2014 - Queensland Reds

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ANNUAL
REPORT
QUEENSLAND RUGBY
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2014 HIGHLIGHTS
CONTENTS
• 296,356 Queenslanders played Rugby in 2014 with highlights
including a 49% rise in Sevens participation, a 5.6% rise in junior club Rugby participation and a 13% rise in females participating in the game last year.
Chairman’s Report
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CEO’s Report
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• QRU saw a 14.37% increase in Queenslanders playing Rugby.
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• Total aggregation to community Rugby grew from $1,420,252
in 2013, to $1,500,00 resulting in a 5.5% increase.
National Rugby Championship
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Community Rugby
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• Queensland Rugby reported a surplus of $354,624 (after depreciation of $580,894) compared to a surplus of $287,492 (after depreciation of $666,623) in 2013. The 2014 financial year
was reduced to 10 months following the decision to change the
year end to October 31 each year from 2014 onwards.
Affiliate & Committee Reports
32
Committee Reports
51
Office Bearers
56
Financial Report
57
Auditor’s Report
87
Honour Board
89
Vales 90
• Reds membership grew from 36,014 in 2013 to 58,738 in
2014.
• On the eve of the St.George Queensland Reds Annual Gala
Ball in August, QRU and St.George Bank announced their
commitment to renew their partnership for a further three year
term. St.George is embarking on its second three year term as
naming rights sponsor with the Queensland Reds, testament to
the strong alignment of values, aspirations and commitment to
the community between the two organisations.
• University of Queensland claimed the Hospital Cup for 2014,
defeating Sunnybank 20-18 in the Queensland Premier Rugby
Grand Final.
• Eleven Queensland Schoolboys were selected in the Australian
Schoolboys side for 2014, including Anglican Church Grammar
Number 8 Harley Fox, who captained the side.
• Six Queensland Schoolboys were contracted to the newly established Reds Elite Development Squad for 2015.
• Queensland contributed seven players to the Australian Under
20s side that was coached by Queenslander Adrian Thompson.
• Queensland Red took out the National Women’s Sevens title
defeating NSW Blue 19-nil in the Cup Final. Queensland and
Australian Women’s Sevens star Charlotte Caslick was named
the ‘Player of the Tournament’.
• Roma’s own Emilee Cherry received a number of individual
accolades for her performances for the Australian Women’s
Sevens team in 2014 including being named the IRB Women’s
Sevens Player of the Year, Queensland Women’s Sevens Player
of the Year, RUPA Women’s Sevens Player’s Player, Australian
Women’s Sevens Player of the Year and she also received the
Shawn Mackay Award - Australian Sevens Player of the Year.
• The 2014 Australian Youth Olympic Gold medal-winning Girls
Sevens team featured five Queenslanders - Shenae Ciesiolka,
Marioulla Belessis, Amber Pilley, Laura Waldie and Dominique
De Toit.
• Shenae Ciesoilka was named the Youth Girl’s Player of the Year.
• Try Sevens saw record growth in participation with 42,902 students participating in the program across 171 schools, compared to 24,261 participants across 123 schools in 2013.
• Queensland Rugby participated in the inaugural season of the
Buildcorp National Rugby Championships fielding two sides –
McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City and Bond University
Queensland Country. Brisbane City went on to win the competition, defeating Perth Spirit 37-26 in front of a home crowd of
near 8,000 at Ballymore in the Grand Final.
• Eleven players from Queensland’s NRC sides went on to earn
contracts with the Reds for 2015, with 10 players named in the
newly established Elite Development Squad and centre Campbell Magnay signed to the main squad.
• Samu Kerevi was named the Buildcorp NRC’s Player’s Player
at the RUPA Awards Lunch.
• Queensland Rugby inducted three new members into the Hall
of Fame - Early 1880/90s halfback Austin Gralton, 1970s legend Tony Shaw and his teammate, and legendary 1970s/1980s
back Andrew Slack.
• James Slipper claimed his second Pilecki Medal in three years
at the 2014 Reds Gala Ball. He also received the People’s
Choice Award and the Spirit of the Reds award.
• James Slipper was also awarded the RUPA Medal of Excellence for performances on and off the field in 2014.
• St.George Queensland Reds celebrated their first ever ANZAC
Round with specially designed jerseys which were auctioned,
with funds raised going towards the Soldier On charity.
• St.George Queensland Reds achieved five wins and 11 losses
during the 2014 regular Super Rugby season.
• James Horwill, Quade Cooper and Will Genia all played their
100th game for Queensland during the 2014 Super Rugby season.
• Hooker Saia Fainga’a earned his 100th Super Rugby cap
during the 2014 Super Rugby season.
• James Horwill and Rob Simmons both earned their 50th Test
Caps for the Wallabies in 2014.
• Nine players made their debuts for the St.George Queensland
Reds in 2014 – Lachie Turner, Jamie-Jerry Taulagi, Jonah Placid, David McDuling, Samuela Kerevi, Tim Buchanan, Scott
Gale, Sam Johnson and Chris Kuridrani.
• Jake Schatz, Ed O’Donoghue, Rod Davies, Ben Tapaui, Beau
Robinson and Liam Gill all earned their 50th cap for Queensland
during the 2014 Super Rugby season.
• Quade Cooper set a new Super Rugby scoring record in
Round 4 against the Cheetahs, surpassing former Queensland
Reds playmaker Elton Flatley’s record of 629. The record now
currently stands at 728.
Queensland Rugby Union Ltd (ACN 055 120 217) | ANNUAL REPORT
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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT
The Queensland Rugby Union had a somewhat mixed year
in 2014 with many outstanding achievements in membership and participation being tempered by a disappointing
on-field season for the St.George Queensland Reds.
Reds games were again used as opportunities to promote programs and initiatives of importance to Queensland Rugby – with
various causes recognised during the Ladies, ANZAC, Family, Indigenous and Heritage rounds.
Among the many highlights for 2014 was the record membership
of 58,738 and an increase of 14.37% in Queenslanders playing
Rugby.
At Test level, eight members of the Reds represented the Wallabies
throughout the 2014 international schedule: Quade Cooper, Saia
Fainga’a, Will Genia, James Hanson, James Horwill, Jake Schatz,
Rob Simmons and James Slipper.
The membership result, an increase on 2013’s record number of
36,014, ensured we finished the year with the largest membership
base in the Queensland sports market. Importantly, the Reds have
risen to have the fifth largest membership base of all 56 professional sporting teams in Australia – up from 12th in 2013.
296,356 Queenslanders played Rugby in 2014 with highlights including a 49% rise in Sevens participation, a 5.6% rise in junior club
Rugby participation and a 13% rise in females participating in the
game last year.
Several milestones were celebrated throughout the Wallabies
schedule, including James Horwill’s 50th Test cap against France
in Melbourne, Jake Schatz’s Test debut against Argentina in Mendoza and Rob Simmons’ 50th Test cap against England at Twickenham in London.
While not on the field, Queensland Rugby also celebrated the
achievement of former Queensland and Wallabies great Michael
Lynagh – who was inducted into the IRB Hall of Fame in 2014.
ST.GEORGE QUEENSLAND REDS
The 2014 Super Rugby season was a difficult one for the St.George
Queensland Reds and their fans, as the team failed to meet its own
expectations.
Despite the results not going the Reds’ way, an average of nearly
29,000 fans turned out each week at Suncorp Stadium, the highest regular season crowd average in the Super Rugby competition.
More Australian Rugby fans watched the Reds on Fox Sports during
the regular Super Rugby season than any other Australian Super
Rugby team. Queensland Rugby also achieved a 79 % growth-rate
of Reds devotees following us throughout the year on our various
digital and social media channels and we had more social media
followers than any of our Australian Super Rugby competitors.
The 2014 season saw several significant occasions marked not
least of which were the 100th cap games of three modern greats
of Queensland Rugby.
James Horwill, Quade Cooper and Will Genia all reached the outstanding achievement of their 100th caps for Queensland during
the 2014 Super Rugby season. Although Quade and James
played their 100th matches for Queensland in New Zealand, their
achievement was marked with an official cap ceremony at Suncorp
Stadium following the Reds v Crusaders match, while Will’s was
played in front of a boisterous home crowd as the Reds defeated
the Highlanders.
It was also a year to celebrate the remarkable achievements of
James Slipper – a young man who continues to impress with his
performances and was duly awarded the Pilecki Medal for Players’
Player, as voted by his peers. This came in a year where he also
claimed the People’s Choice and Spirit of the Reds awards at the
Reds Gala Ball. Also at our Ball, Queensland Rugby inducted three
new members into the Queensland Rugby Hall of Fame, including
early 1880/90s halfback Austin Gralton, our President Tony Shaw
and his teammate, 1970s/1980s back Andrew Slack.
The 2014 season also saw Slipper elevated to Wallabies vice-captain and win the Rugby Union Players’ Association Medal for Excellence.
Other award winners at the Reds Gala Ball included Curtis Browning (Most Improved), Samu Kerevi (Rising Rugby Star) and Sam
Johnson (Wider Training Squad Player of the Year).
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– ON-FIELD SUCCESSES
Our Queensland representative teams continue to demonstrate the
strength of our talent development pathways which were further
strengthened in 2014 through the creation of the Reds Elite Development squad.
Queensland Rugby also made the strategic investment of establishing and supporting two teams in the inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship, McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane
City and Bond University Queensland Country. Brisbane City went
on to win the competition, defeating Perth Spirit 37-26 in-front of a
home crowd of near 8,000 at Ballymore in the Grand Final.
Eleven Queensland Schoolboys were selected in the Australian
Schoolboys side for 2014, including Anglican Church Grammar
Number 8 Harley Fox, who captained the side.
Six Queensland Schoolboys were contracted to the newly established Reds Elite Development Squad for 2015.
Queensland contributed seven players to the Australian Under-20s
side that was coached by Queenslander Adrian Thompson.
Queensland Red took out the National Women’s Sevens title defeating NSW Blue 19-0 in the Cup Final. Queensland and Australian Women’s Sevens star Charlotte Caslick was named the ‘Player
of the Tournament’.
Roma’s Emilee Cherry received a number of individual accolades
for her performances for the Australian Women’s Sevens team in
2014 including being named the IRB Women’s Sevens Player of
the Year, Queensland Women’s Sevens Player of the Year, RUPA
Women’s Sevens Player’s Player, Australian Women’s Sevens Player of the Year and she also received the Shawn Mackay Award Australian Sevens Player of the Year.
The 2014 Australian Youth Olympic Gold medal-winning Girls Sevens team featured five Queenslanders - Shenae Ciesiolka, Marioulla Belessis, Amber Pilley, Laura Waldie and Dominique De Toit.
2014 FINANCIAL RESULT
Queensland Rugby reported a surplus of $354,624 (after depreciation of $580,894) compared to a surplus of $287,492 (after depreciation of $666,623) in 2013. The 2014 financial year was reduced
to 10 months following the decision to change the year end to
October 31 each year from 2014 onwards.
More detailed information on the financial results and comparisons
to 2013 are included in the financial report (Page 57).
2015
2015 shapes to be another crucial year for the game in Australia.
While there is much to look forward to in this World Cup year, the
challenges confronting the code are still significant. Our governing
body, the ARU, has consistently acknowledged that the game faces severe financial hurdles in the short-to-medium term.
The QRU continues to be well placed to face these issues and
to protect its position in the Queensland sporting landscape. The
QRU will continue to work closely with the ARU and of course our
members and affiliates, to take the game forward, however in doing so will always have the protection and best interests of all of
Queensland Rugby’s assets as our primary objective.
Finally, I would like to thank the Queensland Rugby Board for their
continued support and of course CEO Jim Carmichael, the staff
of Queensland Rugby, as well as all of the staff and volunteers
throughout Queensland who continue to work hard in their endeavours to make this game stronger. The results enjoyed in 2014
are a good return for your industry and commitment to Rugby in
Queensland over the past year.
Rod McCall
Chairman
Queensland Rugby
In another competitive Premier Rugby season, UQ won the Welsby
Cup and also bagged the Horsley Cup for the minor Premiership.
University took out the Doughty Shield for the fifth successive year.
We witnessed a real tussle in the Grand Final with University’s manof-the-match Tom Pincus holding his nerve at the end of the game
to slot a penalty and give the students a 20 to 18 victory over a
gallant Sunnybank outfit on the siren.
It is encouraging to see such success being achieved by
Queensland Teams and our clubs. Congratulations to all clubs,
teams, officials and fans for your contribution in 2014.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT
2014 was the final year of Queensland Rugby’s three-year
‘Future Generation Strategy’ for the game in Queensland.
Over that time, Queensland Rugby’s major strategic imperatives
have been:
1. To build sustained economic growth for the longevity
and heath of our game.
2. To nurture our game through increased participation
and engagement.
3. To lead our stakeholders within a defined charter
while influencing the governance of our code through
continued performance.
For the past five years, although the game has been vulnerable in
many parts of the country, we have attempted to continue to invest
into key investment markets, player and talent pathways and Rugby’s infrastructure in Queensland in order to underpin future talent,
participation and fan engagement to ensure the growth of Rugby,
which benefits all parts of our code.
Furthermore, Queensland Rugby continues in its objective to be
the most successful and the most favoured sport in Queensland.
The reputation Queensland Rugby has achieved in 2014 and the
strength of Queensland Rugby’s assets, including the Reds brand
and the community game, has again ensured significant results
against key organisational indicators.
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In 2015, in this challenging and uncertain environment nationally for
the game, the code has recognised that significant national reform
is now necessary. To achieve this, further investment in the future
sustainability of the game must be adequately committed. To that
end, Queensland Rugby continues to work alongside the Australian Rugby Union through a number of national commissions, as
outlined below, to address the appropriate future governance, investment and sustainability model for the code in Australia, which
ensures that Rugby can continue to grow and compete in both the
domestic and international markets.
1. Governance Committee – with a charter to reform the
roles and responsibilities of all of Rugby’s key stakeholders.
2. The National Participation Review Committee – to
develop national policy and the framework for future
participation growth and sustainability.
3. Future Contracting Policy Committee – to reform the
national contracting strategies and protocols to ensure the quality and sustainability of recruitment and
retention of talent in the competitive domestic and
international market place.
4. Fan Engagement Committee – to build the national
framework to identify improved consumer insights
that will deliver greater value and access for the fan
base, while growing participation and engagement
across the key commercial drivers of the sport.
These collective national reforms align with Queensland Rugby’s
strategic objectives of the past three years, and have created an
even greater focus on the growth and sustainability of all State
Union’s future investment models. The strategy’s goal is to ensure
the necessary state controlled year on year investment for the development of the sport, thereby creating a model that genuinely
incentivises and rewards growth.
For our part, the reform now provides Queensland Rugby certainty
and through continuing to demonstrate value to our participants,
allows us to work more precisely on a stakeholder-specific strategies - ones that attracts new markets to our code and ensures
growth for all parts of the Rugby economy in this state.
In 2015, Queensland Rugby continues to be placed to influence
these outcomes and to protect its position within the sporting market, while competing against our competitor codes in the national
and Queensland sporting landscape, through a focus on the five
strategic objectives below:
1. To increase the scale, growth and market share of the
sport and to consolidate the next generation of fans
and players.
4. To continue to grow investment in the game at all
levels.
5. To develop world-class leadership and management,
which influences the national and international
landscape of the code.
Queensland Rugby’s influence on national reform has never been
more important with the upcoming year shaping as critical for Rugby, as the code finalises a new broadcast arrangement, manages
the challenges of the expansion of the Super Rugby competition in
2016 and re-aligns Rugby’s traditional investment model.
These strategic objectives underline Queensland Rugby’s commitment in 2015 and beyond, so that we continue to provide protection from the serious challenges facing our members, affiliates,
our broader stakeholders and the code in Queensland and Australia-wide.
Jim Carmichael
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Rugby
2. To produce the best teams, players and high
performance staff in Australia with a culture and
objectives that align to the organisational charter.
3. To deliver the strongest pathways and to attract,
develop and retain the very best talent available to
Rugby in Queensland.
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2014 ST.GEORGE QUEENSLAND REDS SEASON REVIEW
ROUND 1: BYE
ROUND 6
ROUND 2
The Reds began their 2014 campaign with a clinical 27-17 win over
the ACT Brumbies at GIO Stadium. Strong defensive work and
dazzling footwork from fullback Aidan Toua were constant throughout the 10-point win. The most talked about moment in the match
came when Toua latched onto a cutout pass from Quade Cooper
to run 60 metres for his first Super Rugby try. Lachie Turner also
crossed for a five pointer in his first match in Reds colours, but was
worth another 10, with two try saving cover tackles proving crucial.
The win reversed the Round One fixture result of 2013, when the
Reds fell short against the Brumbies, 24-6.
The Reds’ second leg of their South African trip was a gut wrenching, last gasp 23-20 loss against the Lions in Johannesburg. The
Reds created chance after chance in the first half and lead 20-6 at
the break after two tries to Quade Cooper. The second half was
marred by penalties to the Reds and after repeated infringements,
James Hanson and Jake Schatz found themselves in the sin bin for
the final 10 minutes of the match. Despite valiant defensive work in
the final 10 minutes, an exhausted Reds outfit could not withstand
the barrage of attacks the Lions threw their way and Courtnall Skosa scored the match winner with just three minutes remaining. The
result meant the Reds took just a single bonus point away from a
possible 10 in their two-game trip to South Africa.
ROUND 7
ROUND 3
The first clash between the Reds and the New South Wales Waratahs for 2014 was not an ideal outing for the Queensland side, as
they fell to the eventual Super Rugby Champions, 32-5 at ANZ
Stadium. Two tries inside the first 25 minutes to Waratahs fullback
Israel Folau saw the Reds behind early on and unfortunately, the
visitors never generated enough momentum to mount a comeback. Lachie Turner’s second try in as many matches were the
only points the Reds could muster, as the Reds’ record slipped to
1-1 from their first two games.
The Reds returned home from a tough South African trip to face
the Stormers and made it two wins from as many starts at Fortress
Suncorp. The 22-17 win wasn’t the Reds’ prettiest effort in recent
years, rather, the home side showed they could grit out a tough
contest and secure the four points, even when things didn’t quite
click into gear on attack. The right boot of Quade Cooper and the
defensive effort of the team on the whole were the two factors
which guided the Reds to a much needed win, with Rob Simmons
nabbing the only try of the evening.
ROUND 4
The Reds’ first home game for 2014 fell on a beautiful Brisbane
Friday night at Suncorp Stadium and the home side rode the buzz
around the ground to a 43-33 win. The 27,670-strong crowd were
treated to some enterprising and entertaining Rugby, as both sides
threw caution to the wind and as a result, found holes in the defence they were up against. The match also marked a major milestone for flyhalf Quade Cooper, as he passed Elton Flatley as the
Reds’ highest point scorer in Super Rugby history.
ROUND 8
The first home loss in the 2014 campaign came in Round 8 for
the Reds, as they fell victim to another close finish in a 32-29 loss
against the Western Force. The lead swapped eight times in the
nail-biting encounter, with the Reds leading by four points toward
the end of the match, before a try to Force fullback Jayden Hayward in the 79th minute cruelly snatched victory away. The Hayward try came after 16 consecutive phases inside the Reds’ 22
in what was a heartbreaking loss. The loss continued the Reds’
struggles against the Force, having not beaten the Perth based
team since 2012.
ROUND 5
The fifth round of the Super Rugby season saw the Reds pack
their bags and head to South Africa for a two-game road trip, with
the first leg ending in a 35-20 loss against the Sharks in Durban.
A packed “Shark Tank” made conditions even more hostile for the
away side and despite scoring two tries each, the Reds’ ill discipline cost them valuable points which made the difference over
the full 80 minutes. Will Genia’s terrific solo effort was of particular
note and gave the away side hope with 18 minutes remaining. But
Patrick Lambie’s seven penalties from as many attempts was the
difference between the two sides.
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ROUND 9
ROUND 12
Despite a second half comeback, the Reds suffered a 23-20 loss
against the Brumbies. The Brumbies held 71 percent of possession
in the first half, leaving the Reds at a disheartening 20-3 deficit at
the 30-minute mark. Flanker Beau Robinson put the Reds back in
contention just before half time, crossing the line with a successful
Quade Cooper conversion to follow. The Suncorp Stadium crowd
welcomed hooker Saia Fainga’a onto the field for his 100th Super
Rugby cap in the second half. An inspired Eddie Quirk crossed the
line for a five-pointer and Cooper’s conversion shortly followed by
a penalty goal closed the margin to just 23-20 with just minutes
remaining. Some solid work from the Brumbies at the breakdown
prevented the Reds from any further scoring opportunities, leaving
the home team with just one competition point taken away from an
extremely hard-fought match.
The Reds experienced their second disappointing loss in New Zealand, falling short to the Auckland Blues 44-14, in Quade Cooper’s
milestone 100th Queensland Cap. The Reds scored all of their
points in the second half after trailing 20-0 at half time with tries to
James Horwill and Ben Daley and a perfect conversion record from
Quade Cooper.
ROUND 13
In what some considered to be the most disappointing loss of the
year, the Reds went from a 17-16 lead at half time against the Crusaders to going down 57-29 at Suncorp Stadium. The two sides
set the stage for an exciting clash in Queensland Rugby’s Family
Round match in the first half, but the Crusaders came back firing
in the second half. In the end, the match featured the most points
scored in a Super Rugby game at Suncorp Stadium. Despite this
disappointing performance, the game was met with some jubilance as Curtis Browning made his run-on debut and Dave McDuling made his debut after two years of injury frustrations.
ROUND 10: BYE
ROUND 11
The Reds’ ANZAC Round clash with the Hurricanes in Wellington
was arguably one of the most sentimental of the year, with Captain
James Horwill celebrating his 100th Queensland Cap alongside
Ben Tapuai who celebrated his 50th. The Reds lost 34-21 despite
a 14-10 lead at half time. Ben Lucas gave the side an early lead
with a try just seven minutes into the match. The home side managed to catch up, with Cory Jane scoring a try as part of his hattrick in the match. The first half was overall tightly contested but
the Hurricanes got away in the second half and dominated both
possession and territory. James Hanson crossed the line with 15
minutes to go, closing the Hurricanes’ lead to just 25-21 but the
home side managed to seal the 34-21 win with a last-minute try to
Ardie Savea and a penalty to Beauden Barrett.
ROUND 14
The disappointment continued in Round 14 after a last-minute 3027 loss against the Melbourne Rebels at Suncorp Stadium. It was,
however, another milestone week for the team after Beau Robinson was awarded his 50th Queensland cap. The score was level at
three points during the match including a 17-17 margin at half time.
A try from Melbourne’s Luke Burgess two minutes into the second half saw the Rebels take the lead 24-17. Ben Lucas managed
to score a five-pointer which Mike Harris converted to once again
level the score, this time at 24-all. A penalty to the Rebels on the
70-minute mark was mirrored by Harris just minutes later and the
score was once again tied at 27-all. Following a red card to Reds
lock Ed O’Donoghue, a penalty slotted by Jason Woodward in the
dying moments sealed the heartbreaking 30-27 loss.
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ROUND 15: BYE
ROUND 18
ROUND 16
After several weeks of disappointment, the Reds turned on one
of their most entertaining performances for Will Genia’s 100th
Queensland cap. Genia spearheaded his side’s attack in the milestone match, which coincided with Indigenous Round and culminated in a match-winning try to Reds Number 8 Jake Schatz twoand-a-half minutes after the final siren. A 21-0 lead at half time
was the result of a strong defensive and attacking effort from the
Reds which included tries from Curtis Browning, Rod Davies and
Dom Shipperley. The Highlanders crept back into the game in the
second half and two tries in the final four minutes saw the scores
level at 31-all. The Reds’ ability to keep possession after the siren ultimately sealed the deal for the team, with Schatz giving his
vice-captain a fairytale 100th game.
The Reds suffered their second loss to the Western Force after falling short of the home side 30-20 in Perth. In young gun Samu Kerevi’s run-on debut, the Reds put pressure on the Force throughout the match, leveling the scores at 20-all in the 70th minute.
Kerevi was the first to score a try for the Reds in the match, and
Albert Anae scored for the team in the second half. With the final
10 minutes set to be a nail-biter with leveled scores, a slight lag in
discipline from the Reds saw them concede a converted try and
penalty.
ROUND 19
It was a disappointing end to the season with the injury-ravaged
Reds going down 34-3 to traditional rivals the New South Wales
Waratahs at Suncorp Stadium. The physical and intense game saw
the majority of the Waratahs’ tries come from breakaways deep in
the Reds’ attacking half. Despite the disappointing result, the team
had reason to celebrate with Liam Gill’s 50th Queensland Cap and
Chris Kuridrani’s debut.
ROUND 17
The Reds returned fresh from the short Super Rugby break to defeat the Rebels 36-20 in Melbourne. In what was a highlight match
for the season, the Reds scored six tries to the Rebels’ three. But
the game wasn’t without its challenges, which included a yellow
card to Lachie Turner and injuries to Dom Shipperley and Anthony
Fainga’a. Despite the interrupted play, the Reds managed to seal
the four-try bonus point after scrumhalf Nick Frisby scored his second try just before half time, bringing the score to 22-3. The Rebels
began to score tries around the 50-minute mark but the Reds held
strong and put more points on the home side to eventually produce
the 16-point victory.
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2014 PILECKI MEDAL
PILECKI MEDAL COUNT ROUND-BY-ROUND
Round 2 v Brumbies
TOP 10
Round 11 v Hurricanes
James Slipper
239
Liam Gill
39
Beau Robinson
34
Jake Schatz
196
Lachie Turner
20
Chris Feauai-Sautia
27
Greg Holmes
192
Aidan Toua
15
James Slipper
25
Rob Simmons
141
Beau Robinson
123
Round 3 v Waratahs
Round 12 v Blues
Jake Schatz
28
Jake Schatz
35
Liam Gill
117
Liam Gill
24
Liam Gill
18
Eddie Quirk
95
Eddie Quirk
18
Eddie Quirk
12
Ben Tapuai
92
Lachie Turner
18
Round 13 v Crusaders
James Hanson
89
Anthony Fainga’a
88
Round 4 v Cheetahs
James Hanson
29
Chris Feauai-Sautia
38
Curtis Browning
27
James Hanson
16
Anthony Fainga’a
23
Rob Simmons
14
Round 14 v Rebels
Round 5 v Sharks
Ben Lucas
25
Liam Gill
25
Anthony Fainga’a
24
Aidan Toua
14
Greg Holmes
19
Eddie Quirk
13
Round 16 v Highlanders
Will Genia
13
Greg Holmes
29
James Slipper
27
20
Round 6 v Lions
James Slipper
24
Will Genia
Greg Homes
20
Round 17 v Rebels
Quade Cooper
17
Nick Frisby
44
Rod Davies
40
Round 7 v Stormers
James Slipper
29
James Horwill
14
Beau Robinson
22
Ben Lucas
14
Greg Holmes
14
Round 18 v Western Force
Round 8 v Western Force
Samu Kerevi
56
Ben Tapuai
30
James Slipper
28
Jake Schatz
19
Curtis Browning
14
Beau Robinson
14
Round 19 v Waratahs
James Slipper
14
Rob Simmons
28
Greg Holmes
24
James Slipper
22
Round 9 v Brumbies
James Slipper
38
Anthony Fainga’a
19
Eddie Quirk
19
9
Opposition
Brumbies
Waratahs
Cheetahs
Sharks
Lions
Stormers
Date
22/02/2014
1/03/2014
7/03/2014
15/03/2014
22/03/2014
29/03/2014
Venue
GIO
Stadium
ANZ
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
Growthpoint
Kings Park
Ellis Park
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
City
Canberra
Sydney
Brisbane
Durban
Johannesburg
Brisbane
13,670
17,580
27,670
23,722
14,213
28,060
27-17 Reds
32-5 Waratahs
43-33 Reds
35-20 Sharks
23-20 Lions
22-17 Reds
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
17
16
Crowd
Final Score
ANAE, Albert
BROWNING, Curtis
20
COOPER, Quade
10
10
10
10
DALEY, Ben
17
17
1
17
14
14
FAINGA'A, Anthony
22
12
22 (DNP)
FAINGA'A, Saia
2
2
16
DAVIES, Rod
FEAUAI-SAUTIA, Chris
2
10
10
14
14
22
22
2
23
23
13
13
21 (DNP)
21
21
21 (DNP)
21
21 (DNP)
GENIA, Will
9
9
9
9
9
9
GILL, Liam
7
7
7
7
7
HANSON, James
16
16
HARRIS, Mike
12
HOLMES, Greg
3
HORWILL, James
5
FRISBY, Nick
LUCAS, Ben
2
16
16
2
12
12
12
12
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
22 (DNP)
5
23
McDULING, Dave
O'DONOGHUE, Ed
19
19
19
19
19
19
OWEN, Jono
18 (DNP)
18
18
18
18
18
QUIRK, Eddie
6
6
6
6
6
6
ROBINSON, Beau
20
20
20
20
20
7
SCHATZ, Jake
8
8
8
8
8
8
SHIPPERLEY, Dom
11
11
11
23
23
11
SIMMONS, Rob
4
4
4
4
4
4
SLIPPER, James
1
1
17
1
1
1
TAPUAI, Ben
13
13
23
22
13
13
TOUA, Aidan
15
15
15
15
15
TURNER, Lachie
14
14
11
11
TAULAGI, Jamie-Jerry
15
ENEVER, Blake
KEREVI, Samuela
KURIDRANI, Chris
PARAKA, Pettowa
17 (DNP)
PLACID, Jonah
READY, Andrew
FAAGASE, Sef
BANKS, Tom
BUCHANAN, Tim
GUNN, Michael
JOHNSON, Sam
SITAUTI, Kimami
GALE, Scott
GENIA, Nigel
GREENE, Sam
KITE, Phil
MATAITINI, Veresa
MCINTYRE, Jake
SEUTENI, UJ
KEY:
10
Captain
Queensland Debut
Western Force
Brumbies
Hurricanes
Blues
Crusaders
Rebels
Highlanders
5/04/2014
11/04/2014
26/04/2014
2/05/2014
11/05/2014
17/05/2014
30/05/2014
Suncorp
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
Westpac
Stadium
Eden
Park
Suncorp
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
Brisbane
Brisbane
Wellington
Auckland
Brisbane
Brisbane
Brisbane
27,024
30,004
10,405
34,010
23,820
24,490
32-29 Force
23-20 Brumbies
35-21 Hurricanes
44-14 Blues
57-29 Crusaders
30-27 Rebels
38-31 Reds
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
16
17
17
17
17
20
20
20
6
6
6
10
10
10
10
10
10
1
17
1
1
14
14
23
14
23
23
11
22
12
22
12
12
12
12
16
2
2
16
16
11
14
14
21 (DNP)
21 (DNP)
21
21
21
21 (DNP)
9
9
9
9
9
9
7
2
2
12
21 (DNP)
9
20
16
16
2
2
2
12
15
15
15
15
3
3
3
17
3
3
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
15
15
15
22
22
22
10
20
20 (DNP)
19
19
19 (DNP)
19
19
19
19
18
18
18
18
18
18
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
20
7
7
8
8
8
8
8
8
8
14
14
14
4
4
4
22 (DNP)
7
4
4
4
4
1
1
3
1
13
13
13
13
13
13
13
11
23
11
23
11
11
23 (DNP)
1
22
17 (DNP)
23
16 (DNP)
18 (DNP)
Cont. ›››
11
Rebels
Western Force
Waratahs
27/06/2014
5/07/2014
12/07/2014
AAMI
Park
nib
Stadium
Suncorp
Stadium
Melbourne
Perth
Brisbane
10,473
11,762
36-20 Reds
30-20 Force
34-3 Waratahs
Position
Position
Position
ANAE, Albert
17
17
18
BROWNING, Curtis
6
6
6
DALEY, Ben
18
1
17
DAVIES, Rod
14
14
14
FAINGA'A, Anthony
12
FAINGA'A, Saia
16
16
9
9
Opposition
Date
Venue
City
Crowd
Final Score
SR
Points
Qld
Caps
27
5
27
5
11
10
10
10
120
100
728
102
730
5
68
10
69
10
13
20
58
95
58
95
12
0
74
25
71
25
12
0
107
40
79
40
7
15
23
30
23
30
8
10
26
25
27
30
13
7
99
92
100
92
20
8
0
50
25
49
25
COOPER, Quade
16
FEAUAI-SAUTIA, Chris
FRISBY, Nick
GENIA, Will
2014
Points
SR
Caps
9
5
9
10
12
10
Qld
Points
GILL, Liam
20
HANSON, James
2
2
2
15
10
66
35
66
35
HARRIS, Mike
15
15
15
13
67
45
268
45
268
HOLMES, Greg
3
3
14
5
119
35
120
40
HORWILL, James
5
5
5
15
5
103
35
106
40
LUCAS, Ben
10
10
10
10
10
73
71
73
71
McDULING, Dave
19
19
19
4
0
5
0
4
0
O'DONOGHUE, Ed
11
0
47
0
55
0
OWEN, Jono
11
0
29
0
13
0
QUIRK, Eddie
10
5
39
5
40
5
ROBINSON, Beau
7
7
7
15
5
74
10
53
5
SCHATZ, Jake
8
8
8
15
5
65
25
65
25
SHIPPERLEY, Dom
11
10
10
45
65
46
65
SIMMONS, Rob
4
4
4
15
10
81
15
80
15
SLIPPER, James
1
3
1
13
5
65
20
64
20
TAPUAI, Ben
13
12
12
15
5
56
40
56
40
22
23 (DNP)
22
7
5
8
5
7
5
5
5
10
5
10
5
7
20
79
145
7
20
0
0
1
0
1
0
13
3
5
3
5
3
5
23
1
0
1
0
1
0
TOUA, Aidan
TURNER, Lachie
23
11
11
ENEVER, Blake
KEREVI, Samuela
21
13
KURIDRANI, Chris
PARAKA, Pettowa
0
0
0
0
0
0
PLACID, Jonah
1
0
1
0
1
0
READY, Andrew
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
FAAGASE, Sef
18 (DNP)
BANKS, Tom
BUCHANAN, Tim
20
GUNN, Michael
JOHNSON, Sam
22
21
SITAUTI, Kimami
GALE, Scott
12
2014
Caps
21
9
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
2
0
GENIA, Nigel
0
0
0
0
0
0
GREENE, Sam
0
0
0
0
0
0
KITE, Phil
0
0
0
0
0
0
MATAITINI, Veresa
0
0
0
0
0
0
MCINTYRE, Jake
0
0
0
0
0
0
SEUTENI, UJ
0
0
0
0
0
0
13
NATIONAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP:
McINNES WILSON LAWYERS BRISBANE CITY
McInnes Wilson Lawyers Brisbane City defeated Perth Spirit 37-26 to claim the inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby
Championship title at Ballymore Stadium on 1 November,
2014.
A crowd of 7,889 gathered at the home of Queensland Rugby for
the historic event in which the home side claimed a five tries to four
win in the first-ever NRC Grand Final.
Following 10 weeks of competition, 50 tries and not a single attempt at a penalty goal - due to the NRC’s exciting law variations
– head coach Nick Stiles and his team had saved their best performance for last.
Brisbane City finished the season where it had all began, after Ballymore also played host to the first-ever match of the NRC against
the Sydney Stars in August.
After coming together as a squad just four days before the first
match, City had a strong showing with six regular season wins and
just two losses, followed by a win over NSW Country Eagles in the
elimination semi-final.
The City side was a mix of contracted St.George Queensland Reds
players and up-and-comers from club sides, with 38 players wearing the blue and gold jersey. In all, 20 club players were exposed to
this higher level of competition, supported by 12 Reds with Super
Rugby experience and seven capped Wallabies.
The competition also allowed Reds stars Quade Cooper and Will
Genia to return from injury and earn Wallabies recalls, while Number 8 Jake Schatz had one of his best performances of the NRC
in the City v Country match before being called into the Wallabies
squad and making his Test debut against Argentina.
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They also enjoyed cameos from Wallabies James Horwill and
James Hanson.
City won all but one of its matches at Ballymore, including a triumphant 29-13 victory in the inaugural Andy Purcell Cup clash against
Bond University Queensland Country, in front of a crowd of more
than 5,000.
The Grand Final was a spirited contest, with a tantalising mix of
power up front and speed out wide, as Brisbane City’s forward
pack dominated the Perth side in the set piece.
City’s power play earned four tries from set piece, including a penalty try, but it was the home side’s last try which sealed the win.
With six minutes to go, replacement winger Junior Laloifi of Sunnybank received the ball with room to move and burst down the left
touch line. The former Australian Sevens speedster burned his way
past two lagging defenders before diving into the corner to score.
As is tradition at Ballymore, the fans were allowed onto the field
following the match as Brisbane City captain Dave McDuling raised
the NRC trophy, before the team sang its victory song “Glory, Glory
Brisbane City”.
The NRC was introduced in 2014 to help bridge the gap between
club Rugby and Super Rugby. Queensland Rugby’s strategy of
managing the two Queensland NRC teams - Queensland Country
and Brisbane City - was successful. As well as claiming the inaugural title, 46 non-contracted players in Queensland were exposed
to this higher level of competition in 2014, along with 20 contracted
Reds players and eight Reds Wider Training Squad members.
NATIONAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP:
BOND UNIVERSITY QUEENSLAND COUNTRY
Bond University Queensland Country’s 2014 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship campaign, under the guidance of head coach Steve Meehan, unearthed some of
Queensland’s brightest young Rugby talents and provided
an opportunity for club players to experience the demands
of a professional environment.
A total of 37 players represented Queensland Country throughout
the inaugural NRC, including seven St.George Queensland Reds,
two Reds Wider Training Squad members and a total of 28 players
from Queensland Premier Rugby and Queensland Country Rugby.
Twenty players from the squad trace their roots to Queensland
Country regions or had played country Rugby, including the two
Parker brothers Andrew and Michael, who were selected to play
from the local Townsville competition.
The team secured two wins over the Greater Sydney Rams in
Round 5 (24-13) and the Sydney Stars in Round 8 (53-29), falling
short in a number of close encounters.
After losing a number of Reds to injury, the Country side had to rely
on the depth of its club Rugby player base for the majority of the
competition and a number of players shone and were rewarded for
their efforts.
The young GPS duo of Campbell Magnay, who was just 17 at the
time of the competition, and James Tuttle (18) racked up significant
game time for the Country side in just their first year out of school
and showed great potential as prospects for the future. Following
the season Magnay signed a three-year contract with the Reds
while Tuttle and centre Sam Johnson (originally from Dysart) both
signed to the Reds Elite Development Squad.
Former Slade Point junior and current Sunnybank Number 8 Ben
Adams, who captained the Country side for its final three games,
was a standout for the side and started in all eight matches
throughout the NRC. His club teammate Haydn Hirsimaki, former
Sunshine Coast Stingrays representative, also showed great capability at the scrum and in open play as Country’s first-choice
loosehead prop.
University of Queensland flanker Jack de Guingand finished the
season strong, starting in Country’s final three matches after Beau
Robinson was ruled out due to injury. He scored a hat-trick in his
starting debut against the Perth Spirit.
Outside of young up-and-coming players, Queensland Country
also provided seasoned Premier Rugby veterans such as Easts
flyhalf Matt Brandon and Bond University lock Rubin Fuimaono, the
opportunity to play at a higher level.
The NRC was introduced in 2014 to help bridge the gap between
club Rugby and Super Rugby. Queensland Rugby’s strategy of
managing the two Queensland NRC teams – Bond University
Queensland Country and Brisbane City - was successful.
While a number of Queensland Country players progressed
through the program to join the Reds ahead of 2015, a large contingent of players to their respective clubs with greater experience
and knowledge which they can pass on to their teammates, further
strengthening the code in Queensland.
15
BRISBANE CITY STATS
Opposition
Date
Sydney
Stars
Perth
Spirit
Melbourne
Rising
NSW Country
Eagles
Queensland
Country
Greater Sydney
Rams
21/08/2014
31/08/2014
6/09/2014
14/09/2014
28/09/2014
3/10/2014
Venue
Ballymore
Stadium
University of WA
Ballymore
Stadium
Oakes
Oval
Ballymore
Stadium
Pirtek
Stadium
City
Brisbane
Perth
Brisbane
Lismore
Brisbane
Sydney
Crowd
Final Score
3,400
2,300
2,387
1,300
5,000
1,600
45-20 Brisbane
26-21 Brisbane
79-18 Melbourne
34-26 Brisbane
29-13 Brisbane
56-29 Rams
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
6
4
22
3
17
6
8
10
1
BROWNING, Curtis
8
BUCHANAN, Tim
4
COOPER, Quade
17
FAAGASE, Sef
FEAO, David
16
9
16
15
9
7
7
FEAUNATI, Matthew
FRISBY, Nick
15
9
21
6
GENIA, Will
GUNN, Michael
3
1
21
9
9
23
9
7
HANSON, James
5
HORWILL, James
KEREVI, Samuela
KITE, Phil
KORCZYK, Adam
KOTZE, Marco
KURIDRANI, Chris
12
18
6
4
14
17
5
10
21
1
11
2
6
10
21
1
11
2
8
3
18
8
3
23
12
23
LALOIFI, Junior
MAFI, Matt
12
18
19
4
14
3
20
4
14
23
17
16
MAHINA, Chazz
McDULING, Dave
McINTYRE, Jake
MULLINS, Jack
PARAKA, Pettowa
PARKER, Harry
READY, Andrew
5
10
1
11
2
ROCHESTER, Sam
SCHATZ, Jake
TALAKAI, Sam
12
12
6
INJ
14
23
17
20
5
10
22
16
19
14
23
16
20
5
10
21
1
2
19
8
18
12
18
19
4
14
11
16
5
22
17
2
2
8
18
3
TAPUAI, Ben
TAPUAI, Rex
13
21
THOMPSON, Will
TURNER, Lachie
VA'AULU, Brando
WHITE, Toby
WILKIN, Brad
GORMAN, Daniel
DALGLEISH, James
15
13
20
19
22
13
19
13
20
22
22
7
GILL, Liam
GREENE, Sam
KEY:
16
Captain
11
15
13
11
15
13
15
20
7
7
Semi Final
Grand Final
North Harbour
Rays
Canberra Vikings
NSW Country
Eagles
Perth Spirit
11/10/2014
18/10/2014
24/10/2014
1/11/2014
Brookvale
Oval
Suncorp
Stadium
Central
Coast Stadium
Ballymore
Stadium
Sydney
Brisbane
Gosford
Brisbane
1,852
13,700
Not Announced
7,889
77-26 Brisbane
37-16 Brisbane
32-26 Brisbane
37-26 Brisbane
Position
Position
Position
Position
8
4
10
3
1
15
9
6
6
6
19
7
12
18
6
19
14
16
20
5
23
22
17
11
2
3
17
11
9
21
7
2
3
17
11
9
3
17
11
9
20
12
18
19
4
14
23
16
18
20
4
14
23
16
20
5
10
12
1
5
10
21
1
5
10
12
1
16
2
2
18
19
4
14
8
8
8
21
13
21
15
23
13
22
15
13
7
22
15
13
22
7
2014
Caps
2014
Points
6
6
3
8
8
7
10
3
6
1
1
7
8
9
9
10
5
8
4
10
10
7
10
4
10
1
7
6
0
4
2
3
7
9
5
1
4
4
1
10
30
39
0
0
5
0
5
10
0
0
20
5
5
5
30
10
0
0
5
79
10
25
5
10
0
25
0
0
0
0
5
10
20
0
0
0
10
3
BROWNING, Curtis
BUCHANAN, Tim
COOPER, Quade
FAAGASE, Sef
FEAO, David
FEAUNATI, Matthew
FRISBY, Nick
GENIA, Will
GUNN, Michael
HANSON, James
HORWILL, James
KEREVI, Samuela
KITE, Phil
KORCZYK, Adam
KOTZE, Marco
KURIDRANI, Chris
LALOIFI, Junior
MAFI, Matt
MAHINA, Chazz
McDULING, Dave
McINTYRE, Jake
MULLINS, Jack
PARAKA, Pettowa
PARKER, Harry
READY, Andrew
ROCHESTER, Sam
SCHATZ, Jake
TALAKAI, Sam
TAPUAI, Ben
TAPUAI, Rex
THOMPSON, Will
TURNER, Lachie
VA'AULU, Brando
WHITE, Toby
WILKIN, Brad
GORMAN, Daniel
DALGLEISH, James
GILL, Liam
GREENE, Sam
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QUEENSLAND COUNTRY STATS
Opposition
Date
Venue
City
Crowd
Final Score
ADAMS, Ben
NSW
Country
Canbera
Vikings
North Harbour
Rays
Greater Sydney
Rams
Brisbane
City
Perth
Spirit
30/08/2014
6/09/2014
13/09/2014
18/09/2014
28/09/2014
4/10/2014
Bond University
Viking Park
Cbus Super Stadium
Ballymore Stadium
Ballymore Stadium
Rockingham RUFC
Gold Coast
Canberra
Gold Coast
Brisbane
Brisbane
Perth
2,000
2,500
3,090
1,027
5,000
912
37-13 NSW Country
26-21 Vikings
32-29 Rays
24-13 QLD Country
29-13 Brisbane
68-29 Spirit
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
Position
8
8
8
8
8
8
11
10
18
23
10
1
10
11
10
11
10
20
19
7
5
BEAUCHAMP, Luke
BEVERIDGE, Giles
BRANDON, Matt
BURKE, Fred
DE GUINGAND, Jack
10
18
21
20
ENEVER, Blake
FAINGA’A, Anthony
12
12
5
11
19
14
2
4
9
19
2
4
9
5
1
3
1
3
20
13
16
23
20
13
16
FAINGA’A, Saia
FATTAL, Sam
FITZGERALD, Pierce
12
2
19
12
16
5
2
4
2
4
19
23
17
2
4
4
9
18
3
21
5
9
1
3
5
9
1
9
1
FOTUAIKA, Feao
FRENEY, Ryan
FUIMAONO, Rubin
GALE, Scott
GORMAN, Dan
GRASSO, Sam
HIRSIMAKI, Haydn
HOLMES, Greg
JOHNSON, Sam
KING, Mitch
KNOX, Clynton
MA’AFU, Tonga
MAGNAY, Campbell
13
12
19
22
16
13
12
6
13
23
13
18
16
14
22
7
18
16
14
22
PAIA’AUA, Duncan
PARKER, Andrew
PARKER, Michael
PINCUS, Tom
14
14
14
7
22
7
15
6
21
17
23
15
6
21
17
11
7
23
18
15
6
21
17
PORTER, Herman
ROBINSON, Beau
7
SETU, Rota
SLIPPER, Will
17
TURNER, James
TUTTLE, James
6
22
WAKELY, Campbell
WINKLEY, Todd
15
BRACEWELL, Cameron
FAKAOSILEA, Lolo
HARRIS, Mike
LUCAS, Ben
PAYNE, Jack
SANDAY, Kirwan
SIMMONS, Rob
SLIPPER, James
KEY:
18
Captain
17
15
6
21
3
15
20
21
3
Sydney
Stars
Melbourne
Rising
11/10/2014
18/10/2014
Mike Carney
Toyota Park
AAMI Park
Townsville
Melbourne
1,174
1,924
53-29 QLD Country
47-26 Rising
Position
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2014
Caps
2014
Points
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ADAMS, Ben
BEAUCHAMP, Luke
BEVERIDGE, Giles
BRANDON, Matt
BURKE, Fred
DE GUINGAND, Jack
ENEVER, Blake
FAINGA’A, Anthony
FAINGA’A, Saia
FATTAL, Sam
FITZGERALD, Pierce
FOTUAIKA, Feao
FRENEY, Ryan
FUIMAONO, Rubin
GALE, Scott
GORMAN, Dan
GRASSO, Sam
HIRSIMAKI, Haydn
HOLMES, Greg
JOHNSON, Sam
KING, Mitch
KNOX, Clynton
MA’AFU, Tonga
MAGNAY, Campbell
PAIA’AUA, Duncan
PARKER, Andrew
PARKER, Michael
PINCUS, Tom
PORTER, Herman
ROBINSON, Beau
SETU, Rota
SLIPPER, Will
TURNER, James
TUTTLE, James
WAKELY, Campbell
WINKLEY, Todd
BRACEWELL, Cameron
FAKAOSILEA, Lolo
HARRIS, Mike
LUCAS, Ben
PAYNE, Jack
SANDAY, Kirwan
SIMMONS, Rob
SLIPPER, James
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COMMUNITY
RUGBY
2014 has seen Queensland Rugby again improve upon its
nation-topping participation numbers, reflecting the efforts
of the QRU in growing the code in Queensland.
In Queensland Country Rugby, North Queensland took out the top
honours in the Graincorp Queensland Country Championships,
winning both the Open and Under-19 age groups.
In total 296,365 Queenslanders played Rugby in 2014, a figure
which includes a 49% rise in Sevens participation, a 5.6% rise in
Junior Rugby participation, as well as an increase in the participation of women by 13%.
The Queensland Country Heelers travelled to New Zealand in June
for a two-match tour and went down narrowly to North Canterbury
18-14, before finishing their campaign on a high with a 31-14 victory over North Otago.
Support for community Rugby from Queensland’s Rugby’s corporate partners increased by 5.5% in 2014 through our aggregation
program, eclipsing $1,500,000.
Queensland’s age group representatives achieved a number of
highlights in 2014. Shenae Ciesolka, Marioulla Belessis, Amber Pilley, Laura Waldie, and Dominique Du Toit represented Queensland
proudly on the world stage in Nanjing as part of the gold medal
winning Australian Youth Girl’s Sevens team, becoming the first
athletes to capture an Olympic Gold medal for Rugby since 1924.
The Try Sevens program experienced growth once again in 2014,
with 42,902 students across 171 schools in Queensland participating in the intitiative, an increase of 18,641 from 2013.
The strength of Rugby at the grassroots level was emphasised by
the successes of the 2014 Queensland Premier Rugby competition. Teams averaged 28 points per game in attack over 18 rounds
of fixtures, while the competition’s most dynamic attacking sides
met in the Grand Final, hosted at Ballymore Stadium.
University of Queensland and Sunnybank delighted spectators as
momentum see-sawed throughout the match, but University landed the final blow on full-time, slotting a penalty to claim a 20-18
victory. The Grand Final victory saw University complete their 2014
silverware collection, with the Hospital Cup joining the Welsby Cup,
Horsley Trophy and the Doughty Shield in the Red Heavies’ trophy
cabinet at St.Lucia.
The introduction of the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship
gave the opportunity for 46 Queensland club Rugby players to
play representative Rugby at a higher level. Eleven players from
Queensland’s NRC sides went on to earn contracts with the Reds
for 2015, 10 named to the newly established Elite Development
Squad, and teenage centre Campbell Magnay signed to the main
squad.
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Queensland also contributed seven Under-20 Representatives to
the IRB Junior World Championships in New Zealand, coached by
Queenslander Adrian Thompson.
Eleven of Queensland’s schoolboy Rugby elite were rewarded for
their play by earning selection in the 2014 Australian Schoolboys
team which toured New Zealand, captained by Anglican Church
Grammar Number 8 Harley Fox. St. Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace product Connor Moroney received the Golden Boot award as
Australia’s best performer.
Queensland’s Women’s Sevens players were rewarded after brilliant 2014 seasons in both domestic and international competition.
Queensland Red took out the National Women’s Sevens Championships, defeating NSW Blue 19-0 in the Cup final. Queenslander
Charlotte Caslick was named ‘player of the tournament’.
Roma’s Emilee Cherry was named Queensland Women’s Sevens
Player of the Year, while Shenae Ciesoilka was named Queensland
Youth Girl’s Sevens Player of the Year.
ST.GEORGE ROOKIES2REDS
SEVENS
Since its establishment in 2012, St.George Rookies2Reds
has gone from strength to strength and 2014 saw the program further expand. The program saw 7,039 participants
take part – an increase from 6,000 in 2013. A total of 244
Rookies2Reds centres were established from the Gold
Coast to as far as the Mornington Peninsula.
QUEENSLAND SEVENS FESTIVAL
The Queensland Sevens Festival, which ran from Monday 6
October through to Sunday 12 October, saw growth in Rugby Sevens participation experienced across the State.
Rookies2Reds catered for three age groups in 2014:
• Little Legends (5-7 years old)
• Junior Champs (8-9 years old)
• Future Stars (10-11 years old)
Rookies2Reds was once again well received amongst the
Queensland Rugby community, with a 98.6% participant satisfaction rate.
2015 will be another exciting year for the program.
The festival took place in the leadup to the IRB Gold Coast Sevens
event, which was held at Cbus Super Stadium on 11-12 October.
The week-long festival encouraged aspiring Sevens players from a
range of age groups to participate in the sport.
QUEENSLAND REDS TRY SEVENS
The Try Sevens program provided schools from across
Queensland the opportunity to sample Rugby Sevens in a
fun and inclusive environment in the lead up to the IRB Sevens World Series on the Gold Coast.
Try Sevens saw record growth in participation with 42,902 students participating in the program across 171 schools, compared
to 24,261 participants across 123 schools in 2013.
Brisbane’s South region had a significant increase from last year’s
figures, with a growth of over 50% to 7,692 students participating.
The rise of Rugby Sevens in country Queensland was also evident,
with 16 schools participating in the program in the Central Highlands region, a 75% increase from last year.
CORPORATE TAG SEVENS
The Corporate Tag Sevens event, run by Queensland Rugby
in partnership with Tourism and Events Queensland, was a
unique opportunity for businesses to network and play Tag
Sevens under the guidance of experienced coaches and
current St.George Queensland Reds players.
The day culminated in the grand final which took place on the Cbus
Super Stadium pitch at the Gold Coast Sevens, where the ‘United
Arab Emirates’ corporate team took out the honours.
ALL SCHOOLS SEVENS
The All Schools Sevens event is designed to provide opportunities for schools to showcase their best Sevens talent.
The event saw schools field team in Under-13, Under-15 and
Open age groups.
Marsden State High School took out the Under-13 Cup final, while
The Southport School came out on top in the Under-15 age group.
Anglican Church Grammar School, led by Australian Schoolboys
captain Harley Fox, took out the Cup in the open boys pool, defeating The Southport School 56-5.
Girl’s Sevens was also included in the tournament, with a range of
schools fielding sides in the Under-15 and open age groups.
Clontarf Beach State High School took out the Under-15 Cup final, while Merrimac State High School, bolstered by the inclusion
of Australian Youth Olympic Gold Medallist Amber Pilley, won the
opens Cup final over Sunshine Coast school St.Teresa’s 19-0.
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VOLUNTEER EDUCATION
Key outcomes for 2014:
Queensland Rugby worked hard in 2014 to further educate
the volunteers associated with Rugby throughout the state.
A total of 170 coaching courses were run throughout 2014, with
a total of 2,955 participants. Queensland experienced increases in
Coaching Kids Rugby compliance and Foundation Course compliance.
QRU development staff also ran Level 1 courses in 2014 and
Queensland now boasts 1,421 Level 1 accredited coaches, an increase from 1,343 in 2013.
Community Development Program:
• Four St.George Rookies2Reds School Attendance Programs – 897 participants
• Yarrabah Breakfast Club - 1050 participants - 43%
increase on 2013
Future Indigenous Leaders Program:
• 52 selected participants in Year 6, 7 or 8 from Cherbourg, Woorabinda and Yarrabah
The Inaugural Advanced Coaching Seminar Series was launched in
2014, with one course and 82 participants.
• 9600 hours of QRU mentor to participant contact
Forty referee education courses took place throughout 2014 with a
• Two Indigenous Leadership Camps in Brisbane, one in
conjunction with the St.George Queensland Reds Indigenous Round
total of 535 participants.
QUEENSLAND REDS
INDIGENOUS PROGRAM
• Semester 1 school attendance percentage of 91.25%
(State Indigenous Average 85.7%)
The St.George Queensland Reds Indigenous Program
(QRIP) continued to grow, evolve and achieve exceptional
results in 2014.
• 86% of students Grades were C or above in Semester
1 2014, up from 54% in 2013
Learn Earn Legend! Program:
This year the QRIP saw five Indigenous Remote Communities
(Cherbourg, Woorabinda, Yarrabah, Mornington Island and Thursday Island) benefit from over 74 visits via the Community Development and Future Indigenous Leaders Program, while 72 visits were
conducted to the 15 schools involved in the Learn Earn Legend!
Program. This year also saw the commencement of the second
“REDdy to Work” program in partnership with Mission Australia.
• 15 schools across the Brisbane, Ipswich, Toowoomba,
Yeppoon and Central Highlands region
In reflection, the greatest achievement for 2014 was the Queensland
Government’s acknowledgement of the program in announcing
Queensland Rugby Union as a finalist in the Community category
of the Queensland Reconciliation Awards held in Townsville on the
27th May.
• 100% graduated Year 12
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• 153 Participants (53 School Leaver, 67 Year 12, 33
Year 11)
•Over 3900 QRU mentor to participant contacts
• 92.4% successfully transitioned into employment or
further education (21.6% above State Indigenous Average)
PREMIER RUGBY 2014
With nine teams competing for the Hospital Cup in 2014, the
Queensland Premier Rugby competition delivered yet another year of exciting grassroots Rugby which saw a number of talented players identified for further honours.
The season was a race between six teams for most of the year
with 2013 premiers Easts and Souths chasing the eventual finalists, University, Sunnybank, Brothers and GPS, until the final few
rounds of the regular competition.
University and Sunnybank contested the Grand Final and a
last-minute penalty goal to Tom Pincus secured University a 20-18
victory, crowning the team as 2014 Premiers.
The Hospital Cup completed University’s silverware collection for
2014, having already claimed the Welsby and Horsley Cups as well
as their fifth straight Doughty Shield for the club championship.
In total, 44 Premier Rugby players from outside of the Reds
squad and Reds Wider Training Squad participated in the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship, with either Brisbane City or
Queensland Country, with 18 of those players part of the Brisbane
City squad that claimed the title.
Trophies awarded in the 2014 Premier Rugby season:
Leading point scorer - Tom Pincus, University (208 points)
Leading try scorer - Giles Beveridge, Brothers (16 tries)
Alec Evans Medallist - Rex Tapuai, Sunnybank
Welsby Cup - University of Queensland
Horsley Cup - University of Queensland
Doughty Shield - University of Queensland
Premier Rugby Colt of the Year - Lolo Fakaosilea
Souths 69 University of Queensland 25
Brisbane Colts 1 Major Semi-Final:
Bond University 36 University of Queensland 31
Brisbane Colts 1 Minor Semi-Final:
GPS 11 Sunnybank 7
Brisbane Colts 2 Major Semi-Final:
University of Queensland 1 34 Logan City 26
Brisbane Colts 2 Minor Semi-Final:
Sunnybank 29 GPS 23
Women’s Major Semi-Final:
University of Queensland 25 Sunnybank 15
Women’s Minor Semi-Final:
Norths 5 GPS 5
Finals - Week 2 - 9-10/08/2014
Premier Grade Preliminary Final:
Sunnybank 33 GPS 24
Premier Colts Preliminary Final:
Brothers 23 GPS 18
Premier Reserve Preliminary Final:
University of Queensland 25 Brothers 16
Brisbane 1st Grade Preliminary Final:
Brisbane 2nd Grade Preliminary Final:
GPS 21 University of Queensland 11
Brisbane 3rd Grade Preliminary Final:
Souths 24 Logan City 17
Brisbane 4th Grade Preliminary Final:
Souths 27 University of Queensland 1 14
Colts 1 Preliminary Final:
University of Queensland 41 GPS 8
FINALS AT BALLYMORE
Finals - Week 1 - 2-3/08/2014
Premier Grade Major Semi-Final:
Colts 2 Preliminary Final:
Logan City 14 Sunnybank 13
Women’s Preliminary Final:
Sunnybank 12 Norths 5
Premier Grade Minor Semi-Final:
GPS 21 Brothers 13
Finals - Week 3 - 16-17/08/2014
Premier Colts Major Semi-Final:
Sunnybank 26 GPS 20
Premier Grade Grand Final:
Premier Colts Minor Semi-Final:
Brothers 18 University of Queensland 12
Premier Colts Grand Final:
Sunnybank 15 Brothers 15
Premier Reserve Major Semi-Final:
(Sunnybank won as they were placed high on the competition ladder at
the culmination of the regular season)
Premier Reserve Minor Semi-Final:
Brothers 39 Sunnybank 28
Premier Reserve Grand Final:
Brisbane First Grade Major Semi-Final:
Logan City 32 University of Queensland 22
Brisbane 1st Grade Grand Final:
Logan City 28 Souths 17
Brisbane First Grade Minor Semi-Final:
Souths 20 GPS 17
Brisbane 2nd Grade Grand Final:
Norths 15 GPS 3
Brisbane Second Grade Major Semi-Final:
Norths 27 University of Queensland 11
Brisbane 3rd Grade Grand Final:
Brisbane Second Grade Minor Semi-Final:
GPS 27 Logan City 17
Brisbane 4th Grade Grand Final:
Easts 43 Souths 0
Brisbane Third Grade Major Semi-Final:
University of Queensland 15 Souths 5
Brisbane Colts 1 Grand Final:
University of Queensland 26 Bond University 20
Brisbane Third Grade Minor Semi-Final:
Logan City 24 GPS 12
Brisbane Colts 2 Grand Final:
University of Queensland 1 32 Logan City 5
Brisbane Fourth Grade Major Semi-Final:
Easts 50 University of Queensland 10
Brisbane Women’s Grand Final:
Brisbane Fourth Grade Minor Semi-Final:
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PREMIER RUGBY TABLE
P
W
L
D
Fft
Opp
Fft
F
A
Df
BP
<7p
BP
4t
Pts
University of Queensland
16
14
1
1
0
0
577
285
292
0
12
70
Sunnybank
16
11
5
0
0
0
594
324
270
3
12
59
Brothers
16
12
4
0
0
0
521
314
207
1
8
57
GPS
16
10
5
1
0
0
524
400
124
2
13
57
Easts
16
8
6
2
0
0
458
374
84
2
8
46
Souths
16
7
9
0
0
0
404
461
-57
3
8
39
Bond University
16
5
11
0
0
0
341
559
-218
2
4
26
Wests
16
2
14
0
0
0
356
582
-226
5
5
18
Norths
16
1
15
0
0
0
272
748
-476
1
3
8
Team
PREMIER COLTS RUGBY TABLE
P
W
L
D
Fft
Opp
Fft
F
A
Df
BP
<7p
BP
4t
Pts
GPS
16
13
3
0
0
0
472
200
272
2
8
62
Sunnybank
16
12
4
0
0
0
520
256
264
1
7
56
Brothers
16
11
5
0
0
0
421
209
212
2
7
53
University of Queensland
16
9
7
0
0
0
469
272
197
6
8
50
Bond University
16
10
6
0
0
0
371
203
168
3
6
49
Souths
16
10
6
0
0
0
377
261
116
1
7
48
Easts
16
3
13
0
0
0
226
641
-415
0
3
15
Norths
16
2
14
0
0
0
168
596
-428
3
0
11
Wests
16
2
14
0
0
0
145
531
-386
0
2
10
Team
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QUEENSLAND COUNTRY RUGBY
2014 was another successful year for Queensland Country
Rugby Union with the Graincorp Country Championships in
May and early June and a two-match tour to New Zealand
in June.
The Graincorp Country Championships began with Sub-Union
competitions that spanned across Queensland from May 16-18
and from these matches, players were selected for the Under-19
and Open teams that represented North Queensland, Central
Queensland and Southern Queensland in the regional competition
from June 6-9.
North Queensland took out the top honours in the Graincorp
Queensland Country Championships, winning both the Open and
Under-19 age groups.
The Graincorp Queensland Country Heelers were selected from
the regional teams, with 11 North Queenslanders, 10 South
Queenslanders and four Central Queenslanders named in the
Open team that travelled to New Zealand for its two-match tour
in June.
The Heelers went down to North Canterbury 18-14 on June 26,
but finished the campaign on a high just three days later with a 3114 victory over North Otago on June 29.
Townsville brothers Andrew and Michael Parker, who toured with
the Heelers to New Zealand, were later called into the Bond University Queensland Country squad for the inaugural Buildcorp National Rugby Championship season.
RESULTS FOR GRAINCORP COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS:
OPEN AGE GROUP
QUEENSLAND
COUNTRY
HEELERS
SQUAD FOR NEW ZEALAND TOUR:
OPEN
Name
Region
Name
Region
Andrew Ahwang
NQ
Samuel Hogarth
SQ
Dale Ahwang
NQ
Matthew Howse
SQ
Lee Anderson
CQ
Hayden Makiri
SQ
Tom Beattie
SQ
Apaitia Matalau
NQ
Matthew Blair
SQ
Jesse McMillan
CQ
Nicholas Chapman
SQ
Timoci Nawaibalavu
NQ
Kele Degei
NQ
Andrew Parker
NQ
Paul Doneley
CQ
Michael Parker
NQ
Benjamin Douglas
NQ
Sonny Power
SQ
John Ellis
CQ
James Turvey
SQ
Ken Funnaki
NQ
Thomas Vinson
NQ
Cohan Guerra
NQ
Jason Welburn
SQ
Terry Harvey
SQ
U19 QUEENSLAND COUNTRY HEELERS TRAINING SQUAD
Name
Region
Name
Region
Shaun Arnold-Brown
SQ
Shane Kennedy
NQ
Lachlan Bates
CQ
Luke Kimber
SQ
Matt Burke
SQ
Josh Lamb
NQ
Todd Cooper
NQ
Hamish McDonald
SQ
Jamie Deshon
SQ
Stewy Milne
SQ
Josh Fletcher
NQ
Blair Morgan
NQ
Nic Fordyce
CQ
Brendan Morgan
NQ
Will Gilbert
SQ
Joe Ramsey
CQ
Kalani Heke
CQ
Cameron Scott
NQ
Kendall Heke
CQ
Zac Shanks
CQ
Leonard Heron
NQ
Bryan Spence
CQ
Jodeci Hodge
NQ
Malakai Taufa
NQ
Match
Result
Far North Queensland vs Townsville
T 29 def FNQ 5
Far North Queensland vs Mackay
FNQ 30 def M 3
Townsville vs Mackay
T 50 def M 12
Brahmans vs Wide Bay
B 45 def WB 0
Brahmans vs Western Queensland
B 45 def WB 0
Brahmans vs Central Highlands
B 28 def CH 15
Western Queensland vs Central Highlands
CH 14 def WQ 0
Jack Horton
NQ
Corey Te Huia
SQ
Western Queensland vs Wide Bay
WB 39 def WQ 17
Dylan Jack
NQ
Dan Tyson
CQ
Central Highlands vs Wide Bay
CH 43 def WB 10
Josh Johnson
CQ
Adam Young
NQ
Sunshine Coast vs Darling Downs
SC 28 def DD 17
Sunshine Coast vs Gold Coast
GC 24 def SC 20
Name
Region
Name
Region
Darling Downs vs Gold Coast
GC 36 def DD 27
Northern Queensland vs Central Queensland
NQ 43 def CQ 7
Jack Boevink
NQ
Joe Marshall
CQ
Northern Queensland vs Southern Queensland
NQ 40 def SQ 25
Lachlan Howell
CQ
Luke Willett
SQ
Southern Queensland vs Central Queensland
SQ 15 def CQ 13
Guy Kirby
NQ
Shadows:
U/19 AGE GROUP
Match
Result
Far North Queensland vs Townsville
T 26 def FNQ 5
Far North Queensland vs Mackay
M 30 def FNQ 0
Townsville vs Mackay
T 46 def M 0
Sunshine Coast vs Darling Downs
DD 17 def SC 15
Northern Queensland vs Central Queensland
NQ 31 def CQ 26
Northern Queensland vs Southern Queensland
NQ 40 def SQ 15
Southern Queensland vs Central Queensland
SQ 15 def CQ 12
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QUEENSLAND SCHOOLBOYS
The Australian Schoolboys Rugby Union Championship third
place playoff was a rematch from 2013, with Queensland I
and Queensland II coming up against each other for the second year in a row.
QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS 2
Name
School
1
Richie Asiata
Anglican Church Grammar School
The match ended in a 26-all draw between the two Queensland
sides while NSW I claimed the championship for the second year
in a row with a 37-24 win over NSW II.
2
Josh Webb
3
James McColl
Toowoomba Grammar School
4
Dylan Leyland
Brisbane Boys College
The championship was an opportunity for players to be selected
for the Australian Schoolboys team that competed in New Zealand
in late September through to early October.
5
Jacob Elordi
St Joseph’s Nudgee College
6
Angus Scott- Young
7
PJ van den Berg
The Southport School
8
Agassi Stowers
9
Eli Pilz
10
Liam McNamara
Brisbane State High School
11
Tyrone Hussey
12
Matthew Smit
13
Jim Henjak
14
Christopher Afamasaga
St Francis College
15
Geoffrey Robertson
Ipswich Grammar School
16
Jordan Tupai - ui
St Columban’s College
17
Johann Koorts
18
Luke Peterson
19
Masi Ganita
Sunnybank State High School
20
Liam Wright
21
Reuben Wall
St Joseph’s College Gregory Terrace
Brock McNulty
St Edmund’s College
Kailab Coventry
Kirwan State High School
Queensland produced 11 representatives, including Harley Fox
who was awarded the captaincy, along with Brisbane Boys College’s Stephen Phillpotts returning as head coach.
Squad:
Richie Asiata - Anglican Church Grammar School, Joey Fittock The Southport School, Harley Fox – Anglican Church Grammar
School, Gavin Luka - St Joseph’s Nudgee College, Reece Hewat
– St. Joseph’s Nudgee College, Alex Mafi - St Joseph’s, Nudgee
College, Connor Moroney - St Joseph’s College, Gregory Terrace,
Izaia Perese – Anglican Church Grammar School, Izack Rodda Ipswich Grammar School, Tuaina Tualima – Brisbane State High
School and Shambeckler Vui - Ipswich Grammar School.
The efforts of some of these players led to even higher honours,
as Fittock, Fox, Moroney, Tualima, Perese and Rodda were offered
Reds Elite Development Squad contracts.
QUEENSLAND SCHOOLS 1
Name
School
22
1
Gavin Luka
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2
Alex Mafi
3
Shambeckler Vui
4
Darcy Taimua-Swain
5
Reece Hewat
6
Tuaina Tualima
7
Connor Moroney
8
Harley Fox
9
Harry Nucifora
10
Alex Horan
11
Joey Fittock
12
Calvin Pritchard
13
Dean Bender
Toowoomba Grammar School
14
Sam Edwards
15
Clifton Setu
St Edmund’s College
16
Josvyn Sokimi
17
Joshua Taylor
18
Peter Flitcroft
Pacific Lutheran College
19
Daniel Byrne
Marist College Ashgrove
20
Jack Farrell
21
Harry Parcell
22
Fred Dorrough
23
Tyrone Southorn
Manager - Ben Cameron - Kingston State College
Coach - David Cooke - Cleveland State High School
Asst Coach - Mark Moxon - Ignatius Park College
Manager - Noel Gardner - St Edmund’s College
Coach - Carl Marshall - Brisbane Grammar School
Asst Coach - Michael Crank - Mt Maria College
Physio - Ian Astbury
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Physio - Joel McPhee
JUNIOR GOLD CUP
The inaugural Junior Gold Cup ran from February to April
and consisted of 48 teams across 24 centres in five states,
separated into under-15 and under-17 age groups.
Representative teams from Country Queensland, Brisbane, Western Australian, South Australia, Victoria, regional NSW and Sydney
all took part. The competition was a conference-based system,
with a Northern and Southern conference.
Queensland fielded four teams from Brisbane (separated into Yellow, Purple, Orange and Pink), the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast,
Darling Downs, Townsville and Central Queensland.
Brisbane teams had some especially strong performances in the
tournament, which eventually led to Brisbane Purple under-17s
progressing to the semi-finals, while Brisbane Purple under-15s
made it to the grand final, which was played at Suncorp Stadium
as a curtain raiser to the Reds Round 6 Super Rugby clash against
the Western Force at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, April 5.
Brisbane Purple under-15s went down in the hotly contested final
to Victoria 30-21.
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QUEENSLAND WOMEN’S AND GIRL’S RUGBY
In 2014, Queensland experienced success at the National
Women’s Sevens Championships through the strong form of
the Queensland Red and Queensland White sides.
The 2014 Australian Youth Olympic Gold medal-winning Girls Sevens team featured five Queenslanders - Shenae Ciesiolka, Marioulla Belessis, Amber Pilley, Laura Waldie and Dominique De Toit.
Queensland Red, which featured Australian Women’s Sevens players Emilee Cherry, Charlotte Caslick and Shannon Parry, along
with 2014 Youth Olympics Sevens squad members Shenae Ciesiolka and Marioulla Belessis, won the Cup final beating New South
Wales Blue 19-0. Charlotte Caslick was also named ‘Player of the
Tournament’.
Shenae Ciesoilka was also named Queensland Youth Girl’s Player
of the Year.
Queensland White finished seventh overall after defeating South
Australia 24-0 in the seventh place playoff.
Queensland Women’s Red:
1. Charlotte Caslick
2. Evie Everden
3. Karina Brown
4. Maddison McCarthy
5. Emilee Cherry
6. Shenae Ciesiolka
7. Marioulla Belessis
Roma’s own Emilee Cherry received a number of individual accolades for her performances for the Australian Women’s Sevens
team in 2014 including being named the IRB Women’s Sevens
Player of the Year, Queensland Women’s Sevens Player of the Year,
RUPA Women’s Sevens Player’s Player, Australian Women’s Sevens Player of the Year and she also received the Shawn Mackay
Award - Australian Sevens Player of the Year.
Eight Queenslanders were named in the Wallaroos squad that flew
to France for the IRB Women’s Rugby World Cup in which the side
finished seventh.
Queenslander Shannon Parry captained the side throughout the
tournament.
The eight Queenslanders were:
Name
Representative Team
Tricia Brown
Queensland
Cheyenne Campbell
Queensland
Dalena Dennison
Queensland
Alisha Hewett
Australian Services Rugby Union
Shannon Parry (c)
Queensland
Coach: Sione Fukofuka
Liz Patu
Queensland
Manager: Sarah Stibbard
Brooke Saunders
Caroline Vakalahi
8. Shannon Parry (C)
9. Lauren Potter
10. Georgina Friedrichs
11. Shaan Waru
12. Liz Patu
Queensland Women’s White
1. Toni Wells
2. Natahlia Moors
3. Tayler Ellyatt
4. Megan Ward
5. Catherine Tipene
6. Madison Shuck
7. Hayley Kermond
8. Erica Fowler
9. Asako Ono
10. Melanie Kawa (C)
11. Elianna Suluvale
12. Evelyn Horomia
Coach: Jerry Scott
Manager: Greig Munro
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CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT
Capacity Development delivered financial sustainability
and infrastructure expansion across the community game
through delivering innovative commercial opportunities and
government funding outcomes in 2014.
The Queensland Rugby Aggregation Program formed a key element within the Capacity Development strategy. It capitalised on
the size and scale of the code to generate discounts, rebates and
infrastructure support for clubs and associations in Queensland
while supporting partners who support Rugby.
In 2014, over $1.5-million in savings, rebates and infrastructure
support were achieved across 123 participating Rugby clubs. The
benefits enabled clubs to maximise savings and revenue on commonly purchased items and build financial sustainability.
This year saw the expansion of the program to include 12 aggregation partners. Existing offers from St.George Bank, Coca-Cola
Amatil, LION, Cockfighters Ghost, Streets, Gilbert and Reds Membership Cash Back were joined in 2014 by Pizza Capers, BLK, 2XU
Compression, Capital Training Institute and Reds Match and Win.
In addition to club benefits, the program provided Queensland
Rugby corporate partners with the opportunity to invest in grassroots Rugby while growing market share. Queensland Rugby provides the important link between clubs and corporate partners for
the benefit of all.
Coca-Cola Amatil acknowledged the benefit of the program by
awarding Queensland Rugby with both State and National Coca-Cola sponsorship and marketing awards, recognising grassroots business growth.
2014 saw a significant expansion of Queensland Rugby’s grant
funding and government relations strategy to drive increased government investment into Rugby infrastructure, equipment and resources.
The expansion of Rugby infrastructure is critical for the growth of
the Rugby Economy and the code. Rugby clubs and associations
in Queensland secured over $2.4 million of government funding for
community infrastructure and resources.
A key element of this expansion was the introduction of a customised Club Development Plan for each club in Queensland.
Produced in consultation with each club, the document formed
a practical plan of how the club and Queensland Rugby can work
together to produce growth in four key areas; Infrastructure, Commercial, Participation and Volunteers.
In addition to facilitating this planning, Queensland Rugby Development Officers provided a new level of practical assistance to
ensure club grant funding applications were completed and submitted, utilising strategic support from the Capacity Development
Department.
The expanded grant funding program reaped immediate results
with the number of grant applications submitted by Rugby clubs
rising by 188% during 2014, 45 (2013) up to 85 (2014). As a result
grant funding to clubs from the Gambling Community Benefit Fund
grew by 309% - $157,178 (2013) up to $487,224 (2014).
The addition of a specialised Queensland Rugby Government
Relations Manager provided a resource to grow government support. The manager facilitated a range of new initiatives to support
club grant applications, secure funding support for major regional
Rugby facilities and strengthen relationships with key stakeholders
throughout Queensland.
In 2015, Capacity Development will continue to grow corporate
partner and government infrastructure investment into the code
through program expansion and refinement.
Six new aggregation partners will be introduced to fill strategic
categories with the largest club expenditure to maximise financial
benefit for grassroots Rugby. Rugby club participation in the aggregation program will be encouraged through an aggregation offer packaging an incentives strategy, supported by an expanded
marketing communications program.
The introduction of an online data management system will facilitate club infrastructure development and grant funding applications through accurate tracking and recording of key information across the regions. The system will enable the resources
of Queensland Rugby to be leveraged for the benefit of clubs
throughout Queensland.
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QUEENSLAND RUGBY JUNIOR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
U13 Teams
The Queensland Rugby Junior State Championships moved
to The Southport School (TSS) in 2014.
The event saw nearly 1,200 players across 36 teams take to the
fields representing their regions, in front of thousands of spectators
across the weekend.
With the introduction of the Junior Gold Cup earlier in 2014 for
Under 15s and 17s, the State Championships was limited to Under
13, 14 and 16 age divisions.
Teams from Brisbane, North Queensland, Central Queensland,
Northern Territory, Darling Downs, Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast
took part in the event.
The competition also took on the traditional City v Country format,
with City and Country representative teams selected in each age
division following the finals. The two teams in each age division
then faced off at Suncorp Stadium on Saturday, 11 July as curtain
raisers to the St.George Queensland Reds Round 18 Super Rugby
clash with the New South Wales Waratahs.
2014 FINAL RESULTS:
U13
U14
U16
1st
Place
Playoff
BJRU Blue 14
def Gold Coast
Gold 12
BJRU Green 27
def BJRU Pink 7
Sunshine Coast
7 def Gold Coast
7 (SC finish with
more competition
points)
3rd
Place
Playoff
BJRU Orange 24
def BJRU Green
21
Bushrangers 17
def BJRU Orange
7
BJRU Blue 12 def
North Queensland
7
5th
Place
Playoff
North Queensland
10 def Sunshine
Coast 0
BJRU Blue 34
def Gold Coast
Gold 21
Bushrangers 17
def BJRU Green 7
7th
Place
Playoff
BJRU Pink 10
def Gold Coast
Blue 3
Gold Coast Blue
12 def Sunshine
Coast 10
Darling Downs
19 def Northern
Territory 5
9th
Place
Playoff
Darling Downs
26 def Bushrangers 0
North Queensland
24 def Darling
Downs 15
City
Brodyn Tuhimata
Jack Brinsmead
Sam Finocchiaro
2
Harry Bartram
Edward Gunson
3
Zane Nonggorr
Luis Plazibat
4
Jock Thompson
Ethan Rees
5
Jamieson Poole
Daniel Condon
6
Tim Faingaanuku
William Roach
7
Ethan Roworth
Cayle Manu
8
Sam Williams
William Kirk
9
Sam Dalton
Jake Pappin
10
Will Grant
Christian Brown
11
Hamish Roberts
Francis Puna
12
Sam Nimmo
Louis Maritz
13
Terakura Heremaia
Thomas Macbeth
14
Sireli Raivaroro
Saimone Maafu
15
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow
Zac Hogan
16
Brodie Scott
Trent Todd
17
Kyle Rimmer
Ivano Steppa
Morgan Prendergast
18
Luke Spreadborough
19
Wilson Blyth
Xavier Strickland
20
Connor McKinlay
George Tolai
21
Lachlan McInnes
James Green
22
Carter Gordon
Ethan Robbins
23
Tom Payne
Rob Du Pont, Iona Siolo
Head Coach
Dale Ledger
Assistant
Coach
Adam Wallace
Kieran Moffat
Manager
Sonny Jobe
Patricia Alo-Emile
Trainer
James O’Keefe
City v Country:
Under-13s: City 26 def Country 21
Under-14s: Country 28 def City 26
Under-16s: City 12 def Country 10
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Country
1
U14 Teams
City
U16 Teams
Country
City
Garrett Smith
Latrell Soli
1
2
Theo Fourie
Mitchell Turnbull
2
Kaleb Talbot
3
Isaac Talbot
Liam Adams
3
Ben Klaassen
Joseph Small
4
Jesse Russell
Reece Bamford
4
Joshua Crone
Jack Buckley
5
Jack Kearns
Whetu Kiwi Kiwi-Moeara
5
Matt Willshire
Samuel Hearne
6
Hayden Saltner
Michael Wood
6
Carson Dehnert
Alex Colvin
7
Willie Venter
Benjamin McKenzie
7
Rye Steel
Bailey Tautau
8
Tom Wagner
Jed Chapman
8
Zac Xenitopolous
Moses Alo-Emile
1
Eugene Koorts
Emosi Tuqiri
Country
Lamoni Collins
Wolfgang Wallace
9
Jim Chapman
Henry Lennon
9
Malachi Reweti
Matthew Lo Grande
10
Tyler Wright
Tom Orchard
10
Creeden Weir
Callum Mathieson
11
Geordie Dalton
Ben Navosailagi
11
Charlie Bruce
Xavier Soli
12
Fletcher Lyneham
Moana Uhatani
12
Sam Cookson
James Hartland
13
Tye James
Lachlan Vellacott
13
Borore Howton
Sietoa Teesi
14
Dennis Waight
Carlos Kiwi Kiwi
14
Lawson Dunne
Zac Steer
15
Ash Marsh
Will Gavin
15
Matt McCarthy
Viliami Lea
16
Chanze Anderson
Shammah Solomona
16
Daniel Reidy
Joshua Smith
17
Keelin Williams
Liam Usher
17
Tyler Searle
Matthew Durnan
18
Tyrell Kopua
Siaosi Lepua
18
Ben Stewart
Nicholas Whip
19
Tom Winter
19
Ratu Rotusolia
Joseph Faulalo
20
Ben Beatty
Akimichi Shimizu
20
Fraser Quirk
Ruan Peter
21
Ben Cornish
Saula Senituli
21
Josh Vuta
William Borger
22
Harry Leerentveld
Jackson Tame
22
Jodezhi Gage
Joe Ioane
23
Will Harris
Lealasa Nua
23
Harry Mohr
Michael Prendergast
Head Coach
Chris Miles
George Wilson
Head Coach
Jason North
Graham Silvester
Assistant
Coach
Steven Page
Mark English
Assistant
Coach
Lenny McColloch
Greig Munro
Manager
Paul Gist
Haydn Hirismaki
Manager
David Glover
Ben Silvester
Trainer
Daniel Nethery
Tom Bower
Trainer
Ken Dobson
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AFFILIATE
&
COMMITTEE
REPORTS
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2014 AFFILIATE REPORTS
BOND UNIVERSITY RUGBY CLUB
The Bond University Rugby Club’s plan in our inaugural year was
to bring together the various Rugby stakeholders of our region and
make them feel an integral part of the Bond University Rugby Club
family.
With a huge amount of help from stakeholders including the
Breakers, the QRU, the Gold Coast District Rugby Union, as well
as a wide and passionate group of sponsors, members, supporters
and players, the Club is very pleased with the progress made during
the year in achieving this goal.
Our relationship with the Gold Coast & Districts Rugby Union
continues to grow with the trials of the Junior Gold Program
being played at Bond along with the Gold Coast APS Finals and a
Southport School trial match against Scots College from Sydney.
Our plan on the field was to be competitive with all four teams
and we certainly improved on 2013 with our Colts 1 team making
the Grand Final. Many thanks to all our coaches and team staff of
seventeen, for all their hard work and long hours spent working with
the players during the season.
Our playing roster is solid and we have some fantastic talent to carry
forward into next season and with the appointment of Sean Hedger
in November as our full time Director of Rugby/Head Coach, 2015 is
shaping as very exciting year.
The Club would like to acknowledge the work done by outgoing
Head Coach Robert Nowlan (2012-2014) and wish him well in his
future endeavors.
We had one hundred and thirty eight players register with the Club
this year and Matty Langmack joined our illustrious Centurion Club
by notching up 100 games mid way through the season.
Cameron Bracewell and Rubin Fuimaono were both selected in the
Queensland Country NRC team along with Will Slipper.
Rubin was awarded the James Slipper Trophy for Premier Player of
the Year at our end of season presentation night.
We had four players in the Queensland Country Under 20s - Locky
Duncan, Adam Gauder, Lucas Goodin and Vincent Quigley.
In an amateur club like ours we simply wouldn’t be able to afford to
field teams without their support –
Bruce Lynton BMW
Morgans Gold Coast
ASAP Mobile Mechanics
All Sports Travel
BLK
Cheap as Chips Faming
Pindara Physiotherapy
Bidvest Gold Coast
G’rilled Healthy Burgers
Perry Cross Spinal Research Foundation
Labour Solutions Australia
Nyholt Constructions
Hot Tomato
Cross’ Carpets
Simon George and Co.
Many thanks also for the fantastic support from our members and
supporters who all turned out on a regular basis to support the
players.
To Chairman Tom Ray and the Board of Directors, the club is
indebted to your commitment and leadership in building a structure
that will allow the Club to move forward with a solid foundation and
become one of the leading Clubs in the QRU Premier Competition in
the foreseeable future.
The club is also indebted to the support of the Vice-Chancellor Tim
Brailsford and all the hard working team at Bond who put in long
hours to make sure our first year was as enjoyable and successful
as possible. Special mention to Club Person of the Year Kerrie
Brailsford who spent many long hours putting together our weekly
newsletter, the Bond Brief.
The facility continues to be upgraded with two new change rooms,
a new training field, 200 lux-lighting and a fully landscaped hill all in
readiness for 2015.
The Bond University Rugby Club wishes to take this opportunity to
thank the QRU for their invitation into their Premier Competition and
we look forward to the 2015 season with great anticipation.
Tim Rowlands
General Manager - Bond University Rugby Club
Sam Clifton, Douglas McMillan and Adam Gauder have been
selected in the Reds Uner-20 squad for 2015.
Congratulations also to the John Eales Scholarship recipients
Douglas McMillan (Churchie) and Ben Hunt (Riverview).
Our inaugural Ladies Day was a great success and will be an ongoing
regular event on our Rugby calendar.
While we are still working towards premiership greatness on the field,
we have made some wonderful leaps forward off the field this year.
Our medical team has been a true standout and has been widely
acknowledged by the QRU and visiting Clubs.
SPONSORS
A very special appreciation to our fantastic sponsors – some who
came across to us from the Breakers and some who are new to the
club.
BROTHERS
Brothers Rugby Club’s Premier Grade side achieved a place
in the finals but was unable to get past the Minor Semi-Final.
The team has seen a transition from the older experienced
players to a young fresh group of players over the past two
seasons and this transition will see the club go from strength
to strength.
The club’s Premier Colts side worked hard to secure a spot in the
Grand Final and after leading for the majority of the match let the
game slip, drawing with a very good Sunnybank side. Unfortunately
for the side and club, Sunnybank were awarded the Premiership due
to their higher position on the ladder at the end of the regular season.
The loss will only make the side more determined in 2015.
Premier Reserve Grade worked very hard to make the finals from a
seemingly impossible position half-way through the season winning
nine consecutive games, but the team fell by the wayside in the preliminary finals.
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We also had a number of individual players selected to compete
in the inaugural National Rugby Championship with Matt Mafi and
Sam Greene earning caps for the competition winners Brisbane City.
Giles Beveridge, Luke Beauchamp, Pierce Fitzgerald and Clynton
Knox also featured for Queensland Country while Ben Suisala was a
regular in the front row for NSW Country.
Off the field we had to deal with several challenges including the
funding of the replacement of field lighting on Jack Ross Oval and
the organisation of our home game against Norths held in Roma.
The Club was successful in its application for a State Government
Grant for the lights project, however a considerable sum of money
had to be raised in addition to the grant money to complete the
project.
There are a number of people to whom we owe great thanks for the
work done to raise extra funds and the generous donations made
by a number of supporters. The project was completed in October
and allows games to be scheduled for evenings if circumstances
warrant.
An ambitious project for 2014 was to play a competition match in
Roma where some of our sponsors are active. Norths generously
agreed to play their away match against Brothers in Roma and the
local community got behind the event and made it possible and very
enjoyable. Such was the success of the event we are committed to
build on 2014 and make the 2015 event even more beneficial for all
involved.
Brothers Junior Rugby Club consolidated their partial move to Windsor Park which has relieved pressure on the Crosby Park facility
greatly. Playing conditions for 2014 were excellent right throughout
the season. The move makes it possible for the junior club to encourage greater numbers to play the game.
Unfortunately senior playing numbers are less than encouraging as
we have a number of casual players look to engage in competitions
other than Premier Grade. 2015 will be difficult with an introduction
of substantial player levies and an earlier start to the season therefore
we need consider in depth what the club actually offers.
With the cessation of Premier Rugby funding in 2015 the club will
be more reliant on sponsorship to ensure we are providing the best
possible service to members and the community. Fortunately sponsors continue to generously support club Rugby and we are grateful for their involvement. Brothers Rugby Club would like to thank
its sponsors for continuing to support the club, in particular special
thanks must go to Imagetec who have signed again for 2015 which
marks eight years of sponsorship.
Volunteers, in a different sense, are as important as sponsors if the
game is to continue. Many people act as volunteers at Brothers coaches, managers, the registrars, staff on game days and the committee and sub-committee. We owe a great debt to these people,
some of whom have been donating their time for many years.
Brothers Rugby Club is working hard to provide the best possible
Rugby program for its members. Both on and off field the club has
transformed over the years to a point where there is consistency in
the services we provide and we continue to promote our brand as
the local community club in the area.
At the end of the representative season the focus moved to the juniors who played in the representative development games. This
preceded the Bundaberg junior season which runs from April until July on a Friday night to minimise competition from other winter
sports. The focus of the junior competition is participation and developing the skills of the players. There has been positive development
within the Waves Falcons Junior Rugby club, seeing an increase in
participation and coaching from current and past players, which is
an example to all local players and clubs.
The senior competition played from September through to December continues to attract enough players to support four one-team
clubs. The strength of the competition was such that despite the
local Rugby League competition completing its final series, the competition continued with little disruption. This season saw the start
of the Islander population, who come to assist in picking fruit and
vegetables, play Rugby and these players helped increase the standard of local Rugby. Unfortunately they must go back to their home
country as part of their Visa requirements, meaning that continuity
from season-to-season will be hard.
Isis Crushers continued their improvement and with a base of players from last year, and improved skill from some Welsh backpackers,
made the semi-final. Due to the improved competition going into the
last week of the season, both the Falcons and Isis had a chance of
playing the semi-final and the Barbarians and the Turtles had the opportunity to win the minor premiership. Bundaberg Barbarians won
the minor premiership in 2014, denying the Turtles the opportunity
to claim the trophy for five straight years. Isis Crushers played the
Turtles in the semi-final and they were beaten 52–13 by a rampant
Turtles side. Good crowd numbers continue to support the games,
especially with good weather during the competition. The Turtles
won the Grand Final 20-10 with a late try sealing the win. It was the
fifth straight win for the Turtles in the Bundaberg Rugby competition,
continuing their dominance in the big matches, which was a good
reward for a strong season.
Many thanks must continue to go out to the volunteers who help out
at the Rugby each week, in what for many is long year from February
until December. The referees, whether they are local or from other Rugby regions, are much appreciated and many thanks for their
efforts throughout the year on Friday nights. For the Spring Cup,
special thanks must go to the volunteers who run the barbeque at
the games with the proceeds going to the juniors to assist them, and
Bruce Cairns who was assistant competition manager and provided
all the score sheets and match details to Ken Dobson and the local
media.
Bruce Dalton
President
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
Jim Frayne
President
BUNDABERG
The year started with the representative season, which saw
matches played against the Fraser Coast Mariners to select
a Wide Bay Rugby side to play in the Central Queensland
Rugby Championships. Due to increased participation in the
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representative pathway, Bundaberg won both of the games
against Fraser Coast Mariners which led to 15 players being selected for Wide Bay to play in the Central Queensland
Country Championships competition against Rockhampton,
Central Highlands and Western Queensland. Four players
were selected in the Central Queensland side to play North
and South Queensland with one player, John Ellis, being selected to play with the Queensland Country Heelers.
The 2014 Central Highlands Rugby season was the closest
and hardest contested premiership in living memory. A Grand
Final score of 6-5 to Emerald over Moranbah was testament
to how very little separated the two top teams in our competition.
The 2014 season started with the annual Waitangi Day Rugby match which saw the Central Highlands Invitational team
victorious for only the second time in the history of the event.
The final score was 24-12.
The Central Highlands representative season kicked off with a game
against Rockhampton and Districts played at Rugby Park in Rockhampton. Despite travelling light, the Highlanders put up a very commendable performance going down 23-15 against the much fancied
opponents. Astandout performer for Central Highlands was Jared
Bryant from the Moranbah Bulls.
Bridgeman Park in Capella was once again the venue for the representative home matches which were played over a weekend against
Western Queensland and Wide Bay. The first match was played on
the Friday night and Central Highlands were victorious 10-0 over a
very spirited Western Queensland outfit. Standout performer for CH
was John Simmons from the Clermont Bushpigs.
The second match played by CH was against Wide Bay and CH
recorded a 43-15 victory against the road weary Wide Bay team.
Stand out performer for CH was Wes Grayson from the Capella Cattledogs.
At the culmination of the inter-sub union matches, the Central
Queensland side was named including: Alec Sutherland (Emerald Rams),Stu Carrington (Emerald Rams), Alex Dixon, (Emerald
Rams) Jessie McMillan (Capella Cattledogs) and Sam Fairweather.
(Rolleston Roos).
Several other players were selected but were unable to attend the
Central Queensland training camp to make themselves eligible. At
the conclusion of the Country Championships held in Rockhampton,
Jessie McMillan (Capella Cattledogs) was named as blindside flanker for the Queensland Country Heelers. The Heelers subsequently
toured New Zealand defeating North Otago but went down to North
Canterbury.
Several Central Highlands Under-19 players represented Central
Queensland as well as five players going on to be named in the
35-man Queensland Country squad. These include Kendall Heke,
Kalani Heke, Joey Marshall, Josh Johnson and Dan Tyson.
The Central Highlands Rugby Ball was hosted by the Capella Cattledogs at the Capella Cultural Centre. The guest speaker was ex-Wallaby Tom Lawton who was very well received by the 140 attendees.
Several presentations were awarded on the evening including Central Highlands Player of the Year: Jarod Bryant (Moranbah Bulls).
Central Highlands Volunteer of the Year: Stant Talegadi (Moranbah
Bulls). Central Highlands Rookie of the Year Kenney Hart (Capella
Cattledogs).
On the Sponsorship side of operations we had an excellent year with
Capella Hotel Motel remaining as Platinum Sponsor and Maraboon
Veterinary coming on as a silver sponsor. They were augmented by
AMS CQ and Napthali Electrical as Bronze sponsors. Without the
continuing support of our sponsors the sustainability of our programs would be in jeopardy.
On the public awareness aspect of our game, Central Highlands
Rugby has had the highest media profile in the history of our subunion. The advent of the 4HI Rugby Radio Program has significantly
grown the public profile of Rugby in the Central Highlands. This has
been augmented with the weekly CQ News and Shift Miner articles.
Additionally social media has proven to be a very effective communication tool in disseminating information.
2014 has been another watershed year for Central Highlands Rugby
with the closeness and competitiveness of the Grand Final epitomising the passion held for Rugby in the Highlands. Moving into 2015,
we face the exciting prospect of an expanded six-team competition
as we welcome back the Blackwater Basilisks.
Eddie Shaw
2014 CHRU President
CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
2014 was another good season with many highlights. We had
a terrific finals series with Brothers defending their Premiership, defeating Colts to take the A Grade Premiership. We
also had some close and exciting matches in Reserve Grade
with Frenchville defeating Mt Morgan. Congratulations go to
both of our Premiership winners.
Pathways Rugby continues to grow and prosper whilst we also had
a very successful schools competition.
Our open representative team had a mixed season where they lost
to Darling Downs, Western Queensland, University of Queensland
and Brisbane Norths. We had wins over Mackay, Wide Bay and
Central Highlands. Unfortunately it is still a struggle to get a meaningful competition for our Under-19 representative team. We did defeat Bundaberg and lost narrowly to Brisbane Norths and Darling
Downs. We also fielded teams at the Country Junior Muster.
Lee Anderson had a great year with selection in the Queensland
Country Heelers team. We also had a number of players named in
the Queensland Country Under-19 team.
Sponsorship continued this year with good support from Thrifty to
name one. We have continued to grow our sponsorship base with
significant support from our Director of Rugby – Mr Steve Anderson.
Our Development Officers continue to promote and develop Rugby
in our region.
We would like to thank all of our volunteers for their efforts during
2014. This not only includes CQRU volunteers but all of the club
volunteers and our referees. I would like to also state we appreciated
the efforts of clubs to appoint a match official and help control Rugby
for your club.
A special thanks to our groundsman Mr Wayne Dunstan for maintaining Rugby Park as one of the best grounds in Queensland Country and Mr Athol Backhouse who, in addition to being our chief line
marker, also chairs the Judicial Committee.
I woud also like to acknowledge the efforts of Steve Anderson who
started last year as our Director of Rugby. His professionalism and
enthusiasm towards Rugby will ensure our region continues to grow
and prosper.
I wish to thank all committee members for their efforts in 2014.
Finally, thanks to all of our 2014 sponsors with a special thanks to
our Major Sponsor Thrifty.
Ian Coombe
President
DARLING DOWNS RUGBY
2014 has been a huge year for Rugby on the Darling Downs
with development achieved on all levels of the Rugby spectrum. The following is an overview of the year that has been,
and the base on which Downs Rugby Limited staff will work
from to facilitate a bigger and better 2015 season.
Queensland Reds Pre-season Match – Reds v Chiefs (Over
7,500 spectators – Maximum Capacity)
Building off the popularity of the 2013 Reds pre-season in which
6,000 people attended.
- The 2014 Reds vs Chiefs pre-season match had a full house in
attendance at the Toowoomba Sports Ground with over 7,500
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fans in attendance to support their State and enjoy some world
class Rugby.
- The event went off without a hitch, which proves Toowoomba
can host events of this level and the support for the game on
the Downs is growing rapidly and the passion for the game is
definitely alive and well.
JUNIOR RUGBY UNION
Junior Rugby was one of the big highlights of 2014.
- 49 teams (749 players) competed in a full season, which included four very successful Junior Carnivals.
- The five clubs from the competition’s first year in 1964 all
had relatively successful seasons and hosted 50-year club
events which were very well received.
DOWNS RUGBY AWARDS NIGHT
- This year at the Downs Rugby Awards Night, 50 years of the
Risdon Cup was celebrated through naming a team of each
of the five decades (60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s) and a 50-year
Risdon Cup Darling Downs team announced.
- The MVP of the A Grade Competition award was renamed
the Mal Eiby Medal in recognition of the first Risdon Cup Premiership captain with Warwick, Mal Eiby.
- Junior Carnivals were held by Goondiwindi, Dalby, Toowoomba Bears (Downlands) and Toowoomba Prep School.
- On these carnival days all clubs came together and demonstrated the values of Darling Downs Rugby - enthusiasm,
passion and commitment.
- There are plans for a fifth Junior Carnival in the 2015 season
along with more whole club days.
- Whole club days have been organised through co-ordination
of the 2015 draws with Juniors playing before Seniors at the
same venues on more Saturdays throughout the year.
DARLING DOWNS RUGBY REFEREES ASSOCIATION
(DDRRA) AND WAGNERS JUNIOR REFEREES ACADEMY
- The DDRRA this year again was professional in the way they
carried out their business and a big thank you must go to all
our referees on the Downs who travel such huge distances
to make our game happen each weekend.
- The Wagners Junior Referees Academy continues to build
with our young referees receiving training from the DDRRA
and payment for games from our major sponsor Wagners
who continue to support the initiative.
TEENAGE RUGBY UNION
- The teenage season entered its third year of the revamped
Sunday competition with 21 teams competing over the Under 13-17 age groups (412 players).
- The season culminated in a very successful Grand Final Day
at Toowoomba Sports Ground.
- Our Teenage Representative Sides travelled to the Gold
Coast in July and had mixed results mainly due to the hasty
and disjointed preparations.
- In 2015 this is being rectified through the Downs Teenage
Development Squad Program. This training program began
in October 2014 and will run until the State Championships
in July.
- The boys will receive high level coaching and the squads will
be named earlier to facilitate relationship building and continuity between player and coaching groups.
SENIOR RUGBY UNION
- 23 Senior teams (798 players) competed this year to contest
the A Grade (Risdon cup), B Grade and C Grade competitions.
- This was the 50th year of the Risdon Cup in which a very
interesting finals series saw the undefeated Goondiwindi
Emu’s in the regular season lose back to back matches to
the Dalby Wheatmen and Toowoomba Rangers.
- Toowoomba Rangers took out the 50th year of the Risdon
Cup which was fitting as they were one of the founding clubs
from the inaugural season in 1964.
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UNDER-19 REPRESENTATIVE SQUAD
- The Under-19 Representative program was co-ordinated
superbly by Mike Dillon and his coaching staff as the Downs
looked to link up the Senior and Under-19 Representative
program.
- Some of these boys have now been invited to go to the senior representative training camp early next year, so this is a
very positive sign for the Senior Representative sides’ future.
SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE SQUAD
- The Darling Downs senior representative squad has turned
up the professionalism in 2014 under Head Coach Rob
Johnston and his coaching staff.
- The year began with a two-day training camp, which then
led to victories against Queensland Police (38-12) as a curtain raiser for the Reds Trial, Central Queensland Brahmans
in Dalby (8-0) and Central Northern New South Wales in
Goondiwindi (32-31).
- The team then suffered close losses to the Sunshine Coast
and Gold Coast in the Southern Queensland Championships
in Noosa.
- Eight Darling Downs players were selected in the Southern
Queensland Representative Team and five then went on to
be selected for Queensland Country.
- The year was then concluded with a tour to New Zealand.
Downs played some very high quality opposition and were
unlucky to go down in all three games.
- The players and coaching staff learnt a lot from this tour and
are looking to implement initiatives that were picked up from
the high level opposition.
SEVENS RUGBY
- 2015 is going to be a big year in regards to Sevens Rugby
with a schools competition planned for Term three that is
aimed at the non-traditional Rugby schools.
- The Darling Downs Girls Sevens Development Squad run
under QRU Development Officer James O’Keefe was also
one of the shining lights of 2014.
- After running the training for the majority of the year, eight
girls were selected in the Queensland U18 Sevens Squad.
EASTS
2014 has been another enjoyable and successful year here at
Easts. We had success on the field with our 4th Grade team
claiming a Premiership. Our juniors also had success with
three teams playing in Grand Finals and Premierships going
to the Under-15 Blue and the Under-16 Post teams.
I would like to acknowledge and thank our Board for their efforts
in 2014. There are many challenges that we face throughout the
course of a year and in particular a Rugby season. As the President of this club I see our Board face these challenges and deliver
solutions in a timely and professional manner. The members of our
Board are:
Simon Box - Vice President
Kylie Duncan - Junior Rugby Director
Sean Mowen - Senior Rugby Director
Tony Stoddart - Treasurer/Secretary
DOWNS RUGBY VOLUNTEERS
- Thanks must go to our tireless volunteers that make Darling
Downs Rugby happen each and every year.
- In particular our Junior, Teenage and Senior Committees’,
the Downs Rugby Judiciary and the High Performance Committee.
- Also most importantly the Downs Rugby Board (Chair – Mike
Horan AM, Dick Webster, Mark Brownlie, Rod Hohn, Scott
Mead, Danielle Birmingham and Barry O’Sullivan)
SPONSORS
- Our sponsors are the reason we are able to provide such a
professional operation out of the Downs Office and we cannot thank them enough on the support they have given us
over 2014.
- Major Sponsor – Wagners
- Gold Sponsors – FKG, BLK and Subway
- Senior Rep Sponsors – AWB, Allflex and Workwear Discounts
- Event Sponsors – South West Queensland Training, Gessner
Industries, Westpac Agribusiness
With 2014 behind us it is a very exciting time for Darling Downs Rugby with a change of staffing in the Downs Rugby Office. On behalf
of Downs Rugby I would like to thank the General Managers Cam
Donaldson (4 years of service) and Chris Bell (2014 General Manager) who have laid a remarkable platform to work from in 2015.
The Downs Rugby Office positions are now filled by Mitch Bradbury
as the Rugby Support Officer and Mitchell Winter as the General
Manager. With this combination of youth and enthusiasm, Darling
Downs Rugby looks to be in a great position for the coming years.
Mike Horan
President - Darling Downs Rugby
Andrew Williams - Marketing/Sponsorship/Fundraising Director
Andrew Tambakis - Clubhouse Director
Thank you to all of you for the time and commitment that you generously donate to the running of this great club.
There are two members of our Board who are retiring - Andrew Tambakis as Clubhouse Director and Sean Mowen as Senior Rugby Director. We thank Andrew for the tireless work that he has put in here
over the past three years. His knowledge of the Hospitality industry
has hopefully rubbed off enough on his fellow Board members so
that we can continue what he has put in place here at the club. We
thank Sean for the professional and calm way that he has undertaken in his duties as Senior Rugby Director.
To our major sponsor “Cromwell” and to Paul Weightman and Jodie
Clark, thank you for your support again this year. We are proud and
fortunate to have you as our major sponsor, we hope our association
continues long into the future. Russell Loane and Eye Lighting have
contributed greatly to our Rugby program and the lighting infrastructure at the Club has been pivotal to our success. We also thank Mullins Lawyers and John Mullins for being a major sponsor of our club.
Thanks also goes to ‘Gotzinger Smallgoods’ and Antony Van Der
Drift. Their support is appreciated and we look forward to the long
association continuing.
We have many other sponsors here at Easts, thank you to all of you
for your support, we would not survive without you.
After winning the Premier Grade Premiership in 2013 and two lower
grade Easts teams featuring strongly in the finals the club was looking forward with anticipation to the upcoming 2014 season.
Premier and first grade players once again under the guidance of
Shaun McLean completed a solid pre-season at the Churchie gymnasium in preparation for the start of 2014. Under the guidance of
Head Coaches Pat Richards and Tim Sampson the Premier pre-season squad started training as a team early in preparation for the Australian Club Championship on the 22nd March at Bottomley. Easts
were unlucky to lose this game to Sydney University in a cliff-hanger
after leading then coming from behind at different stages. The Australian Club Championship game was hosted by Easts at Bottomley and played under lights on David Wilson Field attracting one of
our largest home game crowds and proving beyond doubt that our
home grown talent including coaches could more than match it with
the highly fancied Sydney club Premiers Sydney University.
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2014 Results were as follows:
Lachlan Walker, Brian Kirkup and Solomon Coates.
Premier Grade – Fifth (team started well but then as the season progressed missed some key players from the previous year for the
reasons stated and were very unlucky not to make the finals)
We also welcome new recruits Harley Fox (Australian Schoolboy
Captain), Izaia Perese and Izack Rodda to our club for the 2015
season. Harley and Izaia were valuable members of the undefeated
2014 ACGS XV team and Izack hails from Ipswich Grammar and all
three were in the 2014 Australian Schoolboys team. They have all
been invited to join the 2015 Reds Elite Development Squad along
with fellow Easts Premier grade players Michael Gunn, Pettowa
Paraka and Brad Wilkin.
Premier Reserve – Fifth (big improvement from previous year but
also suffered from the player drain from Premier Grade and were
considered extremely unlucky not to win through into the final series)
First grade – Eighth (played brilliantly at times then disappointed
themselves at other times)
Second Grade – Ninth (started with promise but then fell away to a
disappointing season)
Thirds – Sixth (tried hard with a large group of players but had no
luck in the season)
Fourths – Premiers (strong team started well and finished even
stronger with a 43 Nil win in final)
Colts Premier Grade finished seventh with Colts 1 finishing sixth,
again both teams tried hard and were probably affected by the fact
that of their better players Brad Wilkin was injured at the beginning
of the season and then featured regularly in Premier grade. We thank
Shaun Hourigan and Ati Lui for taking over coaching roles mid-season due to off field commitments to appointed Head Coaches Lachlan Parkinson and Michael Grice (thanks to Lachlan and Michael for
their efforts at Easts over the last few years). Thanks also to John
Dann for his coaching effort in Colts over the past few seasons.
Our target at the beginning of 2014 was again to feature strongly in
the Doughty Shield, however, Easts finished in seventh position on
252 points with University the clear winner on 618 points.
Easts Players past & present achieving representative honours this year included:
Jonah Placid was named QRU 2013 Colts Player of the Year.
Queensland Under-20 squad for 2014 – Adam Deck, Sam Fattal,
Michael Gunn, Jonah Placid, Sam Richards and Brad Wilkin (Australian Schoolboys Captain, Iona Schoolboy). Australian Under-20
Junior World Cup Championship (NZ) – Jonah Placid.
Reds A Squad playing in the Pacific Nations Cup included – Pettowa Paraka, Andrew Ready, Blake Enever, Michael Gunn and Jonah Placid. Reds Players in 2014 included Lachlan Turner (new Reds
recruit), Ed Quirk, Jonah Placid, Andrew Ready (Reds uncapped),
Pettowa Paraka (Reds uncapped), Blake Enever and Aidan Toua.
National Rugby Championship (NRC) was launched this year with
our two head coaches Pat Richards and Tim Sampson securing the
Brisbane City Forwards Coaching role and the Queensland Country
Skills Coaching role respectively.
Brisbane City representatives included - Pettowa Paraka, Andrew
Ready, Michael Gunn, Brad Wilkin, Jack Mullins, Toby White, and
Lachlan Turner whilst Queensland Country representatives were
Matt Brandon, Kirwan Sandy, Blake Enever and Sam Fattal. Brisbane City went on to win the inaugural National Rugby Championship so this success not only reflects well on the Easts players but
also Pat Richards as the Forwards Coach.
Australia – Ben Mowen (past Easts player who made his debut
during the British & Irish Lions tour, one of two players from Easts
now to have Captained Australia) led the Wallabies on their 2013 European Tour winning four out of their five matches against England,
Italy, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Ed Quirk, Lachlan Turner and Andrew Ready will once again be involved in the 2015 Reds campaign with Blake Enever joining past
Easts player Jarrad Butler at the Brumbies and Jonah Placid joining
the Melbourne Rebels. Aidan Toua and UJ Seuteni have both moved
overseas to play professional Rugby in 2015 and we wish them and
all other contracted players a most successful 2015 season.
2014 has been a milestone year for the Juniors at Easts Rugby
Union as we had the highest number of junior participants ever at the
club, a total of 1027, equating to 74 teams. The growth in numbers
was mainly in the Under-6 - Under-9 age group with an 8% increase
year-on year. Under-10 - Under-12 also grew by 4% and Under-13
- Under-16 age group was consistent with 2013. We also doubled
our numbers for the Tiger Cubs (four and / five year olds) and had to
cap the program at 40.
Our main vision for the 2014 Rugby season was to continue to ensure we remained a well organised, community focussed club, with
an emphasis on open communication to all players and families. We
wanted to continue the strong alignment between our senior and
junior players and continue with the promotion of our one club philosophy.
One of the key developments made to the junior structure in 2014
was the employment of a part time Registrar at the club, it was important that we took some of the strain off our volunteers and fulfill
our objectives in running the large junior base.
The committee also agreed that one of the main areas of focus in
2014 was to ensure our coaches were fully supported and provided
with opportunities to develop and grow their skill set. To ensure all of
our junior coaches were appropriately qualified, we provided many
opportunities to complete the necessary coaching accreditation. I
am pleased to report that all of our 74 teams had coaches who were
fully accredited. We also provided the opportunity for more of our
experienced coaches to attend the Sportacise Coaching courses
held in November/December.
We have engaged Pat Richards to join us full time next year as our
Director of Rugby. Pat will provide leadership and management direction regarding all Junior and Senior Rugby programs. We look
forward to working with Pat to improve the delivery of our core product - Rugby. Our members, both junior and senior, will benefit greatly
from his full time involvement with the club. We have received approval to go ahead and add the extra lighting to fields 3 and 4. This
project will now be completed before the start of the 2015 season.
I would like to thank Simon Box and Leo Bertini for their perseverance with BCC and the State Government to get the approvals required. We are looking to upgrade the beer garden in the off season with improved facilities for food, beverage and seating. 2015
should also see a Water Harvesting program supplied by Brisbane
City Council put into operation. The water will be used to irrigate our
fields, therefore providing a better playing surface for our members.
Easts Rugby Union are looking forward to another successful year
in 2015.
Tim Stoddart
President - Easts
Congratulations to all Easts players who achieved their 100 caps
for the club this year: Matt Brandon, Jack Mullins, Jonathon Wilder,
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FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND RUGBY
2015 PROGRAM
2014 was another successful year for Far North Queensland
Rugby as we welcomed two new clubs. This saw an increase
in player numbers by 150 with both the Northern Beaches
Mudcrabs and the Penrhyn Sharks fielding A Grade and Reserve Grade teams, hopefully both will go further in 2015.
In 2015 we look forward to welcoming back the St.George
Queensland Reds for their pre-season match on the 31 January
against the Melbourne Rebels at Barlow Park.
THUNDER
Port Douglas will hold the QCRU Country Championships on the
June long weekend.
VOLUNTEERS
Under new coaches John Pirie and David Norton the FNQ seniors
and Under-19’s travelled to Townsville for the new carnival format
and played against Mackay and Townsville. The matches provided
players with the opportunity to impress for selection in the North
Queensland side.
The Under-19’s didn’t win either fixture but all players got game time
to promote their selection. Players selected for North Queensland
were Jodeci Hodge (Wanderers), Harley Lyons (Northern Beaches Mudcrabs), Cameron Scott (Northern Beaches Mudcrabs) and
Adam Young (JCU Mariners).
The seniors were successful in their game against Mackay, but lost
against our rivals Townsville. Selected for North Queensland were
Dale Ah Wang, Kele Degei and David Sands (Northern Beaches
Mudcrabs), Damien Spann (Barron Trinity Bulls) and Andrew Ah
Wang and Mafutaga Moevao (Southside Crusaders).
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Another successful year for North Queensland at the QCRU Championship in Rockhampton, with North Queensland retaining the senior championship and the Under-19’s taking out their division.
FNQ had six players selected in the Queensland Country Heelers
representative sides.
Seniors – Andrew Ah Wang, Dale Ah Wang and Kele Degei
Under-20’s – Cameron Scott, Jodeci Hodge and Adam Young.
I would like to show my gratitude to the backing I receive from my
members, volunteers, committee and clubs, without whom we
would not be able to achieve the success we have. Our success
both locally and at a representative level highlights the commitment
and dedication of the coaches, managers and volunteers to ensure
a successful competition.
Thanks again to the Far North Queensland Executive Committee for
your support in 2014.
Robert Brennan
President - FNQ Rugby
GOLD COAST & DISTRICT
RUGBY UNION LTD
Firstly, we would like to thank everyone associated with GCDRU for
their efforts that have contributed to a successful 2014 season. We
would like to especially thank the following people:
• The members of the GCDRU Senior, Junior and Representative Management Groups
• GCDRU Clubs
• The Gold Coast District Rugby Referees Association
• Our sponsors who generously contribute to our various development programs
• All District and Club volunteers, coaches, team managers,
parents, players, canteen operators and Match Day Officials
SENIOR COMPETITION
Port Douglas Reef Raiders were successful in winning the A Grade
Premiership with a hard fought Grand Final against Minor Premiers
JCU Mariners. There were also some close and exciting matches in
Reserve Grade, with the Reserve Grade Minor Premiers JCU Mariners winning the Premiership over Wanderers. Congratulations go to
both of our premiership winners. Congratulations to JCU Mariners
on winning the Club Championship.
FNQ JUNIORS
A principal goal of FNQ Rugby is to offer an attractive development
pathway for young players in our region. With this in mind our players have been involved with the ARU Junior Gold Cup program for
Under-15’s and Under-17’s and then as North Queensland in the
Under-13s, Under-14s and Under-16s at the Queensland Junior
Rugby Union State Championships on the Gold Coast. Far North
Queensland was well-represented in all NQ teams at the State
Championships with a number selected in the Queensland Country
Junior teams to play Brisbane City at Suncorp Stadium.
COMMUNITY RUGBY
Congratulations must go to the GCDRU clubs, staff and Tom Bower
the QRU Development Officer, for continuing their outstanding work
in player recruitment and retention. 2014 witnessed 12% growth for
the juniors and an 18% growth for the seniors. GCDRU continues
and re-highlights our commitment to work with all clubs to continue
improving governance, recruitment and development programs into
the 2015 season.
2014 1st Grade Senior Premiers- Gold Coast Eagles RFC (back-toback Premiers)
QJRU STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
GCDRU hosted the Junior State Championships for the first time in
2014. The event received great support from the clubs as mums and
dads volunteered for various roles, which helped make the event
the best Junior State Championships to date. A big thank you to all
involved. GCDRU will be hosting the QJRU State Championships in
2015/16 and look forward to presenting a bigger and better championships for all competitors, team management and parents.
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GOLD COAST CYCLONE PROGRAM
In 2014, with the introduction of the ARU Junior Gold Program,
the format of the QJRU State Championships was changed to Under-13, Under-14 and Under-16. The QJRU invited GCDRU to enter
two teams in the Under-13 and Under-14 ages and one Under-16
team. All teams were competitive with special mention of the Under-13 Gold and Under-16 side which both played tight 1 v 2 finals
but unfortunately, both fell just short of taking out the State Championship. Congratulations must go to all competitors and a big thank
you to Murray Archibald and all team management for their time and
commitment to the player’s performance.
The GCDRU senior Cyclone side was again very strong and extremely well led by Joe Faalogo, Derek Todd and their team management. The GCDRU Cyclones, were undefeated at the South East
Queensland Championships, once again, and had seven players selected for the South Queensland side and three players were selected for the Queensland Country team that was coached by Garrick
Morgan and toured New Zealand.
VALE
2014 sadly saw the passing of the GCDRU Chairman, Michael
Summers. The Gold Coast Rugby Community thank Michael and
his family for their support of Gold Coast Rugby over the last two
years, as Rugby would not have been able to bounce back after
2012 in such a quick fashion without their support. The First Grade
Premiership trophy has been named in Michael’s honor to acknowledge his legacy.
CONCLUSION
Gold Coast Rugby had a successful 2014 season. The 2015 season
will present a new set of challenges, but with the continued support
of the Gold Coast Rugby Community, GCDRU are confident of a
bigger and better 2015 season.
The major area of focus in 2015 will be:
• Continued development of relationships with the Gold Coast
corporate partners to ensure the financial viability of the GCDRU Development Programs, with limited cost to participants
• Improve recruitment and retention planning for both juniors,
colt’s and seniors
• Develop a regular Girls intermediate Rugby union competition
Our strong playing numbers and membership base continue to provide an irresistible attraction to our sponsors. Our Club enjoys amazing support from our community through its generous sponsors. To
all the 2014 sponsors I would like to extend a huge thank to you all
on behalf of the Club. I encourage others to become a Club sponsor
in 2015 and support our Club.
GPS Rugby Club Inc. is first and foremost all about our players, and
what we need to be doing to offer the very best environment for
them to develop and enjoy their Rugby. In 2014 we had the benefit
of two very experienced coaching directors, Michael Cook (Senior
Grades) and Michael Crank (Junior Grades) to assist with our player
and coaching development.
In 2015 we will be increasing our commitment to our junior coaches
and players in this area.
We are all very proud of the capital improvements that have been
made to our facilities over the past 12 months at Yoku Road. These
being the new building which contains the new change rooms and
storage area, the new toilet amenities, the refurbished change rooms
and the upgrading of our canteen facilities, which was completed in
November.
We thank Hon Campbell Newman, Premier, and Hon Teresa Gambaro MP, Federal Member for Brisbane, for their support with the
Grants they provided us to complete all these improvements.
A Club our size does not run itself, it requires many to achieve what is
achieved each season. I would like to thank our management team,
Anthony Herbert (CEO), Matt Turner (General Manager) and Martin
Southwood (Operations Manager) for what they have achieved together over the past 12 months.
I take this opportunity to thank Premier Grade Coach Shane Arnold
for his commitment to our Club over many years and congratulate
him on the success he has achieved for our Club.
I would also like to introduce Todd Dammers our new Premier Grade
Head Coach and his assistant David Miles. I know Todd and David
will bring great things to our senior playing group in 2015.
To all our volunteers, you are the ones that provide the workforce
that gets everything done, week in, week out, without your help our
Club could not function. Our sincere thanks go to all of our marvelous volunteers.
Finally a Club like ours needs sound management and good direction
to ensure the members’ best interests are always met. I would like to
thank my fellow board members for their commitment in achieving
the above. They are a talented and experienced group who always
put the Club and its members’ interest above all.
• Improve governance
I encourage you all to return in 2015 for what will be an even more
exciting season for our Club and I ask you to involve yourselves as
much as you can in the many Club activities. After all, it is your Club.
• Continue to build the reputation of Gold Coast Rugby in the
wider community and particularly amongst the younger player and their parents
Peter McWhirter
President - GPS Rugby Club Inc.
Heath Claydon
Rugby Manager - GCDRU
GPS OLD BOYS
LOGAN CITY RUGBY CLUB
Martin Whitu
President - Logan City Rugby Club
The 2014 Season was the first for the GPS Rugby Club Inc.
following the merger of the GPS Old Boys Rugby Club and the
Ashgrove GPS Rugby Club. We have become the largest Rugby Club in Australia with over 1,500 players proudly wearing
the Gallopers colours each weekend. There are many benefits with this merger, none the least is a direct pathway for
an Under-6 player through to our Premier Grade team and
beyond.
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MACKAY DISTRICT RUGBY UNION
Mackay Rugby has experienced a great year in 2014 with the
competition growing to seven clubs. We had a close top-four
with Whitsunday Raiders leading the way and finishing the
season as undefeated Minor Premiers and Premiers.
The highlights of the year was to see an Under-19’s team back on
the representative field and three of those players went on to represent North Queensland, with one making the Queensland Country
Squad at just 17. We also have seen our best and fairest player of
2014, Casper Turner, go down to join the GPS Rugby Club in Brisbane.
Another highlight was to see the return of an annual awards night
with the first being held in our clubhouse as a gala black tie event.
We are looking forward to building again in 2015, especially across
our representative programs.
Mick Saunders
President - Mackay District Rugby Union
MOUNT ISA RUGBY UNION
After a close season where all four clubs were competitive
the defending premiers (Euros), defeated Cloncurry in a hard
fought Grand Final. Euros did not have it all their own way,
being down 14-0 after 15 minutes, before scoring 32 unanswered-points to claim a 32-14 win.
All clubs were able to attract new players to swell the total players in
the competition to over 200, however due to shift workers being unavailable at times we were unable to avoid a small number of forfeits.
We upgraded our facilities by adding a deck to the clubhouse and
a sponsors area between the grandstands. Our oval is in great condition and even allowing for the drought, we can confidently say we
have the best sporting facilities in North-West Queensland.
The representative team was unable to travel to Townsville for the
North Queensland competition due to a number of players unable to
get time off from work. We have addressed the situation and have
already put plans in place to ensure we are able to go to Arlie Beach
in May 2015.
We look forward to a successful 2014/15 next year, with the small
but determined group of volunteers ready to ensure that Rugby in
Mount Isa continues to grow and thrive.
Mick O’Connor
President - Mount Isa Rugby Union
NORTH BRISBANE RUGBY UNION CLUB
2014 for North Brisbane Rugby Club was earmarked as the
beginning of our rebuilding phase. With a rather new and exuberant committee we faced the challenges placed in front of
us as they came to hand.
Initially the club had secured the continued experienced coaching
services of Mr Paul Healy as Head coach of Premier Grade, however
Paul was offered a fantastic opportunity to coach in Romania so Mr
Tim Grady stepped up to the head coaching role. Tim, along with
Matt Quilty as his assistant, worked tirelessly with the squad to get
them ready for the 2014 season.
our teams took the field. A number of our colts had baptisms by fire
in Premier Grade as they made the leap to assist our injury-ravaged
side. The quality of Norths players was recognized with both Tonga
Ma’afu and Gareth Ryan being called up for representative duties.
Overall the highlight of the year was the outstanding performances of
both our ladies team who, coached by Liz Ta’ale, made the Semi-Finals in the competition, and our second grade team who, coached
by Mick Cronin and with an unlimited amount of experience and
talent, went on to an undefeated premiership.
After the end of the 2014 regular season the teams at Norths have
not rested on their laurels. Taking part in four Rugby Sevens tournaments including the Fiji Sevens day hosted by Norths. The focus
for the last month and a half has been community-oriented with our
venue being used by the Queensland Tonga community, Kings and
Queens of Pacific Rugby community, the Fijian community and the
Australian Army’s 7th Brigade inter-unit Rugby competition.
I would like to thank all of our sponsors:
Platinum sponsors: The Criterion Hotel, Fleet Crew, Bakers
and Co and QANTAS Credit Union.
Gold Sponsors: Wimmers, HPF, Go Getta Finance, Blitzed and
Northside Sports Medicine
Silver Sponsors: Ozspy, Relax Pools, DCS group, Trim away
and Brissie Plants
Bronze Sponsors: Big Dads Pies
Commercial Partners: Cooke & Hutchinson Lawyers, Better
Finance Brokers, Superior Plumbing services, The House Washer and Kavanaghs Auto Repairs.
And last but definitely not least I would personally like to thank all
of the volunteers, supporters and players who have made this year
what it is. Without all of them Norths Rugby Club would not have
been able to achieve the financial goals that we set ourselves earlier this year. Next year for Norths will be bigger and better moving
forward.
Graham Myers
President - North Brisbane Rugby Union Club
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY RUGBY UNION
The 2014 season marked the commencement of the National Rugby Championship and the participation of a Bond University Queensland Country team. On the playing field, the
Queensland Country Heelers toured New Zealand after the
proposed Australian Country Carnival in Darwin was cancelled and the Northern region continued its dominance in
the Graincorp Country Championships.
Queensland Country Representative Program
This year’s Queensland Country Representative Program consisted
of a tour to New Zealand. The tour included two matches, the first
was played against North Canterbury where the Heelers were narrowly defeated by North Canterbury 18 points to 14. The benefits of
the tour however were evidenced in the second match in which the
Heelers defeated North Otago 31-14.
Even though the scores through the year have not reflected it, 2014
was the start of a new era at Norths. Once again all of our players;
both our ladies and gentlemen put their bodies on the line week-in
and week-out (sometimes in two or three games) to make sure that
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The tour representatives were as follows:
Edward
Donaldson
Central Queensland
Jack
Finigan
Gold Coast
Josateki
Murray
Cairns
Lachlan
Duncan
Gold Coast
Lachlan
Tulloch
Darling Downs
Malakai
Taufa
Townsville
Marley
Tane
Darling Downs
Moe Ropeti (Robbie)
Faatuga
Gold Coast
Nick
Chapman
Sunshine Coast
Scott
Carter-Lowe
Wide Bay
Todd
Carroll
Sunshine Coast
Vincent
Quigley
Gold Coast
Wiremu
Padlie
Gold Coast
First Name
Surname
Region
Hayden
Makiri
SQ
Michael
Parker
NQ
Andrew
Parker
NQ
Sonny
Power
SQ
Jason
Welburn
SQ
Jesse
McMillan
CQ
Tom
Beattie
SQ
Leo
Pakome
NQ
Nicholas
Chapman
SQ
Thomas
Vinson
NQ
Paul
Doneley
CQ
Paul
McGuire
SQ
Benjamin
Douglas
NQ
Dale
Ahwang
NQ
Lee
Anderson
CQ
Matthew
Howse
SQ
Cohan
Guerra
NQ
Jack
Finigan
SQ
Matthew
Blair
SQ
Samuel
Hogarth
SQ
John
Ellis
CQ
• Gold Coast (Southern Region Open Championship)
James
Turvey
SQ
Apaitia
Matalau
NQ
• Brahmans (Central Region Open Championship)
Seamus
Huppatz
NQ
Terry
Harvey
SQ
Garrick
Morgan
SQ
Brett
Johnstone
SQ
Daniel
Bowdler
SQ
Morgan
Pratt
SQ
Mark
Brownlie
SQ
Head Coach - Clint Bullock
Assistant Coach - Wilba Urquhart
Manager - Mitch Craig
Country Championships
This year all regions adopted a round robin competition format. The
QCRU acknowledge the following subregional champions.
• Townsville (Northern Region Open Championship)
• Townsville (Northern Region Under-19 championship)
• Darling Downs (Southern Region Under-19 Championship)
Staff
The Country Championships culminated in the regional games between Northern region, Central region and Southern region both
at open and Under-19 level. The QCRU congratulate the Central
Queensland Rugby Union for the carnival organised in Rockhampton on June’s long weekend. The Northern Regional team retained
the Open Championship for the third successive year and the Northern regional team also won the Under-19 championship.
Country Administration
Country Under-20s
The Country Under-20s travelled to Adelaide in February. They
played three matches with a victory over NSW Country and defeats
to both South Australia and Victoria. That tour group consisted of
the following players:
In 2014 the Queensland Country delegates for the regions were as
follows:
Northern Region - Richard Lehmann
Central Region - Ian Coombe
First Name
Surname
Region
Adam
Gauder
Gold Coast
James
Thompson
Sunshine Coast
Lachlan
Penberthy
Darling Downs
Lucas
Goodin
Gold Coast
Luke
Kimber
Sunshine Coast
Scott
McGetrick
Sunshine Coast
Tom
Butcher
Townsville
2015 Program
Blair
Morgan
Townsville
Brendan
Morgan
Townsville
Cody
Muir
Townsville
Daniel
Carmen
Townsville
Eddie
Tuaifo
Gold Coast
Our current sponsor Graincorp have elected not to continue sponsorship arrangements in 2015 and we sincerely thank them for the
financial contribution they have made to the development of Rugby
in regional areas in this state. The continuation of a country team
in the NRC provides a clear and identifiable pathway for all players in regional Queensland and the continuation of the Queensland
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Southern Region - Rod Hohn
The remaining committee members Eddie Shaw and Greg Dodd are
also recognised for their assistance.
We also recognise the passing of Michael Summers the President
of the Gold Coast Rugby Union and the contribution he has made
in regional Rugby.
Country representative program will involve the Country Championships being held in Port Douglas on the June long weekend and a
resumption of the annual clash with the New South Wales Country
Cockatoos.
QUEENSLAND RUGBY
FOOTBALL SCHOOLS UNION
Dan Morton
President - QCRU
Chair:
Damien Barker – Area Supervisor, Brisbane Catholic Education
QUEENSLAND JUNIOR RUGBY UNION
Though 2014 presented several new challenges for the
Queensland Junior Rugby Union (QJRU) to face, the year witnessed positive growth and ultimately built upon the foundations laid in 2013.
The QJRU worked hard to actively engage with and improve our
working relationship with the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) in
2014, and we would like to thank the QRU for their efforts in supporting Rugby at the grassroots level in Queensland.
Though 2014 was a year filled with highlights, the pinnacle of those
highlights was the successful QJRU State Championships, hosted
by Gold Coast & Districts Rugby Union at The Southport School.
With the introduction of the Junior Gold Cup earlier in 2014 for Under
15s and Under 17s, the State Championships were limited to Under
13, 14 and 16 age divisions in 2014, but this did not stem the flow
of support from all regions.
Teams from Brisbane, Central Queensland, the Darling Downs, the
Gold Coast, North Queensland, the Sunshine Coast and the Northern Territory contributed nearly 1,200 players across 36 teams over
the weekend.
The State Championships again included the selection of age group
representative teams under the traditional City v Country format.
The 2014 event also saw the introduction of an Under 12s development carnival. Whilst there was no competition standings kept for
the Under 12 participants, it was the first time the Under 12s have
been included as part of the QJRU State Championships and congratulations must go to all involved in coordinating the introduction
of the tournament’s youngest participants.
The two teams from each age division faced off at Suncorp Stadium
on Saturday, 11 July, as a curtain raiser to the St.George Queensland
Reds Round 18 Super Rugby derby with the New South Wales
Waratahs.
Putting on the Championships this year would not have been possible without the help of the QRU’s numerous partners, and I would
like to thank all partners who were involved throughout the tournament.
EXECUTIVE
Deputy Chair:
David Cooke –Cleveland & District SHS
Secretary:
Darren Kayrooz – Kenmore State High School
Treasurer:
John Brew – Principal, Centenary State High School
Other Members:
Noel Gardner(AIC) – St Edmund’s College, Ipswich
Steve Philpotts(GPS) – Brisbane Boys College
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS:
18 Years State Championships
Host Region: Darling Downs
Host Venue: Downlands College
Dates: Thursday 31 May to Sunday 3 June
Convenor: Wayne Beeston (RSO) & Mick Jarroush (Convenor)
Results: Champions – Sunshine Coast; Runners up: Met West; Final: Sunshine Coast 25 defeated Met West 19
Host Region: Peninsula
Host Venue: Jones Park, Mann Street Cairns
Dates: Thursday August to Sunday August
Convenor: Garry Smith (RSO) & Darren Osmond (Convenor), Ewan
Pike, Peter Drden
Results: Champions – Met North; Runners up: Met East; Final –
Met North 17 defeated Met East 3; Country Plate – Capricornia
Thanks must go to all committee members, coaches, managers,
administrators, volunteers and Gold Coast & Districts Rugby Union
as hosts for all their efforts in putting together another successful
State Championships. I look forward to building on the successes of
the year with you all in 2015.
Host Region: Met East
Warren Acworth
President - QJRU
Convenor: John Masters(Assistant RSO); Michael Austen & David
Cooke
Host Venue: Sunnybank Rugby Club
Dates: Friday 21 September to Sunday 23 September
Results: Champions – Met East; Runners Up – Met North; Country
Cup – Capricornia
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STATE TEAM
NATIONAL SELECTIONS
Queensland 1:
Australian Representatives:
Richie Asiata (ACGS), Joey Fittock (TSS), Harley Fox (ACGS, Captain), Gavin Luka (NC), Connor Moroney (GT), Vui Shambeckler (IGS),
Reece Hewat (NC), Izaia Perese (ACGS), Tuaina Tualima (BSHS)
Gavin Luka (NC), Alex Mafi (NC), Shambeckler Vui (IGS), Darcy
Taimua-Swain (BBC), Reece Hewat (NC), Tuaina Tualima (BSHS),
Connor Moroney (GT), Harley Fox (ACGS, capt), Harry Nucifora
(ACGS), Alex Horan (GT), Joey Fittock (TSS), Calvin Pritchard
(NC), Dean Bender (TGS), Sam Edwards (BBC), Clifton Setu
(St Edmund’s, Ipswich), Josvyn Sokimi (IGS), Johann Koorts
(BSHS), Peter Flitcroft (Pacific Lutheran College), Daniel Byrne
(Marist, Ashgrove), Jack Farrell (BBC), Harry Parcell (IGS), Fred
Dorrough (TSS), Tyrone Southorn (BSHS), Nikau Te Rupe (GT)
Manager - Noel Gardiner (St Edmund’s College, Ipswich)
Coach - Carl Marshall (Brisbane Grammar School)
Australian Management:
Coach: Steve Phillpotts (BBC);
Assistant Coach: Mike Wallace(TSS);
Assistant Manager: Noel Gardner (St Edmund’s College, Ipswich)
Results:
Australia 50 defeated Fiji 15;
New Zealand Barbarians 39 defeated Australia 21;
New Zealand 34 defeated Australia 24
- All games were played in the Wellington area
Assistant Coach - Michael Crank (Mt Maria College, Mitchelton)
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES
Physio - Ian Astbury
Results:
Queensland (1) 36 defeated Western Australia 19;
Queensland (1) 32 defeated ACT 15;
New South Wales( 2) 23 defeated Queensland (1) 21;
Queensland (1) 26 drew with Queensland (2) 26
Winners of the various school competitions in 2014 were –
AIC: St Edmund’s College, Ipswich
GPS: Churchie, East Brisbane (last won 2005)
TAS: St Columban’s College, Caboolture
Queensland 2:
Richie Asiata (ACGS), Joshua Taylor (TSS), James McColl (TGS),
Dylan Leyland (BBC), Angus Scott-Young (ACGS), Liam Wright
(ACGS), PJ van den Berg (TSS), Agassi Stowers (NC), Eli Pilz
(NC), Liam McNamara (BSHS), Tyrone Hussey (NC), Matthew
Smit (BSHS), Jim Henjak (BSHS), Chris Afamasaga (St Francis,
Crestmead), Geoff Robertson (IGS), Jordan Tupai-ui (St Columban’s College, Caboolture), Sam Keane (The Cathedral School,
Townsville), Luke Peterson (BBC), Masi Ganita (Sunnybank
SHS), Jackson Evans (NC), Reuben Wall (GT), Brock McNulty
(St Edmund’s, Ipswich), Kailab Coventry (Kirwan SHS,Townsville)
Manager - BenCameron (Kingston State College)
Coach - David Cooke (Cleveland State High School)
Assistant Coach - Mark Moxon
Physio - Joel McPhee
Results:
Queensland (2) 19 defeated Combined States 17;
Queensland (2) 19 defeated Victoria 17;
New South Wales (1) 41 defeated Queensland (2) 10;
Queensland (2) 26 drew with Queensland (1) 26
• Connor Moroney (GT) won the Bronze Boot Award for his
outstanding performance in the test against New Zealand
• Two of our State Championships were held in regional
Queensland - Toowoomba and Cairns – and the hospitality
extended by the country regions is always exceptional. Given
the bleak future for billeting the need to keep our country
connections needs to remain strong
Acknowledements:
• The QRFSU Executives, especially Darren Kayrooz, for their
willingness to guide the work of the QRFSU over the past
year
Host Venue: St Ignatius College Riverview, Sydney
Dates: Monday 30 June to Saturday 5 July
Convenor: Australian Schools Rugby Union and Andrew Elliot (Administrator)
Results: After promising starts to the competition the Queensland
teams had to settle for equal third place after playing a tied game in
the play-off for third and fourth. The impact of the GPS Rugby season to Term 3 means that many of our state players are not as match
fit as in previous years
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• The Ian MacMillan Memorial Award for the Queensland
Schoolboy Player of the Year was won by Harley Fox (ACGS).
Harley had an outstanding Rugby season in which he was
captain of the Queensland 1 side at the National Championships and then went on to represent and captain Australian
Schoolboys in games against Fiji, the New Zealand Barbarians and New Zealand. Harley follows in the footsteps of recent back row recipients in Sean McMahon, Michael Gunn
and Brad Wilkin
• The members of our teaching staff who gave generously of
their time to coach and manage regional and state teams
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
• Volvo and the QRU have been of significant support again
this year. It remains our key partnership in growing and developing Schoolboy Rugby especially in areas beyond the AIC
and GPS school systems.
• Sunnybank Community and Sports Club has been outstanding in their support of the QRFSU program. Sunnybank, beyond what they normally provide, hosted the 12 Years State
Championship in September and the Jersey Presentation to
the Queensland players before the National championships
in late June
• All our match officials, especially our student officials for
committing their time to assist at all our events
• All the staff of the QRU especially Rob Donaghue for their
assistance throughout the Rugby season
• All the Regional Sports Officers and the staff of Queensland
School Sport especially Phil Muller. Phil retired this year from
QSS and his contribution to Schools Rugby over many years
has been outstanding. Phil’s contribution was acknowledged
at the state dinner in Toowoomba
Damien Barker
Chairman - QRFSU
QUEENSLAND RUGBY REFEREES
ASSOCIATION
The 2014 year has been a challenging one for the QRRA with
the season for appointments extending from mid February
through to mid December covering some 44 weeks of the
year. Traditionally QRRA members are appointed to Brisbane
Premier and Grade Rugby, Schools and Junior Age Grade
Rugby however there has been a growth in representative
fixtures and Sevens Rugby which has added the workload
of match officials. The numbers of appointments made totalled 4,764 up from 4501 ( +5.84%) the major area of growth
coming from representative and Sevens Rugby up from 793
to 1057 ( +33.29%).
The Association membership reached 357 of which 266 were appointed during the season. There were 57 new referees whom joined
the Association, 20 of those being school students. The level of Under-20 age membership remains steady at 20%. The Sunnybank
club referee program continued its progress and again contributed
to the overall increase in school age referee numbers. Using 2007 as
the base year the table below clearly illustrates the growth in Rugby
and the fact that the Association has been able to respond numerically to this growth.
Membership
2007
2014
268
357
Referees Appointed
209
266
Total Matches Appointed
3296
4764
BJRU
1575
2013
School Matches
567
678
Other (Includes Misc. Comp., Sevens and Trials)
188
1057
Compliance with general accreditation and Smart Rugby was again
conducted in conjunction with staff from the QRU with 58 (30 were
first time accreditations) of the membership being accredited/re-accredited. Smart Rugby compliance was 99% for those referees appointed.
One of the significant highlights for 2014 was having the match officials for the French Test Match, Craig Joubert, Chris Pollock, Garratt
Williamson and Ben Skeen, address the membership at a function
before the match. Such meetings attract interest in match officiating
as well as providing valuable insights into referee development at the
elite level of the game.
The education protocols that were put in place in 2013 were continued into 2014. The Association holds the view that it is of utmost importance that education be offered to the membership as the game
is changing all the time with new initiatives designed to increase
participation levels of players and spectators. To that end the Association will continue its initiatives in education into 2015. It is of note
that for the Game Management Seminar the Association recorded
its best ever attendance with 157 attendees.
As well as initiatives in education the Association used a new trainer
in 2014. This too resulted in more referees attending training and for
2015 training commenced in November.
The Association is well represented at panel level by Rohan Hoffmann, Damien Mitchelmore and Matt O’Brien. This year Rohan was
appointed to his first International, Fiji v Tonga, and awarded by the
Association the Kerry Fitzgerald Medal in recognition of that achievement. He also was appointed to the Grand Final of the inaugural
National Rugby Championship and Queensland Premier Rugby
Grand Final. Matt continued with his appointments to the IRB Sevens Circuit and was appointed to several finals matches, including
the highly prestigious appointment to the Commonwealth Games
final. In addition a highlight of Matt’s year was his first appointment
to a Super Rugby match and as a Referee for the Junior World Cup
Championship. Also included in the panel are Damien Mitchelmore
as a Match Official and Steve Leszczynski as a TMO.
At panel level in women’s Rugby, Rachel Horton and Chyna Howlett
are our representatives and it is of particular note that Rachel was
appointed to a Premier Grade match and has the honour of being
the first female to receive such an appointment. Both received local
and national representative appointments and additionally Chyna attended the IRB Women’s Sevens in China.
Andrew Cole has continued in the role of ARU High Performance
Manager and National Selector as well as being a member of World
Rugby’s Referee Selection Panel. Scott Young holds a position with
the Australian Rugby Union as Pathway Services Manager – Officating. Rohan Hoffman has recently taken up the position of Match
Official Development Manager also with the Australian Rugby Union.
To closer align with current Queensland and Australian Rugby policies for match officials the Association has restructured its Management Committee and defined the functions and roles for all positions
that go to make up the administration. This will come into effect in
the 2015 season.
Our thanks go to our flag sponsors Laudiston’s Valuers Auctioneers,
and Volvo whom support us through the Queensland Rugby Union.
Paul Heath
Executive Officer - QRRA
QUEENSLAND SUBURBAN RUGBY UNION
I would like to start by acknowledging and thanking the players, coaches, supporters, sponsors and most importantly the
volunteers for your contributions to the 2014 QSRU season.
Without your invaluable commitment of time and money there
would be no competition and my committee is most indebted
to each and every one of you.
The Semi-Finals and Preliminary Finals series were again hosted by
suburban clubs and I would like to take this opportunity to thank
Logan, Redcliffe and Redlands clubs for their hospitality and the
extraordinary efforts they put in to make these days the success
they were with record numbers at all finals games, despite inclement
weather. This concept of taking the finals back to the clubs has been
enthusiastically embraced by the members and we look forward to
this tradition continuing in the years ahead as clubs continue to invest in their infrastructure and enjoy the spin-offs it creates off the
field.
My thanks also to the QRU for their support of our Grand Final days
at the home of Queensland Rugby – Ballymore. The standard of the
fields was first rate and despite the inclement weather disruptions
over the Grand Final weekend, the fields were in impeccable condition for a fantastic Grand Final weekend as reflected in the high
standard of play, in particular the Barber Cup Grand Final between
Wynnum and Caboolture.
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I am pleased to report that player numbers increased this year from
2013, albeit nominal, competing over four divisions. Some tough
decisions made a number of years ago have now borne fruit and I
am particularly pleased to see a strong Barber and Pegg Cups competition emerge with nine clubs now having the depth and quality to
register both an “A” and “Reserve” Grade squad, and some even
registering a third team across the various competitions.
I would also like to take this opportunity to welcome Caboolture back
to the QSRU fraternity after an absence of a number of years. Their
professionalism, enthusiasm and club ethos has certainly raised the
competition bar as evidenced by the exceptional quality of the Barber Cup Grand Final against Wynnum.
I would like to congratulate all clubs and teams in the way they conducted themselves both on and off the field throughout the season
and acknowledge the Minor Premiers and Premiers in each division.
Division
Premier
Runner Up
Minor Premier
Barber Cup
Wynnum
Caboolture
Wynnum
Pegg Cup
Pine Rivers Boars Goodna
Wynnum
Scotney Cup
Riverside
Redcliffe
Riverside
Brothers 1
Logan City
Normanby Cup Logan City
REPRESENTATIVE PROGRAM
The Barraclough Shield, the symbol of interstate supremacy between Queensland and New South Wales suburban competitions,
was contested as the main curtain raiser to the third Test Match
between the Wallabies and Wales at Allianz Stadium in Sydney. This
year saw 11 players make their Queensland debut with another six
playing only their second or third representative match, thus continuing the player renewal process commenced last year. Whilst the
squad may have lacked in experience, it certainly didn’t lack heart
or passion. Whilst commencing confidently and displaying a high
level of skill and effort in patches, Queensland was simply no match
for a top quality New South Wales side and went down 60 – 19.
With the processes and structures put in place and an experienced
and enthusiastic coaching staff, we are confident that we are on the
right track for success on the field. To this end, I would like to thank
our captain Alex Macklin for his leadership and professional example, coaching staff led by Paul Davey and Steve Inwood and ably
supported by Manager Sean O’Neill, Trainer Andrew Bradford and
Physio Matt Thompson. I would also like to acknowledge and thank
Reds and Wallabies representative Saia Fainga’a for taking time out
of his busy schedule to address the squad and present their jerseys.
The 2014 Barraclough Shield squad was as follows:
Henry Brown (Wests), Alex Mahoney (Wests), Jay Forrester (Caboolture), Niki Kennard (Redlands), Dean Young (Redlands), Dugald Struss (Wests), Isaac Creedy (Ipswich), Hofeni (Fizz) Matamua
(Springfield), Simon Rowe (Redlands), Luther Robinson (Redlands),
Jared Holland (Caboolture), Tom Dwyer (Ipswich), Brandon Vitale
(Wynnum), Moea Niha (Redlands), Daniel Power (Wynnum), Alex
Macklin (Wynnum), Daniel Tape (Wynnum), Phil Croucamp (Wynnum),David Good (Wynnum), Shannon Fullen (Wynnum), Matt Myers
(Wynnum) and Aaron Savage (Wynnum).
I would also like to thank the QRU for their support with the running
of our competitions.
Finally, I would like to thank my committee – Cam Leggat, Sean
O’Neill, Shane Robbie, Craig Eason, Brendan Alexander, Cath McDonald and Karl Shrubsole - who volunteer their valuable time for no
other reason than the love of the game. Thank you for your invaluable support in 2014.
Noel Rafter
President - QSRU Inc.
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SOUTHERN DISTRICTS RUGBY UNION
FOOTBALL CLUB INC
The 2014 season finished with three of our nine teams competing at Ballymore in the first week of the finals. Premier
Grade started the year positively with three good wins, and
whilst competing well all year, finished out of the finals in
sixth place.
Of the three Souths teams that competed in the finals, Third Grade
went on to win their Grand Final defeating University 9-6 with a successful penalty kick after the final siren. The other two finals contenders were First Grade and Fourth Grade. Congratulations to all of the
players and thank you to all of the coaches, managers and support
staff for another great year.
The combined effort of all teams this year saw the club finish fourth in
the Doughty Shield. The Doughty Shield is awarded annually to the
champion Brisbane club, based on competition points won across
all participating teams.
I am pleased to announce that our 2014 Premier Grade head coach
will be Brett Piccone. He will be ably assisted by Van Humphires and
Elia Tuquiri. We wish Brett and his team all the best for season 2015.
The club was honoured to have three Queensland Reds in our playing ranks in 2014: Quade Cooper, Chris Feauai-Sautia, and Beau
Robinson. Quade Cooper represented Australia during 2014. In addition we had five players: Feleti Kaitu’u, David Hennaway, Ben Tarr,
Marcus Van Zati, and Nigel Tanuvasa selected in the Queensland
Under-20 squad. Feleti Kaitu’u went on to be selected in the Australian team. Congratulations to them all.
In the first season of the National Rugby Competition we had three
players in the successful Brisbane City side that went on to win the
competition. They were, Quade Cooper, David Feao, and Chris
Feauai-Sautia. In the Queensland Country side we had our Premier
Grade Captain, James Turner, and Beau Robinson.
During 2014 Adam Bligh, Paul Keene and Simon Lindop all played
their 200th game for Souths. Joining the 100 game ranks for the
club were David Feao, David Gall, Alex, Kelly, Stephen Mewing, Stephen Prosser, and Paul Stowers. Perpetual award winners at this
year’s Magpie awards were:
Howard Southgate Memorial Club Aggregate Best &
Fairest
Ged O’Hare
Index Group Trophy for Best Player in a Grand Final
Todd Pepper
Ripper Doyle Memorial Trophy for Best Defensive Player
Simana Halaifonou
Gregg “Goofy” Forster Memorial Trophy for Player with
Most Potential
Nigel Tanuvasa
Graeme Constant Memorial Trophy for Most Promising
Under Age Player
Jake Lyon
Dan Egan Memorial Trophy for Most Improved Under Age
Player
Michael Siaki
Bert Cottrell Memorial Trophy for Most Improved Player
Alex Kelly
President’s Trophy for the Outstanding Club Member
who is a Player
David Feao
Neil “Tiny” Betts Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Alifeleti Kaitu’u
Eddie Bonis Memorial Trophy for Club Captain
Jock Kent
Jo Agresta
Damien Drew Memorial Trophy for Outstanding Service
Anthony Ongolea
“Chipsy” Wood Memorial Trophy for Clubmen
of the Year
Greg Taylor
Bob Bergin Memorial Trophy for Magpie of the Year
Jock Kent
Thank you all for your great service to the club.
I would like to offer my thanks to all of the members of the 2014
management committee. The club is truly fortunate to have all of you
give of your time and skills so generously.
The Souths Committee wishes to thank all coaches, managers, volunteers and club staff who gave freely of their time during the 2014
season, and to Souths Junior Rugby Club for their support and the
use of their facilities and the supply of Ball Boys for our home games.
At Souths we continue to enjoy the support of some great sponsors.
Our Principal Club Partner The Index Group. Our Elite Sponsors FTI
Consulting, and Nelson Australia, and our Major Sponsor Alceon.
We thank them all for their contribution to our club and look forward
to their support in 2015.
Anthony Shepley
President - SDRUFC Inc
SUNNYBANK
2014 was another successful year for Sunnybank with the
club finishing third in the Doughty Shield. 309 players in 10
teams took the field and contested 128 games. 81 of these
were won for a percentage of 63%. Six teams qualified for
semi-finals with our Women’s team again claiming the Minor
Premiership. Three of these teams progressed to Grand Final
day. All three games were decided on the result of goal kicks
after full time. Our Premier Colts were successful to deliver the third Premier Colts Premiership in the club’s history.
Premier Grade and the Women both lost narrowly with the
women failing to make a conversion, while Premier lost the
lead with a penalty goal.
The club welcomed another Wallaby with Jake Schatz progressing
from Sunnybank Juniors all the way through the club to gain his first
Wallabies cap against Argentina. Sadly the club farewelled a number of Reds, with Albert Anae, Ben Lucas and Nigel Ah Wong all
accepting professional opportunities elsewhere in the Rugby world.
This however, opened up opportunities for other players and they
were rewarded.
Jake McIntyre, Lolo Fakaosilea and Conrad Quick all represented
Australia Under-20, maintaining Sunnybank’s strong record of representation at this level.
Eighteen Sunnybank players were selected in teams in the inaugural National Rugby Championship. Twelve of these players were
non-contracted, amateur players, demonstrating the quality of the
pathway opportunities that the club offers. This was further supported by 12 of our Under-19 players selected for Brisbane South in the
Under-20 trial match.
The club again provided a strong Sevens program for both men and
women. The club was successful in winning the Emmanuel Sevens and made a number of other finals including Noosa and Byron
Bay. The men’s team again qualified for the Final 8 at the Singapore
Cricket Club Sevens and are one of only three teams to do so every
year since 2011.
In 2014 the club launched a Membership Program and over 800
people joined. The program will be continued in 2015 with a focus
on retaining members and providing a quality range of events at discount prices as well as special home game experience in dedicated
member licensed and non-licensed areas.
We would like to show our gratitude to the backing we receive from
our members, volunteers, staff and supporters, without whom we
would not be able to achieve the success we have. The Sunnybank
Community and Sports Club continue to provide generous support,
not only to Sunnybank Rugby but to many other Rugby groups and
the community in general.
Dan McConaghy
Chair – Sunnybank Senior Rugby Club Inc.
SUNSHINE COAST RUGBY UNION
The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union in 2014 saw continued excitement, with our cornerstones of Rugby the Schools, Junior, and Senior Club competitions played with the passion
and effort we have come to expect from them. The SCRU
will continue to build upon these foundations for the coming years. Once again the finals series of these competitions
were played with great intensity, and we commend all players
and coaches for the passion displayed.
The SCRU continues to follow its Strategic Plan and continued to act
fiscally responsible as we continue to address previous debts, and
limit spending. This has affected programs and events that would
ideally be available for our members however, such decisions have
been made in the best interests of the game locally.
SCRU formed a valued partnership with the SGQ (formally Sunstate
Group Queensland) who came on board as our major competition
sponsor. We would like to thank them for their contribution in 2014.
We would also like to thank our other partners Ferguson Cannon,
Rettore Notley, Fencescape, and Curry & Jorgensen Dental for their
support this season.
Our Junior competition was again a very well participated contest
involving 106 teams across 10 clubs, with a total of 1,560 participants. We fielded four teams in the QJRU State Championships
which included an under 12 development team. Our Under-16s
were crowned State Champions. A total of 14 boys went on to represent Queensland Country Juniors against Brisbane City at Suncorp Stadium.
Schools Rugby continued to grow with 49 teams participating in
local competitions. Sunshine Coast Grammar were successful in defending their 2013 First XV title. The Sunshine Coast Opens won the
combined Queensland Secondary Schools Championships held in
Toowoomba earlier in the year. This saw a further 10 players go on to
reach representative honors including four Queensland II representatives. The Sunshine Coast teams also dominated the Ballymore
Cup with Sunshine Coast Grammar taking out the Under-17 title and
Sienna won the Under-15 competition.
In the Senior Competition Noosa won both the A Grade and Reserve
Grade Competitions. Noosa also took out the Club Championship
trophy. The 2014 Spirit of Rugby Award was deservedly awarded to
Glen Gamble from Fraser Coast.
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Representative fixtures saw our Seniors and Colts play both Darling
Downs and Gold Coast. A total of eight open players went on to
represent South Queensland and a further four to the Queensland
Country Heelers. In the Under-19s 12 players went on to represent
South Queensland and four to the Queensland Country Under-19s.
The SCRU saw a successful introduction to the ARU Junior Gold
Program in both the Under 15 and 17 age groups and our women’s
Sevens continued to thrive.
We look forward to a successful 2014 season.
Glen Ferguson
President - SCRU
Junior Brolgas
The representative honours for the juniors started with the TDRU Japan Tour. The team won all five of their tour games, which is a great
achievement. This then lead on to the selection of Brolgas sides from
Under-12s through to Under-17s. Unfortunately the TDRU were not
invited to participate in the QJRU State Championships this year, so
we participated as part of a North Queensland side selected from
Townsville and Cairns based players. All the boys played exceptional
Rugby both in Cairns and in the return leg in Townsville. Congratulations to those boys who were selected for North Queensland and
had the opportunity to play at the State Championships. North Queensland and Queensland Country Heelers
TOWNSVILLE
The 2014 season was again a year of great success for
Townsville Rugby. From the growth of our recently formed
Women’s and Under-8 competitions to the success of the Japan Tour, the strength of Townsville Rugby continues to be a
benchmark for all Unions.
Juniors and Seniors
This year we fielded a total of 79 teams in our competition, which
included our first full season of Under-8s and the increasingly popular Women’s Competition. Five of our 11 clubs secured Premiership
honours this year and all clubs featured in the finals series.
The strength of our competition was evidenced by the five premierships from Under-19 and Open Women through to A Grade being won by five different clubs. Although a few clubs dominated in
the juniors, the level of competition and sportsmanship on display
throughout the finals was exemplary.
After such a closely contested A Grade final in 2013, the floodgates
opened up this year when Ross River took on the competition favourites Brothers. This was a high scoring game and congratulations
goes to Brothers in what was probably the most entertaining final in
some time.
Congratulations to all clubs and players who participated throughout
the season.
Eighteen Townsville players were selected to play for the Graincorp
Queensland Country Heelers and Colts (Under-20s) in 2014. The
Under-20s had a carnival in February to kick-off the representative season, consisting predominantly of players from last year’s
side. The 1st grade and Colts were then selected after the Country
Championships with the senior side touring New Zealand and the
Under-20s chosen for a development squad.
Special mention must go to Michael and Andrew Parker from Brothers who were then selected to be a part of the Queensland Country side that competed in the inaugural nation-wide National Rugby
Championship competition. Townsville hosted Queensland Country’s game against the Sydney Stars on October 11, which was a
great showcase of Rugby talent in regional Queensland. Queensland
Country won the main game 52-29, in what was a big highlight for
2014.
Sponsors
Thank you again to our corporate partners - Mike Carney Toyota,
Troy Williams the Good Guys and A. Gabrielli Constructions. Their
continued support underpins the success and sustainability of the
Rugby community.
Administration and Supporters
Senior Brolgas
The Brolgas had another successful year in both the Under-19 and
Senior Divisions, as neither side dropped a game all season. This
year’s Brolgas home game was a massive day of representative
Rugby with Cairns playing Townsville from Under-12s through to the
seniors. To add to this big day, Mackay also competed in the Under-19s and seniors to compete for the North Queensland Championship, which was won by the Brolgas in both grades. It was also
great to see an increase in representative duties for our Women. The
growth of the TDRU competition can be seen through the Women’s
competition as they continue to develop in all aspects of the game.
The Brolga and Army rivalry continued this year with the two teams
facing off twice throughout the year. Once again the entertaining ANZAC Day match took place with the Brolgas overcoming a brave
Army side in both the 1st Grade and Women’s matches. The Remembrance Day game was also played this year with the Brolga
team playing the North Queensland Army side on this very special
day. The Brolgas made it two-from-two on the night and everyone is
looking forward to next year’s fixtures.
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After a successful Regional Championship, Townsville dominated
selection in the North Queensland teams to play Central Queensland and South Queensland in the Country Championships in Rockhampton. Both sides were undefeated throughout the weekend and
were crowned Country Champions.
Finally, a huge thanks to our Administration and supporters who
make each and every season an overwhelming success. Townsville
has a very proud Rugby history and I believe we have again demonstrated the spoils and successes of hard work and dedication both
on and off the field.
Thanks again to the TDRU Executive Committee for your support
and direction throughout 2014.
Lachlan Bell
President - TDRU
UNIVERSITY
The 2014 season was a successful year for the Red Heavies
highlighted by the retention of the Doughty Shield for a fifth
consecutive season. In order to achieve this feat we had all
hands on deck including players, coaches, managers, trainers, medical staff and many more.
We had 11 teams finishing in the top four of their respective competitions which is very pleasing and we are very lucky to have a fantastic
group of volunteers who give up a lot of time to ensure the success
of our club.
The Premier Grade Grand Final was a tightly contested affair against
the Sunnybank Dragons. The Red Heavies needed every second of
the 80 minutes and secured victory after the siren when Tom Pincus
landed a long range penalty conversion to hand UQRFC its third
Hospital Cup in five years. It capped off an amazing season for the
Premier Grade side claiming the Welsby Cup and Horsley Trophy
(Minor Premiers). Congratulations to Mick Heenan and his coaching
staff for an excellent year.
Congratulations must also go to the Women, Colts 1 and Colts 2 for
winning their respective Grand Finals in wet conditions. It was a very
special win for the Women who broke an eight-year drought to claim
the silverware. Colts 1 continued their hot streak adding a fourth
trophy in as many years while Colts 2 put on an excellent display to
win their Grand Final.
The Red Heavies finished off the 2014 season entering into a number of Sevens tournaments in Queensland and Northern New South
Wales. The team produced some great results highlighted by winning the Bowl at the Noosa International Sevens.
Thank you to the Club Committee for your contributions behind the
scenes this season. The work of the committee largely goes unnoticed however it is integral for the club to function at full capacity.
The University of Queensland and UQ Sport have again been vital
to our success providing much needed support. It is a pleasure to
boast some of the best sporting facilities in Brisbane and we really
appreciate all of the work put in to achieve this high standard.
Club sponsorship is the life blood of our club so I sincerely thank all
of our current club sponsors for their generous support throughout
the year.
I look forward to seeing players, coaches, managers and trainers of
the Red Heavies down at St Lucia in 2015.
Bruce Brown
President - University Rugby
WESTERN QUEENSLAND RUGBY
The 2014 Western Queensland Rugby Union season started
with three teams competing for the ‘Ringrose Button’ premiership trophy, but sadly the Longreach Rustlers were unable to see the season out due to a lack of player numbers.
The Barcaldine Boars went through the home-and-away season
undefeated and continued their winning run beating the 2013 premiers, Longreach Jumbucks 29-7, on a chilly night at the Barcaldine
Show Grounds. Barcaldine Boars, coached by Paul Doneley were
determined to win after losing the previous three Grand Finals. The
Boars had not held the trophy since 2006. Player of the Match was
awarded to Barcaldine Boars’ lock Alex Fietz for his bruising defence
and strong ball carrying. Acknowledgement and thanks has to go to
Tony O’Regan for officiating the game.
The Western Queensland (WQ) Representative season started with
WQ defeating Rockhampton 8-0 at the Barcaldine Show Grounds.
It was the first time in over 25 years that WQ had defeated Rockhampton. WQ then traveled to Capella to take on Central Highlands
and Wide Bay. Central Highlands defeated WQ, 10-0 in a closely
contested game and the following day Wide Bay defeated an under
strength WQ team 36-18. The stand out performers over the three
games were Anthony Pearce and Cameron Heath. The team was
strongly lead by playing coach Paul Doneley. Paul went on to represent Central Queensland at the Country Championships in Rockhampton and then Queensland Country Heelers on their tour of New
Zealand. Western Queensland player George Skuthorp was selected and participated in the Queensland Outback Barbarians tour of
the USA. The 2014 Rodney Button ‘Spirit of Rugby’ Trophy, was
deservingly awarded to Barcaldine Boars President, Andrew Pearce,
for his long-standing dedication and passion, towards ensuring Rugby union continues in WQ.
Western Queensland Rugby Union would like to thank their 2014
sponsors - Bayer Animal Health and Ringrose Button Chartered
Accountants. Through local representative Dave Richards, the Bayer Community Support program has been an immense support to
WQRU over the past two seasons while Bill and Prue at Ringrose
Button have been longtime supporters of the Rugby Union competition in Western Queensland. WQRU are truly grateful for their
continued support.
A big thank you to Western Queensland Secretary Meg Cook, Vice
President Hugh Button, Referees Coordinator Dean Workman along
with the Committee for all their work throughout 2014. WQ would
also like to acknowledge the contribution Longreach Jumbuck President Cameron Heath has made to Rugby in Western Queensland.
Cameron is leaving the area and we wish him all the best in his future
endeavors.
I look forward to the 2015 season and hope see the Longreach
Rustlers return to our revamped Western Queensland Rugby Union
night competition commencing early February.
Michael Campbell
President - Western Queensland Rugby
WESTS
We had a very disruptive start to the season as we lost six
Premier Grade players and it was a season that was truly
going to test our depth. Premier Grade had a very competitive first round but injuries and a lack of depth saw us overwhelmed by our opposition in the second round. The injuries
and our lack of depth played havoc throughout the grades
resulting in no Senior teams making the finals. The season
could be considered a disappointment but those who worked
with the players know that at times they played well above
their experience and skill level. I would like to thank all the
Senior Coaching staff especially Pat Byron and Evan Willis
for doing a fantastic job during the season and I wish them
luck for 2015.
Our Colts had another interesting season, at times we fielded three
teams but as the university holidays and injuries rolled in the third
team disappeared and we struggled to get numbers. I would like
to thank Tim West, Wayne Carter and all the Colts Coaching staff
for their efforts during the year. I know we have been working hard
during the season to attract players to Wests hopefully it will pay off
in the 2015 season.
Our Saturday Junior teams had a lot of fun and I was happy to witness great friendships being made and the amazing improvement in
skills and love for the game over the year. It’s nice to see the game
still strong at this level with lots of little ones running around. The
Sunday Junior side were very competitive, this is where the boy’s
skills start to really develop and we were excited to see some talented players running around. With this said, we had team in finals from
Under-13s to Under-16s, winning the Under-16 pre-season competition the Under-15 season competition and losing the Under-14
season competition in the Final.
On the representative front, Ed O’Donoghue (Queensland Reds)
and Will Genia (Queensland Reds and Australia) represented Wests
during the season. It was nice to see Will back at the club where he
played most of his junior Rugby and our old favourite Ed who has
been a great club man over the years. On the Women’s front Liz Patu
was selected in the Wallaroos World Cup squad and Queensland
side along with Lucy Lockhart who was a shadow player for the
Wallaroos.
Club members may or may not be aware that Wests have supported
the establishment of specialist Sevens club Tribe7s. Our contribution
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has been by way of providing training facilities and the involvement
of key personnel. We are receiving a return on our investment by
exposing the club to new players.
Buckley and Seitoa Teesi - and three boys from the Under-16s Will Gavin, Ben Navosailaga and Saula Senituli -were selected in the
Brisbane sides to play Queensland Country.
Tribe7s was established by Don Caslick to provide a pathway for
non-Rugby playing women to be able to compete at an elite level in
Sevens in Australia and around the world, to enhance their chances
for represent Australia in the new Olympic sport of Rugby Sevens.
They played their first tournament in late September 2013 with immediate success, winning Emmanuel Sevens held annually at UQ.
An elite men’s team was established and in late October, lead by
Wests Premier Grade assistant coach Evan Willis, the team were
finalists at Byron Bay Sevens, before traveling to China where they
beat the Chinese national team in the final of the Shanghai Sevens.
A special mention to our Club administrator and club medic, Jo Staples. Jo has worked tirelessly for Wests and also for many teams in
the greater Brisbane Rugby community as a medic. Jo was awarded
the BJRU Person of the Year. In wrapping up our season Jo also
won our Clubs most prestigious award, “The Rose Bowl”. Thank you
for your outstanding efforts Jo, and congratulations as these awards
were very well deserved.
On the same weekend, the Tribe 7s women, coached by Wests stalwart Cassidy Holland, won Australia’s most prestigious Sevens title
at the Central Coast 7s starting an incredible run of success which
saw them dominate arch rival Sunnybank in every major tournament
in the summer of 2014 to be crowned Queensland Champions,
Ballymore Summer Series Champions and Kiama 7s Champions
(beating the NSW representative team). In May they embarked on
an ambitious three-week, four tournament tour of the UK and Europe where they won Europe’s most prestigious women’s title at the
Amsterdam Sevens. They beat the Welsh national team 42-5 in the
Cup Final. They won the Centrale Sevens title in Paris (disposing
of national teams from Brazil, Ukraine and the French Development
team).
I would like to thank all our Major Sponsors, Sedgman, Xradiology
and Sci-Fleet for all their help with our car raffle and Precinct sponsorship. I would also like to thank all the other generous businesses
that sponsor our Club or have chosen to associate themselves with
Wests.
I would also like to take the opportunity to thank all the wonderful
volunteers, Coaches, Managers and parents who give up their time
to help the Club to be the success that it is. My sincere thanks also
goes out to the Wests Committee for all their long hours they put in
behind the scenes, and of course their families who support them.
Tony Buckley
President - WRUFC
There are seven of the 21 contracted full-time Australian Sevens
squad who came through the Tribe 7s system. Five of the 12 girls
who won the gold medal for Australia in the Youth Olympic Games,
held in Nanjing in August, were Tribe 7s players who were part of the
successful Ballymore Summer Series squad.
This spring Tribe 7s set their sights on winning the Dubai Sevens
International Invitational to complete the ‘grand-slam’ of Women’s
Rugby Sevens (Central Coast, Amsterdam, Dubai). The Tribe 7s
men won the International Open tournament at Dubai in 2013, and
returned in 2014 to compete in the elite international invitational
event. The club fielded two women’s teams with 50 per cent of the
players wanting to be part of the Tribe 7s success story traveling
from various European countries to compete, including players of
the stature of Maggie Alphonsi MBE, former England Sevens captain
Sonia Green and current Scottish captain Dr. Stephanie Johnston.
The Tribe 7s women, led by Maggie Alphonsi and coached by Cassidy Holland, won the International Open Women’s title and were
runners-up to the Irish national team in the international invitational
played in front of 40,000+ spectators on 5 December, 2014. The
following night the men played their way through to the final where
they were beaten by South Africa A (playing as Samurai International), the game again played in front of a full house before the World
Series semi-finals.
An important aspect of the Tribe 7s system is the women’s exchange
program that has been established with various European partners.
The club has hosted elite players from Scotland, England, Malta,
Germany and Holland in the last 12 months. The Tribe 7s ladies
traveled to Dubai via Dublin where they trained with the Irish national
squad. In the summer of 2015, players from Scotland, Netherlands
and Germany will be hosted. We thank Lachlan Parkinson of the
QRU for his continued support of the program and women’s Rugby Sevens in general. Reciprocal opportunities are now available for
Tribe 7s players to be hosted in Europe during their peak Sevens
season (May to August). A huge congratulations to Don Caslick and
the coaches and players involved the Sevens program.
The Junior front had various representative sides from under 12 development squads to Under-13, Under-14 and Uner-16 rep teams
and the ARU Junior Gold program in Under-15’s. It was nice to see
Wests well represented in these squads with three of our boys from
our Under-14’s team playing in the winning State Championship
side. Wests also supplied winning coaches at the State Championship, Steve Cohen Under-13 and Brenden Jones Under-14 both
coached title winning teams. Two boys from the Under-14s - Jack
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2014 COMMITTEE REPORTS
QRU JUDICIAL APPEALS COMMITTEE
In 2014 the QRU Judicial Appeals Committee dealt with six (6) matters, which coincidentally was the same number of matters dealt
with in 2013. Again most matters dealt with finals dispensation.
We again did not hear any appeals from players in relation to suspensions or penalties handed down by Judicial Panels. This is the
second year in a row. This would suggest that the penalties whilst
not always agreed with, are being accepted.
Not all appeals in relation to eligibility for finals were form the Brisbane competition and we dealt with two (2) matters from a Country
Union.
Of the six (6) matters, three (3) appeals were upheld and three (3)
were dismissed. It was notable that one matter related to the issue
of racial vilification, which is not a subject matter which has given rise
to an appeal previously.
I thank the members of the Committee for their dedication to what at
times can be difficult matters.
John Mullins
Chairman - Queensland Judicial Appeal Committee
QRU JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Features of the 2014 season were:
• The continuation of the mandatory regime, in that it is a
minimum requirement for referees to send off players who
have transgressed either Law 10.4(a) “punching or striking”
or 10.4(b) “stamping or trampling”, save for Premier matches and finals. This system has worked well in the past and
continues to ensure as far as possible a safe environment for
playing. The policy is clearly maintained and policed well by
the referees.
• This year saw a slight decrease in the number of Colts players being sent off compared to 2013. Colts players have
traditionally been seen frequently before the Judicial Committee, particularly in relation to striking. There were 11 Colts
players ordered off in the 2014 year, down from 21 in 2013.
• However, the total number of players ordered off for 2014
has increased on past years. In 2013 63 players were ordered from the field for foul play, whereas in 2014 82 players
have been ordered from the field. This total number of players
however is not a true indication of the Brisbane club competition as there were eight players who appeared before the
Committee for QRU sanctioned under age tournaments, four
from a similarly sanctioned university competition and two
from a Pacific Island competition. It is clear then that the total
number of players ordered off for foul play has not increased
substantially, but has remained relatively constant and the increased number is explained by the increased competitions
over which the Judicial Committee must preside.
• It is pleasing to note that the number of Premier Grade players has decreased slightly this year from six to four.
• The good behaviour of those not directly associated with the
on field game continues. Both in 2013 and 2014 there have
been no code of conduct breaches relating to pitch invasions, abuse of match officials and the like by coaching and
support staff personnel. It would appear as if the clubs have
ensured that this blight on the game has been eliminated, at
least for the time being.
• The Committee wish to acknowledge the cooperation of
clubs in ensuring that players attend with representatives.
The Judicial Committee has a view that a player represented
by officials, coaches and managers assist the process greatly and are ideal conduits to pass to their respective clubs the
position the Committee takes on illegal/foul play.
• The Committee particularly wishes to acknowledge the assistance of Mr Michael Backstrom of the QRU for his diligent
record keeping, preparation of Committee papers and advice to clubs of Committee decisions.
• I also wish to acknowledge the assistance of my fellow Judicial Committee members, Mr Geoff Gardiner and Mr Timothy
Conroy and reserve Committee Member, Chris Newton.
STATE REFEREE COMMITTEE
QRU Board Appointed Chairman:
Lachlan Parkinson (QRU Game Development Manager - Education,
Pathways & Rugby Services)
Committee Members:
Dick Byres (QRU Appointed)
Peter Gofton (QRU Appointed)
Geoff Pegg (QRU Referee Development Coordinator)
Mark Hogan (QRRA (Brisbane) Inc President)
Peter Buchanan (Country Appointed Delegate)
The QRU’s State Referee Committee (SRC) achieved the following
planned objectives in 2014:
• Advanced Training and Education programs for the Premier
Development and Talent Identification Squads
• Continued Education and Development of the State’s Referee Coaching Panel
• Development of Junior Refereeing and Coaching across the
State
• Provision of Match Officials for all SRC - Designated Matches
The QRU State Referee Committee operated for the early months
of 2014 under the Chairmanship of the QRU Game Development
Manager – Education, Pathways and Rugby Services which allowed
the activities and objectives of the SRC to be further aligned with the
QRU’s Game Development programs across the State in respect
of Referee Recruitment, Development and Education. Education
courses were conducted with Regional Country Referees Associations in conjunction with the allocation of ARU Junior Gold Cup
matches where Regional Referees were appointed to matches and
were able to have their performance reviewed by QRU Development
Officers who were conducting the Education courses. Development
of referees was also undertaken in a number of Country centers
throughout the year in conjunction with courses that were conducted by the QRU Community Rugby Education Department.
The Queensland Country Championship format for Regional Unions
remained unchanged from 2013 although the Regional Championships were conducted on one weekend in Rockhampton for the
Under-19 and Senior teams. With Regional Unions hosting internal
Country Championship matches, this provided the opportunity to
continue with the appointment of Host Regional Referees and Referee Coaches to inter-regional Matches as part of their ongoing Referee and Referee Coach development. The referee coaches appointed to review the performance of the referee were required to submit
coaching reports to the SRC for assessment in respect to Regional
Match appointments. The SRC were requested to appoint referees
to all Regional Under-19 and Senior Matches. This was undertaken
after reviewing coaching reports and through liaison with Country
Associations to ensure the referees were up to the required standard. One Regional and Two QRRA (Brisbane) inc. Referees were
appointed to control the six Under-19 and Senior Regional Matches
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with the Rockhampton Referees Association providing the Assistant
Referees for the Championships as well as a Referee Coach to work
with a QRRA (Brisbane) Inc Referee Coach as part of her development.
The SRC continued with their Advanced Training and Education program for 26 Referees that were selected in the Senior Development
and Pathway Identification Squads. Ten of these Referees were then
included to participate in the ARU Training Squad joining up with
Queensland’s four ARU Panel Referees. All 26referees undertook
additional strength and conditioning training, attended key education sessions that included programs covering subjects such as
tactical communication, game analysis, referee interaction and decision making under pressure. These Referees were also allocated
Mentors with all Referees being selected to Referee in the Brisbane
Grade Competition season Finals. Referees selected in the Development programs were also selected to referee at the various Championships and Rugby Events listed below as part of their Referee Development process. Queensland based Referee Coaches were also
selected as Referee Coaches at these Championships listed below.
Over the year, the SRC made 1,876 appointments of Match Officials
to Matches in the following competitions:
• Premier Rugby
• Appointed as Referee Coach Queensland Schools 15 Years
State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach ARU Women’s Sevens Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach ARU Women’s National Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach QJRU State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach ARU Junior Gold Cup Matches
• Appointed as Citing Commissioner IRB Junior World Cup
• Appointed as Citing Commissioner Pacific Rugby Competition
• Appointed as Citing Commissioner National Rugby Competition
• Appointed as Citing Commissioner Noosa Sevens and Gold
Coast IRB Sevens
Alec Camplin
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Schools 12 Year State
Championships
• Queensland Country Championships
• City v Country
John Christophersen
• Queensland Schools 18 years Championships
• Appointed as Assistant Referee NSW Under-20s v Fiji Pacific
Rugby Competition
• Appointed as Referee Brisbane Premier Colts Grand Final
Tim Clough
• Queensland Schools Schoolboy Trials
• Queensland Junior Rugby Union State Championships
• Appointed as Assistant Referee Super 15 Trial
• QRU Queensland Primary School Under-12 Q 7s
• Appointed as Referee Australian Southern States Championships
• QRU Queensland Schoolboy 7s
• Appointed as Assistant Referee 2 for Three Pacific Rugby
Competition Matches
• ARU Junior Gold Cup
• Other Requested Appointments
Following are the achievements of Queensland Referees and Referee Coaches during 2014:
Tim Aistrope
• Appointed as Referee ARU Under-17 Junior Gold Cup
Matches
• Appointed Referee NT Hottest Sevens
Andrew Cole
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Schoolboy Trials
• Retained as ARU National Referee Coach
• Appointed as Referee ARU Australian Schools Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach for nine Super 15 Matches
• Appointed Referee ARU Under-17 Junior Gold Cup Matches
• Appointed as Referee Coach for Seven Pacific Rugby Competition Matches
• Appointed Assistant Referee Queensland Under-20s v Junior Japan Pacific Rugby Competition
• Appointed as Referee Coach for ten National Rugby Competition Matches
Robert Andrews
Championships
Will Bailey
• Appointed as Performance Reviewer for Four International
Test Matches
• Appointed as ARU Referee Coach IRB Sevens Gold Coast
Dean Collett
• Appointed as Referee QJRU State Championships
Peter Buchanan
Matches
Peter Buchanan (Senior)
• Appointed as Referee Coach Queensland Schools 18 Year
State Championships
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Dick Byres
Championships
Brett Cronan
Championships
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Country Under-19 State
Championships
Matches
• Appointed as Referee ARU Under-15 Junior Gold Cup Semi
Final
• Appointed as Referee ARU Under-15 Junior Gold Cup Final
Rupert Dingle
Greg Hinton
• Appointed as Development Coach National Rugby Competition Match
Rohan Hoffman
• Retained as Referee on the ARU National Referee Panel
• Selected as SANZAR Super 15 Referee
Ben Dorrington-Plumb
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for nine Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Referee for 13 Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Referee ARU Under-17 Junior gold cup Matches
• Appointed as Referee Pacific Rugby Competition Final
• Appointed as Referee Fiji v Tonga – First Test Appointment
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for two International Test
Matches
Paul Evans
State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coordinator QJRU State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coach Queensland Country State
Championships
• Appointed as Referee for Four National Rugby Competition
Matches
• Appointed as Referee National Rugby Competition Semi-Final
• Appointed as Referee National Rugby Competition Final
• Appointed as Referee Brisbane Premier Grade Grand Final
• Appointed as Match Official Number four Australia v New
Zealand Test Match
Cameron Foley
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Schools 18 Years State
Championships
Matches
• Appointed as Referee City Under-16 v Country u16 Representative Match
Ian Foster
Mark Hogan
Rachel Horton
• Appointed as Referee ARU Women’s Sevens Championships
• Appointed as Referee ARU Women’s National Championships
Championships
• Appointed as Assistant Referee Junior Japan v Fiji Pacific
Rugby Competition Match
• Appointed as Referee ARU Under-17Junior Gold Cup
Matches
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for three ARU National Rugby Competition Matches
• Appointed as Referee Central Coast Sevens
Peter Gofton
• Appointed as Referee NT Hottest Sevens
Chyna Howlett
Paul Haydock
• Appointed as Assistant Referee St George Reds v Chiefs Super 15 Trial
• Appointed as Referee ARU Women’s Sevens Championships
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for Three Pacific Rugby
Competition Matches
• Appointed as Referee ARU Women’s National Championships
• Appointed as Referee ARU Southern States Championships
• Selected as Development Referee IRB Women’s Sevens
Referee Panel
• Appointed as Referee National Club Championship Match
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for Five National Rugby
Competition Matches
Matches
• Appointed as Match official Number five for Australia v Argentina Test Match
• Appointed as Referee Brisbane Premier Reserve Grand Final
• Appointed as Referee IRB China Sevens
Liam King
Paul Heath
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Ruben Kriel
Championships
Declan Lane
Championships
Matches
Jayden Leavers
Bob Nicol
Championships
Joshua Noon
Matt O’Brien
• Retained on the ARU National Referee Panel
Harrison Lee
Championships
Steve Leszczynski
• Selection as Referee on the IRB’s Sevens International Referee Panel
• Appointed as Referee IRB Sevens Gold Coast, Wellington,
Hong Kong, Japan, China, Las Vegas and World Cup Sevens
• Appointed as TMO for nine Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Referee Commonwealth Games Sevens Final
Neill McCann
Stuart McKinnon
Drew Meehan
Greg Milne
• Appointed as Development Coach for Two National Rugby
Competition Matches
• Appointed as TMO for four National Rugby Competition
Matches
Damien Mitchelmore
• Retained as Referee on the ARU National Referee Panel
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for eight Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Referee NSW Under-20’s v Tonga u20’s
• Appointed as Referee Combined States Under-20’s v NSW
Under-20’s
• Appointed as Referee for Two Pacific Rugby Competition
Matches
• Appointed as Number four Match Official Australia V Argentina Test Match
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for five National Rugby Competition Matches
• Appointed as Referee for four National Rugby Competition
Matches
Luke Moloney
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for two Pacific Rugby Competition Matches
Richard Nagle
Matches
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Under-20s v Combined
States Under-20s
• Appointed as Referee ACT Under-20s v Pampas XV Under-20s
• Appointed as Referee for two Pacific Rugby Competition
Matches
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for one Pacific Rugby Competition Match
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for eight Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Referee for two Super 15 Matches
• Appointed as Assistant Referee for two National Rugby
Competition Matches
• Appointed as Match official Number 4 Australia v New Zealand Test Match
Eamon O’Sullivan
Geoff Pegg
• Appointed as Referee Coordinator Queensland Schools 18
Years State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coordinator Queensland Junior Rugby Union State Championships
• Appointed as Referee Coordinator QRU All Schools Sevens
Pat Rae
• Appointed as Referee Coach ARU Schools National Championships
Liam Neyland
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Championships
• Appointed as Development Coach for Two National Rugby
Competition Matches
• Appointed as Referee Coach for Three National Rugby Competition Matches
Sam Rasmussen
• Appointed as Referee North Queensland v Central
Queensland Country Championship Match
• Appointed Referee Queensland Schoolboy Trials
Championships
Matches
John Raukete
Jordan Way
• Appointed as Referee QJRU ARU Under15 Junior Gold Cup
Matches
Championships
Championships
Reimon Raukete
Championships
• Appointed as Referee City Under-13 v Country Under-13
Representative Match
Shaun Rigby
• Appointed as Referee Queensland Schoolboy Trials
Mitchell Ross
Championships
Michael Wills
Chris Woodhouse
• Appointed as Assistant Referee Reds A v Australian Barbarians Pacific Rugby Competition Match
• Appointed as Referee ARU u17 Junior Gold Cup Matches
Scott Young
Jordan Ryan
Matches
Tom Ryan
• Appointed as ARU Liaison Officer Queensland
Jordan Schuck
Matches
Cameron Stanfield
Matches
• Appointed as Assistant Referee Queensland v Junior Japan
Pacific Rugby Competition Match
Felix Strong-Fick
Craig Taylor
State Championships
Andrew Twist
• Retained as ARU National Referee Selector
• Appointed as Pathway Services Manager - Officiating Australian Rugby Union
• Appointed as Referee Coach for seven Pacific Rugby Competition Matches
• Appointed as Referee Coach for seven Super 15 Matches
• Retained as IRB’s International Sevens Referee Coach
• IRB Sevens Referee Coach Gold Coast, Dubai, Las Vegas,
Wellington and Hong Kong.
• Appointed as Development Coach for Brisbane City v Perth
National Rugby Competition Final
With the initial implementation of the Australian Rugby Union’s National Match Official Strategic Plan occurring in March 2014, the
QRU State Referee Committee was dispended on the basis that
there was no longer any separate requirement for that body to operate although specific responsibilities such as Premier Rugby and
State Championships Match Officials appointments continued to be
undertaken by QRU representatives for 2014. Referee and Referee
Coaching Development Strategy for Queensland Referee Associations will now be the responsibility of the newly created Match Officials Development Manager for the State of Queensland in line with
the National Match Official Strategic Plan.
Geoff Pegg
Administration Officer - QRUSRC
• Appointed as Referee ARU u17 Junior Gold Cup Matches
• Appointed as Referee Brisbane First Grade Grand Final
Kevin Twomey
• Appointed as Referee South Queensland v North Queensland
Country Championship Match
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2014 OFFICE BEARERS
DELEGATES TO THE
AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION
PATRON
Her Excellency
Ms Penelope Wensley AO
Governer of Queensland
Paul McNicholl, Rod McCall, Michael Arnett
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
VICE PATRONS
Paul Tully (Chairman), Geoff Gardiner, Tim Conroy
The Honourable Campbell Newman
Premier of Queensland
JUDICIAL APPEALS COMMITTEE
The Right Honourable
Lord Mayor of Brisbane
Cr Graham Quirk
John Mullins (Chairman), Chris Newton, Noel Rafter, Ian Scotney
OAM
PRESIDENT
Tony Shaw
VICE PRESIDENTS
Bill Ross, Andrew Slack
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Rod McCall (Chairman), Jim Carmichael, Michael Arnett, Mark
Connors, Damien Frawley, James Horwill, Paul McNicholl, Mark
Thompson, Chris White
EXECUTIVE STAFF
Chief Executive Officer
Jim Carmichael
Chief Operating Officer
David Hanham
Chief Commercial Officer
Daniel Herbert
Chief Financial Officer
Ashley Selwood
General Manager of Game Development
Robert Donaghue
General Manager of Communications
Philip Pope
Head Coach
Richard Graham
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FINANCIAL
REPORT
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FINANCIAL REPORT
Attached is the formal Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2014 together with the associated Directors Report, Audit Report
and Directors Declaration.
As the attached is the formal presentation to be provided under the Law, it may be helpful to Members to include a deeper analysis of the
financial results for the year and the position at the end of December.
As provided in previous years below is a general ‘Sources and Application of Funds’. It shows the main areas of revenue and expenditure
and where the funds flow throughout the organisation. One important point to note in reviewing this presentation this year compared to
previous years is the effect of the 10 month year in 2014. Many of the Revenue and Expenditure lines have been affected by the shorter
year whereas many others remain similar to a normal 12 month year such as Gate Takings and Corporate Hospitality revenue and associated expenditure.
As can be seen at the heart of the diagram is the Reds and the net funds that Reds operations generate are then used in other parts
of the business such as Game Development and Premier Rugby. The Surplus for the year is also a by-product of the Reds operations.
Having said that it should be noted that the Game development part of the QRU is generating significant revenue in its own right through
commercial operations, Government Grants as well as the ARU Grants that have been in existence for some time. This shows that the
Community side of the business is becoming less dependent on the success of the Reds albeit that there are many non-financial benefits
that flow to the Community game as a result of a successful Reds operation.
ARU
$3.7M
$12.6M
$150k
Premier Rugby
Expenditure
$390k
Commercial and
Other Revenue
$2.0M
$240k
Reds
Expenditure*
$15.3M
$0.4M
Game Development
Expenditure
$4.0M
$0.3M
Surplus
Government
Grants
$0.7M
$0.9M
*Includes Player Payments, Coaching and Support Staff, Team Servicing plus Reds related Commercial, Marketing and Media costs plus an
allocation from Ballymore and Corporate costs
Turning now to the attached Financial Statements the following provides further information in relation to the Statement of Profit and Loss
and the Statement of Financial Position.
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
The Statement of Profit and Loss shows a bottom line surplus of $355k for the year, however the more important result is the Profit before
Depreciation which indicates a result for the financial year of $936k. This result illustrates the effective net cash result for the year, notwithstanding the more accurate cash flow position shown in the Statement of Cash Flows. As mentioned above it should be noted that the
2014 financial year is for 10 months only as the QRU moves from a December year end to October 31 commencing in 2014 and hence
many of the direct comparatives to 2013 need to take this change into consideration..
Some of the other major points to note from the Statement of Profit and Loss are:
• Sponsorship has been maintained at similar levels to 2013 however due to the 10 month financial period in 2014, a number of
sponsorship agreements have been brought to account only for the 10 months;
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• Corporate Hospitality for 2014 was less than 2013 due principally to the general reduction in match attendances this year caused
principally by the overall performance of the Reds in 2014;
• Gate Takings held up quite well compared to 2013 considering the team performance this year. The 2013 figure includes the
match fee of $500k from the one off Reds v Lions match. Therefore Gate Takings were slightly up on 2013 mainly due to the underpinning of revenue from the Membership program. This further illustrates the strategic importance of Membership on the overall
revenue risk position;
• Grants were down by approximately $300k in 2014 with the bulk of this coming from the 10 month year and the resulting treatment of some of the ARU Grants.
• Other Revenue was down again with the bulk caused by the reduced period and also due to some lesser results from Reds Events
in 2014.
Therefore overall revenue is down by approximately $1.8m with much of this to do with the change in the financial period. However not
all of the reduction as caused by this change as some of the revenue streams were affected by the team performance in 2014 such as
Corporate Hospitality and Events.
Expenditure has tracked very much in line with the reduction in revenue and the change in the accounting period with an overall reduction
of $1.8m. Much of this is to do with the change in the financial period as many of the costs such as employment costs are brought to
account on a monthly basis. There were also some reductions in expenditure directly tied to the lower results in Corporate Hospitality and
Events.
Therefore overall it is a difficult year in which to draw meaningful outcomes from the comparatives due to the reduced accounting period.
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION AND CASHFLOW
The Statement of Financial Position shows Total Members Equity of $14,880,167 principally represented by the investment in Ballymore
including the Administration Building.
More importantly the Report shows that the negative working capital position of $3,645,681 at the end of 2013 has declined to $3,220,770
at the end of 2014. It should be noted however that due to the loan with St.George Bank being represented in Non-Current Liabilities,
its reduction of $375k during 2014 is not represented in the working capital position. In reality the working capital deficit reduced further.
As reported last year the Term Loan with St.George Bank will reduce to nil in the early part of 2015 leaving the overdraft of $2m to finance
the business. The Board will be considering new financing strategies in due course once there is finality to the new broadcasting agreement and Super Rugby competition structure from 2016.
At the time of finalising this report, the Board is continuing discussions with the State Government regarding the granting of freehold title
on Ballymore and if this is achieved the value of the land may significantly increase. Members may recall that the land valuation was reduced by $5.3m to $12.7m in 2013 as a result of a new valuation undertaken at that time.
One other important matter to note from the financial position and the associated Statement of Cash Flows is the cash flow position during
the year. Overall the cash position reduced by $633k however due to the Balance Sheet now constructed as at 31 October the cash
position will be less than the previous balance date of December 31 due to the ongoing sales of Memberships and Corporate Hospitality
that normally occur in November and December each year for the following season. As can be seen from the Balance Sheet the amount of
Deferred Revenue reduced from $4.7m as at December 2013, to $2.2m as at October 2014 hence reducing the cash position at year end.
THE FUTURE
In terms of the future financial position the Budget for 2015 is indicating another positive surplus however a forecast for 2016 has been
delayed until further information is known on the structure of the Super Rugby season and the associated broadcast agreements from
2016. At this point it would seem that the competition will expand to 18 teams from 2016 however due to the construction of the competition it will mean the current eight home match program reducing to seven home matches in each alternate year. There will also be
the potential of a reduced quality program due to a reduction in the number of local derby matches and the introduction of a sixth team
from South Africa and teams from Japan and Argentina. It is too early at this stage to speculate on how this new competition will impact
financially on the QRU from 2016.
Another key ingredient in the future of the QRU’s financial position will be the financial environment at the national level. Much has been
said and written about the ARU’s position and again its financial future will very much depend on the broadcasting agreement and the
impact of future competitions.
It is believed that these outstanding issues will be resolved in the coming months allowing for a much clearer position for the future direction of the ARU and as a result the QRU as well.
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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
The Directors of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd, except where otherwise stated, present their report on the Company for the financial period ended 31 October 2014. As resolved by the Company the financial year is changed to conclude on October 31 and as a result the
2014 period is for 10 months.
DIRECTORS
The name and particulars of the Directors of the Company in office at any time during or since the end of the period are:
Mr R J McCall
Mr M C Thompson
Mr J Carmichael
Mr C G White
Mr P B McNicholl
Mr J Horwill
Mr M N Arnett
Mr M Connors
Mr D Frawley
INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS
Mr. R.J. McCall - Chairman
Mr Rod McCall joined the QRU Board as Chairman in 2009, having previously served as a Director of the ARU in 1996 as RUPA appointed Director and again from 2007 to 2009. Rod had an extensive Rugby playing career, representing Queensland and Australia
from 1986 to 1995. He played 107 games for Queensland and 40 Tests for Australia, including winning the 1991 Rugby World Cup.
Rod is currently the Managing Director of successful print and logistics company IPG Connect.
Mr J Carmichael
Mr Jim Carmichael became Queensland Rugby CEO in November 2009, with almost 25 years experience as a senior executive, board
member and executive management consultant within a range of business types, including local and international, private and publicly listed start-up and established organisations. The industries Mr Carmichael has experience in include multi-media, technologies,
entertainment and major sports industries. More recently Mr Carmichael was a senior executive with the Australian Football League in
various roles including Director of Major Projects and Head of New Business and Enterprise, developing major strategic initiatives to
produce sustainable growth, profit and brand value for the AFL, State league bodies and clubs.
Mr M N Arnett B.Com, LLB
Elected to the Board on April, 17 2010 Mr Michael Arnett is a former partner of law firm Norton Rose. Michael is a director of a number
of public and private companies, including New Guinea Energy Ltd, Seqwater, Queensland Energy Resources Ltd and NRW Holdings
Limited in the mining and energy sector. Michael has been involved in significant corporate and commercial legal work for the resource
industry for over 25 years.
Mr P B McNicholl B.Sc(Hons), B.Econ, GAICD
Mr Paul McNicholl has more than 27 years of experience in senior executive roles in major public companies in both the industrial and
consumer retail markets and has built up a wealth of business skills and commercial acumen. Paul’s directorships have included Delta
Australia, Valmont Australia, Donhad Pty Ltd and Webforge Australia Pty Ltd, Voca Communications Pty Ltd and the Australian Steel
Institute. Paul played for Queensland in 71-72, served on the Committee of the University of Queensland Rugby Club for 10 years and
was a referee for several years whilst residing in Sydney. He was elected to the Board on April 17, 2010.
Mr M C Thompson BBUS CPA
A partner at Whytes Accountants and Business Advisors Mr Mark Thompson provides Specialised Taxation Advice with a significant
focus on the Professional Sport industry. Mark’s client base spans numerous participants within this sector including sportspeople,
media executives, coaches, talent management companies, sport organisations and their executives. In addition to Mark’s role as a
Director on the Board of Queensland Rugby Mark is a current Director of Bulls Masters Ltd and his community rugby involvement has
included posting as Chairman of Brothers Rugby Club. Mark was elected to the Board on April 17, 2010.
Mr Chris White
A sports and event management specialist, Mr Chris White is the Managing Director of talent and sponsorship management company,
International Quarterback. Chris has previously been on the Board of Events Queensland and Tourism Queensland. He was the Chair
of Gold Coasts Events Company, which was responsible for the V8 Races on the Gold Coast and in Townsville. Through Chris’s many
years experience in the sports industry he has built up exceptional contacts across corporate, sports, media and government. Chris
was elected to the Board on April 17, 2010.
Mr James Horwill
Mr James Horwill was appointed to the Board in April 2011 as the Rugby Union Players Association nominee. James captained the
St.George Queensland Reds from 2008 - 2014 and is a member of the Qantas Wallabies. James led the Reds to the Super Rugby
title in 2011, the first in the professional era.
Mr Mark Connors LLB PS 146 Accredited
Mr Mark Connors was elected to the Board in March 2012. Mark represented Queensland and Australia between 1991 and 2006,
and is currently the second highest capped player for Queensland with 134 caps. Mark was previously a Member of the Board of the
Australian Rugby Union from 2007 - 2012 having been nominated by the Rugby Union Players Association. He is a former practising
Lawyer now working as an Investment Advisor.
Mr Damien Frawley
Damien has a distinguished playing career in Rugby, representing both Queensland and NSW as well as playing 10 Tests for the Wallabies. Damien is currently the CEO of institutional investment manager QIC, having taken up the role in 2012. Previously, Damien was
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the country head of BlackRock Australia and his career has also included roles at Merrill Lynch Investment Management, Barclays
Global Investors and Citibank. Damien is a member of a number of other bodies including CEDA State Advisory Council (October
2012), Financial Services Council Investment Board Committee (December 2012), Queensland Government’s Ministerial Health Infrastructure Advisory Council (December 2013) and the Queensland Government’s Trade and Investment Executive Roundtable (March
2014).
Mr Ashley Selwood B.Bus, MBA, FCPA, FGIA (Company Secretary)
Ashley Selwood was appointed Company Secretary on 19 May 2011 as part of his role on the Special Executive Committee and took
up the position fulltime in September 2011. Ashley has formal Company Secretarial qualifications including Grad. Dip in Corporate
Governance and was previously the Company Secretary of the Australian Rugby Union.
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES
The Company’s principal activities in the course of the financial period were the control and operation of Rugby Union in Queensland.
During the financial period there was no significant change in the nature of these activities.
LIKELY DEVELOPMENT AND RESULTS
Likely developments in the operations of the company and the expected results of those operations (such as the redevelopment and
the future of Ballymore), have not been included in this report as the Directors believe, on reasonable grounds, that the inclusion of such
information would be likely to result in unreasonable prejudice to the Company.
AUDITOR’S INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION
A copy of the auditor’s independence declaration as required under section 307C of the Corporations Act is set out following the Directors’ Report.
MEETINGS OF DIRECTORS
During the financial period, nine meetings of the Board of Directors of the Queensland Rugby Union Ltd were held. The number of meetings attended by each Director during the financial period is as follows:
QRU BOARD MEETINGS
Number eligible to attend
Number attended
Mr R.J. McCall
8
8
Mr J Carmichael
8
7
Mr M.N. Arnett
8
8
Mr C.G. White
8
6
Mr P.B. McNicholl
8
7
Mr M.C. Thompson
8
6
Mr J Horwill
8
4
Mr M Connors
8
7
Mr D Frawley
8
5
During the financial period two meetings were held of the Ballymore Committee. The number of meetings attended by each committee
member is as follows:
BALLYMORE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Number attended
Mr M C Thompson
2
2
Mr R J McCall
2
2
Mr J Carmichael
2
2
Mr C McCluskey
2
1
During the financial period three meetings of the Audit and Risk Committee were held. The number of meetings attended by each committee member is as follows:
AUDIT & RISK COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Mr P McNicholl (Chairman)
Number attended
3
3
Mr M Arnett
3
3
Mr D Frawley
3
3
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During the financial period one meeting of the Life Members Nominations Committee was held. The number of meetings attended by
each committee member is as follows:
LIFE MEMBERS NOMINATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Number attended
Mr A Shaw (Chairman)
1
1
Mr P McNicholl
1
1
Mr A Taylor
1
1
Mr J Carmichael
1
1
During the financial period two meetings of the Nominations Committee were held. The number of meetings attended by each committee
member is as follows:
NOMINATION COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Number attended
2
2
Mr R McCall (Chairman)
Mr M.N Arnett
2
2
Mr A Shepley
2
2
Mr B Curran
2
2
OPERATING RESULTS
The company’s surplus for the financial period after income tax was $354,624 which compares to a 2013 Surplus of $287,492. The
Company’s surplus includes a depreciation charge of $580,894 (2013 - $666,623).
DIVIDENDS
The Company is a Company limited by guarantee and is prohibited under its Constitution to declare dividends.
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS
Details of the Commercial, Game Development, Professional Rugby and Corporate activities of the Company for the year have been
outlined under those operational headings in the previous pages of the annual report.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN STATE OF AFFAIRS
No significant changes in the Company’s state of affairs occurred during the financial period, other than the Boards discussion to
change the financial year end applicable in 2014.
MATTERS SUBSEQUENT TO THE END OF THE FINANCIAL PERIOD
There are no matters or circumstances which have arisen since the end of the financial period which significantly affected or may
significantly affect the operations of the Company, the results of those operations, or the state of affairs of the Company in subsequent
financial years.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE STATEMENT
The Corporate Governance Statement of the Company is now available on the Company’s website and as such is not included in the
Annual Report as has been the case in previous years.
A copy of the Statement can be found at redsrugby.com.au
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OFFICERS AND AUDITORS INDEMNIFICATION
The Company has not, during or since the end of the financial period, in respect of any person who is, or has been, an officer or auditor
of the Company or of a related body corporate:
• indemnified or made any relevant agreement for indemnifying against a liability incurred as an officer or auditor, including costs
and expenses in successfully defending legal proceedings; or
• paid or agreed to pay a premium in respect of a contract insuring against a liability incurred as an officer or auditor for the costs
or expenses to defend legal proceedings;
with the exception of the following:
- During or since the financial period the Company has paid premiums to insure each of the Directors and the Company
secretary against liabilities for costs and expenses incurred by them in defending any legal proceedings arising out of their
conduct while acting in the capacity of director or Company secretary of the Company, other than conduct involving a wilful
breach of duty in relation to the Company. Further details are prohibited by a confidentiality clause.
PROCEEDINGS ON BEHALF OF THE COMPANY
No person has applied for leave of court to bring proceedings on behalf of the Company or intervene in any proceedings to which the
Company is a party for the purpose of taking responsibility on behalf of the Company for all or any part of these proceedings.
The Company was not a party to any such proceedings during the financial period.
Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Directors made pursuant to Section 298(2) of the Corporations Act 2001 on behalf of the
Directors.
R.J. McCallJ. Carmichael
Chairman
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dated in Brisbane this 18th day of March 2014
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Tel: +61 7 3237 5999
Fax: +61 7 3221 9227
www.bdo.com.au
Level 10, 12 Creek St
Brisbane QLD 4000
GPO Box 457 Brisbane QLD 4001
Australia
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE BY D P WRIGHT TO THE DIRECTORS OF QUEENSLAND RUGBY
UNION LTD
As lead auditor of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd for the period ended 31 October 2014, I declare that, to
the best of my knowledge and belief, there have been:
1.
No contraventions of the auditor independence requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 in
relation to the audit; and
2.
No contraventions of any applicable code of professional conduct in relation to the audit.
D P Wright
Director
BDO Audit Pty Ltd
Brisbane, 11 December 2014
BDO Audit Pty Ltd ABN 33 134 022 870 is a member of a national association of independent entities which are all members of BDO Australia Ltd ABN 77 050
110 275, an Australian company limited by guarantee. BDO Audit Pty Ltd and BDO Australia Ltd are members of BDO International Ltd, a UK company limited
by guarantee, and form part of the international BDO network of independent member firms. Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional
Standards Legislation, other than for the acts or omissions of financial services licensees.
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QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION LTD
A.C.N. 055 120 217
STATEMENT OF PROFIT OR LOSS
FOR THE 10 MONTHS ENDED 31 OCTOBER 2014
Ten Months Ended 31
October 2014
Year Ended
31 December 2013
$
$
Sponsorship
6,848,024
7,064,273
Corporate Hospitality
1,726,212
2,057,708
Match Day
7,006,420
7,419,106
Grants
5,722,112
6,055,760
8,079
15,574
Other
1,096,223
1,583,590
TOTAL REVENUE
22,407,070
24,196,011
Match Day Operational Expenses
2,765,190
2,674,404
Commercial
1,799,655
2,189,889
Marketing and Memberships
1,991,321
1,906,298
Game Development and Operations
3,490,138
3,873,802
Reds Team Expenses
7,540,489
8,413,412
449,507
291,824
Corporate
2,628,132
2,763,055
Ballymore
807,120
1,129,212
TOTAL EXPENDITURE
21,471,552
23,241,896
Profit before Depreciation
935,518
954,115
580,894
666,623
354,624
287,492
-
-
354,624
287,492
Note
REVENUE
Interest Received
EXPENDITURE
Communications and Media
Depreciation
2
Profit After Depreciation
Income Tax Expense
1(f)
PROFIT FOR THE PERIOD ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE MEMBERS
The accompanying notes form part of these financial statements.
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A.C.N. 055 120 217
STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Note
Ten Months Ended
31 October 2014
Year Ended
31 December 2013
$
$
354,624
287,492
-
(5,300,000)
-
-
-
(5,300,000)
-
-
-
-
-
(5,300,000)
354,624
(5,012,508)
Profit for the period attributable to the Members
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Items that will not be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Gain/ (loss) on revaluation of Land
Income tax relating to items that will not be reclassified subsequently
1(f)
Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss
Other comprehensive income for the period (net of tax)
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD
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A.C.N. 055 120 217
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 31 OCTOBER 2014
Note
October 2014
December 2013
$
$
1,717
33,687
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
Trade and other receivables
3
3,046,267
3,047,230
Consumables
4
83,106
188,637
Other current assets
5
101,336
248,858
3,232,426
3,518,412
18,785,044
19,272,084
TOTAL NON CURRENT ASSETS
18,785,044
19,272,084
TOTAL ASSETS
22,017,470
22,790,496
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS
NON CURRENT ASSETS
Property Plant & Equipment
6
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade and other payables
7
2,446,805
1,312,958
Borrowings
8
1,557,400
952,838
Provisions
9
270,995
232,108
Deferred revenue
10
2,177,996
4,666,189
6,453,196
7,164,093
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES
NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
Borrowings
8
257,392
680,014
Provisions
9
80,880
25,606
Deferred revenue
10
345,835
395,240
684,107
1,100,860
TOTAL LIABILITIES
7,137,303
8,264,953
NET ASSETS
14,880,167
14,525,543
Retained Earnings
12,180,167
11,825,543
Revaluation Surplus
2,700,000
2,700,000
TOTAL MEMBERS’ EQUITY
14,880,167
14,525,543
TOTAL NON CURRENT LIABILITIES
MEMBERS EQUITY
Capital, leasing and contractual commitments
12
Contingent liabilities
16
Members Liability
14
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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
Retained Earnings
Revaluation Surplus
Total Equity
$
$
$
11,538,051
8,000,000
19,538,051
287,492
-
287,492
Other comprehensive income
-
(5,300,000)
(5,300,000)
Total comprehensive income
287,492
(5,300,000)
(5,012,508)
Balance at 31.12.13
11,825,543
2,700,000
14,525,543
Balance as at 1.1.14
11,825,543
2,700,000
14,525,543
354,624
-
354,624
Other comprehensive income
-
-
-
Total comprehensive income
354,624
-
354,624
12,180,167
2,700,000
14,880,167
Balance as at 1.1.13
Net profit attributable to Members
Net profit attributable to Members
Balance at 31.10.14
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
Ten Months Ended
31 October 2014
Year Ended
31 December 2013
$
$
19,851,641
23,077,094
8,079
15,574
(19,882,512)
(24,332,172)
(107,980)
(124,674)
(130,772)
(1,364,178)
Payments for property, plant and equipment
(93,852)
(446,247)
Member Loan Repayments
10,715
17,857
Net cash (outflow) from investing activities
(83,137)
(428,390)
Net repayments of St.George Facility
(375,000)
(500,000)
Net proceeds (repayments) from leasing facility
(44,349)
76,341
Net cash inflow/(outflow) from financing activities
(419,349)
(423,659)
Net increase (decrease) in cash held
(633,258)
(2,216,227)
Cash at beginning of the financial period
(865,642)
1,350,585
(1,498,900)
(865,642)
- Cash On Hand
1,500
1,500
- Cash At Bank
217
32,187
- Bank Overdraft
(1,500,617)
(899,329)
(1,498,900)
(865,642)
Note
Receipts from patrons, sponsors etc
Interest received
Payments to suppliers, wages etc
Interest paid and other financial costs
Net cash inflow (outflow) from operating activities
(b)
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash at end of the financial period
(a)
Note (a)
For the purposes of Statement of Cash Flows
Cash Comprises:-
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STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (CONTINUED)
Ten Months Ended
31 October 2014
Year Ended
31 December 2013
$
$
(130,772)
(1,364,178)
(580,894)
(666,623)
9,752
504,127
- Increase /(Decrease) in prepayments
(147,522)
36,943
- Increase/(Decrease) in inventories
(105,531)
107,597
- (Increase)/Decrease in provisions
(94,160)
(70,800)
- (Increase)/Decrease in deferred revenue
2,537,598
1,260,481
- (Increase)/Decrease in payables
(1,133,847)
479,945
354,624
287,492
Note
Note (b)
Reconciliation of Cash Flow provided by
Operating Activities to Profit from ordinary activities
Net Cash (used)/provided by operating activities
Non cash flows in Profit from ordinary activities
- Depreciation
Changes in assets and liabilities
- Increase/(Decrease) in receivables
Profit from ordinary activities for the period
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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1 - STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The financial report is a general purpose financial report that has been prepared in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards
- Reduced Disclosure Requirements, other authoritative pronouncements of the Australian Accounting Standards Board and the Corporations Act 2001
The directors have determined that Queensland Rugby Union Limited is permitted to apply the Tier 2 reporting requirements (Australian
Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements) as set out in AASB 1053 Application of Tiers of Australian Accounting
Standards because it is a not-for-profit private sector entity. As such, the directors have adopted AASB 2010-2 Amendments to Australian Accounting Standards Arising from Reduced Disclosure Requirements from 1 January 2011. AASB 2010-2 only mandatorily
applies to annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 July 2013. The adoption of AASB 2010-2 has had no impact on amounts
recognised in the financial statements and related notes because it merely requires less disclosures for these general purpose financial
statements, which have been prepared using Australian Accounting Standards - Reduced Disclosure Requirements, than if these financial statements were prepared using Australian Accounting Standards.
The financial report covers the entity, Queensland Rugby Union Ltd as an individual entity. Queensland Rugby Union Ltd is a Company
limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia.
The financial report has been prepared on an accruals basis and is based on historical costs and does not take into account changing
money values or, except where stated, current valuations of non-current assets. Cost is based on the fair values of the consideration
given in exchange for assets.
The following is a summary of the material accounting policies adopted by the Company in the preparation of the financial report. The
accounting policies have been consistently applied, unless otherwise stated.
(a)
Going Concern
The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates the continuity of normal business
activities and the realisation of assets and discharge of liabilities in the ordinary course of business.
At 31 October 2014 the statement of financial position shows there is a deficiency of net current assets of $3,220,770 (2013
$3,645,681), and net cash outflow from operating activities of $130,769 (2013 $1,364,178 outflow). The Company however
reported an operating surplus for the period of $354,624 (2013 $287,492).
The Directors have reviewed profit and loss forecasts, cash flow forecasts and related assumptions which indicate the QRU has
the ability to pay its debts as and when they fall due. Not withstanding the above financial position, the Directors have therefore
prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis. The Directors believe that with profitability forecast in 2015 plus the
financial result achieved in previous years, the QRU will be able to generate positive operating cash flows and be able to pay its
debts as and when they fall due.
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NOTE 1 - STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES continued
(b)
Property, Plant and Equipment
Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation.
Land
Land was initially measured at deemed cost based on the fair value of the land granted to the Company by the Queensland Government, being the amount for which an asset could be exchanged between knowledgeable willing parties in an arm’s length
transaction. The land was first recognised in the financial statements in 2001 at $10,000,000 on the basis of an independent
valuation. The valuation took into account the specialised nature and restrictions placed on the Land.
A subsequent valuation of the Land was undertaken on 22 December 2010. This valuation was $18,000,000 and was taken up
at 31 December 2010. A subsequent valuation was undertaken at 31 December 2013 which indicated a reduction in value to
$12,700,000. This latter value has now been taken up in the Financial Statements. Details relating to the most recent valuation
are included in Note 6.
It is important to note the QRU has an interest in the land at Ballymore through a Deed of Grant in Trust (DOGIT) issued by the
State Government. There are associated restrictions over the transfer and commercial use of the property.
Buildings
Buildings are measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses.
The carrying amount of buildings is reviewed annually by Directors to ensure that it is not in excess of the recoverable amount
from the buildings. The recoverable amount of the buildings is the higher of the buildings fair value less costs to sell or value
in use. In relation to the Ballymore Buildings and Stadium, value in use is determined by reference to depreciated replacement
cost. This value has been determined by reference to an independent assessment of the deemed replacement cost of land and
buildings at Ballymore.
A valuation has been undertaken for the year ended 31 December 2011 of Ballymore and its improvements for purposes of
assessing impairment to the value of the assets. No impairment of the asset has been identified and hence the asset continues
to be recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation.
(c)
Plant and Equipment
Plant and equipment are measured on the cost basis less depreciation and impairment losses.
The carrying amount of plant and equipment is reviewed annually by Directors to ensure it is not in excess of the recoverable
amount from these assets. The recoverable amount is assessed on the basis of the expected net cash flows which will be received from the assets employment and subsequent disposal. The expected net cash flows have not been discounted to their
present value in determining recoverable amounts.
(d)
Depreciation
The depreciable amount of all fixed assets including buildings and capitalised lease assets, but excluding freehold land, is depreciated on a straight line basis over their useful lives to the Company commencing from the time the asset is held ready for
use. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of either the unexpired period of the lease or the estimated useful
lives of the improvements.
The depreciation rates used for each class of depreciable assets in the current and previous financial years are:
Class of Fixed Asset
Depreciation Rate
Buildings and Improvements
2.5 - 10%
Plant and Equipment
10 - 33.3%
Depreciation rates in relation to the above classes of fixed assets are regularly reviewed by Directors
(e)
Consumables
Consumables are valued at cost and are utilised in the business in the following financial year.
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(f)
Income Tax
The Company is exempt from income tax pursuant to the Income Tax Assessment Act.
(g)
Contra Sponsorships
The Company is in receipt of sponsorships in the form of contras for travel, playing gear, advertising, car leasing etc. These
contras have been recognised in the financial statements as both income and expenditure unless the contra has not been fully
realised or expended.
(h)
Leases
Lease payments for operating leases, where substantially all the risks and benefits remain with the Lessor, are expensed in the
periods in which they are incurred. This basis reflects the pattern of benefits derived from the use of the leased assets. Leases
of property, plant and equipment where the Company has substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership are classified as
finance leases and capitalised at inception of the lease at the fair value of the leased property, or if lower, at the present value of
the minimum lease payments. Lease payments are apportioned between the finance charges and reduction of the lease liability
so as to achieve a constant rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability. Finance charges are charged to profit or
loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each
period.
Capitalised leased assets are depreciated over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the asset or the lease term.
(i)
Employee Benefit Provisions
Wages and Salaries, Annual Leave and Sick Leave
Liabilities for wages and salaries, including non-monetary benefits, annual leave and accumulating sick leave expected to be
settled within 12 months of the end of the reporting period are recognised in other payables in respect of employees’ services
rendered up to the end of the reporting period and are measured at amounts expected to be paid when the liabilities are settled.
Liabilities for non-accumulating sick leave are recognised when leave is taken and measured at the actual rates paid or payable.
Long Service Leave
Liabilities for long service leave are recognised as part of the provision for employee benefits and measured as the present value
of expected future payments to be made in respect of services provided by employees to the end of the reporting period using
the projected unit credit method. Consideration is given to expected future salaries and wages levels, experience of employee
departures and periods of service. Expected future payments are discounted using national government bond rates at the end of
the reporting period with terms to maturity and currency that match, as closely as possible, the estimated future cash outflows.
Regardless of when settlement is expected to occur, liabilities for long service leave and annual leave are presented as current
liabilities in the statement of financial position if the entity does not have an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least 12
months after the end of the financial period.
Retirement Benefit Obligations
Contributions are made by the entity to employee superannuation funds and are charged as expenses when incurred.
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(j)
Revenue
Revenue from the sale of goods is recognised upon delivery of goods to customers.
Interest revenue is recognised on a proportional basis taking into account the interest rate applicable to the financial assets.
Revenue from the rendering of a service is recognised upon the delivery of the service to the customers.
Rental income is accounted for on a straight line basis over the term of the lease. Contingent rentals are recognised as income
in the periods when they are earned.
Grants from government are recognised at their fair value where there is reasonable assurance that the grant will be received and
the QRU will comply with all the attached conditions. Government grants relating to costs are deferred and recognised in profit
or loss over the period necessary to match them with the costs that they are intended to compensate. Similarly Grants from the
ARU are recognised in profit or loss over the period necessary to match them with the revenue, commitments and costs that
they are intended to represent.
(k)
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of the amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not
recoverable from the Australian Tax Office. In these circumstances the GST is recognised as part of the cost of acquisition of
the asset or as part of an item of expense. Receivables and payables in the Statement of Financial Position are shown inclusive
of GST.
(l)
Interest Bearing Liabilities
All loans and borrowings are initially recognised at fair value, net of transaction costs incurred. Borrowings are subsequently
measured at amortised cost. Any difference between the proceeds (net of transactions costs) and the redemption amount is
recognised in the statement of profit and loss over the period of the loans and borrowings using the effective interest method.
(m)
Trade receivables
Trade receivables are recognised at original invoice amounts less an allowance for uncollectible amounts and have repayment
terms between 30 and 90 days. Collectibility of trade receivables is assessed on an ongoing basis. Debts which are known to
be uncollectible are written off. An allowance is made for doubtful debts where there is objective evidence that the QRU will not
be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms. Objective evidence of impairment includes financial difficulties
of the debtor, default payments or debts more than 90 days overdue. On confirmation that the trade receivable will not be collectible the gross carrying value of the asset is written off against the associated provision.
(n)
Trade payables
Trade and other payables represent liabilities for goods and services provided to the QRU prior to the year end and which are
unpaid. These amounts are unsecured and have 30-60 day payment terms.
(o)
Impairment of Assets
At the end of each reporting period the QRU assesses whether there is any indication that individual assets are impaired. Where
impairment indicators exist, recoverable amount is determined and impairment losses are recognised in profit or loss where the
asset’s carrying value exceeds its recoverable amount. Recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to
sell and value in use. For the purpose of assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present
value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific
to the asset.
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(p)
Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements
The Directors evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated into the financial statements based on historical knowledge and
best available current information.
Key Estimates
Impairment – details of the accounting policy relating to the impairment of assets are disclosed in Note 1(o). Specific notes
relating to the impairment assessment of the land at Ballymore are disclosed in Note 1(b).
Key Judgments
Provision for doubtful debts – details of the policy relating to the provision for doubtful debts are disclosed in Note 1(m).
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Ten Months Ended
31 October 2014
Year Ended
31 December 2013
$
$
107,980
124,674
Buildings and improvements
446,500
529,442
Plant and equipment
119,384
122,111
Leased Plant & equipment
15,010
15,070
580,894
666,623
Bad and doubtful debts
29,958
25,000
Remuneration of the auditors for the audit of financial statements
48,500
49,599
Rental expense on operating leases
300,195
208,461
October 2014
December 2013
$
$
Trade Receivables
1,589,086
1,946,087
Less Provision for Doubtful Debts
(111,853)
(81,895)
1,477,233
1,864,192
1,440,463
1,043,752
128,571
139,286
3,046,267
3,047,230
Opening Balance
81,895
193,625
Provisions for doubtful receivables
29,958
25,000
-
(136,730)
111,853
81,895
NOTE 2 – PROFIT FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax has been determined after:
(a) Expenses:
Interest paid or payable to:
- other persons
Depreciation of non-current assets:
NOTE 3 – TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
CURRENT
Other Receivables
Loans to Members (Note 17 (c))
Analysis of Allowance Account
Receivables written off during the financial period
Closing Balance
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
Team Playing Kits
21,006
29,498
Merchandise
62,100
159,139
83,106
188,637
October 2014
December 2013
$
$
101,336
248,858
101,336
248,858
NOTE 4 – CONSUMABLES
CURRENT
NOTE 5 – CURRENT OTHER ASSETS
CURRENT
Prepayments
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
12,700,000
12,700,000
12,700,000
12,700,000
Buildings Stadium Infrastructure - at cost
26,586,924
26,566,924
Accumulated Depreciation
(13,113,057)
(12,666,557)
Recoverable Amount Write Down
(7,851,929)
(7,851,929)
5,621,938
6,048,438
Plant and Equipment - at cost
1,298,198
1,224,344
(954,412)
(835,028)
343,786
389,316
Leased Plant and Equipment - at cost
149,683
149,683
(30,363)
(15,353)
119,320
134,330
18,785,044
19,272,084
NOTE 6 – PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Land at independent valuation
Total Property, Plant and Equipment
An independent valuation of Land was undertaken as at 31 December 2013 by Mr Paul Robbins, AAPI certified, Registered Valuer No.
2094, of FPD Savills. The revaluation was undertaken to enable Directors to assess whether there was any impairment to the asset values at 31 December 2013. This valuation indicated a value of the Land as $12,700,000, and as a result the directors determined that
an amount of $5,300,000 was included as impairment against the value of the land and set against Asset Revaluation Reserve as at 31
December 2013. The Valuation approach adopted is a Direct Comparison Approach, and takes into account both the specialised nature
of the Land, and the restrictions placed on the use of the Land by the State Government.
Movements in Carrying Amounts
Movement in carrying amounts for each class of Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangibles between the beginning and the end
of the financial period are set out below.
Freehold Land
Buildings &
Improvements
Plant &
Equipment
Leased Plant
& Equipment
Total
$
$
$
$
$
12,700,000
6,048,438
389,316
134,330
19,272,084
Additions
-
20,000
73,854
-
93,854
Disposals
-
-
-
-
-
Depreciation Charge for the financial period
-
(446,500)
(119,384)
(15,010)
580,894
12,700,000
5,621,938
343,786
119,320
18,785,044
Carrying amount at 1 January 2014
Asset Reallocation
Carrying amount at 31 October 2014
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
- Trade payables
707,909
447,007
- Other payables
883,593
733,252
- GST Liability
517,930
18,854
- Annual leave entitlements
337,373
113,845
2,446,805
1,312,958
October 2014
December 2013
$
$
1,500,617
899,329
56,783
53,509
1,557,400
952,838
250,000
625,000
7,392
55,014
257,392
680,014
NOTE 7 – TRADE AND OTHER PAYABLES
CURRENT
NOTE 8 – BORROWINGS
CURRENT
- St.George Overdraft
- Lease Liability
NON-CURRENT
- St.George Loan
- Lease Liability
The facility with St.George Bank consists of a fully drawn loan of $2,000,000 repayable over four years plus an overdraft of
$2,000,000. These facilities are secured as a ranking first priority situated at 231 Butterfield Street, Herston including the land.
Interest on both facilities is paid on a monthly basis. As at 31 October 2014 the Fully Drawn Loan had been repaid to a level of
$250,000 with the repayments due in 2015 being prepaid in 2014. The overdraft had a balance of $1,500,617 at 31 October 2014
The carrying amounts of assets pledged as security for current and non current interest bearing liabilities are as follows:
CURRENT
- Floating Charge
- Cash and cash equivalents
1,717
32,187
3,046,267
3,047,230
3,047,984
3,079,417
- Freehold Land
12,700,000
12,700,000
- Buildings
5,621,938
6,048,438
Total non-current assets pledged
18,321,938
18,748,438
Total assets pledged as security
21,369,922
21,827,855
- Receivables
- Total current assets pledged
NON-CURRENT
- First and Second Mortgages
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
270,995
232,108
270,995
232,108
80,880
25,606
80,880
25,606
- Administrative and Coaching Staff
76
69
- Players Super Rugby
30
35
106
104
NOTE 9 – PROVISIONS
CURRENT
Long service leave
NON-CURRENT
Long service leave
Number of employees at the end of the year
LONG SERVICE LEAVE
Long term employee benefits comprise amounts payable for long service leave which are not vested at balance date and the
amount and timing of payments to be made when leave is taken is uncertain. Refer to accounting policy on Note 1 (i) for more
details.
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
- Sponsorship
71,493
987,706
- Memberships
1,542,045
2,889,853
- Red Pass - 30 years (a)
49,405
49,405
- Other including Government Grants
20,833
-
- Corporate Hospitality Facilities
494,220
739,225
2,177,996
4,666,189
197,620
197,620
148,215
197,620
345,835
395,240
2,523,831
5,061,429
NOTE 10 – DEFERRED REVENUE
CURRENT
NON-CURRENT
- 2-5 years
Red Pass - 30 years (a)
- After 5 years
Red Pass - 30 years (a)
TOTAL DEFERRED REVENUE
(a) Red Pass – 30 years
Red Pass Subscribers to seats in the Eastern Stand at Ballymore purchased these seats for a period of 30 years. The Red Pass deferred
revenue disclosed as a current liability represents income which will accrue to the Company in the period ended 31 October 2015.
Red Pass deferred revenue disclosed as non-current liability represents the income value that will accrue to the Company after 31 October
2015.
The accounting treatment for deferred revenue has been disclosed in Note 1(j).
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October 2014
December 2013
$
$
Within one year
179,439
120,327
Later than one year but not later than five years
102,683
40,366
Total future minimum operating lease payments
282,122
160,693
Within one year
58,987
58,987
One to five years
7,759
56,915
Total commitment
66,746
115,902
Less: Future finance charges
(2,571)
(7,379)
Net commitment recognised as liabilities
64,175
108,523
Lease liability – current (note 8)
56,783
53,509
Lease liability – non-current (note 8)
7,392
7,392
64,175
108,523
October 2014
December 2013
$
$
NOTE 11 - LEASE COMMITMENTS
(a) Operating Leases – non-cancellable
(b) Lease commitments – finance
Committed at the reporting date and recognised as liabilities, payable:
Representing:
NOTE 12 - CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS
As at 31 October 2014, the Company had entered into contractual obligations with certain players and support staff for the balance
of the 2014 and subsequent seasons. This will result in payments as follows:
- Not later than one year
6,465,229
6,412,696
- Later than one year but not later than five years
3,995,029
3,815,000
10,460,258
10,227,696
The Queensland Rugby Union Ltd has signed a Collective Bargaining Agreement on 23 December 2004 together with the Australian
Rugby Union Limited, the New South Wales Rugby Union Limited, the Australian Capital Territory Rugby Union Incorporated, Western
Australian Rugby Union Inc and the Rugby Union Players Association Incorporated which provides amongst other things minimum remuneration requirements for contracted players. A new Terms Sheet has been executed for 2014 and 2015 to replace the current Collective
Bargaining Agreement.
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NOTE 13 – FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The following assets and liabilities are recognised and measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
- Land and buildings
Recognised fair value measurements
The following table sets out the QRU’s assets and liabilities that are measured and recognised at fair value in the financial statements:
October 2014
$
December 2013
$
- Land
12,700,000
12,700,000
- Buildings (carrying value net of depreciation)
5,621,938
6,048,438
18,321,938
18,748,438
Recurring fair value measurements
Non-financial assets
NOTE 14 – MEMBERS’ LIABILITY
The Company is a Company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. If the Company is wound-up the Constitution states that
each member is required to contribute a maximum of $100 each towards meeting any outstanding obligations of the Company. At
31 October 2014 the number of members was 25 (31 December 2013-25)
NOTE 15 - KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL COMPENSATION
Total Income paid or payable, or otherwise made available, to the most senior executives of the Company.
October 2014
$
Total Benefits
$
2014 Total Compensation (10 Months)
1,358,792
2013 Total Compensation (12 Months)
1,635,994
NOTE 16 - CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
The Company is currently in dispute with a former employee in respect of the cessation of the individual’s employment.
The Company is unable to disclose any further details of this ongoing matter as it could be expected to seriously prejudice the case.
There are no other contingent liabilities to be reported as at balance date.
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NOTE 17 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
(a)
During the financial period the following Directors held office:
Mr R.J. McCall
Mr C.G. White
Mr M.N. Arnett
Mr P.B. McNicholl
Mr M.C. Thompson
Mr M. Connors
Mr J. Horwill
Mr D. Frawley
Mr J. Carmichael
(b)
Director Related Entities
Transactions between related parties are on normal commercial terms and conditions no more favourable than those available
to other parties unless otherwise stated.
1. During the 2014 financial period, Messrs, R.J. McCall. M.N. Arnett and J. Carmichael were the three Queensland Rugby
Union Ltd delegates to the Australian Rugby Union Limited. The Australian Rugby Union Limited distributes grants to the
Company.
2. Director related parties paid the Company for sponsorships, match day hospitality and use of Queensland Rugby Union’s
facilities on the same terms offered to non-related parties. These amounted to $9,922 (2013: $9,922). The Director involved
was R.J. McCall.
3. During the 2014 financial period the Company made payments in the amount of $307,888 to IPG for services (2013:
$177,711). IPG is a printing company owned by Director R.J. McCall. IPG have had a long standing supplier relationship with
the Company and all transactions entered are under normal commercial terms. There have been no substantial changes in
the value or terms of this agreement during the reporting period.
(c)
Associated and Other Entities
1. Australian Rugby Union Limited provided the Queensland Rugby Union Ltd with grants totalling $4,897,291
(2013: $5,108,000).
2. Brisbane Junior Rugby Union Inc. is not charged rent.
3. Queensland Suburban Rugby Union Inc. is not charged rent.
4. Queensland Rugby Referees’ Association (Brisbane) Inc is not charged rent.
5. GPS Old Boys Rugby Union Club Inc. reduced its loan by $10,715 to $3,572 (2013: $14,287).
6. Mackay District Rugby Union loan remained at $125,000 plus interest (2013: $125,000).
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NOTE 18 - ECONOMIC DEPENDENCY
Income to support the contractual obligations of players and support staff for the 2014 season comes from the participation in the
Super Rugby Competition. Participation in this competition is governed by a Participation Agreement with the Australian Rugby
Union with this agreement setting out rights and responsibilities for the Company.
NOTE 19 - COMPANY DETAILS
The Company’s registered office and principal place of business is located at:
231 Butterfield Street
Herston QLD 4006
NOTE 20 – SEBSEQUENT EVENT
There are no material events after the reporting date.
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DIRECTORS’ DECLARATION
The Directors of the Company declare that:
1.
2. the financial statements and notes, as set out on pages 65 to 85, are in accordance with the Corporations Act 2001:
a) comply with Accounting Standards and the Corporations Regulations 2001; and
b) give a true and fair view of the financial position as at 31 October 2014 and of the performance for the period ended on that
date of the Company;
in the Directors’ opinion there are reasonable grounds to believe that the Company will be able to pay its debts as and when they
become due and payable.
This declaration is made in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors.
R.J. McCallJ. Carmichael
Chairman
Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dated in Brisbane this 11th day of December 2014
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT
To the members of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd
Report on the Financial Report
We have audited the accompanying financial report of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd, which comprises
the statement of financial position as at 31 October 2014, the statement of profit or loss, statement of
comprehensive income, statement of changes in equity and statement of cash flows for the period then
ended, notes comprising a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory
information, and the directors’ declaration.
Directors’ Responsibility for the Financial Report
The directors of the company are responsible for the preparation of the financial report that gives a
true and fair view in accordance with Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure
Requirements and the Corporations Act 2001 and for such internal control as the directors determine is
necessary to enable the preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view and is free
from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditor’s Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial report based on our audit. We conducted our
audit in accordance with Australian Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we comply with
relevant ethical requirements relating to audit engagements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the financial report is free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in
the financial report. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgement, including the
assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial report, whether due to fraud or error.
In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the company’s
preparation of the financial report that gives a true and fair view in order to design audit procedures
that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the
effectiveness of the company’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness
of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the directors, as
well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial report.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis
for our audit opinion.
by guarantee, and form part of the international
BDO network
of independent
member
firms.
Liability
scheme approved
under Professional
Queensland
Rugby
Union Ltd
(ACN
055
120limited
217)by| aANNUAL
REPORT
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Independence
In conducting our audit, we have complied with the independence requirements of the Corporations
Act 2001. We confirm that the independence declaration required by the Corporations Act 2001, which
has been given to the directors of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd, would be in the same terms if given to
the directors as at the time of this auditor’s report.
Opinion
In our opinion the financial report of Queensland Rugby Union Ltd is in accordance with the
Corporations Act 2001, including:
(a) giving a true and fair view of the company’s financial position as at 31 October 2014 and of its
performance for the period ended on that date; and
(b) complying with Australian Accounting Standards – Reduced Disclosure Requirements and the
Corporations Regulations 2001.
BDO Audit Pty Ltd
D P Wright
Director
Brisbane, 11 December 2014
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HONOUR BOARD
2014 WALLABY SQUAD REPRESENTATIVES
Quade Cooper, Saia Fainga’a, Will Genia, James Hanson, James Horwill, Jake Schatz,
Rob Simmons, James Slipper.
QUEENSLAND 2014 DEBUTANTS
Lachie Turner, Jamie-Jerry Taulagi, Jonah Placid, Samuela Kerevi, David McDuling, Tim
Buchanan, Scott Gale, Sam Johnson, Chris Kuridrani.
AUSTRALIAN SEVENS (MEN’S)
Con Foley, Pama Fou, Liam Gill, Tom Lucas, Nick Malouf, James Stannard.
AUSTRALIA SEVENS (WOMEN’S)
Charlotte Caslick, Emilee Cherry, Rachel Crothers, Gemma Etheridge, Nikki Etheridge,
Shannon Parry, Evania Pelite, Amy Turner, Brooke Walker.
AUSTRALIA YOUTH OLYMPICS (WOMEN’S)
Marioulla Belessis, Shenae Ciesiolka, Dominique Du Toit, Amber Pilley, Laura Waldie.
AUSTRALIA UNDER-20
Tom Banks, Scott Gale, Michael Gunn, Jake McIntyre, Alifeleti Kaitu’u, Jack Payne,
Jonah Placid, Conrad Quick.
QRU LIFE MEMBERS
T.H. Welsby*, F.C. Lea*, W.T. Evans*, D.S. Carter*, J.P. Flynn*, E.J. Beard*, J.J. Walsh*,
A.W. Venamore*, J.E. Ross*, E.T. Bonis*, W.J. Renwick*, K.C. Proctor*, J. Kane Maguire*,
T. Watson*, R. Hayward*, T. McCormack*, J.P. French*, K. Percy*, P. Barnes*, R.A. Wood*,
K.J. Hodda*, B.P. Abotomey*, J.F. Isley*, H.F. Edwards*, H. Courtney*, W.H. Bickley*,
K.C. Hardy*, T.N. Betts, B.M. French*, E.A.N. Byrne, T.P. Mooney*, R.I. Templeton*,
J.R. Gibson*, J.H. Lucey, J.G. Ryan, L.A. Crowley, D.W. Jowett*, C.A. Lacaze*, A.J. Muir,
R.R. Harrison, J.J. Breen*, R.J. Park*, F.R. Wilson, A.G. Purcell*, R.J.O. Herring*,
K.J. Crowe, A.R. Taylor, R.B. McGruther, G.J. Core, R.D. Sinclair*, R.J.P. Marks,
T.P. Doyle*, D. Bedgood, R.A.C. Evans, L.G. Williams*, P.J. Daley, A.A. Shaw.
*Deceased
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VALES
Sadly in 2014, we farewelled several members of the Queensland Rugby community:
JOHN CORNES
DR CONRAD PRIMMER
John Cornes played for Queensland and the Wallabies between
1969 and 1972.
Dr Conrad Primmer made his debut for Queensland against NSW
in 1951.
Cornes represented the Wallabies on four occasions (one Test cap
and three Non-Test caps), on a tour to Fiji and the country of his
birth, New Zealand, in 1972.
Originally born in Brisbane, Conrad served in the Navy during the
Second World War alongside his brother Jack, who was regrettably one of the 645 who lost their lives when the HMAS Sydney was
sunk on the 11 October 1941.
John was also a life member of the Goondiwindi Emus Rugby
Union Club where he served the club as both a player and coach.
KEVIN BOURKE
Kevin Bourke, a former Queensland and Wallabies representative,
will famously be remembered as Downlands’ first Wallaby.
Kevin represented Queensland during the 1940s and earned selection in the Wallabies following strong performances in the centres against the 1947 touring All Blacks.
His club Rugby days were spent at Brothers.
Kevin was part of the Wallabies historic world tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America, which ran from July 1947 through
to March of 1948, and consisted of five Test matches and 36 minor
tour matches.
Making his debut for Queensland in 1951, Primmer was selected to play for Australia in June of the same year, representing his
country in two Test matches.
Later in life, after years of working abroad, Primmer moved to
Rockhampton to practice as an obstetrician. With the revival of the
Queensland Rugby Union in the 1960s, Primmer was instrumental
in re-starting Rugby in Rockhampton.
NEV COTTRELL
Nev Cottrell played hooker for Queensland between 1947 - 1955.
Playing his club career at YMCA and Souths, Cottrell’s first break in
representative Rugby came when he was 20 years old, playing for
Queensland against the All Blacks.
GEOFF HINES
Geoff Hines was a notable Rugby personality in the Queensland
Rugby Community.
In recent years, Geoff’s passion for Rugby saw him take the role of
Chairman of the Brisbane Club Rugby Supporters Group.
While studying at Oxford Geoff gained two blues for Rugby and
also trialled to play for England. Later, Geoff played for Rhodesia in
the Currie Cup.
MICHAEL SUMMERS
Michael Summers, served as chairman of the Gold Coast & Districts Rugby Union. He also served as chairman and later committee member for the Gold Coast chapter of Financial Planning
Australia.
Michael oversaw the advancement of Rugby on the Gold Coast
from juniors through to the representative level.
The Gold Coast First Grade Premiership trophy has been named in
Michael’s honor to acknowledge his legacy.
RICK TYRRELL
Rick Tyrrell played a total of three Super Rugby matches for the
Reds in 2001 against the Crusaders, Blues and Waratahs.
Rick also played for the Queensland President’s XV side against
the British & Irish Lions in Townsville in the same year.
Playing the majority of his club Rugby at Easts, Rick was involved
in the club’s first-ever Premier Grade win in 1997 and helped the
side to another premiership two-years later in 1999.
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At the conclusion of the War, Primmer was accepted into University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, where his love of Rugby
flourished.
In 1949, Cottrell received his first Test cap when he was given the
chance to play for Australia in a three-match series against a touring New Zealand Maori side.
Later the same year, Cottrell went on his first Rugby tour to New
Zealand.
This Australian side has gone down in Rugby history as the first to
wrestle back the Bledisloe Cup to Australian shores, with the Wallabies winning 11 of their 12 matches, including two Test matches.
MAX HOWELL OA
Max Howell was a notable Rugby historian who began his playing
career at Randwick Rugby Club in Sydney.
Max played five Tests and 27 non-Test caps for Australia between
1946 and 1948.
After his playing days, he became a highly qualified and respected
Physical Education teacher and Professor where his teaching and
academic studies took him to the USA and Canada. He even found
time to coach the Canadian Rugby side during their 1959 tour of
Wales.
In 1981 he was invited back to Australia as Foundation Professor
in the Department of Human Movement Studies at the University
of Queensland. He retired from the role in 1992 and was made an
Emeritus Professor in 1993.
Max wrote more than 50 books and had more than 300 other articles published throughout his life.
In 2003, Howell was awarded an Order of Australia for service to
Education as a pioneer in the development of sports studies and
sport science, as academic disciplines both in Australia and overseas and to the study of sports history.
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FRONT ROW:
Peter Wilkins (Reds Wider Training Squad Coach) | Steve Meehan (Attack Coach) | Beau Robinson | Rod Davies | Chris Feauai-Sautia | Greg Holmes | James Slipper | James Horwill (Captain)
Will Genia (Vice-Captain) | Quade Cooper | Rob Simmons | Ben Tapuai | Richard Graham (Head Coach) | Nick Stiles (Forwards Coach)
SECOND ROW:
Chris Kuridrani | Samu Kerevi | Mike Harris | Curtis Browning | Eddie Quirk | David McDuling | Blake Enever | Ed O’Donoghue | Jake Schatz | Jono Owen | Lachie Turner | Dom Shipperley | Ben Lucas
BACK ROW:
JJ Taulagi | Nick Frisby | Ben Daley | Albert Anae | Saia Faingaa | Anthony Faingaa | Aidan Toua | James Hanson | Liam Gill
2014 ST.GEORGE QUEENSLAND REDS
Office Address: St.George Rugby House, 231 Butterfield St, Herston, QLD 4006 | Postal Address: PO Box 205, Kelvin Grove DC, QLD 4059
Telephone: (07) 3354 9333 | Fax: (07) 3856 6333 | Website: www.redsrugby.com.au
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