| Full name | Tweed Heads Seagulls Rugby League Football Club |
|---|---|
| Emblem | Seagull |
| Colours | Black, White |
| Founded | 1909 |
| Sport | Rugby league |
| League | Queensland Wizard Cup |
| Ground | Piggabeen Sports Complex |
| Capacity | |
| CEO | |
| Captain | Andrew Moroney/Matthew King |
| Coach | Steve Murphy |
| 2005 | |
| Premierships | 2007 |
| Runners-Up | |
| Minor Premierships | |
| Wooden Spoons | |
| Biggest win | |
| Worst defeat | |
The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, and is the only non-Queensland team to play in the Queensland Cup. Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games The Queensland Cup is the premier Rugby league football competition in the state of Queensland. The FOGS Cup is an 11 team competition that is the level below the Queensland Cup. A' 'wooden spoon' is a mock or real award usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition but sometimes also to runners-up History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games Tweed Heads is a town located in north-eastern New South Wales, Australia in Tweed Shire. The Queensland Cup is the premier Rugby league football competition in the state of Queensland.
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History
After originally being formed as a rugby union club in the 1890s, it, along with other north coast New South Wales clubs switched to the professional code. Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short
In 1990 the Seagulls Leagues club bought out the license for the Gold Coast - Tweed Giants, and renamed the club the Gold Coast Seagulls, although it continued to play its home games in the New South Wales town of Tweed Heads. Gold Coast were a Rugby league team which played in the New South Wales Rugby League premiership from 1988 to 1994, the Australian Rugby In 1995 the club sold its license to businessmen Jeff Muller, who changed the club's name to Gold Coast Gladiators.
Prior to 2005, the team played in the Gold Coast - Group 18 competition; however, at the end of 2004 this was disbanded and split, with the Queensland-based clubs playing in a dedicated Gold Coast competition and the remainder playing in an expanded Group 1 competition The Tweed Heads Seagulls was formed in 1909 and is one of the oldest Rugby league clubs in Australia. Group 18 is the name of a Rugby league competition on the far north coast of New South Wales, Australia. History See also History of rugby league The grass roots of rugby league can be traced to early football history, through the playing of ball games For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Tweed applied for the 2002 Queensland Cup but were unsuccessful. Following the exit of the Logan City Scorpions at the end of 2002, Tweed re-applied, successfully, for the 2003 competition. The Logan Scorpions were a Rugby league club from the suburb of Slacks Creek in Logan City Queensland, Australia.
In 2006 Tweed Heads successfully entered the FOGS Cup and FOGS Colts Challenge
Crest and Colours
The Tweed jersey is traditionally black and white butcher stripes, similar in design to that of Past Brothers. The FOGS Cup is an 11 team competition that is the level below the Queensland Cup. Past Brothers Rugby League Football Club, more commonly known simply as 'Brothers' or as 'the Leprechauns' are a Rugby league club in Brisbane, Australia The Gold Coast Seagulls initially played in a similar jersey, with the addition of two red lines horizontally through each wide black stripe on the jersey.
Home Ground
Tweed Heads originally played out of Seagulls Stadium on Gollan Drive, West Tweed Heads. Seagulls Stadium was a Rugby league stadium located on Gollan Drive in West Tweed Heads New South Wales, a suburb of the Gold Coast. However due to financial trouble, the club sold the ground in the late 1990s and the stadium was demolished. Currently, Tweed play their Queensland Cup games nearby at the Piggabeen Sports Complex.
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