In the space of a decade the Gold Coast District Rugby Union has gone from the brink of collapse to the most thriving senior rugby competition in regional Australia, with a ninth club entering first and second grade teams. This is how the code did it.
The strongest footballer in Queensland sporting history rose from his school’s Year 7 ‘D’ team to make his Super Rugby debut. Read his emotional journey to the sport’s peak.
Former Australian Schoolboys sensations have made a splash in trials against visiting Brisbane heavyweights Souths and Sunnybank. Meet the trials’ 15 star performers primed for monster 2025 seasons and see 49 action shots from the weekend.
Eligible for both the Springboks and Wallabies, the Gold Coast powerhouse announced himself to the international rugby scene by leading Australia to victory over New Zealand.
A former Wallaby centre has likened one of Queensland’s best unsigned rugby teens to All Blacks World Cup-winning fullback Ben Smith.
Gold Coast Touch is about to celebrate 50 years. Its base is on prime Southport development space. Here’s what the future holds.
A Gold Coast rugby union star who was slapped with a doping ban spanning two years and nine months will be eligible to play in 2025 when his suspension ends on January 19.
The Gold Coast Eagles will go into 2025 as a pioneering club, having just announced a former All Blacks star as the head of its brand new women’s program designed to bridge the gap between school-aged sevens and premier grades.
The new year looms, and athletes have already begun their prep for season 2025. From the track to the pool and everywhere in between, these are the 120+ southeast Queensland young guns you must watch and why. Full list:
From threepeats to shattering longstanding premiership droughts and producing generation next, plenty of Gold Coast sports clubs stood tall in 2024. See the best of the best here.
Which South East Queensland schoolboy and schoolgirl sporting revelations upped the ante in 2024? The journeys of more than 100 bolts from the blue across rugby, league, swimming, basketball, Aussie rules, football and more sports are highlighted here.
From junior Matildas carving it up to future Titans starring on the national stage, we reveal the top 20 Gold Coast stars under 20 who achieved the remarkable in 2024.
One of Queensland’s most exhilarating amateur rugby talents is off to the US after years of being snubbed by Super Rugby clubs. Inside his journey to an unlikely professional deal.
A Reds-signed schoolboy who made an impression in the Super Rugby Under-16s competition has been named in the Australian U16s squad, alongside seven other Queenslanders. More here on who was picked and why.
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