Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League

Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League
Sport	Rugby League
Jurisdiction	Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Abbreviation	SCGRL
Founded	1920
Affiliation	Queensland Rugby League
Official website
	rugbyleaguesunshinecoast.com

The Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League premiership is the local rugby league competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. Through SCGRL Limited it serves as the governing body for rugby league on the Sunshine Coast.

History

The Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League started life as the North Coast Rugby League in 1920 after all of the clubs comprising the corresponding rugby union competition changed codes en masse.^[1]^[2]^[3] Among the clubs playing that first season were Pomona, Cooroy, Eumundi, Yandina, Nambour, Woombye, Palmwoods, Buderim and Mooloolah.

In the area served by the SCGRL competition there have been leagues based in Maleny^[4] and Gympie^[5]

The start to the 2020 season was disrupted by the then recent outbreak of the Coronavirus, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020.^[6]

On 16 June of that year, it was reported that a number of clubs – including six Division 1 clubs – did not nominate sides for the 2020 season by the June 15h deadline.^[7]^[8] The season was eventually cancelled.^[9]^[10]^[11]

Out of our nine clubs with A Grade teams, six teams decided not to nominate teams this year.
— SCGRL statement^[10]^[11]

The League returned in 2021.

Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League Teams

The Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League Premiership currently has 16 clubs, for the senior and junior divisions.
While some clubs field teams in the junior and senior divisions, not all clubs are in the junior division and not all clubs are in the senior division.

Senior Division

Colours	Club	Nickname	Founded	Homeground	Suburb/s	No. of A-Grade Premierships	A-Grade Premiership Years
A Grade Clubs
	Beerwah	Bulldogs	1979	Beerwah Sportsground	Beerwah	1	2023
	Caboolture	Snakes	1969	Bob Day Oval	Caboolture	4	1984, 1986, 1994, 2011
	Caloundra	Sharks	1969	Tinonee Oval, Caloundra Jrl	Caloundra	3	2002, 2009, 2014
	Coolum	Colts	1989	Ronnie Cargill Oval	Coolum	0	None
	Kawana	Dolphins	1992	Kawana Sports Precinct	Kawana	6	1993, 1995, 2012-13, 2015, 2021
	Maroochydore	Swans	1969	Maroochydore Jrl	Maroochydore	9	1985, 1990-91, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2016, 2018, 2022
	Nambour	Crushers	1985	Nambour Jrl	Nambour	4	1987-88, 2003-05
	Noosa	Pirates	1970	Tewantin Sports Complex	Noosa	5	1997, 2006-08, 2017
B Grade Clubs
	Bribie Island	Warrigals	1973	Bernie Foley Oval	Bribie Island	2	1999, 2001
	Gympie	Devils	1998	Jack Stokes Oval	Gympie	1	2010
	Stanley River	Wolves		Woodford Showgrounds	Woodford	1	1992
C Grade Clubs
	Beachmere	Pelicans	2003	Beachmere Sports Ground	Beachmere	0	None
	Kilcoy	Yowies	1969	Yowie park	Kilcoy	0	None
	Mary Valley	Stags		Jack Spicer Oval	Kandanga	0	None
	Pomona-Cooran	Cutters	1920	Chris Kenny Oval	Cooran, Pomona	0	None
	Palmwoods	Devils	1969	Briggs Park	Palmwoods	0	None
	Yandina	Raiders	1920	Yandina Multi Purpose Complex	Yandina	0	None

Note: Teams listed by their highest grade.

Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League Grand Final results

Premiers from 1984 onwards are shown; 1920-1983 premiers are unknown.

Season	Grand Final Information				Minor Premiers
Season	Premiers	Score	Runners-up	Venue	Minor Premiers
1984	Caboolture Snakes
1985	Maroochydore Swans
1986	Caboolture Snakes
1987	Nambour Crushers
1988	Nambour Crushers
1989	Brisbane Broncos (Colts)
1990	Maroochydore Swans
1991	Maroochydore Swans
1992	Stanley River Wolves
1993	Kawana Dolphins
1994	Caboolture Snakes
1995	Kawana Dolphins
1996	Maroochydore Swans
1997	Noosa Pirates
1998	Maroochydore Swans
1999	Bribie Island Warrigals
2000	Maroochydore Swans
2001	Bribie Island Warrigals
2002	Caloundra Sharks
2003	Nambour Crushers
2004	Nambour Crushers
2005	Nambour Crushers
2006	Noosa Pirates
2007	Noosa Pirates
2008	Noosa Pirates
2009	Caloundra Sharks
2010	Gympie Devils
2011	Caboolture Snakes
2012	Kawana Dolphins
2013	Kawana Dolphins
2014	Caloundra Sharks
2015	Kawana Dolphins
2016	Maroochydore Swans
2017	Noosa Pirates
2018	Maroochydore Swans
2019	Stanley River Wolves
2020	Cancelled Due To COVID
2021	Kawana Dolphins	22-10	Maroochydore Swans	Sunshine Coast Stadium
2022	Maroochydore Swans	26-16	Beerwah Bulldogs	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Maroochydore Swans
2023	Beerwah Bulldogs	12-10	Kawana Dolphins	Sunshine Coast Stadium	Beerwah Bulldogs

Sunshine Coast Gympie Junior Rugby League

Junior Division

Club	Nickname	Founded	Homeground	Suburb/s
Beachmere	Pelicans		Beachmere Sports Ground	Beachmere
Bribie Island	Warrigals		Bernie Foley Oval	Bribie Island
Beerwah	Bulldogs	1979	Beerwah Sportsground	Beerwah
Caboolture	Snakes		Bob Day Oval	Caboolture
Caloundra	Sharks		Tinonee Oval, Caloundra Jrl	Caloundra
Coolum	Colts		Ronnie Cargill Oval	Coolum
Gympie	Devils		Jack Stokes Oval Albert Park	Gympie
Kawana	Dolphins		Kawana Sports Precinct	Kawana
Nirimba	Hurricanes	2022	Nirimba Sports Complex	Nirimba
Maroochydore	Swans		Maroochydore Jrl	Maroochydore
Nambour	Crushers		Nambour Jrl	Nambour
Noosa	Pirates		Tewantin Sports Complex Christensen Oval	Noosa
Pomona-Cooran	Cutters		Chris Kenny Oval	Cooran, Pomona
Palmwoods	Devils		Briggs Park	Palmwoods
Stanley River	Wolves		Woodford Showgrounds	Stanley River

References

^ Wood, Tom (10 August 2017). "Rugby bounced back after a 60-year break". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
^ "Football". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Football". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Maleny Rugby League". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXVII, no. 1410. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Spectacular Football". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXVII, no. 1410. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
^ Higgins-George, Seb (2 June 2020). "Club's Commitment". Win News Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Threadingham, Tom (16 June 2020). "Officials not giving up hope of A-grade season". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Gillett, Patrick (16 June 2020). "Sunshine Coast Rugby League A grade to be five team comp if it goes ahead". PattmanSport. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
^ Higgins-George, Seb (19 June 2020). "Board Decides". Win News Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Gillett, Patrick (19 June 2020). "Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League season canceled". PattmanSport. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b Collins, Matt (19 June 2020). "ALL OVER: Coast rugby league season gets the boot". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

External links

Official website

[Tom_Wood_Daily-1] Wood, Tom (10 August 2017). "Rugby bounced back after a 60-year break". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

[trove-2] "Football". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 16 April 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.

[trove_2-3] "Football". Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Queensland, Australia. 4 March 1920. p. 3. Retrieved 28 May 2020 – via Trove.

[Maleny_RL-4] "Maleny Rugby League". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXVII, no. 1410. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[Gympie_RL-5] "Spectacular Football". Nambour Chronicle And North Coast Advertiser. Vol. XXVII, no. 1410. Queensland, Australia. 12 June 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 20 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

[WNSSC-6] Higgins-George, Seb (2 June 2020). "Club's Commitment". Win News Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[Xi0o4-7] Threadingham, Tom (16 June 2020). "Officials not giving up hope of A-grade season". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[PattmanSport-8] Gillett, Patrick (16 June 2020). "Sunshine Coast Rugby League A grade to be five team comp if it goes ahead". PattmanSport. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

[WNSSC2-9] Higgins-George, Seb (19 June 2020). "Board Decides". Win News Sunshine Coast. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[PattmanSport2-10] Gillett, Patrick (19 June 2020). "Sunshine Coast Gympie Rugby League season canceled". PattmanSport. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

[SCD_Matt_Collins-11] Collins, Matt (19 June 2020). "ALL OVER: Coast rugby league season gets the boot". Sunshine Coast Daily. Retrieved 19 June 2020.

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