Eastern Suburbs Tigers
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| Club information | |
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| Full name | Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | The Tigers, Easts |
| Colours | Orange Black |
| Founded | Coorparoo (1917), Eastern Suburbs Districts (1933) |
| Website | thetigers.com.au |
| Current details | |
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| CEO | Brian Torpy |
| Coach | Scott Sipple (2016 - current) |
| Manager | Doug Graydon and Andrew Ross |
| Captain | Jake Foster |
| Competition | Queensland Cup |
| 2016 Queensland Cup season | 6th |
 Current season | |
| Records | |
| Premierships | 8 (1923, 1947, 1950, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1991) |
| Runners-up | 17 (1922, 1925, 1926, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1968, 1971, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2004, 2013, 2014, 2018) |
| Most capped | 226 - Des Morris |
The Eastern Suburbs Tigers or East Brisbane Tigers, or often simply referred to as Easts, are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, which is in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1996. From 1996 they have competed in the Queensland Cup. Their jersey is traditionally an all gold jersey with two black 'V's. In recent years they have included white in their jersey.
Contents
1 History
2 NRL Affiliation
3 2019 squad
4 Notable players
5 Internationals while at Coorparoo/Easts[7]
6 Notable Juniors
7 Queensland Cup Results
8 FOGS Cup / Brisbane A Grade Results
9 See also
10 Footnotes
11 On-line references
12 External links
History
Eastern Suburbs logo
Easts had competed as Coorparoo in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership from 1917. A highlight of the 1920s was the signing of South Sydney star, Harold Horder as their captain-coach in 1924 and 1925. With the move to district football in 1933 a new club, the Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League club, was formed.
The club struggled on the field during the 1930s and 1940s and was in severe financial trouble. Between 1937 and 1945 the Tigers won just nine of ninety matches, and suffered three winless seasons in 1940, 1944 and 1945.[1] However, in 1946, the club was successfully revived after suffering many defeats during the war years with the re-election of A.G. (Taffy) Welch as club president and the implementation of a completely new management committee. In 1946 no less than twelve teams were registered with the Brisbane Rugby League. Of these teams, ten were semi finalists and seven made the grand finals. The main object was to present to the public a really strong first grade team. The next year, 1947, saw what would probably be the greatest side fielded by the club. Every trophy competed for in the BRL competition and Premiership were won and had no fewer than eleven players selected for Brisbane’s Bulimba Cup team.
The Tigers won their next premiership in 1950, and in 1951 Easts contested the Grand Final being beaten by Southern Suburbs, This meant that, since the revival of the club in 1946, they had played six grand finals in succession. They reached the semis in 1952 and the grand final in 1953 where they were again beaten by Souths. In 1954, they failed to make the top four so, for the first time in eight years they failed to compete in the semi-finals. The club was to win the Peter Scott Memorial Trophy in the 1960 season but did not have success again until they won the pre-season competition in 1969.
The 15-year premiership drought forced club officials to search for a top coach and in 1965 former international, Clive Churchill was engaged to try to mould the team into a premiership 13.[2] The effect was the club’s appearance in the 1968 Grand Final against Past Brothers. Although they lost the Grand Final it sparked a resurgence in Easts' performance for years to come and the Tigers won the Woolworths pre-season competition in 1969.
The coach, Ted Verrenkamp, and his successor, captain-coach Des Morris, brought great success to the club providing Easts with numerous finals appearances and Grand Final victories throughout the 1970s. This was through the help of arguably the best Queensland Five-eighth before King Wally, Wayne Lindenberg and the local junior talent highlighted by John Lang..
In the Queensland Wizard Cup era, the Tigers have made the Grand Final five times although having lost all matches, the first to the Redcliffe Dolphins in 1997 then losing to the Burleigh Bears in a memorable extra-time final in 2004.They were defeated again in 2013 by Mackay and the next year by the Northern Pride. 2018 saw the disappointment continue as they lost to the Redcliffe Dolphins.
The Club is currently led by President, Keith Philips and Chief Executive Officer, Brian Torpy. In 2008, the year of the centenary of rugby league in Australia, the Club celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary.
On 20 January 2011, through BASES Productions, a family run entertainment group. Easts Tigers began transmission of a fan-service to help boost the profile of the club and its players called TigerTV, in 2012 TigerTV began live broadcasting of entire matches via the internet; TigerTV has been regularly hosting live stream events of Easts Tigers with Commentators Mike Higgison, Warren Boland, Gavin Payne, and David Wright. On 6 November 2016, TigerTV transitioned to a 24/7 Streaming Channel with Live and Recorded programming streaming continuously, along with replays and highlights of previous years.
NRL Affiliation
Easts Tigers were the last team in the Queensland Cup to follow the trend of becoming affiliated with a team from the National Rugby League. After relationships with Cronulla and the Penrith Panthers, at the end of the 2006 NRL season the New South Wales club South Sydney Rabbitohs announced an alliance with the Tigers as a feeder club for the NRL side.
At the end of the 2007 season it was announced that the Rabbitohs and Easts would no longer be affiliated due to various conflicting issues, the Tigers instead looked closer to home and struck an affiliate deal with the Brisbane Broncos.
At the end of the 2010 NRL season the Victorian club Melbourne Storm announced an alliance with the Tigers as a feeder club for their NRL side. The partnership with Brisbane Easts Tigers allowed the Melbourne Storm to tap into the Tigers' recruitment and development systems in Queensland, as well as providing a club for young Queenslanders recruited by the Melbourne Storm to play at and develop without having to relocate to Melbourne.[3][4]
2019 squad
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Notable players
In 2008, the Eastern Suburbs Tigers named their 75 Year "Dream Team", which included players from 1933 to 2007.[5] The team consists of 13 players who have played more than 50 games for the club, chosen by a panel of experts.[6]
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Internationals while at Coorparoo/Easts[7]
- Neville Broadfoot
- Bill Christie
- Bob Hagan
- Arther Henderson
- John Lang
- Rod Morris
Notable Juniors
- Tonie Carroll
- Paul Khan
- Darren Smith
Roger kuhn (rugby league) fullback
Kayln Ponga Newcastle Knights- Christian Welch
- Ryley Jacks
- Alan Cann
Peter Ryan[citation needed]
Queensland Cup Results
Since the inception of the Queensland Cup in 1996 Easts Tigers have been fairly successful. Reaching the Grand Final on five occasions, they consistently place in the top half of the table usually making the finals. In nineteen years they have made the finals eleven times.
Easts celebrate in the 2006 season after reaching the Semi-Finals for the seventh time in ten years, a feat no other club in the competition has achieved.
1996 - 4th
1997 - Runners Up - 2nd
1998 - 9th
1999 - 5th
2000 - 3rd
2001 - 4th
2002 - 4th
2003 - 9th
2004 - Runners Up - 2nd
2005 - 8th
2006 - 3rd
2007 - 5th
2008 - 7th
2009 - 9th
2010 - 11th
2011 - 8th
2012 - 6th
2013 - Runners Up - 2nd
2014 - Runners Up - 2nd
2015 - 4th
2016 - 6th
2017 - 4th
2018 - Runners Up - 2nd
FOGS Cup / Brisbane A Grade Results
The FOGS Cup is an 11-team competition that is the level below the Queensland Wizard Cup. Easts Tigers have had a team in the Cup since its inception in 2001 and have been the most successful club to date, winning the premiership 4 from 6 years.
2001 - Premiers
2002 - Premiers
2003 - Runners-up (2nd)
2004 - Premiers
2005 - Premiers
2006 - Semi-Finalists (4th)
2008 - Premiers
2009 -
2010 -
2011 -
2012 - Premiers
2013 - Premiers
2014 - Premiers
2015 - 3rd
See also
- National Rugby League reserves affiliations
Footnotes
^ Haddan, Steve; Our Game: The Celebration of Brisbane Rugby League 1909-1987, p. 125 .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
ISBN 9780995351202
^ Pollard, Jack (1965). Gregory's Guide to Rugby League. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p144.
^ Young Tigers' big break | CQ News
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-31.CS1 maint: Archived copy as title (link)
^ Easts Tigers 75 Year Dream Team Archived 25 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Selection Archived 10 October 2009 at the Wayback Machine
^ Pollard, Jack (1965). Gregory's Guide to Rugby League. Australia: Grenville Publishing. p144.
On-line references
Eastern Suburbs Tigers History retrieved 7 December 2005
Eastern Suburbs Tigers Statistics retrieved 7 December 2005
External links
- Official website
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