Easts Rugby Union Club, known as Tigers. Easts draws players mainly from Altar boys and Southern suburbs of Brisbane, ranging from West End to

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, and south to

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. The club's home ground is Bottomley Park at

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. The junior club boasts over 1000 players ranging from Tiger Cubs, Under 6 to Under 17. The club was founded in 1947 and has won the Hospital Cup for the Queensland Premiership five times.

History

The history of Easts Rugby Union Club began in 1947 with the formation of a team of past students from

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. 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. Easts played in lower grade competitions in Brisbane before being promoted to first grade in 1950. The club's first Premiership came in 1997, 50 years after the club's founding. Easts also won the

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in 2009 and 2021.

Grand Final results

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Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup) * 1997 Easts 18-16 Souths * 1999 Easts 16-15 Wests * 2008 Easts 22-21 Brothers * 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 Women's Premiership Titles *2002 *2008 *2009 *2010 *2011 *2020 *2021

International representatives

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Australia

* Paul Kahl * Jeremy Paul * David Wilson * Gene Fairbanks *

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* Peter McLean * Ed Quirk *

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* Ross Cullen * Bruce Cooke * Nigel Holt *

Liam Wright Liam Wright (born 6 November 1997) is an Australian professional rugby union player who co-captains the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby. He also played for in Australia's NRC. His usual position is flanker. He is also the current captain of Au ...

* Selena Worsley * Kiri Lingman * Shannon Mato * Toa Filimoehala *Tiarna Molloy

Fiji

Jacob Rauluni Jacob Rauluni (born 25 June 1972) is a former International Rugby Union player who comes from a family of international halfbacks. His father, Taito, played halfback for Fiji, as did his brother Mosese and his first cousin Waisale Serevi, who al ...

Mosese Rauluni Mosese Nasau Rauluni (born 26 June 1975) is a retired Fijian rugby union footballer. He usually plays at scrum half, and played for Saracens in the Guinness Premiership in England. He has played for Fiji, including captaining them. He is the you ...

* Seta Tawake

References

External links

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