Gold Coast Breakers

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Gold Coast Breakers
Full name Gold Coast Rugby Club
Nickname(s) Breakers
Founded 1996
Location Varsity Lakes
Ground(s) Bond University Oval
Coach(es) Rob Nolan
League(s) Queensland Premier Rugby
2004 1st
Team kit
Official website
goldcoastbreakersrugby.com

The Gold Coast Breakers is an Australian rugby union club, based on the Gold Coast, Queensland. The team competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, which is a state-wide club competition.

History

The Gold Coast Breakers Rugby Union Club was founded in 1996 and joined the QRU First Grade competition in 1997. [1] The Gold Coast Breakers won the Premiership in 2004.

At the start of the 2013 season, the Breakers entered into a partnership with Bond University, with access to the university’s high-performance sports facilities and sports fields. The club relocated to the Bond campus at Varsity Lakes.[2]

Queensland Premier Rugby Grand Finals

Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup)
  • 2004 Gold Coast 24-18 University


Runners-Up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy)
  • 2001 Canberra 32-10 Gold Coast
  • 2003 Canberra 29-16 Gold Coast
  • 2005 Sunnybank 41-17 Gold Coast
  • 2007 Sunnybank 85-19 Gold Coast

References

  1. "Gold Coast Rugby Club". QRU. 2013. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013. 
  2. Grego, Dominique (19 March 2013). "Bond University Breakers’ season kicks off". Gold Coast Rugby Club. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013. 

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