The Redcliffe Dolphins are a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 team from the city of Redcliffe

Redcliffe, Queensland

  Redcliffe is a residential suburb of the Moreton Bay Region in the north-east of the Redcliffe peninsula, approximately north-northeast of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia...

 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

Australia

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. The Redcliffe Dolphins were founded in 1947, accepted into the Brisbane Rugby League premiership

Brisbane Rugby League premiership (rugby league competition)

The Brisbane Rugby League premiership was a rugby league football competition held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 1922 to 1997. Prior to 1922, the competition was conducted under the auspices of the Queensland Rugby League. Until the 1980s it was the premier sporting competition in...

 in 1960, and since 1996 have played in the Queensland Cup.

History

The Redcliffe Peninsula Rugby League Football Club was founded on 27 February 1947, and in its first year entered Under 17, Reserve Grade and First Grade teams into the Sandgate Suburban Rugby League competition. Through the 1950s Redcliffe also played in the Kilcoy, Murrumba and Geraghty Cup competitions. On 19 November 1959 Redcliffe received full district club status and was accepted into the Brisbane First Grade competition.

Throughout the 1960s, a number of famous players came through the ranks of the Dolphins to represent Queensland and Australia, including Trevor Harken and Arthur Beetson

Arthur Beetson

Arthur Henry "Artie" Beetson, OAM , was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He represented Australia and Queensland from 1964 to 1981. His position was at prop. Beetson became the first Indigenous Australian to captain his country in any sport. and is frequently cited as the best...

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Redcliffe won the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership in 1965, 1994 and 1996 and has appeared in seven Queensland Cup grand finals, making it the most successful team in that competition.

Recently a new National Rugby League

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

 team to be based on the Gold Coast was going to call itself the Gold Coast Dolphins. This was decided against after the Redcliffe Dolphins threatened legal action. The team is now called the Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans

Gold Coast Titans are an Australian professional rugby league football club, based in the Gold Coast, Queensland. The club competes in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership. It is the newest of the sixteen clubs in the league, having commenced its...

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The Dolphins won the 2006 Queensland Cup, beating Toowomba in the grand final at Suncorp Stadium

Suncorp Stadium

Lang Park is the original name of the site located in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, now occupied by the major sports facility known by its sponsorship name, Suncorp Stadium...

 under the coaching of Anthony Griffin

Anthony Griffin (rugby league)

Anthony Griffin is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and current head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. He played in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership during the 1980s before taking up coaching...

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2009 Squad

Results

• 1996: Runners-up
• 1997: Premiers
• 1998: Preliminary finalists
• 1999: Runners-up
• 2000: Premiers
• 2001: Runners-up
• 2002: Premiers
• 2003: Premiers
• 2004: 6th
• 2005: Preliminary finalists
• 2006: Premiers
• 2007: Runners-up
• 2008: Semi Finalists

Sources

• Redcliffe Dolphins Statistics retrieved December 7, 2005

External links

• Redcliffe Dolphins Official Site