University of Queensland Rugby Club
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The University of Queensland Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union
club, based at the University of Queensland
in Brisbane
, Queensland
. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby
competition. They were formed in 1911, as rugby was adopted by the Sports Association at the University of Queensland
as a major sport.
The University of Queensland Rugby Football Club, although recently incorporated, was founded in 1911. Since then the Club has seen several thousands of young men and women enjoy the game of Rugby and develop many friendships.
The Club is the most successful Brisbane Club having won 24 First Grade Premierships throughout its decorated past. The Club is affiliated with the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) which is one of the member unions of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). The Club is also affiliated with The University of Queensland and has a relationship with local junior club, the Kenmore Bears.
The University of Queensland Rugby Club provides an environment where excellence and academic achievements are encouraged and extolled. Throughout the years, the Club has established a proud Rugby tradition of great camaraderie, mateship and enjoyment which has significantly contributed to its ongoing success both on and off the field.
Many of the Club's players have been rewarded with representative honours whilst others have further contributed to the game as coaches, managers or administrators. More than 210 University players have represented Queensland with 60 having been selected for Australia (7 as captain).
In terms of elite coaches, the following have represented the Club at the highest level:
Past players including Norbert Byrne, David Crombie, Dick Marks, Leo Williams and David Usasz have also made a mark on the game with their time served on the Boards of the Queensland Rugby Union and/or the Australian Rugby Union whilst Steve Wilson is a current member of the QRU Board having joined in March 2006.
The Club is located on The University of Queensland St Lucia campus where it has its own Clubhouse and the use of three illuminated fields. The Club is administered by a committee of honorary members who are assisted by full time staff and coaches.
The club's players were available for selection to the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship
franchise Ballymore Tornadoes
.
on two occasions (1990 and 2011).
first began in senior competition on 8 June 1912, with Brothers running out victors 24 - 0. The tradition of hard, close fought games between these two clubs remains a feature of the Brisbane club scene and there have been many memorable tussles over the years, particularly in grand finals. The most famous being the 24-all draw in 1979 that resulted in a rematch where University won 16-13 in a tight match. The latest bragging rights are still with University after a 19-10 win in the 1990 final, the last time the teams have met in a grand final.
In 2006 the club was pro-active in recruiting a number of Australian representatives and a high profile New Zealand u19 representative. Indifferent form and injuries in the early part of the season had many critics claiming the uni boys could not retain their title, pressure to perform was high however the Uni Colts showed all the critics what sort of squad they were by taking the field for their remaining 8 fixtures and securing victories for all 8 in a row, successfully defending their 2005 title to be crowned 2006 premiers.
Back to back premierships in the U19's was a fantastic result and one that uni had not seen for some time.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
club, based at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
in Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
. They currently compete in the Queensland Premier Rugby
Queensland Premier Rugby
Queensland Premier Rugby is a club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. Ten clubs compete in the competition, eight of which are from Brisbane, with a club each from the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast also competing. The competition has been contested in its present form since 1929...
competition. They were formed in 1911, as rugby was adopted by the Sports Association at the University of Queensland
University of Queensland
The University of Queensland, also known as UQ, is a public university located in state of Queensland, Australia. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest and largest university in Queensland and the fifth oldest in the nation...
as a major sport.
The University of Queensland Rugby Football Club, although recently incorporated, was founded in 1911. Since then the Club has seen several thousands of young men and women enjoy the game of Rugby and develop many friendships.
The Club is the most successful Brisbane Club having won 24 First Grade Premierships throughout its decorated past. The Club is affiliated with the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) which is one of the member unions of the Australian Rugby Union (ARU). The Club is also affiliated with The University of Queensland and has a relationship with local junior club, the Kenmore Bears.
The University of Queensland Rugby Club provides an environment where excellence and academic achievements are encouraged and extolled. Throughout the years, the Club has established a proud Rugby tradition of great camaraderie, mateship and enjoyment which has significantly contributed to its ongoing success both on and off the field.
Many of the Club's players have been rewarded with representative honours whilst others have further contributed to the game as coaches, managers or administrators. More than 210 University players have represented Queensland with 60 having been selected for Australia (7 as captain).
In terms of elite coaches, the following have represented the Club at the highest level:
- Wallaby coaches: Bob Templeton and Jake Howard
- Queensland coaches: Mark McBain and Jeff Miller
- Other Super 14 coaches: David Nucifora
Past players including Norbert Byrne, David Crombie, Dick Marks, Leo Williams and David Usasz have also made a mark on the game with their time served on the Boards of the Queensland Rugby Union and/or the Australian Rugby Union whilst Steve Wilson is a current member of the QRU Board having joined in March 2006.
The Club is located on The University of Queensland St Lucia campus where it has its own Clubhouse and the use of three illuminated fields. The Club is administered by a committee of honorary members who are assisted by full time staff and coaches.
The club's players were available for selection to the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship
Australian Rugby Championship
The Australian Rugby Championship, often abbreviated to the ARC , was a domestic Rugby union football club competition in Australia which ran for only one season in August–October 2007...
franchise Ballymore Tornadoes
Ballymore Tornadoes
The Ballymore Tornadoes were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now-defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Tornadoes were formed as one of Queensland's two clubs that will participate in the inaugural season of the championship, starting in August 2007...
.
Finals results
- Queensland Premier Rugby
- 1919 Brothers 20-9 University
- 1928 University 10 7 Carlton (Queesnland Rugby League Premiership - Union was dormant)
- 1929 University 12-11 Coorparoo (Queensland Rugby League Premiership - Challenge Final)
- 1930 University 12 3 VALLEYS
- 1931 University 16-15 GPS
- 1932 University 8-6 Brothers
- 1933 Y.M.C.A. 17-17 University (Challenge Final - The Queensland Rugby Union rules of competition in the early 1900s included the right to challenge the winner of the Premiership final if a Club finished on top of the premiership table but lost the premiership final. The resultant match was called the Challenge Final and was later called the Grand Final.)
- 1934 University 20-18 GPS
- 1938 University 14-3 Y.M.C.A.
- 1939 Y.M.C.A. 15-8 University
- 1941 University 23-6 Brothers
- 1945 University 15-10 Brothers
- 1946 Brothers ? – 10 University
- 1947 University 8-6 Brothers
- 1948 University 21-18 GPS
- 1949 Brothers 13-8 University
- 1950 Brothers 21-10 University
- 1952 University Brothers
- 1953 Brothers University
- 1954 University 19-3 GPS
- 1955 University 18-16 Souths
- 1956 University 19-6 GPS
- 1957 University 23-18 Souths
- 1958 Souths 9-5 University
- 1959 Brothers University
- 1960 University 11-6 Brothers
- 1961 GPS 19-13 University
- 1962 University 18-12 Souths
- 1963 Teachers 28-9 University
- 1964 University 29-9 Teachers
- 1965 University 17-15 GPS
- 1966 Brothers 36-9 University
- 1967 University 17-15 GPS
- 1968 Brothers 17-6 University
- 1969 University 22-14 Brothers
- 1970 University 24-6 GPS
- 1972 GPS 23-18 University
- 1978 Brothers 19-15 University
- 1979 University 16-13 Brothers (Replayed after 24-24 draw)
- 1982 Brothers 25-16 University
- 1983 Brothers 30-15 University
- 1985 Wests 10-7 University
- 1988 University 18-10 Souths
- 1989 University 34-9 Souths
- 1990 University 19-10 Brothers
- 1992 Souths 44-10 University
- 2004 Gold Coast 24-18 University
- 2010 University 19-11 Sunshine Coast
National Club Champions
University have been the Australian club championsAustralian club championship rugby union
The Australian club championship is a rugby union challenge match between the Brisbane and Sydney club premiers. The fixture was played on a regular basis from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2007, and also on an ad-hoc basis in various other years...
on two occasions (1990 and 2011).
Rivalry with Brothers
The long tradition of clashes with BrothersBrothers Old Boys
The Brothers Old Boys are an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane,Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 27 premierships since...
first began in senior competition on 8 June 1912, with Brothers running out victors 24 - 0. The tradition of hard, close fought games between these two clubs remains a feature of the Brisbane club scene and there have been many memorable tussles over the years, particularly in grand finals. The most famous being the 24-all draw in 1979 that resulted in a rematch where University won 16-13 in a tight match. The latest bragging rights are still with University after a 19-10 win in the 1990 final, the last time the teams have met in a grand final.
U19 Colts
After great success in the early 2000s university colts dropped off the radar in 03 and 04 until 2005 when under the guidance of Andrew Tucker (Premier Director of Rugby) and the new appointments of Paul "Taffy Longman" (Head Colts Coach 05-06)and Rob Murdoch (Colts Assistant Coach 05-06) the club was able to recruit a forward pack with many state and national representatives. The club signed 6 starting QLD/ACT Representatives that played in front of a small but skilled back line. The 2005 premiership came after a landmark game against GPS in the semi final, and a crushing win over brothers in the final.In 2006 the club was pro-active in recruiting a number of Australian representatives and a high profile New Zealand u19 representative. Indifferent form and injuries in the early part of the season had many critics claiming the uni boys could not retain their title, pressure to perform was high however the Uni Colts showed all the critics what sort of squad they were by taking the field for their remaining 8 fixtures and securing victories for all 8 in a row, successfully defending their 2005 title to be crowned 2006 premiers.
Back to back premierships in the U19's was a fantastic result and one that uni had not seen for some time.
Internationals
- Eric FRANCIS
- Tom Lawton, SnrTom Lawton, SnrTom Lawton Snr was an Australian rugby union player, a state and national representative five-eighth who made 44 appearances for the Wallabies, played in 14 Test matches and captained the national side on ten occasions....
- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - James G Clark - past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - P.A.CLARK
- F.J.WHYATT
- W.G.S.WHITE
- Vay WilsonVay WilsonVayro Wilson DSC was an Australian World War II naval combatant and a state and national representative rugby union player who captained the Wallabies in three Test matches immediately prior to World War II.-Rugby career:...
- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - C.I.A.MONTI
- V.M.NICHOLSON
- J.C.WINDSOR
- Keith Winning - past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - C.J.PRIMMER
- W.I.HATHERELL
- J.M.O'NEILL
- A.G.R.SHEIL
- K.J.DONALD
- Charles Wilson- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - P.M.JAMES
- K.K.LARKIN
- T.BAXTER
- R.T.POTTER
- Lloyd C McDERMOTT
- R.J.P.MARKS
- Jules GUERASSIMOFF
- John K WOLFE
- R.K.TRIVETT
- R.G.TEITZEL
- R.C.S.MANNING
- D.R.Frecker
- D.C.CROMBIE
- D.A.TAYLOR
- S.C.GREGORY
- K.R.BELL
- B.R.BROWN
- Mark LoaneMark LoaneMark Edward Loane AM is an Australian former rugby union football player, who played 89 games for Queensland and 28 Tests for the Wallabies. Described by Bret Harris in his book, The Marauding Maroons, as "the closest thing to a folk hero Queensland has seen", Loane was noted for devastating...
- past Wallaby captain - P.G.BATCH
- W.S.ROSS
- Geoff Shaw- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - Duncan M HALL
- A.J.PARKER
- A.J.McINTYRE
- Chris ROCHE
- Michael LynaghMichael LynaghMichael Lynagh is a former Australian rugby union footballer who played as a Fly-half.Lynagh represented Australia from 1984 to 1995, playing at both inside centre and fly half. Lynagh was capped 72 times for Australia, and was captain from 1993 to 1995. He was the world points scoring record...
- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - J.S.MILLER
- Cameron P LILLICRAP
- Nigel T KASSULKE
- Michael T COOK
- Greg Martin
- Brendan Nasser
- Mitchell Palm
- Peter SlatteryPeter SlatteryPeter John Slattery was a rugby union player playing in the position of scrum-half. He played 17 matches for Australia, and was a starting player during the 1991 Rugby World Cup.-References:...
- David NuciforaDavid NuciforaDavid Nucifora is a former Australian rugby union player, who played for the Queensland and Australia. He played as a hooker. He played for the Queensland team from 1986-1993 and was selected into the Wallabies in 1991 and was also a part of the famous 1991 Rugby World Cup winning team which beat...
- Pat HowardPat HowardPatrick William Howard, usually known as Pat Howard or Paddy Howard is an ex-head coach at Leicester Tigers and a former Australian rugby union international who played centre or fly-half. He was educated at Queensland University.He was born in Sydney...
- Fletcher Dyson
- N.B.Stiles
- Nathan SharpeNathan SharpeNathan Sharpe is an Australian rugby union player. He plays lock and is the captain of the Western Force.-Early career:...
- past WallabyAustralia national rugby union teamThe Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
captain - Drew MitchellDrew MitchellDrew Alan Mitchell is an Australian rugby union player. He usually plays on the wing or as fullback. Up to the 2006 season he played for the Queensland Reds. He played for the Western Force for the 2007–2009 Super 14 seasons. In 2010 he is playing for the New South Wales Waratahs franchise...
- Stephen MooreStephen MooreStephen Moore may refer to:* Stephen Moore , Irish politician*Stephen Moore * Stephen Moore , English actor* Stephen Campbell Moore , English actor...
- Josh ValentineJosh ValentineJosh Valentine is an Australian rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the ACT Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Valentine's usual position is at scrum half...
- James HorwillJames HorwillJames Horwill is an Australian rugby union player, a national and provincial representative Lock forward. He captained the Queensland Reds to a season victory in the 2011 in the Super 15 competition, his sixth season played at that level and debuted as Wallaby captain in the deciding game of the...
- Mitchell ChapmanMitchell ChapmanMitchell Chapman also Mitch, Mark, Chappo, Horse is an Australian Rugby Union player for the ACT Brumbies in the international Super 14 competition. Chapman usually plays at the position of Blindside Flanker but can also cover the Second Row and Number 8...
- Luke Morahan
- Rod Davies