They made history, brought home silverware and lived up to the Gold Coast’s sporting name in 2023. From dozens of clubs across every code, these 10 have earned themselves a spot on our list of the region’s greatest. See more inside:
From breaking records and earning selection in national teams to playing well above their age group, here are well over 100 Queensland sports prodigies who made a mark in 2023. SEE THE LIST
They’re the sporting efforts – and numbers – that almost defy logic. From monster hauls to almighty streaks, these are the stats you have to see to believe.
A rugby club coaching ace has named the best 15 Colts 1 players he’s coached against as the 2024 Queensland Premier Rugby men’s and women’s draw is revealed.
The visionary head coach who helped set Queensland Reds flyhalf Isaac Lucas on the pathway to Super Rugby will turn his hand to unearthing the next star talent at Bond University.
Wallabies captain Michael Hooper has stood down as skipper of the NSW Waratahs, with Gold Coaster and Test lock Rob Simmons taking over the job.
The monstrous prop will make an oversized cannonball at 193 centimetres and 158 kilograms but it will be up to defences to stop him once he gets rolling on the pitch.
A unique twist of fate has seen the 20-year-old Hurricanes back-rower walk away from Wellington for a new life on the Gold Coast. Here’s how Bond Pirates scored the year’s biggest signing.
The Bond Pirates are done dangling off the gangplank as sharks circle below. What they’ve missed is a shark steering their ship – a problem rectified with their latest head coaching hire.
Five tries to wing rival Filipo Daugunu has made Gold Coaster Jock Campbell’s grip on a wing start extremely tenuous. Here’s how the region’s top players fared in Reds trial No.1
While most teams will blood their new recruits during pre-season trial matches, the Alleygators will kick that trend in a bid to disguise their true strength ahead of round one.
When the team’s regular first graders walked out the door in 2019, only those willing to bleed for the club remained. Those true Alleygators will form the backbone of the club’s 40th season.
The 2020 Gold Coast rugby season is rumbling into life with three more clubs returning to pre-season training this week.
He’s built a cult-following, now Wallabies winger Henry Speight wants to build the game on the Gold Coast.
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