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Wests Rugby
Wests Rugby Union Club or Wests is an Australian rugby union club, based in Toowong, Queensland, Toowong, that competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. The bulk of Wests' players are drawn from the western suburbs of Brisbane where local rivals GPS Rugby, GPS and University of Queensland Rugby Club, University, only a few suburbs away, also compete for players. Wests also draw from Ipswich, Queensland, Ipswich and Springfield, Queensland, Springfield. Wests is one of the smaller Premier Rugby clubs in terms of player numbers, but it has achieved a share of success in the competition, winning premierships in 1977, 1985, 2006, and 2022. Their theme song is based on "Take Me Home, Country Roads". History Wests Rugby Union Club was founded in 1951 and only fielded one team, but went on to win the reserve grade competition in that first season. Player numbers increased in following years and the club was promoted to the first grade competition in 1955. The Bulldog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toowong, Queensland
Toowong ( ) is a riverside suburb in the City of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. In the , Toowong had a population of 12,556 people with a median weekly household income of $1,927. Geography Toowong is situated between Mount Coot-tha and the Brisbane River and is made up of rolling hills with little flat land. Since European settlement most of the land has been cleared for residential and commercial use with the exception of some park land and bushland near the Western Freeway. At the centre of Toowong is a commercial precinct including Toowong Village, and several other commercial and office buildings. The western side of the suburb is predominantly residential with a mix of medium density dwellings and detached Queenslander houses, extending to the foothills of Mount Coot-tha. Toowong borders the Brisbane River. Along the riverside are a number of transport links: Coronation Drive, the Regatta ferry wharf, and the Bicentennial Bike Path (a bike and walkway) to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Alexander Campbell
William Alexander Campbell (born 28 November 1961) is an Australian former rugby union player. He played 26 test matches for Australia in the position of lock from 1984 until 1990, and was vice-captain for 15 matches. He played 58 matches and captained 26 times (21 wins and five losses) for Queensland. Peter Jenkins named Campbell as one of the top 100 Wallabies in his book of the same name. Campbell ended his rugby career at 29 to further his medical studies and focus on his growing family. Career After touring the United Kingdom with Australian Universities in 1984, William Campbell made his debut upon his return for both Queensland and the Wallabies. Campbell's debut for Queensland was the start of the 'tall-timber era', according to Ian Diehm in ''Red, Red, Red, when the state side had a number of tall forwards. Campbell was 202 cm and weighing in at 118 kilograms, Campbell. Following impressive performances for Queensland, Campbell was selected to make his international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Vaihu
Glen William Vaihu (born 8 October 2001) is an Australian rugby union player who last played for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is centre or wing. He was named in the Rebels squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He made his Rebels debut in Round 2 of the 2021 Super Rugby AU season against the . Following his release by the Rebels, Vaihu joined rugby league team Souths Logan Magpies in the Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league, rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League, Queensland Rugby ... competition, playing four games of the 2024 season. Super Rugby statistics References External linksRugby.com.au profile* Australian rugby union players Living people Rugby union centres Rugby union wings Melbourne Rebels players 2001 births Rugby union players from Melbourne People educated at St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelo Smith
Angelo Smith is a Fijian rugby union player, currently playing for the . His preferred position is lock. Early career Smith attended Marist Brothers High School and St Thomas High School, where he was a teammate of Fiji international Chris Minimbi. After visiting family in New Zealand, Smith was invited to feature for the New Zealand Fiji Schoolboys team, although he could not raise enough money to join the academy in New Zealand full time. Professional career Smith received his big break when representing Wests Rugby in the Hospital Cup, where the Wests Bulldogs ended a 16-year drought to win the trophy. With the Wests club having a close connection with the Melbourne Rebels side, he was first offered a pre-season contract with the club for the 2022 off-season. He signed full time with the side in January 2023, before making his Rebels debut in Round 2 of the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2023 Super Rugby Pacific Season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isaac Henry (rugby Union)
Isaac Henry (born 8 March 1999) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is centre. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He previously represented the in the 2019 National Rugby Championship The 2019 National Rugby Championship was the sixth season of the top flight of Australian domestic rugby union. The competition began on 31 August and concluded on 26 October. The match of the round was broadcast live each week on Fox Sports and .... References External linksRugby.com.au profile* 1999 births Australian rugby union players Living people Rugby union centres Brisbane City (rugby union) players Queensland Reds players Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason Gordon (rugby Union)
Mason Gordon (born 9 March 2003) was an Australian rugby union player. His preferred position is fly-half or fullback. Early career Gordon is from Brisbane and attended Brisbane Boys' College. He signed his first contract out of school, but represented Wests at club level. He represented the Junior Wallabies in both 2022 and 2023. Gordon signed with the for the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season. Professional career Gordon was named in the squad ahead of the 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2024 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific in Fiji and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) was the 29th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams from Austra .... He made his debut in Round 5 of the season against the . References External linksitsrugby.co.uk Profile 2003 births Living people Australian rugby union players Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union fullbacks Melbourne Rebels pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carter Gordon
Carter Carl Gordon (born 29 January 2001) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays for Gold Coast Titans in the National Rugby League (NRL). He formerly played professional rugby union for the Melbourne Rebels and internationally for Australia. Rugby union career He was signed for the Queensland Reds squad in 2020 but relocated to Melbourne in 2021 to join the Rebels. Since his move to the Rebels, Gordon has remained with the team and has since become the starting fly-half for the team, and re-signed for the team, in 2022, until the end of 2024. Gordon was selected in the Australian squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Rugby league career On June 12, 2024, it was announced that Gordon had signed for NRL team, the Gold Coast Titans from the 2025 NRL season The 2025 NRL season is the 118th season of professional rugby league in Australia and the 28th season run by the National Rugby League (NRL). The regular season will be followed by a finals serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilaisa Droasese
Ilaisa Droasese (born 13 September 1999) is a Fijian rugby union player who plays for the Fijian Drua, having previously played for in Super Rugby. His playing position is centre or wing. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2021 Super Rugby AU season. He previously represented the in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. He made his Super Rugby debut in Round 1 of 2021 Super Rugby AU against the , scoring a try off the bench. He also plays for Wests in the Queensland Premier Rugby Queensland Premier Rugby is a semi professional club rugby union competition in Queensland, Australia. Nine clubs play in the competition, eight clubs are from Brisbane, and one club is from Gold Coast.The premiership has been contested in i ... competition. References External linksRugby.com.au profile* 1999 births Fijian rugby union players Living people Rugby union centres Rugby union wings Brisbane City (rugby union) players Queensland Reds players Fijian Drua players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hunter Paisami
Hunter Paisami (born 10 April 1998) is a Samoa-born Australian rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is centre. Paisami joined the ahead of the 2020 Super Rugby season, and made his debut for Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ... at the end of the 2020 season. References Australian rugby union players Australian sportspeople of Samoan descent 1998 births Living people Australia international rugby union players Rugby union centres Melbourne Rebels players Melbourne Rising players Brisbane City (rugby union) players Queensland Reds players Samoan emigrants Immigrants to New Zealand Immigrants to Australia 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipo Daugunu
Filipo Suraki Daugunu (born 4 March 1995) is a rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. His position of choice is wing. Fijian-born, Daugunu moved to Australia in 2016 at the age of 20 to pursue a professional sporting career. He was selected to play international rugby for in October 2020. Early career Daugunu started his sporting career playing football for his local district football team, Labasa Football. He played both as a goalkeeper and a striker, and became a regular in the Labasa team in 2013. In 2015, Daugunu gave up an association football career to play rugby union, representing Fiji Under-20 at the World Rugby Junior Trophy in Portugal. He was involved with the Fiji 7s program in 2016, but opted out of joining the team to play on the world circuit. He moved to Brisbane, Australia and began playing club rugby there. Daugunu gained significant attention in Queensland Premier Rugby after scoring sixty-six points from elev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lopeti Faifua
Lopeti Faifua (born 22 January 2002) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is lock or flanker. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season. He made his Reds debut in Round 9 of the 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season The 2022 Super Rugby Pacific season (known as Harvey Norman Super Rugby Pacific in Australia and DHL Super Rugby Pacific in New Zealand) is the 27th season of Super Rugby, an annual rugby union competition organised by SANZAAR between teams f ... against the . References External links * Australian rugby union players Living people Rugby union locks Rugby union flankers Queensland Reds players 2002 births Place of birth missing (living people) Western Force players 21st-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-rugbyunion-bio-2000s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Anderson
Connor Anderson (born 13 May 1996) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in Super Rugby. His playing position is flanker. He was named in the Reds squad for the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season. He previously represented in the 2019 National Rugby Championship. Anderson was born in Brisbane and represents Wests in the Queensland Premier Rugby. He was named in the Queensland U20 squad in 2016 and earned selection for in 2019. 2022 was a breakout year for Anderson, winning the Hospital Cup with Wests and winning the Alec Evans Medal for best player, earning him selection for the Reds pre-season tour to Japan. On the tour, he made his Queensland debut against Saitama Wild Knights Saitama Wild Knights (formerly Panasonic Wild Knights) is a Japanese rugby union team formerly based in Ōta city, Gunma prefecture which played in the Top League. In 2021 it relocated 13 kilometers south to Kumagaya, Saitama prefecture, and re .... He signed for the Reds for two se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |