1/21The Whitsunday Brahmans with their winners medals and cup after winning the the 2019 Mackay District Rugby League A-grade final.
Brahmans teams gone by
Take a step back in time to teams who took to the field for the Brahmans over the years.
2/21The 1937 Proserpine Rugby League club.
3/21The 1979 A Grade team.
4/21Winning Whitsunday Brahmans team at the Bowen 10s competition on the weekend.
5/211977 North Queensland B Grade champions.
6/21THE TEAM: The 2011 Whitsunday Brahmans A Grade squad who lost their knockout semi-final against Souths last weekend. Back: Nani Rahmat, Jeremy Siulepa, Damien West, Matt Lade, Jack Burke, Junior Afualo, Darcy Wright, Jimmy Webb, Brook Cadwallader, Doug Davy, Brent Murray, David Eggleton, Todd Hounsell, Dan Welsh, Dan Soden and manager Bill Lade. Front: Greg Crampton, Josh Large, Jarome Kutia, captain-coach Adam Wright, Anselam Tabua, Timmy Miller and Ben Wardroper. Photo Mel Bright
7/21The 1982 senior team.
8/21A GREAT TEAM: The under-11 Proserpine-Whitsunday Pluto Brahmans took part in the Laurie Spina Shield in Townsville last month. Back: Benjamin Wren, BJ Robertson, Jack Kearns and Jake Harrison. Middle: Coach Stacey Gerhart, Jye Tabua, Stephen McDonald, Jayke Johnson and manager Bronwyn Wren. Front: Lachlan Penhaulleric, Connor Auld, Daniel Gerhart, Thomas Coyne, Joel Hoffmann, Jacob Shield, Ben Young and Kayden Patroni. Photo Contributed
9/21SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE DISCUSS USE WITH YOUR EDITOR - The Whitsunday Brahmans put in a polished performance in Saturday's trial against Souths at Les Stagg Oval. The Brahmans prevailed 22-6 in wet conditions.
10/21Whitsunday Brahmans celebrate becoming the 2019 RLM A-Grade premiers after defeating Wests Tigers 38-4 at BB Print Stadium.
11/21THE BEST: Captain of the premiership winning Whitsunday Brahmans Phil Ramage and 2017 coach of the premiership winning Sea Eagles, Luke Somerville with their booty.
12/21TITLE DEFENCE: The Metropol Hotel A Grade Whitsunday Brahmans will take to the pitch against Mapies on Saturday to defend their Grand Final reign.
13/21TOP EFFORT: The Whitsunday Brahmans celebrate their duel premiership wins with a civic reception on Friday night. Photo Rory Sheavils / The Guardian
14/21CHAMPIONS: The Brahmans produced a dominant performance in the reserve grade grand final, making it two premierships in one day for the club.Photo Keagan Ryan / Whitsunday Times
15/21YOUNG GUNS: Dempsey Camm, Campbell Wilson, Keiran McGoldrick, Blake Hiscox, Ashton Sinnott, Jye Muller, Macauly Wake, Luke Handley, (back), Ben Nosworthy, Ethan Hoffmann, Ryan Bennett, Will Bernett, Malik Tabua, Sean Ryan and Zac Orenshaw (front) made up the Proserpine Brahmans under-11 team at this year's Paul Bowman Cup held over the weekend. Photo Rohan ONeil / Whitsunday Times
16/21WELL REPRESENTED: Proserpine Brahmans players look forward to taking on Souths this weekend. Back: Luke Hession, Doug Davy, Jake Berkers, Jason Back, Jim Webb, Todd Hounsell, Dan Hilly, Alex Richards, Jace Brown, Tyson Chapman and team manager Matt Court. Front: Assistant coach Bill Lade, Matt Lade, Jerome Kutia, Grant Cooke, captain and coach Adam Wright, Dean Connell, Rhys Kaka and Harry Quod. Photo Aimee Vinci / Whitsunday Times
17/21LEAGUE STARS: The 2014 Whitsunday Brahmans finished the Auscoal Super A-grade in third place, an improvement on last year's fifth. Photo contributed
18/21Whitsunday Brahmans tied for the second year in a row at the Sam Faust memorial match in Townsville.
19/21Winners of the 1973 Foley Shield.
20/21The mid '90s 'Proserpine Old Bulls'
21/21The 1987 A Grade team.
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