Sunshine Coast Rugby Union

Sunshine Coast Rugby Union
Sport Rugby Union
Jurisdiction Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Abbreviation SCRU
Founded 1982
Affiliation Queensland Rugby Union
Regional affiliation Queensland Country Rugby Union
Headquarters Stockland Park
Official website
scru.com.au
Queensland

The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union, or SCRU, is the local governing body for the sport of rugby union on Australia's Sunshine Coast. The SCRU runs an amateur club rugby competition for men's teams with two senior grades.[1] There are also rugby 7s programs for male and female players at senior and junior levels,[2] and school competitions for boys and girls at primary and secondary levels.[3][4] A junior club competition caters for teams grouped by age from under 6 to under 14.[5]

The Sunshine Coast representative teams play under the name "Stingrays" in a range of rugby competitions for male and female players.[6][7]

History

The Sunshine Coast and District Rugby Union was established in 1982. Maroochydore and Noosa were the only two clubs to win the Sunshine Coast A-grade rugby union premiership from 1982 through 2006. University were the team to break this run — winning in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Noosa reclaimed the premiership in 2010, before University, Caboolture and Maroochydore won the next three respectively. Noosa claimed the title back in the 2014 season. In 2015 the grand final home ground advantage was awarded to USC for their win against Noosa in the A grade Major semi. The 2015 grand finals were contested by USC and Noosa in A grade and Caloundra and Noosa in reserve grade at University of the Sunshine Coast. USC and Caloundra were crowned champions.[8][9]

Amalgamation of regional bodies

In response to the Queensland Rugby Union's efforts, four separate organizations amalgamated to form the Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Ltd in 2009.[10] The four organizations were the Sunshine Coast and District Rugby Union, the Sunshine Coast and District Junior Rugby Union, Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Referees Association and Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Schools Association.[10]

Competitions

The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union senior club competitions include:[1]

  • A grade
  • Reserve grade
  • Colts (not contested between 2013 and 2017)[1][11]
  • Women's 10's[12]

Clubs

Clubs that compete in the senior competitions, as of 2015, are:[13]

  • Caloundra Lighthouses
  • Fraser Coast Mariners
  • Gympie Hammers
  • Maroochydore Swans
  • Noosa Dolphins
  • Toads (formerly Nambour Toads)
  • University of Sunshine Coast Barbarians

The Caboolture Snakes played in the Sunshine Coast senior competition from 1998 to 2013, but returned to the Brisbane competition under the Queensland Suburban Rugby Union in 2014.[14]

Representative teams

Stingrays colours

The SCRU selects representative teams each year which compete under the name "Stingrays". The senior men's Sunshine Coast Stingrays teams played in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition from 2005 to 2013 but after facing funding difficulties in the lead up to the 2014 season are now focused on the Queensland Country Championships.[6][15] The women's Stingrays compete in rugby sevens tournaments such as the Nambour Sevens and the Ballymore Sevens.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2013 Palmwoods Hotel Cup: Draws, Results & Ladders". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 2013. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "Sevens". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  3. ↑ "Haydn's Blog". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 7 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Draw/Points Table SCRU Secondary School Rugby Union (SCSSRU)". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Junior Rugby". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Country Championships are ON!". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 9 May 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  7. 1 2 "Open women to contest the Queensland Sevens State Titles". Sunshine Coast Rugby. 24 January 2014. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  8. ↑ "Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final". Wikinews. 1 September 2013.
  9. ↑ Maroochydore win 2013 Sunshine Coast Rugby Union Grand Final
  10. 1 2 "Sunshine Coast rugby bodies unite under one banner" (PDF). Queensland Rugby Union. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2010.
  11. ↑ "Sunshine Coast Rugby Union: 2014 Club Championship". Australian Rugby Union. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Caboolture Rugby Union Club: History". Caboolture Rugby. 2014. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  13. ↑ Brand, Anthony (2 October 2014). "'Rays quit Premier Rugby Stingrays opt to call it quits". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
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