh Bears (4th) 28 10 Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Dolphin Stadium
Sunshine Coast Falcons 43
2020
Season cancelled[20]

List of most successful clubs

Teams are ranked in order of premierships won, grand final runners up then minor premierships won. To see the complete list of Queensland Cup records, see List of Queensland Cup records.

Club Premierships Runners-up Minor Premierships
1 Redcliffe Dolphins6 (1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2018)6 (1996, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2016)6 (1999, 2000, 2002, 2012, 2016, 2018)
2 Burleigh Bears4 (1999, 2004, 2016, 2019)2 (2003, 2005)2 (2003, 2004)
3 Toowoomba Clydesdales2 (1996, 2001)2 (2006, 2006)3 (1996, 2001, 2006)
4 Northern Pride2 (2010, 2014)1 (2009)2 (2013, 2014)
5 Wynnum Manly Seagulls2 (2011, 2012)1 (2019)1 (1997)
6 Norths Devils1 (1998)1 (2010)1 (1998)
7 North Queensland Young Guns1 (2005)02 (2005, 2007)
8 Tweed Heads Seagulls1 (2007)1 (2011)1 (2011)
9 Souths Logan Magpies1 (2008)02 (2009, 2010)
10 Sun. Coast Falcons/Sea Eagles1 (2009)*1 (2017)*1 (2019)
11 Mackay Cutters1 (2013)00
12 Ipswich Jets1 (2015)2 (2002, 2008)1 (2008)
13 PNG Hunters1 (2017)01 (2017)
14 Easts Tigers05 (1997, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2018)0
15 Townsville Blackhawks01 (2015)1 (2015)
16 Wests Panthers01 (1998)0
  • Won as the Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles in 2009
  • Lost as the Sunshine Coast Falcons in 2017

NRL State Championship winners

Season NRL State Championship Man of the Match
Winners Score Runners-up Venue
2014 Northern Pride 32 28 Penrith Panthers
ANZ Stadium
Javid Bowen
2015 Ipswich Jets 26 12 Newcastle Knights Matt Parcell
2016 Illawarra Cutters 54 12 Burleigh Bears Drew Hutchison
2017 Penrith Panthers 42 18 PNG Hunters Kaide Ellis
2018 Canterbury Bulldogs 42 – 18 Redcliffe Dolphins Josh Cleeland
2019 Newtown Jets 20 – 16 Burleigh Bears Toby Rudolf

Honours

At the end of each season at the QRL presentation night, the Petero Civoniceva Medal is awarded to the Queensland Cup player voted as the best and fairest over the entire season. Formerly known as The Courier Mail Medal, in 2018, the medal was renamed after former Australian and Queensland representative Petero Civoniceva.[21] After each game, the referees award three votes to the best player, two votes to the second-best player, and one vote to the third-best player.[22] Previous winners include Australia and Queensland representatives Greg Inglis and Daly Cherry-Evans.

Since 2007, the man of the match in the Grand Final has been awarded the Duncan Hall Medal. The medal is named in honour of ARL Team of the Century member Duncan Hall, who played 24 games for Queensland and 22 games for Australia between 1948 and 1955. Past recipients include Tony Williams and Jake Granville, who would go onto win NRL premierships shortly after their Queensland Cup success.

20th Year Anniversary Team

On 21 September 2015, the QRL announced their Queensland Cup 20th Year Anniversary team. The 17-man team was chosen by a selection panel consisting of Brad Tallon (Queensland Rugby League statistician), Steve Ricketts (rugby league journalist), David Wright (former ABC commentator) and Mike Higgison (rugby league historian).

To be eligible for selection, a player must've played a minimum of 75 games in the competition. Rick Stone, who coached the Burleigh Bears from 1997 to 2005 (winning two premierships), was named coach of the side, while longtime referee Tony Maksoud was included as referee of the team.[23]

No.NameClub(s)YearsGamesTriesGoalsPoints
1.Ryan CullenCentral Queensland, Redcliffe, Easts2003–101541120449
2.Nathanael BarnesTweed Heads, Wynnum Manly2003–07, 2011–13, 2015–1718613541622
3.Reggie CressbrookTownsville, Burleigh, Ipswich1998–06143893661,089
4.Donald MaloneToowoomba, Easts, Ipswich, Mackay, Sunshine Coast2004–17179119138752
5.Heath EgglestoneCentral Queensland1996–04150991398
6.Brad Davis (captain)Tweed Heads2005–12154234831,066
7.Shane PerryBrothers, Logan, Redcliffe, Norths1996–98, 2002–11218956409
8.Troy LindsayRedcliffe1996–0927017680
9.Mick RobertsRedcliffe, Norths1998–1125371134555
10.Shane O'FlanaganWests, Burleigh1997–08210330132
11.Danny BurkeBrothers, Redcliffe1998, 2000–09219260104
12.Sime BusbyCentral Queensland, Easts1997–0311815162
13.Danny CoburnIpswich1998–10258320128
14.Luke ScottSouths, Townsville, Redcliffe1996, 1998–03129360144
15.Luke Dalziel-DonWynnum Manly2004, 2006–13173820329
16.Nick ParfittToowoomba, Burleigh2003–111731134831,421
17.Phil DennisWests, Easts, Souths Logan2003–present282297130
* Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season

Records

The following records are taken from the QRL's official website and are correct as of the end of the 2019 season.[24]

Team

Individual

  • Most games – Phil Dennis, 282 games
  • Most tries – Daniel Ogden, 155 tries
  • Most points – Nick Parfitt 1,421 points (113 tries, 483 goals)
  • Most points in a season 318, Liam Georgetown (2013)
  • Most tries in a season 34, Daniel Kennedy 2004
  • Most points in a game 40, Damien Richter 2002, Greg Bourke 2002
  • Most tries in a game 7, Chris Walker 2000, Anthony Zipf 2004

Media coverage & Sponsorship

Although the Queensland Cup has never had the same amount of media coverage that the pre-Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Rugby League did, in recent years it has experienced a resurgence in interest from both the Queensland media and from casual fans alike.

Television

In 2018, the match of the round was televised live on the Nine Network in Queensland at 1:00pm (AEST) on Saturdays. Previously, the match of the round had been broadcast by Nine on Sunday afternoons and before that, on ABC Television on Saturday afternoons. The match is later replayed during the week on Foxtel's Fox League channel. The match of the round returned to Sunday afternoons for the 2019 season.

The non-broadcast games are recorded for highlights and judiciary and coaching purposes.

Radio

From 2006 to 2013, community broadcaster Bay FM began broadcasting Wynnum Manly matches with commentators Mike Higgison and Troy Robbins.

In 2015, a group of community broadcasters including Switch 1197, Valley FM Esk and Phoenix Radio Ipswich began broadcasting matches featuring Ipswich Jets.

Sponsorship

The competition has previously been named the Channel Nine Cup, Bundy Gold Cup and Queensland Wizard Cup, and is now known as the Intrust Super Cup.

See also

References

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  12. https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/teams/titans/brisbane-broncos-attack-fires-late-to-down-png-hunters-in-port-moresby-trial-match/news-story/670c0fc777d652d48cef11a1e4ccac77
  13. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2017/12/13/2018-intrust-super-cup-draw/
  14. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/07/31/high-stakes-and-ladders-2018-finals-format/
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  16. "State Championship preview: Panthers v Pride". nrl.com. 21 September 2017.
  17. "The greatest game never played". nrl.com. 21 September 2017.
  18. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2020/03/27/2020-qrl-statewide-competitions-cancelled/
  19. https://www.qrl.com.au/news/20182/082/01/civoniceva-medal-to-recognise-best--fairest/
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