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Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators Rugby Union Football Club
Full namePalm Beach Currumbin Alleygators Rugby Union Football Club
Union Queensland Rugby Union
Branch Queensland Country
Gold Coast D.R.U.
Founded1980
Location Currumbin Waters, Queensland
League(s) Queensland Premier Rugby
20041st
Official website
alleygators.com.au

The Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators Rugby Union Football Club is an Australian rugby union football club that competes in the Gold Coast and District Rugby Union competition. The club is based in Palm Beach and Currumbin on Queensland's Gold Coast. The club's name is a play on Currumbin Alley

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