Full name | Easts Rugby Union Inc. | |
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Union | Queensland Premier Rugby | |
Nickname(s) | Tigers | |
Founded | 1947 | |
Ground(s) | Bottomley (Capacity: 20,000+) | |
President | Dave Waldie | |
Coach(es) | Ben Mowen | |
League(s) | Premier Grade | |
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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]
The club was founded in 1947 and has won the Hospital Cup for the Queensland Premiership five times. [1]
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]
Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup)
Runners-Up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy)
Women's Premiership Titles
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