The Sunshine Coast Stingrays is an Australian
rugby union
Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
football team that represents Queensland's
Sunshine Coast region. The Stingrays played 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 from 2005 to 2013, but now focus on competing in the
Queensland Country Championships.
The Stingrays played in the Grand Final in their sixth season in the Premier Rugby competition
in 2010. However, after facing funding difficulties in 2013, the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union decided not to compete in the 2014 season.
[
]
Season results
''Queensland Premier Rugby (2005–2013)''
* 2005 10th (5 competition points)
Premiership finals results
''Queensland Premier Rugby (2005–2013)''
* Premiers (Hospital Challenge Cup)
** NIL
* Runners-up (Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy)
** 2010 Qld University 19-11 Sunshine Coast
''Queensland Country Championships (1996–2010)''
* Champions
** 2010 Sunshine Coast 37–12 Gold Coast
** 2004 Sunshine Coast def. Cairns
* Runners-up
** 1997 Townsville 17–13 Sunshine Coast
** 1996 Townsville 15–13 Sunshine Coast
Internationals
''Internationals selected whilst playing for the Stingrays''
* Will Genia
Sanchez William Genia (born 17 January 1988) is a professional rugby union player, currently playing Half-back (rugby union), scrum-half for the Kintetsu Liners in Japan. He had previously played Super Rugby for the Queensland Reds (2007–2015 ...
''Internationals selected whilst playing for another Club''
* Mike Hercus, U.S.A. (2009)
* Toutai Kefu, 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 ...
. (2010)
* Morgan Turinui
Morgan Turinui (born 5 January 1982 in Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Au ...
, 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 ...
. (2010)
* Caleb Ralph
Caleb Stan Ralph (born 10 September 1977 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. Ralph began his first-class career with Bay of Plenty, then moved to Auckland before heading to Canterbury. He started his Super Rugby career with the ...
, New Zealand
New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...
. (2010)
See also
*Rugby union in Queensland
Rugby union in Queensland has traditionally been one of the most popular professional and recreational team sports in the state. Rugby union was introduced in the British colony's capital Brisbane in 1876. Initially it struggled to gain a foot ...
*Sunshine Coast Rugby Union
The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union is the local rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Sunshine Coast. Through Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby on the Sunshine Coast.
History
...
References
Sources
*
{{QRU
Sport in the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Rugby union teams in Queensland
Rugby clubs established in 2005
2005 establishments in Australia