Robina Stadium

Robina Stadium, also known by its sponsored name Cbus Super Stadium, is a rectangular football stadium in the Gold Coast suburb of Robina, Queensland. The main usage is as the home ground to the National Rugby League's Gold Coast Titans.

Cbus Super Stadium
Former namesSkilled Park
Gold Coast Stadium
LocationRobina, Gold Coast, Queensland
Coordinates28°4′1″S 153°22′44″E
OwnerQueensland Government
OperatorStadiums Queensland
Capacity27,400[1]
Record attendance27,227 - Titans vs Brisbane, 2009
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground2006
OpenedFebruary 2008
Construction costA$160 million
ArchitectPopulous
Tenants
Gold Coast Titans (NRL) (2008–present)
Palm Beach Sharks/Gold Coast City FC (FFA Cup) (2014–present)
Queensland Country (NRC) (2014)
Gold Coast United (A-League) (2009-2012)
Gold Coast Sevens (Rugby Sevens) (2011-2014)
2018 Commonwealth Games (Rugby Sevens) (2018)

Robina Stadium is also used for Rugby Union, Soccer, Rugby Sevens, Rugby league Test Matches and has hosted Rugby league World Cup matches.

Construction of the venue started in 2006, and finished in February 2008, in time for the 2008 National Rugby League season, when it became the new home of the Titans.

Stadium

Robina Stadium is located in the satellite growth suburb of Robina, next to Robina railway station. The stadium is effectively a smaller version of Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, and was designed by the same company. The project was funded by the Queensland Government. On 27 September 2006, it was announced that the new ground would be renamed Skilled Park after Skilled Group won the naming rights to the stadium. The land for the site was purchased by the Gold Coast City Council and gifted to the Queensland Government to build the Stadium.

Sports Minister Judy Spence announced that the new stadium will now be able to seat 27,400 people instead of 25,000. This came after workers on the site found extra space for about 2,400 seats across the stadium while construction was in progress.[2]

Robina Stadium hosted two matches in the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, which was held in Australia. The first saw eventual tournament champions New Zealand defeat Papua New Guinea 48-6. The second, a semi-final qualifier, saw a Jarryd Hayne led Fiji defeat Ireland 30-14. The ground also became host to the newly created A-League side, Gold Coast United, starting in 2009-10.

The ground first saw finals football when the Titans, in their first finals appearance, hosted the Brisbane Broncos in the first week of the 2009 NRL season play-offs. This ground also witnessed finals when the Gold Coast Titans defeated the New Zealand Warriors 28-16 in the 2010 finals.

Beginning in November 2011, the stadium hosted the Gold Coast Sevens, the first event in the annual IRB Sevens World Series of rugby sevens. The country's leg of the series had previously been staged in Adelaide in early autumn (March/April) at the Adelaide Oval, but was put up for bidding upon the expiry of Adelaide's hosting contract.[3][4]

In Round 4 of the 2014 NRL season, a 3-foot brown snake invaded the stadium, now known as Cbus Super Stadium, during a match between the Titans and Queensland rivals the North Queensland Cowboys. No one was injured, with the snake remaining in the southeast corner until midway through the game.[5][6][7]

In 2015, the venue hosted the United Arab Emirates Football team as they prepared for the Asian Cup and it also hosted three Brisbane Roar Asian Champions League fixtures in February, March and May.[8][9][10][11]

NRL records
  • Highest Team Score:
  • Largest Winning Margin:
  • 54 pts - Brisbane Broncos (54) def. Gold Coast Titans (0), 5 August 2017
  • 38 pts – Melbourne Storm (38) def. Gold Coast Titans (0), 1 May 2016
  • 36 pts – Gold Coast Titans (36) def. Canberra Raiders (0), 17 March 2013
  • 34 pts - Brisbane Broncos (34) def. Gold Coast Titans (0), 8 July 2018
  • 30 pts – Gold Coast Titans (36) def. Wests Tigers (6), 4 August 2013
  • 28 pts – South Sydney Rabbitohs (32) def. Gold Coast Titans (4), 27 July 2013
  • Lowest Team Score:
  • 0 pts - Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos, 5 August 2017
  • 0 pts – Canberra Raiders vs. Gold Coast Titans, 17 March 2013
  • 0 pts – Melbourne Storm vs. Gold Coast Titans, 9 June 2008
  • 0 pts – Gold Coast Titans vs. Melbourne Storm, 1 May 2016
  • 4 pts – Gold Coast Titans vs. South Sydney Rabbitohs, 27 July 2013
  • Most Tries in a Game:
  • Most Points in a Game:
  • 20 (2.6.0) – Scott Prince, Gold Coast Titans vs. Wests Tigers, 29 August 2009
  • 20 (2.6.0) – Michael Gordon, Penrith Panthers vs. Gold Coast Titans, 19 July 2008
  • 18 (1.7.0) – Scott Prince, Gold Coast Titans vs. Penrith Panthers, 1 May 2010
  • 18 (2.5.0) – James Maloney, New Zealand Warriors vs. Gold Coast Titans, 8 May 2011
  • 17 (1.6.1) – Scott Prince, Gold Coast Titans vs. North Queensland Cowboys, 14 August 2010
  • Most Tries Scored:
  • Most Points Scored:
  • 377 (11.166.1) – Scott Prince (Gold Coast Titans/Brisbane Broncos)
  • 108 (27.0.0) – David Mead (Gold Coast Titans)
  • 96 (24.0.0) – Kevin Gordon (Gold Coast Titans)
  • 91 (12.21.1) – Mat Rogers (Gold Coast Titans)
  • 82 (3.34.2) – Aidan Sezer (Gold Coast Titans)

Crowd records

The stadium produced a record attendance of 27,176 on 18 April 2008 when it hosted the Heritage Round National Rugby League match between Gold Coast Titans and Brisbane Broncos.[12] This figure was surpassed by a crowd of 27,227 on 12 September in a match against the same team in the 3rd qualifying final of the NRL Finals Series 2009.[13]

Sports events
Sport Description Event Date Attendance Reference
Rugby league Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos 2009 NRL season 27,227 [14]
Rugby league Gold Coast Titans vs Brisbane Broncos 2008 NRL season 27,176 [15]
Rugby league Gold Coast Titans vs New Zealand Warriors 2010 NRL season 27,026 [16]
Rugby league Gold Coast Titans vs North Queensland Cowboys 2008 NRL season 26,974 [17]
Rugby league Gold Coast Titans vs North Queensland Cowboys 2018 NRL season 26,681 [18]

Rugby league test matches

List of rugby league test and World Cup matches played at Robina Stadium since its opening in 2008.[19]

Test#DateResultAttendance
11 November 2008 * New Zealand 48–6 Papua New Guinea10,780
210 November 2008 * Fiji 30–14 Ireland8,224
36 May 2011 † Australia 20–10 New Zealand26,301
42 May 2015 ‡ Fiji 22–10 Papua New Guinea12,336
52 May 2015 ‡  Samoa 18–16 Tonga12,336

* Matches played as part of the 2008 World Cup.
† 2011 ANZAC Test.
‡ Matches played as part of the 2015 Pacific Internationals (double header)

Rugby union test matches
Test#DateResultAttendance
1 15 September 2012  Australia23–19 Argentina 22,278
2 13 September 2014  Australia32–25 Argentina 14,281
3 15 September 2018  Australia Argentina 16,019

See also

References
  1. "SKILLED PARK TO ACCOMMODATE AN EXTRA 2,000 FANS: SPENCE - The Queensland Cabinet and Ministerial Directory". Cabinet.qld.gov.au. 26 October 2007. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. "Jcink.com Forum Hosting". Leagueheaven.b1.jcink.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  3. "Gold Coast to Become New Home for Australian Sevens" (Press release). Australian Rugby Union. 13 April 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2011.
  4. "Gold Coast Sevens". Australian Rugby Union. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  5. "Snake slithers in to NRL contest | SBS News". Sbs.com.au. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  6. "Cbus Stadium Snake That Interrupted Titans v Cowboys Has Been Found in a Mens Urinal". Goldcoastbulletin.com.au. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  7. "Snake slithers in to NRL contest". NRL.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  8. "MATCH PRESS KIT : Group G – Matchday 1 : Brisbane Roar (AUS) vs Beijing Guoan (CHN); Robina Stadium, Robina" (PDF). The-afc.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  9. "Late goal leaves Roar shattered". Brisbane Roar. 26 February 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  10. "Teenagers star in Suwon draw". Brisbane Roar. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  11. "Narrow loss ends AFC Champions League bid". Brisbane Roar. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  12. "Titans hang on to down Broncos". NRL.com and Telstra Corporation Ltd. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  13. "Cbus Super Stadium Crowds (Robina Stadium)". Austadiums.com. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  14. "NRL Finals: Titans v Broncos". Austadiums.com. 12 September 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  15. "NRL: Titans v Broncos". Austadiums.com. 18 April 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  16. "NRL Finals: Titans v Warriors". Austadiums.com. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  17. "NRL: Titans v Cowboys". Austadiums.com. 14 March 2008. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  18. "NRL: Titans v Cowboys". Austadiums.com. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  19. "Robina Stadium - Robina Stadium". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.