Brisbane City is an Australian rugby club from the city of the same name. It is managed by the Queensland Rugby Union and competes in the National Rugby Championship . Along with the " Queensland Country " is a partner of the club " Queensland Reds ", playing in Super Rugby [2] . Spends home games at the Ballimore Stadium, which seats 18 thousand spectators.
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| Full title | Brisbane city | ||
| Based | 2014 | ||
| City | Brisbane australia | ||
| Stadium | Ballymore | ||
| Capacity | 18,000 [1] | ||
| Main coach | Rob Sabe | ||
| Captain | Sam Talakai | ||
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| Competition | National Rugby Championship | ||
| 2016 | 7th | ||
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In its current form, the club was founded in 2014, but it is the heir to the Brisbane rugby team and the Bellimore Tornadoes, who played in the Australian Rugby Championship [3] . Brisbane City won the first and second draws of the National Rugby Championship.
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History
The first football match according to the rules of rugby in Brisbane was held on August 19, 1878, then the city team played with Ipswich [4] . Three weeks later, the teams played again, this time according to the early rules of Australian football [5] . Later, other Queensland teams such as Toowoomba, Rockhampton and Charters Towers became rivals of the Brisbane team [3] .
City Team
Over the next hundred years, the city team was recruited from the best players in local clubs and played both against rivals from Australia and against foreigners: with the British Isles team in 1904, All Blacks in 1951 and Fiji in 1954 [3] .
The first match of the Brisbane team against the Queensland team, to which players from all over the state except Brisbane were called, took place on June 30, 1902 as part of the tournament at the local carnival; the capital won the state with a score of 16:15 [6] . After the appearance of rugby league in 1909, such carnivals became rare, and after World War I, rugby began to decline in the state [6] .
Matches between the national and capital teams resumed in 1965 and were held as part of the same carnival until 1983, when the State Championship was created. The teams of North, South and Central Queensland and Brisbane competed in the tournament, while the national team from the capital won the tournament for four consecutive seasons, which prompted the organizers to change the format of the competition [6] .
Ballymore Tornadoes
In 2006, after a series of consultations with state rugby unions, the Australian Rugby Union decided to hold a national rugby tournament starting in 2007 [7] . The club representing Brisbane was Ballymore Tornadoes, and the state represented East Coast Aces . [8] One season later, the tournament was abolished for financial reasons [9] . According to the results of the only Australian Rugby Championship draw, “Bellimore Tornadoes” took the seventh place out of eight and was disbanded.
National Rugby Championship
In 2013, the Australian Rugby Union announced the creation of a new national rugby tournament - the National Rugby Championship [10] . In March 2014, the Brisbane City was announced, which became one of the nine founding clubs of the tournament [11] .
According to the results of the regular part of the first season, Brisbane City took third place, which allowed the club to get into the semifinals of the tournament, where they beat Country Eagles with a score of 32:26, losing after the first half with a score of 16:26 [12] . In the final, the Perth Spirit club was defeated with a score of 37:26 [13] .
In the season of 2015, the club dominated its rivals, taking first place in the regular season, while not having suffered a single defeat. In addition, in the match against Melbourne Rising , the challenge cup was won - Horan-Little Trophy . In the semifinals, “Brisbane City” beat the “ Sydney Stars ” with a score of 47:32 [14] . On October 31, 2015, the club won the second title in a row, winning the Canberra Vikings in the final with a score of 21:10 [15] .
The 2016 season turned out to be a failure for Brisbane. The first game of the season against Country Eagles ended in a 22:12 defeat, despite the fact that the opponent received three yellow cards in the second half [16] . In the third match of the season, Brisbane met at the “Bellimore” with the “ Canberra Wikings ” and suffered a crushing defeat with a score of 20:52. This meant that the club interrupted its home series of five victories and was forced to hand over the Horan-Little Trophy to the “Vikings” [17] . In seven meetings, “City” won only twice - with “Western Sydney Rams” and “Queensland Country” and did not get into the playoffs. According to the results of the season, two players were included in the team of the season according to the version of the Australian Rugby Union - Lokan Tui and the eighth Isi Naisarami [18] .
Stadium
Brisbane City hosts home games at Bellimore Stadium, which seats 18,000 spectators. It was built in 1966 and is considered the "home" of rugby in Queensland [2] . Before moving to the Suncorp Stadium in 2006, Queensland Reds played at the stadium. In addition, the stadium hosted international matches of the national teams within the framework of the Bledislow Cup [19] [20] and the semifinal of the 1987 World Cup [21] .
Results
| Season | A place | AND | AT | N | P | O + | ABOUT- | Oh ± | Bonuses | Glasses | Playoffs |
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| 2014 | 3rd | eight | 6 | 0 | 2 | 295 | 257 | +38 | 2 | 26 | Winning Grand Final over Canberra Vikings |
| 2015 | 1st | eight | eight | 0 | 0 | 400 | 174 | +226 | 6 | 38 | Victory in the Grand Final over the Perth Spirit |
| 2016 | 7th | 7 | 2 | 0 | five | 216 | 306 | -90 | one | 9 | Not qualified |
Players
Current squad
Composition for the 2016 season [22] :
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Captains
- Sam Talakai (2016);
- Liam Gill (2015);
- David MacDyuling (2014).
Team of the Year
| Season | Player | Position |
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| 2016 | Lucan Tui | Lok |
| Isi Nisarani | Number 8 |
See also
- Queensland Reds
Notes
- ↑ Ballymore Stadium . austadiums.com . Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 NRC FAQ (inaccessible link) . redsrugby.com.au . Date accessed August 28, 2016. Archived August 18, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Brisbane City History (inaccessible link) . redsrugby.com.au . Date of treatment August 28, 2016. Archived August 1, 2014.
- ↑ Football Match. Ipswich v. Brisbane (English) , The Brisbane Courier (19 August 1878). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Football. (English) , The Telegraph (10 September 1878). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Purcell, Andy 120 Years of Country Rugby 1882-2002 . redsrugby.com.au . Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Rugby Workshop agrees to a new eight-team National Rugby Competition (inaccessible link) . rugby.com.au (1 June 2006). Date of treatment August 28, 2016. Archived August 22, 2016.
- ↑ Queensland Rugby begins planning for new competition, English , rugby.com.au (2 June 2006). Archived on October 25, 2008. Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ ARU pull plug on Australian Rugby Championship (English) , ESPN (December 18, 2007). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ National Rugby Championship set to excite fans and develop elite players in 2014 and beyond , rugby.com.au (December 10, 2013). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Bill Pulver releases details on the new National Rugby Championship, which kicks off in August , Fox Sports (March 24, 2014). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Stage set for inaugural Buildcorp NRC finals (eng.) , Rugby.com.au (October 31, 2014). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ ARU congratulates Brisbane City for Buildcorp NRC win (English) , rugby.com.au (November 2, 2014). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Brisbane City book grand final date after Stars fightback (eng.) , Rugby.com.au (October 25, 2015). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Brisbane City go back-to-back in Buildcorp NRC decider (eng.) , Rugby.com.au (October 31, 2015). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Brett McCay. Eagles soar over City . rugby.com.au (August 27, 2016). Date of treatment October 30, 2016.
- ↑ Brett McCay. Vikings complete quest for Horan-Little Shield . rugby.com.au (September 11, 2016). Date of treatment October 30, 2016.
- ↑ Brett McCay. NRC 2016: Team of the Year . rugby.com.au (October 19, 2016). Date of treatment October 30, 2016.
- ↑ Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane . ESPN (July 16, 1988). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Australia v New Zealand at Brisbane . ESPN (July 19, 1992). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ New Zealand v Wales at Brisbane . ESPN (June 14, 1987). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.
- ↑ Sam Talakai to captain McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City in 2016 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (English) , redsrugby.com.au (15 August 2016). Date of treatment August 28, 2016.