Easts Tigers Rugby Union

Rugby team

Tigers for Life

Full name

Easts Rugby Union Inc.

Union

Queensland Premier Rugby

Nickname(s)

Tigers

Founded

1947

Ground(s)

Bottomley (Capacity: 20,000+)

President

Dave Waldie

Coach(es)

Ben Mowen

League(s)

Premier Grade

Team kit

Official website

www.eaststigers.com

Easts Rugby Union Club, known as Tigers.

Easts draws players mainly from Eastern and Southern suburbs of Brisbane, ranging from West End to Capalaba, and south to Mt Gravatt. The club's home ground is Bottomley Park at Coorparoo. The junior club boasts over 1000 players ranging from Tiger Cubs, Under 6 to Under 17.^[1]

The club was founded in 1947 and has won the Hospital Cup for the Queensland Premiership five times.^[1]

History

The history of Easts Rugby Union Club began in 1947 with the formation of a team of past students from Brisbane State High School. The club assumed the name Eastern Districts at the suggestion of the QRU in 1949. Easts Rugby Union was incorporated as a not-for-profit association in the early 2010s.^[1]

Easts played in lower grade competitions in Brisbane before being promoted to first grade in 1950.^[2]^[3] The club's first Premiership came in 1997, 50 years after the club's founding.^[1] Easts also won the Australian Club Championship in 2009 and 2021.^[4]

Grand Final results

Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup)

1997 Easts 18-16 Souths
1999 Easts 16-15 Wests
2008 Easts 22-21 Brothers^[4]
2013 Easts 27-22 GPS
2020 Easts 33-18 University

Runners-Up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy)

1971 Brothers 17-3 Easts
1984 Brothers 18-3 Easts
1995 Souths 27-11 Easts
2002 Canberra 45-3 Easts
2015 Souths 39-12 Easts

International representatives

Australia

Paul Kahl
Jeremy Paul
David Wilson
Gene Fairbanks
Andrew Walker (rugby)
Peter McLean
Selena Worsley (Women's)

Ed Quirk
Ben Mowen
Ross Cullen
Bruce Cook
Nigel Holt

Fiji

Jacob Rauluni
Mosese Rauluni
Seta Tawake

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Easts Rugby Union Club History". Archived from the original on 1 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ "A grade entry". The Courier-Mail. 23 February 1950. p. 9. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ "Easts in union surprise". The Courier-Mail. 11 April 1950. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Official Website of Queensland Reds Rugby - redsrugby.com.au". www.redsrugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2019.