Gold Coast Rugby finals race explodes as Alleygators, Eagles and Dolphins surge
Gold Coast rugby’s final four is far from finalised with a host of outsiders still demanding to be counted. Palm Beach Currumbin pushed Nerang to the brink in a round full of statement wins. See every result on the Coast in all grades.
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Palm Beach Currumbin pushed Nerang until final play in a gallant 33-24 defeat to prove there is plenty of life in the Alleygators despite losing three of its last four Gold Coast District Rugby Union matches.
Fighting losses to Nerang (9pts), Surfers Paradise (21pts) and Helensvale (3pts) show the Gators have found their feet again after mid-season instability following the exit of coach Jack Moon.
Assistant coach Simon Rezo, a former Croatian international, has engineered a fightback that has Palm Beach going toe-to-toe with the competition’s best once again.
An accurate minute conversion in the 78th minute would have seen PBC tie Nerang 26-all but a costly miss forced the Alleygators to chance their arm from inside their half in search of the knockout in final play.
Nerang turned over possession and scored to dash that dream, knocking Palm Beach down to sixth on the ladder with four games remaining.
“The results haven’t gone our way in the last few weeks with a tough run of fixtures,” Rezo said.
“We outscored Helensvale four tries to three, threw the kitchen sink at Surfers and weren’t quite good enough and then we had a heartbreaker at Nerang.
“It’s been a nice, tough run for us. We’ve got the cohesion factor starting to click and belief building.
“We reassessed last night and it’s a matter of winning everything for us now. Hopefully as that top five play each other they can leave a few points on the table. We have a lot to play for.”
Teenage flyhalf Luke White is proving why he is considered a star of the present as well as the future, making a case for man of the match in a losing side in his first game back from a fractured eyesocket.
Surfers Paradise will enter the run home as premiership favourites after avenging its four point Round 4 defeat to Hinterland Celtics 75-7 on Saturday.
Playing at home against an understrength Celtics the Dolphins romped to the biggest first grade margin of victory the Gold Coast has seen in four years.
The 68-point margin was the district’s widest since Colleges defeated Eagles 71-0 on June 19, 2021.
Gold Coast Eagles made it back to back wins by completing a season sweep over Bond Pirates, 54-15.
The Eagles beat Bond 66-5 last time they met.
Helensvale’s odds for the minor premiership remain healthy after a 54-7 win over Coomera.
All sides in the top four are within a handful of points differential of each other.
In the Southeast Queensland Women’s Cup, Gold Coast Eagles extended its lead on the ladder with a 36-12 local derby win over third-placed Bond Pirates.
GOLD COAST RUGBY RESULTS, JULY 19 2025
FIRST GRADE
Nerang Bulls 33 def. Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators 24 at Glennon Park
Gold Coast Eagles 54 def. Bond Pirates 15 at Pizzey Park
Helensvale Hogs 54 def. Coomera Crushers 7 at Rugby Lane
Surfers Paradise Dolphins 75 def. Hinterland Celtics 7 at Albert Park Lane
SEQ WOMEN’S CUP
Gold Coast Eagles 36 def. Bond Pirates 12 at Pizzey Park
SECOND GRADE
Nerang Bulls 26 def. Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators 15 at Glennon Park
Gold Coast Eagles 66 def. Bond Pirates 7 at Pizzey Park
Coomera Crushers 20 def. Helensvale Hogs 13 at Rugby Lane
Surfers Paradise Dolphins 44 def. Hinterland Celtics 12 at Albert Park
THIRD GRADE
Palm Beach Currumbin 33 def. Nerang Bulls 18 at Glennon Park
UNDER-16
Nerang Bulls 34 def. Bond Pirates 17 at Glennon Park
Helensvale Hogs White 59 def. Coomera Crushers 0 at Rugby Lane
Helensvale Hogs Blue vs Surfers Paradise Dolphins: No result uploaded
UNDER-14
Gold Coast Eagles 21 def. Surfers Paradise Dolphins 10 at Albert Park
Nerang Bulls 48 def. Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators 15 at Glennon Park
UNDER-13
Helensvale Hogs 43 def. Colleges Knights 21 at Heeb Street
Palm Beach Currumbin Alleygators 43 def. Cooomera Crushers 15 at Bienvenue Drive
Originally published as Gold Coast Rugby finals race explodes as Alleygators, Eagles and Dolphins surge
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