Greg Davis 10/08/2025

BY GREG DAVIS The Stara Easts Tigers are 80 minutes away from a berth in the 2025 StoreLocal Hospital Cupgrand final after roaring into the major semi-final with a rollicking rollercoaster ride thatfinished with a 50-31 rout of GPS at Yoku Road. The Tigers will now take on Brothers in the major semi-final at Sunnybank this Sunday withthe winner earning a direct ticket to the Hospital Cup’s big dance at Ballymore on 31 August.Wests and Bond will face-off in the sudden-death minor semi-final – a fixture that Eastswere staring down the barrel of after a sluggish start in the Round...

Greg Davis 04/08/2025

BY GREG DAVIS POWERHOUSE no.8 Nuku Swerling returned to his bullocking, bone-crunching andblockbusting best as the Stara Easts Tigers completed a clean sweep of home games in 2025with the 36-21 victory over Sunnybank in Round 17 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. Eight times this year, the Tigers crossed the white line onto David Wilson Field and eighttimes, they emerged triumphant. Defending the hallowed home turf at Bottomley Park has been a major focus for the Tigersplayers and coaching staff throughout the campaign and they successfully repelled theireighth visitor with Swerling terrorising the Dragons at regular intervals. After a blistering start...

Greg Davis 30/07/2025

BY GREG DAVIS First came the rain. Then came the pain of the 28-10 loss to Brothers in the top of the table StoreLocal HospitalCup Round 16 clash at a water-logged Crosby Park. But the Stara Easts Tigers will get the opportunity to go again in their final home game ofthe year against Sunnybank this Saturday to claw back invaluable confidence andmomentum ahead of the finals. Injury was added to insult for the Tigers as hooker Max Craig and backrower Tau Tuisamoawere both forced to leave the field during the scrappy and sloppy encounter played inatrocious conditions. Craig gingerly hobbled...

Greg Davis 13/07/2025

Match Report - Round 15 The Stara Easts Tigers rediscovered their rolling maul mojo and ravenous defensive hunger to revitalise their 2025 campaign with a rough and tumble 26-15 win over Souths in Round 15 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. After the 50-31 loss to University in Round 14, Easts needed to provide an emphatic – and immediate – response. And a southside derby between two teams in the top four in front of a healthy crowd at Bottomley Park was the perfect stage to prove the St Lucia shocker was an outlier. If you like big blokes legally bashing...

Greg Davis 06/07/2025

The picturesque University of Queensland campus at St Lucia transformed into a grim School of Hard Knocks for the Stara Easts Tigers in the comprehensive 50-31 loss at the hands of the rampant Red Heavies in Round 14 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. Easts have deservedly inhabited the rarefied air of the top of the table for a vast majority of 2025 through the combination of stoic defence and slick attack but the Tigers were found wanting on both sides of the ball against a University side that has struggled for consistency. Coming off the bye in Round 13, the...