Easts

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See also

Easts Tigers Rugby Union

Easts Rugby Union Club, known as Easts or Easts Tigers, is an Australian rugby union club based in Brisbane. The club plays in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition, and fields teams for males and females in several other grades and age-group competitions.

Easts draws players mainly from Eastern and Southern suburbs of Brisbane, ranging from West End to Capalaba, and south to Mt Gravatt. The club's home ground is Bottomley Park at Coorparoo. The junior club boasts over 1000 players ranging from Tiger Cubs, Under 6 to Under 17].

The club was founded in 1947 and has won the Hospital Cup for the Queensland Premiership four times.

History

The history of Easts Rugby Union Club began in 1947 with the formation of a team of past students from Brisbane State High School. The club assumed the name Eastern Districts at the suggestion of the QRU in 1949. Easts Rugby Union was incorporated as a not-for-profit association in the early 2010s.

Easts played in lower grade competitions in Brisbane before being promoted to first grade in 1950. The club's first two Premierships were won in 1997 and 1999. Easts won the Premiership again in 2008, and went on to win the Australian Club Championship in 2009 by defeating Sydney University.