| Full name | Northern Suburbs Rugby League Football Club |
|---|---|
| Emblem | Devil |
| Colours | Sky Blue, Navy Blue, Gold |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Sport | Rugby league |
| League | Queensland Wizard Cup |
| Ground | Albert Bishop Park |
| Capacity | |
| CEO | Mark Murray |
| Captain | Mark Leafa |
| Coach | Kevin Carmichael |
| 2010 | 2nd out of 12 |
| Premierships | 1934, 1938, 1940, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1969, 1980, 1998 |
| Runners-Up | 1931, 1932, 1939, 1941, 1944, 1945, 1967, 1970, 1990, 2010 |
| Minor Premierships | |
| Wooden Spoons | |
| Biggest win | 92-2 v Logan at Bishop Park, 2002 |
| Worst defeat | 60-10 v Burleigh at Bishop Park, 2005 |
The Northern Suburbs Devils, Norths for short, are a rugby league club representing the northern suburbs of Brisbane, Australia. The team colours are sky blue, navy blue and gold. They play in the Queensland Wizard Cup, and, through their predecessors, are one of the oldest clubs in Australia. Norths have won 13 A Grade, 17 Reserve Grade and 14 Colts/Third Grade Premierships. They hold the record for most consecutive A Grade Brisbane Rugby League premierships, winning six in a row between 1959 and 1964.
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The first incarnation of Northern Suburbs was the Past Grammars Rugby Union club, which was formed in 1887 as an Old Boys club for Brisbane Grammar School [1]. The club was quite successful in its early years, winning premierships in 1892, 1898 and 1899, as well as 1914 [1]. Wallaby captain Bob McCowan was a Past Grammar played when he led the national side in 1899.
Following the disbandment of club rugby union in Brisbane towards the end of the First World War, Past Grammars, along with Christian Brothers and University, joined the Rugby Football League in 1920 [2]
Past Grammars, also known as Grammar Norths, won their first premiership in 1927, before becoming Northern Districts, and later Northern Suburbs, following the introduction of District Football by the Brisbane Rugby League in 1933.
In the 1990s, along with many other Queensland clubs, Norths suffered heavily financially. Eventually it came to the stage that in 1998 they became a feeder club with National Rugby League newcomers, the Melbourne Storm, which attracted much needed finance, as well as some quality players, as well as securing the Devils' future. Also in 1998, the club won its first First Grade premiership since 1980 [3], beating Wests in the Grand Final.
In the 2006 NRL Grand Final Melbourne's 17 man team had 13 players who had played with Norths in past years, including Matt Geyer, who won a Premiership with the Devils in 1998 and Melbourne in 1999. In the 2006 Tri-Nations series, 4 Norths players graduated to the Australian Kangaroos squad and 2 players, via Melbourne Storm, represented New Zealand Kiwis.
2008 marks 75 years since the Northern Suburbs Rugby League Club came into existence. In its semisesquicentennial year, new alliances have begun with the Brisbane Broncos and Aspley Devils. In the centenary year of Rugby League in Australia combined with the 75th Anniversary celebrations of the Norths Devils, the club expect another fantastic year of Rugby League in the Northern Suburbs of Brisbane.
For many years Norths played out of Oxenham Park in Nundah, but they moved to their current home ground, Albert Bishop Park, in 1969. Commonly referred to simply as 'Bishop Park', it borders the Schulz Canal in Nundah, and is named after club stalwart Albert Bishop, MBE. Norths has a licenced Leagues Club, Norths Leagues, at Bishop Park, as well as a second licensed Club at Anzac Avenue, Kallangur, further north of Brisbane.
On August 16, 2008 in the year of the Centenary of Rugby League, Norths Devils announced their greatest team ever. The team is made up of players in their entire 75 year tenure.[4]
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