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 15/06/2025

To paraphrase the late, great US singer Meat Loaf, “don’t feel sad, nine out of 10 ain’t bad.’’ The Stara Easts Tigers suffered their first defeat in the StoreLocal Hospital Cup since 10 August 2024 when they fell to a 46-29 loss at the hands of Wests at Sci-Fleet Stadium in Round 11. The nine-game winning streak to open the 2025 title tilt came to an abrupt end for the high-flying Tigers as the Bulldogs piled on five tries after halftime to be the only team to lower Easts’ colours this season. Easts were without injured powerhouse no.8 Nuku Swerling,...

Greg Davis 09/06/2025

A hat-trick to hooker Max Craig headlined a high-scoring Hugh Courtney Oval brouhaha as the undefeated Stara Easts Tigers claimed a thumping 49-27 win over Norths in Round 10 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. Queensland Reds squad member Craig claimed his triple treat by the 45th minute and spent the last half hour as a makeshift no.8 as the Tigers coaching staff was forced to go to their bench early and often on a day of attrition. Craig surged into second place on the Hospital Cup try-scoring table after taking his 2025 tally to nine by clinically finishing off the...

Greg Davis 02/06/2025

Winning ugly can be a thing of beauty. So the 30-17 victory over GPS in atrocious conditions at a rain-lashed David Wilson Field was as pretty as a picture for the Stara Easts Tigers in Round 9 of the 2025 StoreLocal Hospital Cup. The table-topping Tigers reached the halfway mark of the home-and-away season with a perfect 8-0 record but it was not easy against a gallant Gallopers outfit that dominated field position and possession in the last hour of the contest on the back of a glut of penalties. It was a classic wet-weather slugfest on Ladies Day and...

Greg Davis 25/05/2025

Eli Pilz…you little beauty. The inspirational Stara Easts Tigers co-captain produced a series of match-winning heroics to guide his side to a stunning 38-36 victory over Sunnybank in a Round 8 StoreLocal Hospital Cup thriller. With the undefeated Tigers trailing by eight points with four minutes left on the clock, the crafty halfback proceeded to score 10 points via his deadly right boot and sure hands to extend Easts’ winning streak in 2025 to seven games. With time elapsed and the sides locked together at 36-all, Pilz cut a cool, calm and collected figure on the left-hand touchline and slotted...

Greg Davis 12/05/2025

The stage is set for a genuine Old Boys Day Bottomley Park blockbuster against Brothers after the Stara Easts Tigers produced a heroic defensive display in the 26-22 victory over Souths in Round 6 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. It will be a top-of-the-table clash on David Wilson Field this Saturday when the unbeaten Tigers host the reigning premiers who also boast an undefeated record in 2025 with both sides to take a 5-0 record into the barn burner. They are the only two undefeated teams remaining in the Hospital Cup and have already put a gap between themselves and the rest...

Greg Davis 14/04/2025

Easts 22 defeated Bond University 20 at Bond University IT was wet, wild and willing on the water-logged Gold Coast on Saturday afternoon. But cool, calm and collected co-captain Eli Pilz rose above the calamity to kick the Stara Easts Tigers to a gutsy 22-20 victory over Bond University. The Tigers remain undefeated in their 2025 StoreLocal Hospital Cup title tilt with their third-straight victory that was built on toughness and tenacity after torrential weather lashed Bond’s home ground to the point that the 3.05pm kick-off was pushed back. Pilz’s decisive penalty goal from 25 metres out and to the left of the...

Greg Davis 07/04/2025

AMERICAN novelist James Lane Allen never quite made it to Bottomley Park. However, the 19th century writer’s famous quote – “adversity does not build character, it reveals it” – rang loud and true around Tigerland in Round 2 of the StoreLocal Hospital Cup. It was gritty – not pretty - but the character-filled 31-28 comeback victory over Wests was a thing of beauty for the Stara Easts Tigers who remain undefeated in 2025. The visiting Bulldogs led 21-7 after 28 minutes and then held a 28-19 buffer in the second half after a host of momentum swings delivered a cracking high-quality...

QLD Rugby 12/11/2024

Written by Nathan Williamson on Nov 12, 2024 12:58 PM, courtesy of reds.rugby Source article. The Super Rugby Pacific squads are set to be revealed throughout the day ahead of the 2025 season. The Australian teams have looked to bolster their squads ahead of the season as they look to break the recent run of Kiwi dominance. Watch every game of the Wallabies Spring Tour live and exclusive on Stan Sport. The likes of Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, Dylan Pietsch and Brandon Paenga-Amosa have made moves already whilst former Melbourne Rebels stars such as Taniela Tupou, Filipo Daugunu and David Feliuai have...