Gold Coast Rugby League

Gold Coast Rugby League premiership
	Current season or competition:; 2019 Gold Coast Rugby League season
Sport	Rugby league
Formerly known as	Gold Coast-Group 18 (1989-2003)
Instituted	1983
Number of teams	18 (7 A-Grade-teams)
Country	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Premiers	Runaway Bay Seagulls (2018)
Most titles	Southport Tigers (7 titles)
Related competition	Queensland Cup

The Gold Coast Rugby League Premiership (also known as the Kevin Bycroft Cup) is a rugby league football competition based in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is under the administration of the Queensland Rugby League through the South East Queensland Division, which also administers the Brisbane and Ipswich competitions.

The Gold Coast Rugby League Premiership consists of ten clubs,[1] competing in three senior leagues; A-Grade, Reserves and Colts (under-19s). The Gold Coast Junior Rugby League was formed in 1976 and consists of seventeen clubs,[2] competing in multiple age groups from under-7s to under-17s.

Representative team

The Gold Coast Vikings are the representative Gold Coast team. Vikings teams compete in the statewide Cyril Connell Cup and Mal Meninga Cup competitions.

The Gold Coast Rugby League has previously entered sides in the Queensland Cup and in the Winfield State League as the Vikings. They participated in the Queensland Cup in 1998 only and in the Winfield State League from the first season (1982) to the last season (1995). Gold Coast also made one appearance in the Amco Cup.

Premiership winners

Grand Final results compiled from scores published in the Rugby League Week.

Season	Grand Final Information			Minor Premiers
Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Minor Premiers
1983	Beaudesert Kingfishers	23–6	Southport Tigers
1984	Beaudesert Kingfishers	20–2	Beenleigh Pride
1985	Tugun Seahawks	31–10	Beaudesert Kingfishers
1986	Southport Tigers	26–14	Tugun Seahawks	Beenleigh Pride
1987	Southport Tigers	20–10	Nerang Roosters	Beaudesert Kingfishers
1988	Southport Tigers	22–16	Beenleigh Pride
1989	Tweed Heads Raiders	36–16	Southport Tigers	Tweed Heads Raiders
1990	Beaudesert Kingfishers	20–18	Bilambil Jets	Beaudesert Kingfishers
1991	Beaudesert Kingfishers	32–18	Runaway Bay Seagulls	Runaway Bay Seagulls
1992	Bilambil Jets	24–0	Nerang Roosters	Bilambil Jets
1993	Bilambil Jets	26–4	Beaudesert Kingfishers	Beaudesert Kingfishers
1994	Tweed Heads Raiders	27–26	Nerang Roosters	Nerang Roosters
1995	Burleigh Bears	26–6	South Tweed Koalas	Burleigh Bears
1996	South Tweed Koalas	16–10	Burleigh Bears	Burleigh Bears
1997	Runaway Bay Seagulls	18–17	Cudgen Hornets	Runaway Bay Seagulls
1998	Tweed Heads Raiders	18–12	Southport Tigers
1999	Burleigh Bears	18–14	Tweed Heads Raiders	Burleigh Bears
2000	Runaway Bay Seagulls	32–0	Burleigh Bears	Runaway Bay Seagulls
2001	Tweed Heads Raiders	40–28	Runaway Bay Seagulls	Tweed Heads Raiders
2002	Tweed Heads Raiders	38–24	Tugun Seahawks	Tweed Heads Raiders
2003	Mt Tamborine Bushrats	26–12	Mudgeeraba Mustangs	Murwillumbah
2004	Beaudesert Kingfishers	22–4	Burleigh Bears	Parkwood Sharks
2005	Runaway Bay Seagulls	18–16	Parkwood Sharks	Parkwood Sharks
2006	Burleigh Bears	30–26	Tugun Seahawks	Tugun Seahawks
2007	Tugun Seahawks	36–6	Ormeau Shearers	Tugun Seahawks
2008	Southport Tigers	30–20	Currumbin Eagles	Southport Tigers
2009	Southport Tigers	12–6	Bilambil Jets	Southport Tigers
2010	Southport Tigers	18–6	Bilambil Jets	Southport Tigers
2011	Bilambil Jets	34–30	Tugun Seahawks	Burleigh Bears
2012	Burleigh Bears	13–12	Tugun Seahawks	Southport Tigers
2013	Tugun Seahawks	26–18	Southport Tigers	Southport Tigers
2014	Southport Tigers	24–18	Tugun Seahawks	Southport Tigers
2015	Burleigh Bears	36–24	Tugun Seahawks	Burleigh Bears
2016	Tugun Seahawks	27–14	Burleigh Bears	Tweed Heads Raiders
2017	Burleigh Bears	20–12	Runaway Bay Seagulls	Burleigh Bears
2018	Runaway Bay Seagulls	36–10	Tweed Heads Raiders	Currumbin Eagles
2019	Burleigh Bears	30–12	Southport Tigers	Burleigh Bears
2020	Cancelled due to COVID	–	Cancelled due to COVID
2021		–

Clubs

The Gold Coast Rugby League Premiership currently has 18 clubs, for senior and junior. All clubs are in the junior division but not all for the senior division.[3][4]

Colours	Club	Nickname	Founded	Homeground	Suburb	Seniors	Juniors
Light Blue, White	Beaudesert	Kingfishers	1962	R.S. Willis Park	Beaudesert	Yes	Yes
Red, Green	Bilambil	Jets	1923	Bilambil Sports Complex	Bilambil	Yes	Yes
Maroon, White	Burleigh	Bears	1934	Pizzey Park	Miami	Yes	Yes
Red, Blue	Coolangatta	Knights	2014	Goodwin Park	Coolangatta	Yes	No
Blue, Gold	Coomera	Cutters	2012	Coomera Sports Park	Coomera	No	Yes
Green, Gold	Cudgen	Hornets	1950	Ned Byrne Field	Kingscliff	Yes	Yes
Red, White	Currumbin	Eagles	1976	Merv Craig Sporting Complex	Currumbin Waters	Yes	Yes
Gold, Green	Helensvale	Hornets	1991	Robert Dalley Park	Helensvale	Yes	Yes
Green, Gold	Jimboomba	Thunder	2003	Jimboomba Park	Jimboomba	No	Yes
Red, Black	Mudgeeraba	Redbacks	1992	Firth Park	Mudgeeraba	Yes	Yes
Navy Blue, Red	Nerang	Roosters	1977	Glennon Park	Nerang	Yes	Yes
Maroon, Blue	Ormeau	Shearers	1999	Ormeau Oval	Ormeau	Yes	Yes
Sky Blue, White, Black	Parkwood	Sharks	1976	Musgrave Sports Park	Parkwood	Yes	Yes
Black, Teal, Purple, Gold	Robina	Raptors	2005	Station Reserve	Robina	No	Yes
Blue, Red, White	Runaway Bay	Seagulls	1979	Bycroft Oval	Runaway Bay	Yes	Yes
Orange, White, Black	South Tweed	Koalas	2012	Les Burger Fields	South Tweed	Yes	Yes
Orange, Black	Southport	Tigers	1931	Owen Park	Southport	Yes	Yes
Blue, White	Tugun	Seahawks	1978	Betty Diamond Complex	Tugun	Yes	Yes
Blue, White, Green	Tweed Coast	Raiders	1980	Les Burger Fields	Cabarita	Yes	Yes

References

Sporting PulseGold Coast Senior Rugby League Home Pageretrieved 17 December 2007
Sporting PulseGold Coast Junior Rugby League Home Pageretrieved 17 December 2007
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2284-0-0-0&a=CLUBS
http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2249-0-0-0&a=CLUBS

External links

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[1] Sporting PulseGold Coast Senior Rugby League Home Pageretrieved 17 December 2007

[2] Sporting PulseGold Coast Junior Rugby League Home Pageretrieved 17 December 2007

[3] ttp://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=7-2284-0-0-0&a=CLUBS

[4] ttp://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=0-2249-0-0-0&a=CLUBS

Gold Coast Rugby League
QRL Division	South East
Representative teams	Gold Coast Titans NRL Gold Coast Vikings (representative side)
Clubs	Beaudesert Kingfishers Bilambil Jets Burleigh Bears Coomera Cutters Cudgen Hornets Currumbin Eagles Helensvale Hornets Jimboomba Thunder Mudgeeraba Redbacks Nerang Roosters Ormeau Shearers Parkwood Sharks Robina Raptors Runaway Bay Seagulls South Tweed RLFC Southport Tigers Tugun Seahawks Tweed Coast Raiders

Rugby league in Queensland
Federation	Queensland Rugby League
Representative Teams	Queensland Maroons Queensland women's Queensland Residents Queensland U-20 Queensland U-18 Queensland U-16 Queensland women's U-18
NRL clubs	Current clubs: Brisbane Broncos Gold Coast Titans North Queensland Cowboys Former Clubs: Gold Coast Giants/Seagulls/Chargers (1988-1998) South Queensland Crushers (1995-1997)
Major Competitions	State-wide leagues: Queensland Cup Women's Premiership Hastings Deering Colts (U21s) Mal Meninga Cup (U18s) State League (1982-95) Cyril Connell Cup (2009-16) Former Top-Flight Competition: Brisbane Rugby League premiership Other leagues: Masters Police Services Primary School Secondary School Confraternity Carnival Universities Women's
Northern Division	Foley Shield Bowen Cairns Mackay Midwest Mount Isa Remote Areas Townsville
Central Division	Regions: Capricorn Region / South West Region / Wide Bay Region 47th Battalion Shield Balonne-Barwon Jr. Border Bundaberg Callide-Dawson Jr. Central Burnett Central Highlands Central West Fraser Coast Gladstone District Northern Districts Rockhampton District Roma District South Burnett Sunshine Coast-Gympie Toowoomba Warwick & District Jr. Western
South-East Division	Brisbane Bulimba Cup Brisbane A-Grade Brisbane Second Division Brisbane Women Ipswich Gold Coast Gold Coast Second Division FOGS Colts (U20's)