Brisbane North Cougars

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Brisbane North Cougars
Founded 2001
Based in Brisbane
Regions Queensland
Premierships Division 1 (15)
Division 2 (9)
League HART Sapphire Series
Website www.brisbanenorthcougars.com.au
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Brisbane North Cougars are an Australian netball team based in Brisbane. Their senior team plays in the HART Sapphire Series. They also enter teams in Netball Queensland's Ruby Series as well as under-18 and under-16 competitions. [1] [2] [3]

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History

Brisbane North Cougars Netball Club was established in 2001. They represent five netball associations based in Brisbane, including the Queensland Catholic Netball Association and associations based in Downey Park, Pine Rivers and Redcliffe. They have been one of Queensland's most successful netball clubs, making regular grand final appearances and winning regular premierships. Between 2001 and 2018 they competed in a series of state leagues organised by Netball Queensland, including the Dairy Farmers Cup, the Holden Astra Cup, the Holden Cruze Cup, the Queensland Champions Cup and the Queensland State Netball League. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] In 2019, along with Bond University Bull Sharks, Carina Leagues Club Tigers, Ipswich Jets, USC Thunder, Northern Rays and QUT Wildcats, they were founding members of the HART Sapphire Series. [10] [11] [12] [13] Cougars were subsequently Sapphire premiers in 2020 and 2021. [14] [15]

Grand finals

Division 1

Dairy Farmers Cup
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2001 [16] Brisbane North CougarsBrisbane East Pumas ?
2002Brisbane North Cougars
2003 [16] [17] Brisbane North CougarsBrisbane West Pumas Mount Gravatt
2004Brisbane North Cougars
Holden Astra Cup
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2005Brisbane North Cougars
2007 [18] Brisbane North Cougars
2008 [18] ??? TigersBrisbane North Kedron Wavell Cougars Mount Gravatt
2009 [19] Brisbane South WildcatsBrisbane North Kedron Wavell Cougars
2010Brisbane North Cougars
Holden Cruze Cup
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2011 [5] Brisbane North Cougars52–44 Carina Leagues Club Tigers Logan Metro Indoor Sports Centre
2012 [20] Carina Leagues Club Tigers 57–39Kedron-Wavell Services Club Cougars
Queensland Champions Cup
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2013 [6] [21] Brisbane North Cougars66–53 Brisbane East Tigers  ?
Mission Queensland State Netball League Division 1
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2015 [22] Brisbane North Cougars Carina Leagues Club Tigers
2016 [23] Brisbane North Cougars49–43 Carina Leagues Club Tigers
2017 [24] Brisbane North Cougars43–38 Carina Leagues Club Tigers
2018 [9] [25] Brisbane North CougarsGoodna Services Brisbane LionsLogan Metro Indoor Sports Centre
HART Sapphire Series
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2019 [13] [26] QUT Wildcats60–49Brisbane North Cougars QSNC
2020 [14] [27] Brisbane North Cougars62–47USQ Jets
2021 [15] [28] [29] Brisbane North Cougars70–45QUT Netball

Source: [4]

Division 2

President's Cup – Under 19
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2004Brisbane North Cougars
Ergon Energy League
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2005Brisbane North Cougars
2006Brisbane North Cougars
2007Brisbane North Cougars
2008Brisbane North Cougars
2009Brisbane North Cougars
2010Brisbane North Cougars
Queensland State Netball League
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2011 [5] Kedron-Wavell Services Club CougarsLogan Wildcats
2012Kedron-Wavell Services Club Cougars
2013 [6] Kedron-Wavell Services Club CougarsBrisbane West Lions
2014 [6] Brisbane West Lions53–43Kedron-Wavell Services Club Cougars
Queensland State Netball League Division 2
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2015Brisbane North Cougars
2016Brisbane North Cougars
2017Brisbane North Cougars
Ruby Series
SeasonWinnersScoreRunners UpVenue
2020 [27] [30] Carina Leagues Club Tigers 56–48Brisbane North Cougars
2021 [31] Brisbane North Cougars58–39 Carina Leagues Club Tigers Nissan Arena

Source: [4]

Notable players

Internationals

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Queensland Firebirds

Sunshine Coast Lightning

Sources: [8] [32] [33]

Premierships

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