QLD Rugby 17/02/2025

Written by Jim Tucker on Feb 17, 2025 06:56 AM, courtesy of qld.rugby Source article. Winger Filipo Daugunu making a grand entrance at the Queensland Reds Season Launch Long Lunch The anticipation around a bumper 2025 season was everywhere at the Queensland Reds Season Launch Long Lunch. We get to dive right in on Friday night when the Reds bring Super Rugby Pacific back to Suncorp Stadium for their first match of 2025 against Ardie Savea and Moana Pasifika. SEE YOU AT SUNCORP STADIUM There's a moment in early February every year where even the most ardent cricket fan says...

QLD Rugby 12/02/2025

Written by Reds Media Unit on Feb 12, 2025 09:50 AM, courtesy of qld.rugby Source article. Decorated Wallaroo Ivania Wong and rising backrower Jemma Bemrose have been named co-captains of the Queensland Reds for the 2025 Super Rugby Women's season. The honour recognises two players new to captaincy at this level but with the ample attributes to lead with their actions and urging. Winger Wong, 27, is at the very heart of everything the Reds stand for having featured in all 37 Super Rugby Women's matches played by Queensland since the competition's birth in 2018. At 22, Bemrose is part...

QLD Rugby 27/08/2024

Written by Queensland Rugby Media Unit, courtesy of qld.rugby Source article GPS flanker Matt Gicquel has today been named the 2024 Alec Evans Medallist while Sunnybank’s Ana Afuie has won back-to-back Selena Worsley Medals. The high achievers were honoured with the major awards at the annual Queensland Premier Rugby Grand Final Breakfast staged at The Jubilee Hotel. Gicquel’s outstanding season for GPS was recognised by regular nods from referees who awarded votes on a 3-2-1 basis for each game in the StoreLocal Hospital Cup competition. He was proficient at winning turnovers, averaged 11 tackles a game, was adept at beating...

QLD Rugby 26/04/2024

Written by Jim Tucker, courtesy of qld.rugby Source articleShirley Russell once coached a rugby team where the training space was the harsh surface of a military parade ground.It says much about her knack for finding better solutions that the team ended up training on the grassy horse paddock of the then-US Ambassador.The Queensland Rugby Union’s newest Life Member has enjoyed a wonderfully varied life in the game which has meant treasured experiences in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.It is for her pioneering role within Queensland women’s rugby that Russell, 56, was recently honoured as the first...

QLD Rugby 29/03/2024

Written by Jim Tucker, courtesy of qld.rugby Source articleWhen you watch winger Ivania Wong playing for the Queensland Reds you still see the joy in her face that we all first felt when playing rugby as kids.That salute from former Wallaroo Vanessa Bradley, the 2023 Queensland Rugby Union Hall of Fame inductee, is a worthy way to start honouring two record-breakers.Wong and front-row stalwart Liz Patu will reach rarified air on Saturday as the leading cap-winners in the history of Queensland women’s rugby.They will eclipse Hall of Famer Selena Worsley and Cheyenne Campbell, who both won 34 caps, when they...