Southport Tigers
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Southport Tigers are a Gold Coast, Queensland
-based rugby league
football club.
being represented in Rugby League
dating back to the 1930's. They were then known as the Southport Wanderers.
In 1931, the Southport Wanderers were the A Grade undefeated Premiers winning the Plunket Cup in that year. The Southport Wanderers Football Club A Grade side were the South Coast League Premiers and winners of the Mathias Cup in 1939.
Southport also played local competition in the late forties and early fifties. The Southport Wanderers also had south coast representative teams in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership competition.
In the late fifties the team was revived as the All Whites. The team was resurrected again in the sixties as the Gold Coast R.L.F.C. In 1966 they lost the grand final to Seagulls. In 1968 the Gold Coast Tigers won the grand final against the Seagulls and won the Caltex Cup the same year. Gold Coast Tigers beat Seagulls again in the grand final in 1972 and went on to win the grand final in 1976 and 1977.
In 1978 Gold Coast Tigers changed the name to the Southport Tigers to accommodate new Gold Coast
clubs. Southport Tigers went on to win the grand final of the Gold Coast competition in the years 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Southport Tigers cater for rugby league for all ages and levels of rugby league from under-6 to the local A Grade and play in the Gold Coast Rugby League
.
, Bobby Cook
, Lloyd Little, Norm McFadden, Lance Townsend, Ray McCarron, The Great Steve Rogers, John Chisolm, Pat Kelly, Paul Wild, Paul Cahill, Errol Slingsby, Peter Inskip, Jay Hoffman
, Pat Shepherdson, Keith Harris, Greg Beddow, Richard Rice, Paul Garrett, Wayne Chisholm, David Boyd
, Shaun Devine, Dean Scott Steve Bunney and many more.
In 2009,the reserves went undefeated the whole season beating Burliegh Bears 16-18 in the grand final.The A grade also had a good year defending their premiership after beating Bilimbal Jets 12-6 in the grand final.
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
-based rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
football club.
History
There has been a long and magnificent history of SouthportSouthport
Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. During the 2001 census Southport was recorded as having a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England...
being represented in Rugby League
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
dating back to the 1930's. They were then known as the Southport Wanderers.
In 1931, the Southport Wanderers were the A Grade undefeated Premiers winning the Plunket Cup in that year. The Southport Wanderers Football Club A Grade side were the South Coast League Premiers and winners of the Mathias Cup in 1939.
Southport also played local competition in the late forties and early fifties. The Southport Wanderers also had south coast representative teams in the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership competition.
In the late fifties the team was revived as the All Whites. The team was resurrected again in the sixties as the Gold Coast R.L.F.C. In 1966 they lost the grand final to Seagulls. In 1968 the Gold Coast Tigers won the grand final against the Seagulls and won the Caltex Cup the same year. Gold Coast Tigers beat Seagulls again in the grand final in 1972 and went on to win the grand final in 1976 and 1977.
In 1978 Gold Coast Tigers changed the name to the Southport Tigers to accommodate new Gold Coast
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
clubs. Southport Tigers went on to win the grand final of the Gold Coast competition in the years 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987 and 1988.
Southport Tigers cater for rugby league for all ages and levels of rugby league from under-6 to the local A Grade and play in the Gold Coast Rugby League
Gold Coast Rugby League
The Gold Coast Rugby League is a Rugby League Competition Based in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland. It is under the administration of the Queensland Rugby League South East Queensland Division, which also administers the Brisbane and Ipswich competitions....
.
Players
Southport Tigers have produced names like Greg EastwoodGreg Eastwood
Greg Eastwood is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Canterbury Bulldogs in the NRL. A New Zealand international representative lock or second row forward, he previously for the Brisbane Broncos, Bulldogs in the NRL and Leeds Rhinos in the European Super League...
, Bobby Cook
Bobby Cook
Robert Kenneth 'Bobby' Cook was a former English professional footballer who played for Letchworth, Reading, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford.-Playing career:...
, Lloyd Little, Norm McFadden, Lance Townsend, Ray McCarron, The Great Steve Rogers, John Chisolm, Pat Kelly, Paul Wild, Paul Cahill, Errol Slingsby, Peter Inskip, Jay Hoffman
Jay Hoffman (rugby league)
Jay Hoffman is an Australian former professional rugby league player for theCanberra Raiders in the New South Wales Rugby League competition. Hoffman primarily played at hooker. He is the father of Melbourne Storm second-rower, Ryan Hoffman.Prior to his move to Canberra, Hoffman played for...
, Pat Shepherdson, Keith Harris, Greg Beddow, Richard Rice, Paul Garrett, Wayne Chisholm, David Boyd
David Boyd (rugby league)
David Boyd was a rugby league footballer of the '80s and '90s. He played for the Canterbury Bulldogs from 1986–87, he was part of the inaugural Newcastle Knights squad from 1988–93 and then finished his career at the Western Reds from 1995-96....
, Shaun Devine, Dean Scott Steve Bunney and many more.
Recent History
Their most successful A grade season was 2008,where they won every match and beat Currumbin Eagles in the grand final. A win that not only saw the A Grade team win the Grand Final as undefeated Premiers but also backed it up with a Reserve Grade Premiership.In 2009,the reserves went undefeated the whole season beating Burliegh Bears 16-18 in the grand final.The A grade also had a good year defending their premiership after beating Bilimbal Jets 12-6 in the grand final.