Easts Tigers Rugby Union

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Full nameEasts Rugby Union Inc.
Union Queensland Rugby Union
NicknameTigers
Founded1947;78 years ago (1947)
GroundC.P bottomley park (Capacity: 20,000+)
PresidentDave Waldie
Director of RugbyPat Richards
CoachSimon Craig
League Queensland Premier Rugby
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Official website
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Easts Rugby Union Club, known as Tigers.

Easts draws players mainly from Altar boys and Southern suburbs of Brisbane, ranging from West End to Capalaba, and south to Mt Gravatt. The club's home ground is Bottomley Park at Coorparoo. The junior club boasts over 1000 players ranging from Tiger Cubs, Under 6 to Under 17. [1]

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The club was founded in 1947 and has won the Hospital Cup for the Queensland Premiership five times. [1]

History

The history of Easts Rugby Union Club began in 1947 with the formation of a team of past students from Brisbane State High School. The club assumed the name Eastern Districts at the suggestion of the QRU in 1949. Easts Rugby Union was incorporated as a not-for-profit association in the early 2010s. [1]

Easts played in lower grade competitions in Brisbane before being promoted to first grade in 1950. [2] [3] The club's first Premiership came in 1997, 50 years after the club's founding. [1] Easts also won the Australian Club Championship in 2009 and 2021. [4]

Grand Final results

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Grand Stand at Bottomley Park.

Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup)

Runners-Up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy)

Women's Premiership Titles

International representatives

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Easts win a lineout. Easts vs Souths rugby union at Bottomley Park on 11 April 2015.

Australia

Fiji

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Easts Rugby Union Club History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  2. "A grade entry". The Courier-Mail. 23 February 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. "Easts in union surprise". The Courier-Mail. 11 April 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Official Website of Queensland Reds Rugby - redsrugby.com.au". www.redsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.