The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus 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 Central Province, Papua New Guinea.
The Burleigh Bears are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Gold Coast, Australia. They compete in Queensland's top rugby league competition, the Queensland Cup.
The Gold Coast Chargers were a professional rugby league club which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby League premiership from 1995 to 1997, and the National Rugby League premiership in 1998. They first played under the name Gold Coast-Tweed Giants from 1988 to 1989, then Gold Coast Seagulls from 1990 to 1995, very briefly as the Gold Coast Gladiators and finally Gold Coast Chargers from 1996 to 1998.
The Runaway Bay Seagulls is a rugby league club based on the northern end of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. They play out of Bycroft Oval and their colours are Navy Blue, Red & White.
The Tugun Seahawks are a rugby league club based in the Gold Coast suburb of Tugun. Their home ground is adjacent to Gold Coast Airport and their colours are Blue & White.
Ashley Harrison is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a lock in the 2000s and 2010s.
Steven Michael Michaels is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s. He’s played in the National Rugby League (NRL) and the Super League. His usual position was as a wing but he also played centre. Michaels previously played for Hull FC, the Brisbane Broncos, and the Gold Coast Titans.
Keith Gee is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played as a forward in 12 games for the Brisbane Broncos from 1988 to 1989, including their first ever match. He also represented Queensland in a tour match against New Zealand in 1987.
Sport on the Gold Coast has a rich history. As a popular tourist destination leisure sports like Golf, but most particularly sports associated with its famous beaches, have always been popular. A number of surf clubs line Gold Coasts beaches, who host a variety of swimming and athletic events collected into surf carnivals along with competitions evolved from methods of surf life saving.
The FOGS Colts Challenge is an 11-team rugby league competition run by the QRL. It is the highest level of junior rugby league in Brisbane before players move into senior rugby. FOGS in an acronym for Former Origin Greats.
Andrew Gee is an Australian rugby league administrator and former football operations manager at the Brisbane Broncos of the NRL. Also a former player with the club, he was a Queensland State of Origin representative prop, and at the time of his retirement, held the Broncos' club record for most appearances of any forward.
Rugby league is the most popular winter sport in the Australian state of Queensland.
Jarrod Wallace is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a prop for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.
Formed in 1976 as the Currumbin Football Club, the Currumbin Eagles compete in both the junior and senior Gold Coast Rugby League competitions. The club is based at the Merv Craig Sporting Complex in Currumbin Waters, Queensland and the club's Gold Coast Titans Ambassadors are Jahrome Hughes, Albert Kelly and William Zillman. Coast
Jonus Pearson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Central Queensland Capras in the Queensland Cup.
Jamal Fogarty is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Canberra Raiders in the NRL.
Keenan Palasia is a Samoa international rugby league footballer who plays as a prop and second-rower for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
Tanah Boyd is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a hooker, halfback and five-eighth for the Gold Coast Titans in the NRL.
Selwyn Cobbo is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.
