They currently play an annual fixture against NSW Cup Representative Team, often as a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game.

[2] As Residents selection has no bearing on Origin eligibility, a number of players have gone on to also represent New South Wales, including Trent Hodkinson and Jamie Buhrer.

[3][4] New Zealand internationals Jeremy Smith and Adam Blair are also former Queensland Residents representatives.

[5][6] The first Queensland Residents side was selected in 1988 and went on a three-game tour of New Zealand, winning two games.

Over the next six years the side toured New Zealand two more times (1990, 1992), Papua New Guinea (1989, 1995), France (1989), Fiji (1992, 1993), Western Samoa (1993), Tonga (1993) and South Africa (1994).

The fixture was formerly a curtain raiser to a State of Origin game but as of 2015 has been played on the annual Representative Weekend.