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| Sport | Rugby Union |
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| Jurisdiction | Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Abbreviation | SCRU |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Affiliation | Queensland Rugby Union |
| Regional affiliation | Queensland Country Rugby Union |
| Headquarters | Stockland Park |
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The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union is the local rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Through Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby on the Sunshine Coast.
The Sunshine Coast and District Rugby Union was established in 1982, the first time an organised rugby union competition existed on the Coast since 1919. Various junior competitions have been established since including a club competition and a schools comp. [1] [2] [3]
The following clubs contested the 1982 season [4]
Maroochydore and Noosa were the only two clubs to win the Sunshine Coast A-grade rugby union premiership from 1982 through 2006. University were the team to break this run — winning in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Noosa reclaimed the premiership in 2010, before University, Caboolture and Maroochydore won the next three respectively. Noosa claimed the title back in the 2014 season. In 2015 the grand final home ground advantage was awarded to USC for their win against Noosa in the A grade Major semi. The 2015 grand finals were contested by USC and Noosa in A grade and Caloundra and Noosa in reserve grade at University of the Sunshine Coast. USC and Caloundra were crowned champions. [5] [6]
In response to the Queensland Rugby Union's efforts, four separate organizations amalgamated to form the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Ltd in 2009. [7] The four organizations were the Sunshine Coast and District Rugby Union, the Sunshine Coast and District Junior Rugby Union, Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Referees Association and Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Schools Association. [7]
2020 saw Eumundi enter its first adult side since the 1919 North Coast season. Their entry into reserve grade brought that grade to 10 teams. However, Maleny would withdraw its reserve grade side citing various reasons. [8]
The 2020 season initially got underway on March 15. Two days later the season was suspended.
Under the draw in place at the start of the season, the Women's season was scheduled to kick off April 18 the A grade and Colts Under 19's seasons were scheduled to kick off on April 25. Reserve grade kicked off as scheduled on March 15 two days before the season was suspended. [9]
We’ll class [the games in March] as a preseason round because we’ve had to do a new draw for the senior rugby.
— Mike Aronsten, SCRU Competitions Manager [10]
The season restarted on August 1. [11] [12] A grade, the women's 12 a side, and Colts Under 19's are all due to be a double round robin while
Reserve grade is due to be single round robin. [13]
Season 2021 started as planned. Eumundi withdrew its only side after a few rounds.
Due to a lockdown imposed on all bar one of the local government area with an SCRU team – Gympie – the season was suspended with one home and away round to play. [14] [15]
The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union senior club competitions include: [16]
Clubs that compete in the senior competitions, as of 2020, [18] [19] are:
The SCRU selects representative teams each year which compete under the name "Stingrays". The senior men's Sunshine Coast Stingrays teams played in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition from 2005 to 2013 but after facing funding difficulties in the lead up to the 2014 season are now focused on the Queensland Country Championships. [22] [23] The women's Stingrays compete in rugby sevens tournaments such as the Nambour Sevens and the Ballymore Sevens. [24]
The Sunshine Coast is a peri-urban region in South East Queensland, Australia. It is the district defined in 1967 as "the area contained in the Shires of Landsborough, Maroochy and Noosa, but excluding Bribie Island". Located 100 km (62 mi) north of the centre of Brisbane in South East Queensland, on the Coral Sea coastline, its urban area spans approximately 60 km (37 mi) of coastline and hinterland from Pelican Waters to Tewantin.
The Bruce Highway is a major highway in Queensland, Australia. Commencing in the state capital, Brisbane, it passes through areas close to the eastern coast on its way to Cairns in Far North Queensland. The route is part of the Australian National Highway and also part of Highway 1, the longest highway route in Australia. Its length is approximately 1,679 kilometres (1,043 mi); it is entirely sealed with bitumen. The highway is named after a popular former Queensland and federal politician, Harry Bruce. Bruce was the state Minister for Works in the mid-1930s when the highway was named after him. The highway once passed through Brisbane, but was truncated at Bald Hills when the Gateway Motorway became National Highway 1 upon its opening in December 1986.
Maroochydore is a coastal city in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia.
Eumundi railway station is located on the North Coast line in Queensland, Australia. It serves the town of Eumundi in the Sunshine Coast Region.
The Shire of Maroochy was a local government area about 100 kilometres (62 mi) north of Brisbane in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia. The shire covered an area of 1,162.7 square kilometres (448.9 sq mi), and existed as a local government entity from 1890 until 2008, when it amalgamated with its neighbours to the north and south to form the Sunshine Coast Region.
The Sunshine Coast railway line refers to the section of Queensland's North Coast line that has regular interurban passenger services, which connect Brisbane with the Sunshine Coast and as far north as Gympie. It is the longest line on the Queensland Rail Citytrain network.
The M1 in, Queensland, Australia, is a major urban road corridor. It connects the Sunshine Coast hinterland to Tugun, near the New South Wales and Queensland border, via the following corridors:
Eumundi is a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the locality of Eumundi had a population of 2,504 people.
Eerwah Vale is a locality split between the Sunshine Coast Region and Shire of Noosa, both in Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census Eerwah Vale had a population of 621 people.
The Sunshine Coast Region is a local government area located in the Sunshine Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia.
ABC Sunshine Coast is an ABC Local Radio station based in Maroochydore. The station broadcasts to the Sunshine Coast region of Queensland. This includes the towns of Nambour, Caloundra, Noosa and Gympie.
The 2014 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union season will be the 33rd season of the rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast.
The Wynnum Rugby Union Club, known as Wynnum Bugs, is a rugby union football club located in Wynnum, in Queensland, Australia. The original Wynnum club was one of the founding teams of the Brisbane Premiership that was formed by the revived Queensland Rugby Union in 1929.
The Queensland Country Rugby Union, or QCRU, is the governing body for the sport of rugby union within most of the state of Queensland in Australia. It is affiliated with the Queensland Rugby Union.
Queensland's Sunshine Coast has sporting teams across national, state, and local levels. Some Coast based clubs trace their history back to the early 20th century.
The following details the year by year events for Sunshine Coast Football in Queensland, since the first recorded game on the North Coast in 1920.
The Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League premiership is the local rugby league competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Through SCGRL Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby league on the Sunshine Coast.
Eumundi Rugby Union Club is a rugby union football club based located in Eumundi, Queensland. The club currently play in the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union junior competitions.
Gympie Hammers Rugby Union Club is a rugby union football club based located in Gympie, Queensland. The club currently play in the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union's Sunshine Coast Cup.
