Sunshine_Coast_Stingrays

Sunshine Coast Stingrays

Sunshine Coast Stingrays

Rugby team

The Sunshine Coast Stingrays is an Australian rugby union football team that represents Queensland's Sunshine Coast region. The Stingrays played in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition from 2005 to 2013, but now focus on competing in the Queensland Country Championships.

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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.[1]

Season results

Queensland Premier Rugby (2005–2013)

  • 2005 10th (5 competition points)[2]
  • 2006 10th (12 competition points)[3]
  • 2007 10th (16 competition points)[4]
  • 2008 8th (25 competition points)[5]
  • 2009 9th (20 competition points)[6]
  • 2010 4th (52 competition points) - GRAND FINALIST
  • 2011 8th (25 competition points)
  • 2012 10th (5 competition points)
  • 2013 10th (6 competition points)

Queensland Country Championships (11 QCRU Sub-Unions)

  • 2010 Champion (undefeated)
  • 2004 Champion
  • 1998 Runner-up
  • 1997 Runner-up

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) [7]

  • 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

Internationals selected whilst playing for another Club

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Brand, Anthony (2 October 2014). "'Rays quit Premier Rugby Stingrays opt to call it quits". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. [2]
    "Queensland Rugby Annual Report 2005" (PDF). Queensland Rugby Union. Archived from the original (PDF 5.0 MB) on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. [3]
    "Queensland Rugby Annual Report 2006" (PDF 3.2 MB). Queensland Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  4. [4]
    "Queensland Rugby Annual Report 2007" (PDF 2.7 MB). Queensland Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Queensland Rugby Annual Report 2008" (PDF 3.7 MB). Queensland Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  6. [6]
    "Queensland Rugby Annual Report 2009" (PDF 1.8 MB). Queensland Rugby Union. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  7. [7]
    Purcell 2002, p. 19–20.

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