Redcliffe Dolphins

Infobox_nrl_club | clubname = Redcliffe Dolphins


fullname = Redcliffe Dolphins
emblem = Dolphin
colours = red, white
founded = 1947
sport = Rugby league
league = Queensland Cup
ground = Dolphin Oval
capacity = 10,000
ceo= James Hinchey
captain = Troy Lindsay
coach = Gary O'Brien
season = 2006
position = Premiers (1st)
premierships = 1965, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006
runners = 1973, 1975, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2001, 2007
minors =
spoons =
win = 88-0 v Logan at Dolphin Oval, 2002
loss = 56-6 v Burleigh at Dolphin Oval, 2005

The Redcliffe Dolphins are a rugby league team from the city of Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The Redcliffe Dolphins were founded in 1947, accepted into the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1960, and since 1996 have played in the Queensland Cup. The Dolphins won the 2006 Queensland Cup, beating Toowomba in the grand final at Suncorp Stadium.

History

The Redcliffe Peninsula Rugby League Football Club was founded on 27 February 1947, and in its first year entered Under 17, Reserve Grade and First Grade teams into the Sandgate Suburban Rugby League competition. Through the 1950s Redcliffe also played in the Kilcoy, Murrumba and Geraghty Cup competitions. On 19 November 1959 Redcliffe received full district club status and was accepted into the Brisbane First Grade competition.

Throughout the 1960s, a number of famous players came through the ranks of the Dolphins to represent Queensland and Australia, including Trevor Harken and Arthur Beetson.

Redcliffe won the Brisbane Rugby League Premiership in 1965, 1994 and 1996 and has appeared in seven Queensland Cup grand finals, making it the most successful team in that competition.

Recently a new National Rugby League team to be based on the Gold Coast was going to call itself the Gold Coast Dolphins. This was decided against after the Redcliffe Dolphins threatened legal action. The team is now called the Gold Coast Titans.

Results

* 1996: Runners-up
* 1997: Premiers
* 1998: Preliminary finalists
* 1999: Runners-up
* 2000: Premiers
* 2001: Runners-up
* 2002: Premiers
* 2003: Premiers
* 2004: 6th
* 2005: 4th
* 2006: Premiers
* 2007: Runners-up

ources

* [http://queensland.rleague.com/clubs/redcliffe.php Redcliffe Dolphins Statistics] retrieved December 7, 2005

External links

* [http://redcliffe.leagueunlimited.com/ Redcliffe Dolphins Official Site]