Club History

Sunnybank Rugby Union Club was founded in 1969 as a junior Rugby Union club, in the southern Brisbane, Queensland, Australia suburb of Sunnybank. As a junior club, it was founded on the principle that any boy, no matter how good or bad a rugby player he was, would get a game. And so it remains in the ranks of the junior players at Sunnybank. Jump to: navigation, search 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday For other uses, see Number 1969. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rugby Union is a team sport that was developed from the rules used to play football at Rugby School in England. ... Jump to: navigation, search Brisbane is the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. ... Jump to: navigation, search Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Nickname: Sunshine State/Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Governor Premier Const. ... Sunnybank is a surburb in Brisbane,Queensland Australia. ...

In its first year, the club fielded an Under 8s team coached by Bill Horsley and an Under 11s side coached by Graeme Page. The club played their home games at Sunnybank State High School, until 1974, when the club moved to its present home ground of Biggs Field in the nearby Brisbane suburb of Macgregor. The Sunnybank High School colours of black, green and white were adopted and the Chinese dragon adopted as the emblem of the new club, perhaps due to the large Chinese population in and around Sunnybank. Jump to: navigation, search 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ... Macgregor is a surburb in Brisbane,QueenslandAustralia. ...

The Dragons went from strength to strength, consistently being one of the strongest clubs in the Queensland Junior Rugby Union competition. The high point of this was claiming the President's Trophy for champion junior club in 1980. Jump to: navigation, search 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

In 1975, Sunnybank expanded from being solely a junior club, to being one with more senior players, with the introduction of an Under 19s side in that year. The club then proceded to field its first Senior team in 1978, with a team playing in the Sub-Districts Competition. Jump to: navigation, search 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ...

The club was finally promoted to First Grade status in 1989. Sunnybank had only to wait until 1993 before it made its first appearance in a First Grade Grand Final. The game was lost to Souths, but it signalled a dramatic change in the club's fortunes. Another First Grade Grand Final berth was secured the following year, but again they went down. However, in these two years, Sunnybank produced more than its fair share of representative players, especially in the Australian Under 19s side and the Australian Under 21s side. Jump to: navigation, search 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

The mid-1990s saw a drop in Sunnybank's fortunes, with a large exodus of talented players. However, the new millenium brought another high in Sunnybank's story. In 2002, the Sunnybank First Grade team defeated the Gold Coast Breakers in the Welsby Cup Grand Final, to claim the club's first senior top division championship. This performance was repeated in 2005, when once again the Dragons defeated the Breakers in the Premier Grade Grand Final at Ballymore, the spiritual home of Queensland Rugby. Jump to: navigation, search // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but otherwise retaining the same mindset. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2002(MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Rugby Union stadium which is also the home of Queensland Rugby. ...

Representative Players

Sources

www.sunnybank.rugbynet.com.au