BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB (INC.)

Facere et Docere

4th ANNUAL REPORT and FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2019 THE 115th SEASON To be presented at the Annual General Meeting to be held in the Jacaranda Room, Crosby Park, Crosby Road, Albion on Wednesday, 11 December 2019 at 6:00pm Celebrating 70 years at Crosby Park.

BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB INC. OFFICE BEARERS & STAFF

President: Mr D.L.HINE Vice President: Mr A.J. LALOR Hon. Treasurer: Mr B.P. YANTSCH Hon. Secretary: Mr G.M. LINKLATER FATHER OF CROSBY PARK: JACK BUCHANAN

Chief Executive Officer: Mr M.J. KAYE Rugby Manager: Mr R.L. SCHULTZ Operations Manager: Mr J.A. NEYLON Registrar: Mrs K.E. NICHOLS Rugby Programs Officer: Mr M. COLE-MANOLIS Groundsman: Mr A. ANDERSON Club Captain: Mr R. WALL

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MR D.L.HINE, Mr A.J. LALOR, Mr B.P. YANTSCH, Mr G.M. LINKLATER, Mr A.J. BRODIE, Mrs H. NEGRI, Mr C.R.MCCART, Mr S.P. HARDMAN, Mr P.V. BAYO, Mr G.D. RODGERS OAM

OUR HOME GROUNDS Jack Ross Oval Vic Walsh Oval Crosby Park, 103 Crosby Rd, Albion

Keith Beavis Oval Alan Pettigrew Oval Windsor Park, 82 Grafton St, Windsor

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OUR LIFE MEMBERS

BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB (since 1905) REV. Bro. P.A. FURLONG C.F.C * (1912) REV. Bro W.M. REIDY C.F.C * (1912) REV. Bro L.B. TEVLIN C.F.C* (1912) Mr J.P. FLYNN * (1926), Mr C.J. CRANLEY* (1932), Mr M.G LYONS* (1934) Mr J.A.S. MOORE* (1936), Mr V.J. DORE* (1938), G.J. BRERETON* (1940) Mr E.A. STAPLETON* (1942), R. HODGE* (1947), J.E.ROSS MBE* (1948), Mr J.L. BARLOW* (1949), Mr J.P. FRENCH AM* (1950), Mr B.P. O’CONNELL* (1951), Mr T.B. MCCORMACK TBE* (1952), Mr K.J. HODDA* ( 1953), Mr D.J. GUILFOYLE* (1954), Mr K.P. FEGAN* (1955), Mr J.A BUCHANAN (1959), Mr G.F BERKELEY AM* (1960), Mr T.L. SWEENEY* (1961), Mr C.V.J. DAHL OAM* (1972), Mr K.G. MACCHERONI* (1963), Mr B.F. REID* (1967), Mr J. KENNY* (1969), Mr M.T. HAZELL OAM* (1972), Mr B.J. DAWSON (1977), Mr P. ZAPPALA* (1981), Mr R.B. MCGRUTHER AM OBE (1982), Mr F.J. DUHIG* (1983), Mr A.A. SHAW AM (1985), Mr R.C. VIRGEN OAM (1987), Mr P.B. O’DRISCOLL (1988), Mr R.S CONN (1989), Mr B. FELSMAN (1991), Mrs B. FELSMAN (1991), Mr P.E. MCLEAN MBE (1996), Mr R.S. ROBERTS (1997), P.B. HOARE (1998),Mr M.H. WATT ONZM (2000), Mr J.A EALES AM (2001), Mr P.J. OSWALD (2002), Mr R.G.J. PRICE (2003), Mr D.J. HOGAN OAM RFD RD (2004), Dr P.N. ANDERSEN (2005), Mr J.D. MCCULLAGH* (2005), Mr D. CROFT (2006), Mr D.A. DUNWORTH (2008), Mr R.W. URE (2009), Mr C.J. STEWART (2010), Mr D.L. HINE (2010), Mr R.P. MAHONEY (2011), Mr P.R. LAVIN (2012, Mr D.M. CONNOR (2013, Mr D.J. O’ROURKE (2013), Mr C.B.HANDY (2014), Mr J.D. CONNOLLY (2014), Mr J.H WINDSOR (2015), Mr J.E.F. FRAYNE (2015), Mr M.D.STANTON (2015), Mr D.J. O’NEILL (2016), Mr A.J. MCDERMOTT OAM (2016), Mr J.F. MURPHY (2017), Mr A.E. BARRETT (2017), Mr W.B. ANDREWS (2018)

QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION (since 1882) Mr A.S.I. GRALTON* (1904), Mr D.S. CARTER* (1915), Mr J.P. FLYNN* (1931), Mr J.E. ROSS MBE* (1939), Mr T.B. MCCORMACK CBE* (1956), Mr J.P. FRENCH AM* (1959) Mr K.J. HODDA* (1961), Mr D.W. JOWETT OAM* (1986), Mr J.J BREEN* (1990), Mr R.J.O. HERRING* (1996), Mr R.B. MCGRUTHER AM OBE (2000), Mr A.A. SHAW AM (2013), Mr P.E. MCLEAN MBE (2017)

NEW SOUTH WALES RUGBY UNION (since 1874)

REV. Bro HENRY GAFFNEY OBE F.M.S* (1956)

AUSTRALIAN RUGBY UNION (since 1949)

Mr T.B. MCCORMACK CBE* (1962), Mr J.P. FRENCH AM* (1977), Mr R.B. MCGRUTHER AM OBE (2014)

* Deceased

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2018 AGM Minutes & Attendee Register

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – MINUTES THURSDAY 13TH DECEMBER 2018 @ 6:00pm 1. Meeting Open 6:12pm 2. Attendees · David Hine - President · Tony Lalor - Vice President · Brenden Yantsch - Treasurer · G Linklater - Secretary · Andrew Brodie – Committee Member · M Kaye - CEO A list of Financial members is attached

3. Apologies Full List of AGM Apologies from the Secretary, upon request

4. Presidents Report · Slideshow Presentation · Awards i. Chubb Volunteer – Carla Clayton ii. Brigid Felsmen - Jodie Clarke iii. Clubman of the Year – Hamish Baird iiii. Captain 2018/2019 – Reuben Wall

5. Treasurer Report · Slideshow Presentation i. 2018 – Achievements ii. 2018 – Graphics iii. 2019 – The Year Ahead · Motion 1: Financial Statements i. Moved: Des Hogan ii. 2nd: Paul McLean · Motion 2: Audit Report i. Moved: Dan Liddy ii. 2nd: John Diamond · Motion 3: 2019 Auditor i. Moved: John Shepherd ii. 2nd: Des Hogan

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6. Registration Fees • Financial Members Fee set at $50 7. Life Member Inductee Accepted by show of hands from the • Nominations for 2018 as ratified by the Life Member Committee majority of attendees • Inductee: William Bernard Andrews • Presentation of distinguished rugby career • Moved: Joe Tully • 2nd: Dennis Croft

8. Committee Nominations Discussion was held around the election of committee members and the number of positions, with reference to the constitution. • Motion 5: Brenden Yantsch i. Moved: Paul McLean ii. 2nd: Des Hogan

• Motion 6: Russell McCart i. Moved: Tony Shaw ii. 2nd: Dan Liddy Accepted by show of hands from the majority of attendees • Motion 7: Vacant Position i. Nominees: John Burton, Jennifer Gillett, Accepted by show of hands from the Anthony McDermott and Geoff Rodgers majority of attendees ii. Geoff Rodgers was successful by majority vote.

9. Crosby Park Master Plan Dan Liddy presented a comprehensive overview of the Crosby park master plan and the vision for the future of the Club facilities.

10. General Business • Constitution review i. After further discussion and in further to Discussion point 8 above It was resolved to form a committee to review the constitution Chairman; Tony Lalor ii. A full review of the Constitution with recommendations to be voted at a special members meeting

11. Meeting Close 8.06pm

Minutes of meeting recorded on 13th December 2018 by Graeme Linklater Hon. Secretary – Brothers Rugby Club

4 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PRESIDENT’S REPORT It is with a sense of pride and satisfaction that I provide on behalf of the Board and management my second Annual Report. This year’s many accomplishments adds to our rich 114 year history of 161 premierships across all grades, 28 First Grade premierships - more than any other club - 254 Qld representatives including 26 Captains, 4 Australian Club Champions and we have had 87 Australian representatives across men’s and women’s including 13 National Team Captains.

We acknowledge and commend;

Our expanding activities and continued successes built on the work done by our selfless and hardworking players, volunteers and staff, along with the continued generous support and goodwill of our members, supporters and our local community.

The Board for their tireless efforts throughout 2019. They continue to ‘walk the talk” and contribute to building on our governance policies, financial sustainability and enhanced operational practices. I would especially like to extend a special appreciation to departing Board Members Helen Negri and Andrew Brodie for their outstanding efforts over the past 2 and 4 years respectively. Although stepping down from the Board, Andrew and Helen will continue to be engaged with the club in various capacities.

Our many business partners and sponsors for their continued loyalty and generous support. Without this support we would not be able to provide the numerous sporting programs that make our club a leader within the Brisbane competition. In particular; I would like to thank Dwight and Tonja Ferguson - Ray White Ascot, Faran Gouldson, - Gouldson Legal, Rohrig Group, Chubb, FIIG, BOQ Albany Creek and Hyundai who have all made significant contributions throughout the year. We have over 30 partners and although there are too many to name individually, we sincerely appreciate you all and look forward to working with you all again in 2020.

The Club’s Strategic Plan and the business plans that support each of the Three Pillars; Sporting, Economic & Community. These practical and measurable plans continue to provide the guiding path for all of the Club’s subcommittees and major event committees. It is every chairpersons goal to ensure that we work diligently to consolidate and build on our past achievements, while continuing to fine-tune these plans to ensure that our strategies and action plans remain relevant and achievable.

That we now have 35 Life Members, 783 Volunteer Members and 298 Financial Members. It is our intention with your help to increase the number of Supporter Members by introducing a simpler online membership portal for renewal of 2020 memberships.

The hard work of the Touch Committee lead by Touch Coordinator, Jodie Clarke & Carla Clayton. Their sterling efforts continue to contribute to the growth of all of our Senior and Junior Touch programs with more than 1200 players now registered, representing an increase of >15% on 2018.

Our Club Secretary Graeme Linklater for his leadership and consistent endeavors to improve our Board governance and operating procedures and for his significant efforts in compiling, with the assistance of Anthony McDermott, the Club’s Annual Report.

The tireless efforts of our newly appointed Rugby Programs Coordinator, Manuel Cole-Manolis. Manny has established an increased involvement with our surrounding schools resulting in an increase of 75% across our female rugby programs.

The contribution and guidance provided by our Sporting Subcommittee of Rugby Manager, Ryan Schultz, Jodie Clarke, Centurion Jen Gillett, Chief Executive Officer Matt Kaye and co-chaired by Board Member Peter Bayo and Sean Hardman. Their dedication and thoroughness when dealing with the many multi-faceted challenges over the past year has been exemplary and has gone a long way to raise the standards across all of our many Junior and Senior Sporting programs. 5 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Rugby Manager Ryan Schultz, 2019 Head Coach Rod Seib and their team of coaches, managers and support staff who have ensured through their selfless efforts that our Senior Grades pre-season preparations and training set the Club up for the strong start to the 2019 Brisbane Club Championship that we all enjoyed watching and supporting. With focus and discipline we were able to build on this start and establish a sizable lead across all grades, which meant by mid season we had an unassailable lead, which we converted into our second consecutive Doughty Shield.

That we were able to go one better in 2019 securing 9 teams in 8 Grand Finals, winning 4 and equaling our best ever finals result. Most encouraging was our Women’s team coached by Denzil Moors who played magnificently throughout the finals series only to be narrowly defeated in the Preliminary Final by a strong Wests side.

The behaviour and sportsmanship displayed during the finals series held at Ballymore. Both on and off the field by our players, support staff and loyal supporters consistently reinforced the values of grassroots rugby and our commitment to the ‘Brothers Way’, regardless of the result.

The Elite Development Program (EDP), which has been generously supported over the last 7 years by Glenn Rohrig – Rohrig Group. This Elite Development program has provided an important pathway and has played an integral role in the recruitment, development and retention of many of our young players.

Board Member Peter Bayo and all of our Junior Rugby Age Coordinators who once again led the junior rugby volunteer base. Thanks must also go to all the many parents and friends who willingly contributed their time and effort to fulfill the important roles as managers, coaches, field marshals, club officials, and numerous other roles throughout what was a again a very successful year.

Our Crosby Park Master Plan Committee members Project Development Manager John Shepherd, Architect Dan Liddy, Peter Bayo, Matt Kaye and Board member and Chairperson Russell McCart, for their tireless efforts over the past 3+ years. In particular this year, which sees the Club about to achieve a significant project milestone, the lodging of our Development Application (DA) with our landlords Brisbane City Council. The committee continues to drive what is arguably the most significant and exciting upgrade to our club facilities in the Club’s 70 years at Crosby Park.

Celebrating our 70th year at our spiritual home at Crosby Park it is appropriate to highlight the recent Crosby Park Master Plan Upgrade presentations and communications that have been well received by all. Our newly formed Fundraising Subcommittee members, Club Vice President Tony Lalor, Treasurer Brenden Yantsch, Matt Kaye, John Shephard, Dennis Croft, Brett McCall, Board member and Chair Geoff Rodgers, have over the last 6-7 months worked tirelessly and left no stone unturned to compile a fundraising strategy and plan which we have called “Brothers; Building a Stronger Community Campaign’, which is exactly what we are doing. We are thrilled that club stalwarts Tony Shaw and Paul McLean have agreed to become patrons of this critical fundraising campaign, which has already registered significant support from our general membership and supporter base. I would ask you all to consider supporting this campaign in any way you are able.

The diligent efforts of our Economic Committee members Andrew Brodie, Des Hogan OAM, CEO Matt Kaye and Chair Treasurer Brenden Yantsch who have achieved a very commendable financial result for the Club. Brenden and his committee have achieved our operating budgeted profit of $66,000. This when compared to our -$15,000 reported last year is a welcome turnaround and can be attributed to improved Home Game Day and Major Events income and continued tight cost management by Matt Kaye. Next year will continue to present its financial challenges across a myriad of cost centres and will require continued focus on controlling day to day operational expenditures, whilst always looking for short and long-term cost efficiencies.

The wonderful efforts of our major events organisers and helpers; Ladies Day, Board Member Helen Negri; Pre-Test Luncheon, Vice President Tony Lalor, Brothers RQ Corporate Golf Day, Mark Stanton, Board Member Geoff Rodgers, Paul McLean, Dwight Ferguson and CEO Matt Kaye and all the parents who assisted on Junior Trophy Day. These and many other volunteers have given generously of their own free time to ensure that we surpassed our fundraising budgets for these events and helped us reach our 2019 operating budget profit. 6 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

The substantial efforts of our Community Subcommittee, Helen Negri, Geoff Rodgers, Bronwyn Humphries, Terry Mulchay and Chair Graeme Linklater. The committee has been instrumental in driving the coordination and budgets of all of our club events, including our supporter membership drive, review of membership categories and benefits and connecting specific sponsors’ charities with Home Game Day events. Committee members also assisted CEO Matt Kaye with the sourcing and negotiations of potential future sponsors and the development of alternate funding initiatives.

Our Senior Player Leadership Group led by Club Captain Reuben Wall (runner up to Harry Wilson for Brisbane Premier Player of the Year). In his first year in this challenging and important club leadership role, Reuben ably assisted by his fellow Leadership Group displayed outstanding leadership and support to the entire playing group, while also contributing significantly to the Junior Rugby program and special events,

The help and guidance of our local politicians Federal Member for Brisbane Trevor Evans MP, State Member for Clayfield Tim Nicholls, and Hamilton Ward Councilor David McLachlan. These elected representatives have been long-time supporters of Brothers and we look forward to their future support as we pursue further government infrastructure grants as an important component of the overall funding model for the upgrade of Crosby Park.

Our Brothers’ Family, who continue to focus on Alex Clarke and his family and their life’s journey, post Alex’s life changing rugby accident in 2018. It was wonderful to host Alex at one of our home games during the 2019 Season and we look forward to again welcoming Alex and his family at future home games in 2020.

Our great club is entering the most exciting era of its long and proud history. While rugby is, and always will be at the very heart of our DNA, we are much more than this, our club is the birthplace of MRP, we now have over 1200 women and girls playing both Rugby and Touch, which represents 48% of our player registrations and it is growing at a staggering 15% each year. So we have every right to be very proud of what our club is today, a highly inclusive family & community club, the best in Australia.

We congratulate and celebrate;

Club stalwarts, Australia Day and Queens Birthday Awards recipients Dick McGruther AM OBE, Tony Shaw AM, Des Hogan OAM and Anthony McDermott OAM.

John Livingstone and his U12 Tour organising team for their very successful defense of the John Eales Shield in Mosman Rugby Club in Sydney earlier this year. This is now the fourth year we have conducted this tour.

Randall Corless and his organising team for a very successful U13 September NZ Tour. It is truly wonderful to see the hard work and generosity of parents and supporters continuing the Brothers touring tradition, which we all know builds lasting memories and friendships for all players fortunate enough to be involved.

I would also like to congratulate Rod Seib for his appointment to a fulltime role as Head Coach of the Reds Academy and wish him every success, while welcoming our newly appointed Head Coach Anthony Mathison and his assistant Dale Roberson.

Taniela Tupou who continues to impress as an established Wallaby prop and three of our Premier Grade players Fraser McReight (Captain), Harry Wilson and Michael Wood who represented in the U20 Wallabies at the World Cup held in Argentina last June. The Junior Wallabies narrowly losing a hard fought final to France.

Our U13, U14 and U15 sides for making the BJRU finals and to the U13 for their glorious Grand Final success. All of our under-age divisions enjoyed another strong and enjoyable year. Sincere thanks to all coaches, managers, volunteers, players and families for their support throughout the year.

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Annual Club Award and Player Medal winners. The stunning Annual Presentation Event held at the Grand Chancellor saw the following major award winners presented with their perpetual trophies; David Stokes, Stephen Twist, Rueben Wall, Simon Marley, Janelle Walsh, Rod Seib, Alex Bewsey, Josh Flook, Noah Nielson, Faa Lafaitele, Pat James, Taia Stowers, Fraser McReight, Nathan Carroll, Rohan Saifoloi, Kamilo Guido and Matthew Lo Grande.

We appreciate and thank: Our ‘Champion’ staff lead by CEO Matt Kaye. The team consistently goes ‘above and beyond’ in order to deliver the many programs and services offered by the Club. We recognise our fulltime and contract staff members Ryan Schultz, Manuel Cole-Manolis, Jason Neylon, Karen Nichols, Alan Anderson, Nicole Elkington and Jodie Clarke for their outstanding efforts throughout the long and demanding year.

The outstanding efforts of Monty Grainger and his hard working team of ‘Hobbits’ that continue to give freely of their time to what has become an important and historic viewing and gathering place under the Jacarandas for many of our Home Game Day members and supporters.

Club archivist Anthony McDermott (Macca) for his dedication to the maintenance of our cultural history.

John Sayer for creating the hundred if not thousands of photographic memories for all of our players and supporters.

Tracey Silvester for manning the Scoreboard and Peter McCarthy for his Home Game Day announcing.

Stephen “Stumpy” Twist and his Butchery Team for their efforts in launching the inaugural ‘Butchery’ and, our resident DJ George Maloney for helping to create yet another fun area at our spiritual home. The ‘Butchery’ along with Kids Corner and other areas of the park have all contributed to the unique community rugby atmosphere. Please continue to make your way down to Crosby with your family and friends on a Home Game Day Saturday afternoons to help make our rugby cauldron the envy of many a club.

The Past Presidents’ Group - Paul McLean (Retiring Rugby Australia Board Member), Tony Shaw (Immediate Past President ARU), Dennis Croft (Director BRC Foundation), Dick McGruther (Retiring Chair of Life Members Committee), Mark Stanton (QRU Board Member) and Hans Pearson (Immediate Past President) for their invaluable wisdom, counsel and cultural guidance during the year.

Last but not least, Life Members, Perpetual and Foundation Members, members, volunteers, players, friends and family for your individual and selfless contributions to yet another wonderful year.

Be assured your Board members continue to take our roles seriously and are committed to the ethical and moral stewardship of our great and historic club.

David Hine President

8 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 TREASURER’S REPORT I am pleased to present the audited financial statements and Treasurer’s Report of the club for the year ended 31 October 2019. It has been successful year for the club. Net profit from club operations has improved by $46,742 from a reported loss in 2018 to a profit of $31,700 in 2019. This is a great result for the club.

Financial summary - The key financial information in relation to the 2019 financial year are as follows: Net profit after depreciation and abnormal items $66,139 (2018 loss $88,905) Operating profit before depreciation and abnormal items $31,700 (2018 loss $15,042)

Total income é6% $2,101,379 [2017 $1,980,473] Sporting – sporting revenues have levelled out as most formats reach player number capacity Community – successful year with club events saw an increase in event revenues Economic – increases in canteen and bar revenues driven by a better draw in 2019. Drawcard home games were played during to school terms and not during holidays and an extended season with senior teams in the finals lead to greater revenues

Total expenses é4% $2,069,678, [2017 $1,995,544] Sporting – sporting expenditure largely moved in line with player numbers with the exception of wages. The implementation of whole of club coaching resources and game day staff saw an increase in sporting wages. Community - greater margin was achieved in the 2019 events Economic - Cost of goods sold for canteen and bar has moved in-line with the increased revenues. The major increases in costs were driven by a $40,000 increase in rates, water and utilities to Crosby Park Administration – major savings this year with the reduction of admin wages

Masterplan – grants, donations and capital expenditure All donations, pledges and grants that have been received that are specific to the masterplan have been recorded separately in the accounts, away from general club operations. Stage 1A of the redevelopment has been fully funded with the receipt of $500,000 grant funding and agreed works contracts have been awarded. All agreed costs of Stage 1 A have been included in these accounts $501,981 Additional grant funding and donations have been received to assist the preliminary costs associated with BCC application for works and development approval for Stage 1B and beyond

The focus for the 2019 year was the identification of cost savings and efficiencies, which has been achieved in relation to administration costs.

The 2020 year will see a continuation of identification of cost savings and efficiencies across the club, and a major focus on providing support to the fundraising and infrastructure subcommittees to fund the continuation for the masterplan through the BCC application for works and development approval process and grant application process.

Conclusion I would like to take this opportunity to thank Matt Kaye and all BRC staff for their efforts. In particular I would like to thank Nicole Elder and Des Hogan who have worked tirelessly in assisting the club. I would also like to thank the Management Committee, club sponsors, club volunteers, players, coaches, members and supporters for their contributions to the club during 2019.

Brenden Yantsch Treasurer

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MANAGEMENT COMMITEE Since its appointment, your Management Committee has held 11 meetings. Attendance at Committee Meetings was as follows

ATTENDANCE RECORD 2019

Management Committee 22/01/2019 19/02/2019 19/03/2019 16/042019 21/05/2019 18/06/2019 16/07/2019 20/08/2019 17/09/2019 15/10/2019 19/11/2019 TOTAL David Hine President X 10

Tony Lalor Vice President X X 9

Brenden Yantsch Treasurer X 10 Graeme Linklater Secretary 11

Russell McCart Committee X X X X 7

Andrew Brodie Committee X X X X X 6 Sean Hardman Committee X 10

Helen Negri Committee X 10

Peter Bayo Committee X 10

Matthew Kaye Chief Executive 11

Geoff Rodgers Committee X X X X 7

SUB COMMITTEES 2019 Crosby Park Upgrade Development Sub-Committee Russell McCart (Chair), John Shepherd, Matt Kaye, Dan Liddy

Crosby Park Fundraising Sub-Committee Geoff Rodgers OAM (Chair), Brenden Yantsch, Tony Lalor, John Shepherd, Matt Kaye, Dennis Croft, Brett McCall

Rules of Association (Constitution) Review Sub-Committee Tony Lalor (Chair), Graeme Linklater, Jim Frayne, Hans Pearson, Paul Tully, Kevin Gillett, Anthony McDermott OAM

Sporting Sub-Committee Sean Hardman (Chair), Peter Bayo, Matt Kaye, Ryan Schultz, Jennifer Gillett, Jodie Clarke

Community & Social Sub-Committee Graeme Linklater (Chair), Matt Kaye, Helen Negri, Geoff Rodgers, Terry Mulcahy, Bron Humphrey

Life Member Sub-Committee Richard McGruther AM OBE (Chair), Anthony Shaw AM, Paul McLean MBE, Jamie Windsor, Jim Stewart

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LIFE MEMBER (#58)

Desmond James KISSANE St. Columban’s, Albion / Wavell State High School, Wavell Heights Wavell State High School, Wavell Heights 1st XIII – 1974, 75

To support Des’s nomination an outline of his contribution to the club as a player, coach, administrator and member of the club for a period of over 45 years was submitted by his sponsors:

FOOTBALL CLUB: Brothers Rugby Club Member: 1973 – 2019 General Manager: 2002

PLAYER: Over 200 Club Games incl. 1 Premier Grade Game 1st XV Grade: 1982 2nd XV Grade: 1978, 79, 80 (PREMIERS), 81C (PREMIERS), 82, 83 3rd XV Grade: 1978, 79 (Grand Finalists), 80, 81 82 (Grand Finalist), 83 (Grand Finalist) Under 19: (A): 1977 (PREMIERS) Under 18: 1975, 76 Under 17: 1973 (PREMIERS) Under 16: 1974 (PREMIERS)

COACH: 1st XV Grade: 2001, 02, 06 (Grand Finalist), 07, 08 (Grand Finalist), 13 2nd XV Grade: 1999, 2000, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 (Grand Finalist) , 16 (Grand Finalist), 17 Colts 1(U19): 1983, 84, 2018 (PREMIERS) Under 14 - 1979 Under 13 – 1978, 80

Head Coach – World Fighting Bull (Japan) Top League 2003 – 05 QRU Development Officer (Brisbane North): 1995 – 2000

PERPETUAL TROPHIES AND TEAM AWARDS: The R.G.J. Price Coaches Award “For Outstanding Service to the Club in the role of Team Coach” - 2012

Des is one of those Clubmen who truly demonstrates the ethos of “Club before Self”, in his time with Brothers as a player he played over 200 games, played in 8 Grand Finals and won 5 Premierships and as a coach he has coached a wide range of teams across all the grades in over 350 games, his teams have played in 5 Grand Finals and won 1 Premiership, a record he should truly be proud of. Des has also supported many fundraising initiatives including Club luncheons, functions and match days. Des has been a staunch supporter of the Club and has always been willing to lend a hand. The Club’s Management Committee is unanimously supporting Des’s nomination and referred it to the Executive Council representing the current Life Members for review, ratification and approval.

Brothers would like to congratulate a truly deserving Clubman on his nomination of Life Membership of the Club, well done Dessie.

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LIFE MEMBER (#59)

Daniel Henry O’REILLY AAM De la Salle College, Scarborough

To support Danny’s nomination an outline of his contribution to the Junior club as a coach and a manager, parent and Office Bearer of the club for a period of nearly 10years was submitted by his sponsors:

HONOURS AND AWARDS: Australian Antarctic Medal (AAM) – For outstanding service in scientific research or exploration, or in support of such work, in the course of, or in connection with, an Australian Antarctic Expedition. ( Midwinter’s Day 1989)

Brothers Junior Rugby Union Club Office Bearer & Management Committee: Hon. Secretary – 2004, 05, 06, 07 Committee – 2002, 03

Brothers Junior Rugby Union Club Perpetual Trophies: Hal Robertson Memorial Trophy “Best Club Person” 2005

Brothers Junior Rugby Union Club: Parent and Member 2001-08

COACH AND MANAGER: Various underage teams 2001-08 Brothers Junior Rugby Union Coach – U14 Brisbane North Representative Teams for 2008, 09

OTHER ACTIVITIES: Buildings Coordinator 2002 – 2007 Club delegate to the Brothers Junior Rugby Union Club Judiciary Liaison delegate to the Brothers Junior Rugby Union Club

The Club’s Management Committee is unanimously supporting Danny’s nomination and referred it to the Executive Council representing the current Life Members for review, ratification and approval.

Brothers would like to congratulate Danny on his nomination of Life Membership of the Club, well done Danny.

12 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 PERPETUAL TROPHY WINNERS 2019

J.C. Atherton, H.F. Edwards & Mick Flynn Memorial Trophy “BUTCHER BHOY” Club Man of the Year This trophy is awarded to the Club Member who best displays the core values of the original constituent awards that now make up this Perpetual Trophy. The Club Member must demonstrate that he not only is the Best Club Man but is also a true Brothers & Rugby Man in his efforts for the club. Stephen Twist

Cyril Fogarty Memorial Trophy For Outstanding Service to the Club David Stokes

Anthony O’Brien Memorial Trophy For Service & Support to the Lower Grades (3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Grades) Simon Marley

Denis “Rugby” O’Rourke Trophy “YOUNG BULL” Colts Man of the Year This trophy is awarded to a Colt who is not necessarily the best player during the season but exhibits values and behaviours consistent with the ‘Brothers Spirit’. Matthew Lo Grande

The Brigid Felsman Trophy For outstanding service and/ or achievement by a female Administrator, team official, player or team for the benefit of the club. Janelle Walsh

The R.G.J. Price Coaches Award “THE RONNIE” For outstanding service to the club in the role of Team Coach This trophy is named in honour of a great Brothers man. Ronnie’s coaching career is second to none with a career spanning from 1978 to 2015 and an outstanding strike rate of 11 Premierships from 13 Grand Finals. He’s probably most famous for coaching the club to 5 consecutive “A” Grade Premierships from 1980 to 1984. Rod Seib (1st Grade)

F.M. Arnell & J.P. Gralton Memorial Trophy Most Improved Player This trophy is awarded to the player who best displays the values not only of being the most improved player, but demonstrates the most resilience, heart and spirit in playing for the club. Noah Neilson

Robert McGladrigan Memorial Trophy “ROOSTER” For Training & Club Spirit This trophy is awarded to the player who displayed an outstanding effort at training and through his endeavours both on and off the field has shown Club spirit. Kamilo Guido

Iosefo Bele Tabalala Memorial Trophy “BELLSIE” Rookie of the Year This trophy is named in memory of a great Brother’s Clubman who passed away whilst on International duties with the Fiji Warriors in Fiji. His loss was deeply felt by all the members of our club. Rohan Saifoloi 13 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

The Christian Brothers’ Trophy “FLYING FRIAR” Best & Fairest Club Player Patrick James

M.T. “Merv” Hazell O.A.M. Memorial Trophy “THE MERV” Best & Fairest Colts Player Joshua Flook

Jodie Kairl Trophy Best & Fairest Women’s Player Taia Stowers

Paul Edward McLean M.B.E.Ball Awarded to the highest points scorer in a season This trophy is named in honour of a Brothers, Queensland and Australian Rugby Legend, who at the height of his career held the points scoring records for Brothers, Queensland and Australia Nathan Carroll (165 Points)

The Managers “Honour Pocket” Award Awarded for playing 200 Grade games for the Club NO AWARD in 2019

Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club Trophy Awarded for playing 100 1st XV Grade games for the Club NO AWARD in 2019

Charlie Seymour Memorial Trophy Most Outstanding Player in a Representative Match Fraser McReight (World Rugby U20 Championship Final vs France)

Tom Gaffney Memorial Trophy Club Captain Reuben Wall

F. McDonnell & J.E. Ross M.B.E Memorial Trophy “PRESIDENT’S TROPHY” Awarded to the best performing team This trophy is named in honour of 2 great former Brothers’ Presidents who served in the Club’s Highest Office for 18 years and 35 years respectively. 1st Grade

The President’s Trophy Awarded to the best performing Junior team U13 Navy

The Chairman’s Trophy Awarded to the best player in a Grand Final Alex Bewsey – 5th Grade

14 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 SPECIAL AWARD WINNERS 2019

The Mateship Award For the person who is a positive influence and role model to Brothers’ members and acts as an advocate for your wellbeing and good mental health.

• Faa'tausili Lafaitle

CHUBB Brothers Rugby Volunteer of the Year

• No Award in 2019

20 years’ Service

• John Druery – Manager / Asst Manager (1999-2019), 21 Seasons & 15 Finals Series

15 years’ Service

• John Diamond – Manager (2005-2019), 15 Seasons & 12 Finals Series

10 years’ Service

• Sandra Prestedge – Manager / Asst Manager (2008-2019), 12 Seasons & 10 Finals Series • Ian Astbury – Physiotherapist (2008-2019), 12 Seasons & 12 Finals Series

10 Year Senior Player Pennants

• No Awards in 2019

10 Year Junior Player Pennants • Benjamin Barter • Archer Corless • Cale Innes • Harry Lane • Lachlan Maclean • Monty Martin • Ned Perkins • Harry Reid • Hugh Smith • Oliver Taylor

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THANKS TO ALL OUR WONDERFUL SPONSERS

16 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER’S REPORT What a year its been.. A financial surplus in a tough economic environment, sustained success across our rugby program, growth and pathway opportunities for our touch football program whilst the Crosby Park Master Plan continues to bubble along and is becoming closer to a reality. All the while cementing ourselves as the Community Sporting Hub in the inner north region of Brisbane. I am definitely proud of what has been achieved over the past few years however I am certainly not resting on laurels and will continue to put our members and the community first as we look toward the future. Building a successful sustainable Rugby Club provides many challenges but these challenges are met with an open mind and a strong team of support. The constant reviewing of the operating pillars, Economic, Community & Sporting ensures that we stay ahead of the game and continue to evolve. Working collaboratively from the board to our parent volunteers with a clear vision, purpose and values will only make the club stronger.

SPORTING We continue to lead both on and off the field with our Rugby and Touch Football programs the forefront of the club’s success. The Senior Rugby program has once again dominated QLD Premier Rugby with five (5) Minor Premierships (including 1st Grade Horsley Cup), nine (9) Grand Final appearances and four (4) Premierships. In addition, we secured the coveted Doughty Shield (Club Championship) with 6 rounds still remaining in the competition. Congratulations to all players and support staff for the way you conducted yourself throughout the year and the results are a testament to the effort you all put in during the year. I would like to congratulate all Brothers players who gained selection at International, Super Rugby franchises, Australian U20s, Brisbane City & QLD Country NRC & URC players, Australian U18 Schoolboys, QLD Schoolboys and Junior Representative teams. Special mention must go to Wallabies Taniela Tupou, Wallaroos Evelyn Horomia, Australian U20 Captain Fraser McReight and Australian U18 Captain Josh Flook. This continues to prove that the Brothers Rugby program is one of the best in Australia. The Junior Rugby program is certainly a work in progress, greater senior integration, coaching support, volunteer and parent engagement and communication are all issues identified at the end of 2018. We have addressed many of these with the employment of Rugby Programs Officer, Manuel Cole Manolis. There is still plenty of room for improvement to ensure we provide opportunities for all players to enjoy rugby with their mates whilst increasing skill development. Our girls 7s program continues to grow and a structured program will see them become a major force in the various BJRU competitions.

We will continue to further develop our programs in 2020 to ensure we meet the needs of the rugby fraternity. We have setup various sub committees to engage more support and ensure greater engagement from our members. Thanks to Board Members Sean Hardman, Peter Bayo and Rugby Manager Ryan Schultz for their dedication to the Rugby program throughout the year. Brothers Touch Association has become a major part of our club. With well over 1,200 players this year the challenge of providing suitable competition structures is becoming a difficult one. Our Junior competitions for both boys and girls provides a competitive but fun environment for players to enjoy the game. We must work hard in the next 12 months to provide pathways from our Junior program to our Senior Metro program. The Senior Program has continued to grow with six (6) teams playing in QLD Premier Metro Cup and five (5) taking part in the QLD State Cup. I would like to congratulate all Brothers players who gained selection in International teams for the FIIT World Cup held in March this year, NRL Touch Premiership, Brisbane Cobras Region, Met North and Junior State Cup. A special thanks to program coordinators Jodie Clarke & Carla Clayton who have taken the Touch program from infancy to its current state. The future is bright and we are certainly proud of everything achieved so far. Thanks also to all the volunteer coaches, managers and referees who support the Brothers Touch Association program.

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CLUB FACILITIES & OPERATIONS 2019 has been a challenging year, maintaining an ageing facility whilst managing a tight budget. The Federal Government Community Infrastructure Grant has provided much needed funds to upgrade the lights on Vic Walsh Oval and the playing field upgrades. As I look out of the office onto Jack Ross Oval in complete renovation, I am excited for the start of the 2020 season. Canteen & Bar sales have been boosted in line with a merged junior training trade to Friday nights, greater patronage at Senior Home games and the introduction of ‘The Butchery’. We will continue to listen to our members feedback to ensure we are providing a high quality experience at both training and games. We still need to work on greater engagement with a number of our key events as well as our membership offering all of which can be done through better communication and branding. We hope to slightly refine our offering for 2020 to ensure we continue to stay ahead of the game. I would like to thank the Club Sponsors for their support throughout the year, your investment in the club has assisted in the improved culture and environment at Brothers. We will continue to work hard in 2020 to provide a good offering to Sponsors where they can see brand exposure and business support from our members. Special thanks to Co Major Partners Faran Gouldson and Dwight & Tonja Ferguson for your on-going support.

COMMUNITY Our Function and Events have been well supported throughout 2019 thanks to our Brothers Community. We will continue to grow these with the support of various sub committees, ensuring we embrace the ‘Family Club’ model. The Crosby Park Master Plan continues to be one of the most important milestones in the club history. It has been exciting to help shape the club’s future and provide a Community Sporting Hub that we can all be extremely proud of. Stage 1A will be near complete prior to the 2020 Rugby Season. Thanks to the Clubs staff who have all worked above and beyond their duties this year. Full time staff Ryan Schultz, Jason Neylon, Karen Nichols, Alan Anderson and part time staff Manuel Cole Manolis, Nicole Elder and Jodie Clarke have worked tirelessly to provide the best possible program for the Brothers community. Also our volunteers across the club, thank you for your continued support of the club. Special thank you to Age Group Coordinators, Hobbits, Coaches, Team Managers, Crosby Park set up crew and parents.

Finally, to the Brothers Rugby Club Board led by David Hine thank you for providing the direction and guidance throughout the year. You should be proud of your achievements in creating what is Australia’s largest community rugby club.

Matt Kaye Chief Executive Officer

18 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 RUGBY MANAGER’S REPORT After one of our most successful seasons in recent history, 2019 shaped as an exciting year of potential and growth for our great rugby club. Off the back of this momentum, 2019 proved to be another hugely successful year for Brothers Rugby Club both on and off the field. The overall rugby program that includes senior rugby, junior rugby, women’s rugby and sevens continued to achieve and lead the way.

Junior Rugby The participation within the junior program was again a strength of the club with over forty teams competing in the Brisbane Junior Rugby Union competitions. There was a big emphasis on providing a better program for all juniors through implementing a coach development/support program and an integration plan which saw our senior playing members have a consistent presence at junior training. The season began pre-Easter with players and volunteers taken through sessions that would provide them with an opportunity to start their development and enjoyment with the program. During this period, we utilised the services of Craig Gunn to educate our coaches on both player engagement and training design. The new role of Rugby Programs Officer and Manny Cole-Manolis also had great influence throughout the preseason and provided to the club with more resources to utilise in our junior programs. 2019 also saw the implementation of all Friday night trainings at both Windsor Park and Crosby Oval, which resulted in a greater community feel and more opportunities for the senior club to be involved. The junior program certainly made progress in providing a holistic and beneficial program to all players but there is still further development to be made. We are very excited to continue to support and grow the junior programs to ensure both players and parents can enjoy being apart of this great community.

Senior Rugby The senior rugby program had another hugely successful year that included growing participation and outstanding on field results. Brothers were again the only club in the Brisbane competition to field sevens senior teams and four colts teams. The depth in playing talent and continued development in program delivery resulted in Brothers again winning the Doughty Shield (club championship) by a near record margin, The Horsley Cup, five minor premierships, a record nine grand final teams and four premierships. These results ensured that many players were honoured with representative duties that included Australian U20 representatives, Australian U18 representatives, NRC representatives, URC U19 representatives and Reds U18 representatives. 2019 saw the introduction of Rod Seib as our new 1st Grade Head Coach. Coming to the club with a wealth of knowledge and experience, he had a huge amount of influence in turning the tides of 2018. Through his leadership and program our 1st Grade team were the most consistent performing team in the competition which led to the Horsley Cup (minor premiership) and a grand final appearance. Unfortunately, the team narrowly missed out on being successful on grand final day but the season can surely be deemed a great success. Credit must also be given to 1st Grade captain Tom Moloney who returned to the club from professional opportunities at the Melbourne Rebels and Panasonic Wildknights. Tom led from the front all season and was a great ambassador for the team and club. special mention must also go to Harry Wilson who was awarded the Alec Evans Medal for Premier Grade player of the year. The Colts Program continues to be a strength of the senior program and again were well represented at the business end of the year. These outcomes were a result of the great work done in previous years and the philosophy the club applies to its colts’ program. This season we fielded four teams into the colts competition (2 in the Colts 3 competition) and resulted in our Colts 1 being Grand Finalist, Colts 2 Prelim Finalists and Colts 3 as Premiers. Along with the team success the colts program also provided a pathway for players such as Byron Ralston and Josh Flook to make 1st Grade debuts and end up starting in the 1st Grade Grand Final. With the colts competition changing to Under 20’s in 2020 and a review of our recruitment process, we are very confident that next year is going to be another successful season.

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Women’s Rugby Further effort and resources were put into the women’s program for 2019 with a focus on program development and the growing of playing numbers. After a significant improvement in results in 2018 our women’s team made it all the way to the preliminary final. This game turned out to be a very close contest, but unfortunately the team couldn’t hold onto a lead and went down in the final minutes. The highlights of the season was the better integration of our women's team into the club community, the attainment of 30 players, some great wins and the ability of our young team to compete with the best. Other outstanding achievements included Evelyn Horomia being selected into the Wallaroo’s squad and a number of our younger players commencing their representative pathways. There was also significant effort in creating a pathway for junior girls into our women’s XV’s program through the work of Manny Cole-Manolis. This included assisting a number of Brisbane schools with the development of both their coaches and programs and also the growth of our junior sevens program with teams in all age groups.

Elite Development Program The EDP has been the backbone of Brothers Rugby with both the recruitment and development of players over the last few years. The EDP gave the opportunity to twenty-four players to develop themselves both on and off the field which resulted in all members having great growth throughout the year. Another part of the program which has developed throughout 2019 is a partnership with Otago Rugby. This partnership saw their ITM Cup Coaches being involved with the program throughout the year along with two Brothers players spending time in their program after our season. There has been a big focus in the review process of our 2019 EDP to reformat the structure and staffing of the program for 2020. We are excited to see the growth of this program in the coming seasons and know that the bi-product will have great influence on the performance of both players and our teams. There has been a lot of on field highlights throughout the year but these have been solidified by the great work done off the field with our leadership group and social planning. Reuben Wall in his first year as club captain again was a loyal servant and along with the player leadership group were all key influencers of the playing group. 2019 also saw the introduction of the Butchery which gave a home for all players to support 1st grade. The integration of seniors and juniors is something that has great influence on the club and contributes to our strong club culture. 2019 was a great year for the rugby program and I look forward to building and bettering it in 2020. These results could not have occurred without the support of Matt Kaye, David Hine, Board Members, BRC Staff and all the devoted volunteers that gives so much to our great club.

Ryan Schultz Rugby Manager

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BRC 2019 SENIOR RUNNING REGO TOTALS @ 31/10/2019

No. Players 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015

Age Group Re/Reg New Total Teams Players Teams Players Teams Players Teams Players Women 11 22 33 1 32 1 21 0 0 0 0 Colts 41 51 92 4 102 4 92 4 92 3 75 Grades 0 0 167 8 175 8 179 8 207 8 181 TOTALS 52 73 292 13 292 13 299 12 299 11 256

BRC 2019 JUNIOR RUNNING REGO TOTALS @ 31/10/2019

Age Group No Players 2019 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Re/Reg New Total Teams Teams Players Teams Players Teams Players Teams Players

Little Bros 6 51 57 84 70 64 MRP 14 8 22 5 7 23 3 15 2 11 2 10 Under 6 15 34 49 6 6 59 6 59 8 76 7 65 Under 7 41 15 56 6 6 65 8 78 7 75 9 81 Under 8 56 15 71 7 7 74 7 70 9 87 8 82 Under 9 59 24 83 6 6 97 7 94 6 82 9 109 Under 10 0 64 64 4 5 83 5 75 6 101 6 92 Under 11 2 63 65 4 4 71 4 64 4 67 5 85 Under 12 0 60 60 3 3 61 3 60 3 61 4 79 Under 13 34 6 40 2 2 41 3 62 3 68 2 48 Under 14 21 4 25 1 2 51 2 44 2 39 1 26 U15 S1 24 9 33 1 2 46 2 44 2 17 1Half/1Full 39 U15 S2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 U16 S1 14 9 23 1 1 24 2 43 1 48 1xS1 17 U16 S2 0 0 0 0 13 U16 S1&2 0 0 0 0 6 U17 S1 0 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 0 U16/17 S2 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 U7 Jnr 2 1 3 0 0 1 1 Colts Girls 7’s 7 39 46 1 24 U12-U18 TOTALS 289 351 697 46 51 774 53 797 55 833 54 733

BRC 2019 JUNIOR 7’S COMPETITION RUNNING REGO TOTALS @ 31/10/2019

2019 2018 2017 2016

Age Group Teams Players Teams Players Teams Players Age Group Teams Players Under 9 5 53 8 70 6 59 Under 10 10 94 Under 11 79 16 150 14 137 Under 12 8 64 Under 12 10 93 N/A N/A Under 13 N/A N/A 10 97 4 38 TOTALS 29 270 34 317 24 234 18 158

Karen Nichols 21 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 BROTHERS TOUCH ASSOCIATION Brothers Touch Football each year is going from strength to strength. Our participation numbers have grown, our representative program continues to improve and our senior engagement is on the rise. Our numbers are astounding for an affiliate only 5 years in operation and having run 9 seasons.

Our female participation is at 984 registered playing members with 303 male registered participants running around at Brothers in over 90 registered teams. With 1,287 registered playing members across the year it makes the touch football program a major percentage of the Brothers population. Queensland Touch Football (QTF) are currently running a Q Academy out of Brothers with the highest participation rate in the state.

2019 was a huge year of Touch with a jam packed calendar of representative events. National Touch League was held in March with a huge number of Brothers players and coaches representing Brisbane Cobras region across the age divisions. In April, the FITT World Cup was held in Malaysia, it was a gruelling tournament with some days the temperature reaching 50 degrees.

The NRL Touch Premiership is the highlight of the Touch year. This competition is expanding each season and showcases many of our Brothers elite players. The final was a close encounter between the Brisbane Broncos (Kat Stevens and Kimmy Sue See) and the Gold Coast Titans (Toni Wells and Mariki Watego). The Broncos were the eventual Premiers in a sensational finish with an intercept and full length of the field try. Toni Wells had an outstanding season and was nominated for the Dally M Women’s Touch Player of the Year. 2019 also saw Brothers Touch Association attend the Queensland Junior State Cup for the 4th consecutive year. We had a record 6 teams participate at the annual event from Under 10 girls and boys to Under 16 boys. This is a huge program and coordinated by 2018 Brothers Volunteer of the Year, Carla Clayton. Carla works tirelessly to ensure that all 80 players are prepared for JSC and coaches a team at the same time. Carla is a huge asset to our club.

Brothers touch are attending the Senior State Cup in 2019 for the first time. Brothers are sending 5 teams to compete in the inaugural tournament. The teams have been training hard and will be very competitive. The State Cup has attracted some big names to Brothers and we hope to see these players in the Butchers Stripes at Metro in 2020. Brothers 40’s Women led by coach Shane Crotty were the first Brothers team to bring home silverware, with the players winning the Sunshine Coast Regional Champs in October. Additionally, our Under 10 girls went on to win their division at the Sunshine Coast Regional Junior Champs and the Under 12 girls were runners up. A fantastic achievement by all teams.

2019 was our second year of competing in the Metro Cup Premier Competition. We again fielded 6 teams with the Women’s program led by Greg English and Shane Crotty and the Men’s program under the guidance of Ben Smith and Joey Dimes. Our Metro program is still in foundation development phase and 2020 will be Brothers break out season at this level especially with our roll on from State Cup. Queensland Touch Football underwent a governance review in 2019. We are looking forward to a positive change for our sport and hopefully more help and direction from our governing body and region. There is much work to do in this area and under QTF’s current constitution Brothers do not receive a seat on the board or a vote despite being one of the biggest affiliates in the region. We look forward to the changes from this governance review and some equality throughout the region.

There are many issues that we face at Brothers touch. Volunteers and skilled members are difficult to come by. We have worked hard to recruit volunteers this year to assist with the coordination of game night and our different programs that we run. Finding and retaining reliable volunteers is at times more problematic than completing the tasks myself.

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Another pressing issue is the ability for the senior program to flow into the junior program. There is currently a huge gap between the two programs. It is extremely important for us to foster the pathways from our junior playing group to the elite senior programs . A goal for 2020 is to try to establish more of a link between the two playing bodies. We have such a high calibre of player in our senior program we need to see these players giving back to our junior program as we need help in this area.

Field and green space availability stunts our growth and opportunity. We need to work around rugby training on all our competition nights and we continually have to work our season and competition around junior and senior rugby training. If there was one dedicated night each week just to touch who knows what could be achieved. Our vision is to expand into the Senior Competition market as there is a huge need for this on the northside. Exactly how Brothers Touch originated.

BOQ Albany Creek have been unwavering in their support of our program and vision. We look forward to continually working with Jason and Amanda Johnston in the future and we thank them for their loyalty to Brothers Rugby as a whole. With over 1,200 registered players competing across 6 different competitions in QLD there is certainly lots of exposure with some of the biggest names in Australian Touch Football wearing the Butchers Stripes and the BOQ logo on their chest.

2020 will be a year of change for Brothers on the Touch scene. If we can keep our momentum flowing and engage the senior players into our junior pathway, the future is very bright for Brothers and our Touch Football program.

Jodie Clarke Program Manager

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2019 was another fantastic year for the Modified Rugby Program (MRP) at Brothers.

The MRP is a world first, modified form of touch only rugby where each girl, boy or young adult with Autism, Aspergers or a learning and perceptual disability (MRP Players) has their own club Player Mentor on the field supporting them.

The MRP aims to move our MRP Players off the sidelines and into the main game. Through the GingerCloud Leadership Program, Player Mentors are nurtured and supported as they develop into a generation of young people for whom disability is normalised.

The MRP was created by GingerCloud Foundation (whose co-founders are a family from Brothers Megan and Anthony Elliott) with the support of the Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) and Rugby Australia (RA) and was piloted at Brothers in 2014 with 16 participants. In 2019, there are now 281 participants across 9 Clubs, 4 divisions and 2 states – QLD and the ACT – with the MRP team at the Vikings in Tuggeranong hosting its initial MRP season from April – June this year in Canberra.

In 2020, 8 new MRP teams will be hosted across South East, Regional and North Qld at Souths in Brisbane, Caboolture and in Dalby, Goondiwindi, Toowoomba, Townsville and Charters Towers. In the ACT, another MRP team will be hosted in Canberra.

In 2019, Brothers hosted all 4 MRP divisions – the original form of the MRP where each MRP Player aged between 7 and 13 years is matched with their own teenage Player Mentor, MRP 7’s which is a development pathway for MRP participants, the expansion of the MRP Colts program and the pilot of the MRP 7’s Plus division which is designed to be a pathway to mainstream sport. A highlight of the 2019 MRP season at Brothers was hosting the inaugural Modified Rugby Showcase powered by Classic Wallabies on Saturday 9 February at Crosby Road. This event featured a junior coaching clinic hosted by Classic Wallabies, MRP, MRP 7’s and MRP Colts Exhibition matches, and the Classic Wallaroos and the Classic Wallabies matches. What made this event unique was the amazing chance for women and men passionate about rugby to bid for a spot to play as a Classic Wallaroo or Classic Wallaby for the day. The event attracted more than 1,500 local rugby supporters and was a wonderful celebration of the power in inclusion through rugby.

The MRP teams at Brothers received some wonderful media coverage during the season including the fantastic visit from Channel 10s Around the Grounds program in June filmed at training at Crosby Rd. See link below: MRP feature – Channel 10s Around the Grounds

Brothers and Ruggers Restaurant were also featured in a recent Philanthropy Australia story about Max Elliott’s progress and the growth of GingerCloud and the MRP. See link below GingerCloud and MRP - Philanthropy Australia Megan Elliot Coordinator

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25 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 CLUB CAPTAIN’S REPORT Another successful year for the brothers and sisters of Brothers Rugby club. This year saw the continued growth of our great club. We strengthened our culture, dominated the regular season and stormed into finals with a whole club representation.

The 2019 regular season was the accumulation of an incredibly committed network of coaching and manager roles, support staff, players and of course, the dedicated support from the Brothers community that travel to home and away games each week. This year we maintained in our possession the 26th Hector R. DOUGHTY SHIELD. This was achieved by maintaining a winning ratio of 80%, which is truly incredible, proving how healthy our club is. It is worth noting that we won this shield with the 3rd highest number of points in the history of the shield, 21 points behind the highest ever. You could say we did it in style, although I am biased. This consistent dedication and execution saw brothers arrive at preliminary finals with 11 teams.

Finals were massive. Every division had Brothers representation in preliminary finals, only trimmed down to 9 from 11 teams in grand finals. This is a new Brothers record and a QRU record. Two of these teams were 6th Grade A and 6th Grade B, Brothers grade depth this year was successful enough to play ourselves in a grand final. This was also a QRU record as it is the first time 2 teams from the same club have played off in a grand final.

To summarise our record-breaking season achievements, this totals 1 brothers record and 3 QRU records.

These records merely quantify our tangible success. Written into history, creating a benchmark to look back upon for future Brother’s generations. As the oldest club in Brisbane our history is rich and being a part of a season that has added record wins to our club history is an incredible honour of which we should be immensely proud. The success that cannot be quantified however, is our club culture. It is our difference. Week to week, we have the most support at games, and we have impressive attendance at celebrations come Saturday night. We have a new hidden weapon that allows this culture to flourish, THE BUTCHERY. It’s a haven of affordable beer, good mates, passionate support and top-quality music from our resident DJ clubman George Moloney. This is the reason we can proudly say “there are Brothers and there are others.”

Brothers has old boys and girls from the club’s humble beginnings, dedicated generational families, current players, coaches and managers all interested in the support and improvement of our family Club as a whole. We instinctively get involved in championing, alongside our Brothers and Sisters from all grades, all teams and all age groups by forming a tunnel of blue and white support onto the field, creating an atmosphere of club culture with the roar of our supporters cheering from the sidelines. Brothers supporters are not there just to see each game finish, they are there to watch the next and enjoy the company of Club members from different grades, professions and ages. Not only at home games is our club culture awe-inspiring, but this support continues well beyond the green pastures of our home in Albion.

I hope that in reading this you feel as proud as I do, to be a part of such an incredible club. I want to thank the leadership group, coaches, support staff and players for contributing their best to this great club. I would like to thank the Brothers’ community, it has been a group effort to build what is Brothers Rugby Club today.

Reuben Wall Club Captain

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INTER-CLUB CHALLENGE TROPHIES

BROTHERS vs. University of Queensland Templeton- McLean Cup Contested at the Home Ground of the current holder

Round 16 @ Field 7, St. Lucia (Sat 13 July 2019) University 36 defeated BROTHERS 35 (P. James 2, R. Wall, M. Felsman, M. Faessler tries; R. Saifoloi 5 con)

Previous Holders Templeton - McLean Templeton - McLean Year Cup Year Cup 2001 Brothers Old Boys 2011 Brothers Old Boys 2002 University 2012 Brothers Old Boys 2003 University 2013 University 2004 Brothers Old Boys 2014 University 2005 Brothers Old Boys 2015 University 2006 Brothers Old Boys 2016 University 2007 Brothers Old Boys 2017 University 2008 Brothers Old Boys 2018 University 2009 Brothers Old Boys 2019 University 2010 University

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BROTHERS vs. Western Districts Pilecki - Shaw Cup Biannual competition that is contested at each Club’s Home Ground

Round 3 @ Jack Ross Oval, Albion (Sat 6 April 2019) BROTHERS 50 (R. Wall 2, P. James, A. Perez, B. Ralston, M. Faessler, PENALTY tries; L. Creighton 5 con, pen) defeated Wests 28

Round 12 @ Memorial Oval, Toowong (Sat 15 June 2019) BROTHERS 36 (G. Ryan, R, Smith, R. Wall, B. Ralston, S. Wileman, L. Creighton tries; R. Saifoloi 3 con) defeated Wests 31

Previous Holders

Year Pilecki - Shaw Cup 2008 Brothers Old Boys 2009 Brothers Old Boys 2010 Brothers Old Boys 2011 Western Districts 2012 Western Districts 2013 Brothers Old Boys 2014 Brothers Old Boys 2015 Brothers Old Boys 2016 Brothers Old Boys 2017 Western Districts 2018 Brothers 2019 Brothers

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BROTHERS vs. G.P.S. Old Boys LT. H.M. Flynn D.C.M. – FLTLT. L.S Lewis Memorial Shield Contested at the Home Ground of the current holder

Round 17 @ Crosby Park, Albion (Sat 20 July 2019) Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade st th th th TOTAL rd Colts 1 Colts 2 Colts 3 Colts nd Women 1 5 6 4 3 2 Club Result 36-43 24-27 45-10 41-14 48-13 20-0 31-0 17-7 34-10 17-19 313-143 Brothers 2 2 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 1 38 GPS 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14

Previous Holders

Year Flynn-Lewis Shield Matches Wins Points 2011 Brothers Old Boys 7 4-3 21-18 2012 G.P.S. Old Boys 8 5-3 25-13 2013 G.P.S. Old Boys 6 3-3 15-12 2014 G.P.S. Old Boys 8 8-0 36-1 2015 Brothers Old Boys 9 5-4 26-21 2016 Brothers Old Boys 8 7-1 35-7 2017 Brothers 7 6-1 31-11 2018 Brothers 9 6-3 31-14 2019 Brothers 10 7-3 38-14

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BROTHERS vs. Southern Districts E.V. Bolawaqatabu – F. Kefu Memorial Challenge Shield Contested at the Home Ground of the current holder

Round 11 @ Crosby Park, Albion (Sat 8 June 2019) Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade st th th th TOTAL rd Colts 1 Colts 2 Colts 3 Colts nd Women 1 5 6 4 3 2 Club Result 38-26 27-3 76-0 12-17 17-10 63-7 31-0 12-21 67-7 20-5 363-96 Brothers 5 4 5 1 4 5 5 0 5 5 39 GPS 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 14

Previous Holders

Year Bola - Kefu Shield Matches Wins Points 2019 Brothers 10 8-2 39-10

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BROTHERS vs. North Brisbane Green Beacon Cup Biannual competition that is contested at each Club’s Home Ground

Round 11 @ Crosby Park, Albion (Sat 13 April 2019) Round 13 @ Hugh Courtney Oval, Wavell Heights (Sat 22 June 2019) Round 8 Round 17 Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade TOTAL st Colts 1 Colts nd Colts 1 Colts nd 1 2 2 Club Grade 1st Result 61-14 41-0 71-0 42-26 29-12 29-12 266-52 Brothers 5 5 5 5 5 5 30 Norths 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Previous Holders Year Green Beacon Cup 2018 Brothers 2019 Brothers

BROTHERS Juniors vs. Mosman Juniors

John Eales Shield (U12 Division) Contested annually at the Home Grounds of Mosman Junior Rugby Club @ Rawson Park, Cross Street, Mosman & Balmoral Park, The Esplanade, Mosman (10-11 May 2019) Previous Holders Year John Eales Cup Matches Points 2015 Mosman Juniors 6 57-56 2016 Brothers Juniors 4 57-36 2017 Brothers Juniors 4 - 2018 Brothers Juniors 4 71-36 2019 Brothers Juniors 4 -

Rawson-Crosby Trophy (U11 Division) Contested annually at the Home Grounds of Brothers Rugby Club @ Crosby Park, Albion (23-24 March 2019)

Previous Holders Year Rawson-Crosby Cup Matches Points 2019 Mosman Juniors 4 - 33 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 VALE DR. BARRY JAMES WHITE – QRU No. 831 The Brothers Rugby community is mourning former State Lock Barry White, who passed away on Wednesday 26 December 2018.

Born in Toowoomba on the 21st September 1942, Barry grew up in the small town of Mt Tyson before boarding at Downwlands College from 1955 to 1958. His study lead to a doctorate and a significant career with the Department of Primary Industries.

Barry was involved in re-establishing Rugby Union in Toowoomba in 1963, with the formation of Rangers Club, who competed in the Brisbane B Grade competition in their inaugural year. The Risdon Cup, which remains the symbol of Rugby supremacy on the Darling Downs established the following season. 1964 also saw Barry represent Queensland Country against New South Wales Country, a 14 all draw.

A member of the two Premiership winning Brothers sides in 1966 and 1968, Barry has the attention of the State selectors. He first donned maroon for Queensland against Fiji in July 1969. Alongside Queensland legends Alec Evans, Jules Guerassimoff, Bruce Brown, David Clark and Charlie Woodward, Barry helped record a narrow 17-16 win over the exciting Fijian tourists.

His second and final Queensland cap came the following month, in the annual August clash against Australian Combined Services. This time the maroon jerseys controlled the day to win 26-9. Barry remained a life-long Queensland Rugby fan.

A Private Funeral was held on Tuesday 8 January 2019, followed by a public function at Hundred Acre Bar, St Lucia Golf Club. Former Australia, Queensland and Brothers legends Bob and Barry Honan, Peter Reilly, David L’Estrange, Mick Freney, ‘Rugby” O’Rourke and Errol Allen were in attendance to farewell their friend and teammate.

Our thoughts are with Barry’s wife Robyn, their two sons Andrew and Peter, his surviving siblings Kerry, Geoff, Denise, Joan and their extended families.

LLOYD ATKINS Lloyd’s funeral will be held on Friday 5 April 2019 as a private event, but the family want all his friends to come and celebrate his life and memories with them at a memorial to be held at Brothers Rugby Club, Crosby Road on Friday 5 April at 2:30pm.

ROY ELMER (Courtesy Reds Media Unit) The Queensland Rugby Union community is mourning the loss of Roy Elmer who passed away on Wednesday 16 October 2019.

Elmer played over 50 games for Brothers, winning two Hospital Cups in 1950 and 1951, while in 1950 he was also awarded the F.M. Arnell Memorial Trophy as the club’s most improved player.

Upon finishing his playing career, Elmer moved into the coaching field an would go on to leave an immense mark on junior Rugby in Queensland.

Coaching at South’s, Elmer mentored a number of future Queensland and Australian representatives including Rob and Tom Lawton and Cameron Lillicrap. Lillicrap said Elmer’s contribution to Rugby Queensland has been monumental.

“Roy coached at South’s when I first started playing in U8’s with guys like Rob and Tom. He was a great man, he influenced a lot of young rugby players over the years. He was one of the coaching directors in junior rugby in Queensland, and always believed in the development of young players”.

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OLDE BHOY NEWS

Australia Day Honours List 2019:

Anthony John McDermott Was awarded MEDAL (OAM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA “For service to rugby union”. Anthony is also a Life Member, Past Honorary Secretary and Archivist/Historian of Brothers Rugby Club.

Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2019:

Desmond John Hogan, RFD, RD Was awarded MEDAL (OAM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA “For service to rugby union”. Des is also a Life Member and Past Honorary Treasurer of Brothers Rugby Club.

Richard Brian McGruther OBE Was awarded MEDAL (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA “For significant service to rugby union and to the community”. Dick is also a Life Member of Brothers Rugby, Queensland and Australian Rugby Union and Past President of Brothers Rugby Club.

Anthony Alexander Shaw Was awarded MEDAL (AM) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIA “For significant service to rugby union and to the community”. Tony is also a Life Member of Brothers Rugby and Queensland Rugby Union and Past President of Brothers, Queensland and Australian Rugby.

A NEW CLUB RECORD First Father & Daughter to play together in 1st XV Grade match for Brothers 2019 – Remy Corbett played 4 games for the Women’s Grade and joined her dad, Michael Corbett who played over 150 games including 2 (1st XV) games between 1981 – 2005.

Who now join: First Mother & Daughter to play together in 1st XV Grade match for Brothers 2017 – Liz Moors and daughter Natahlia played together in Women’s grade (1st XV) Premiership match. First Father & Son to play together in 1st XV Grade match for Brothers 2016 – Ernie Skelton and sons Richie and Jeremy played together in a First grade (1st XV) Premiership match.

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HONOURS & AWARDS:

James Delahunty Was awarded LIFE MEMBERSHIP of the Pharmaceutical Association of Australia “For his long service to community pharmacy in Queensland”.

James is also a member and past player of Brothers Rugby Club.

John Anthony Eales AM Wallabies, Queensland and Brothers rugby union legend John Eales has had a statue unveiled in his honour at Suncorp Stadium on Monday, February 25, 2019.

The 300-kilogram three-metre-tall bronze statue, created by Gold Coast sculptor Liam Hardy, depicts Eales being lifted at a lineout, enabling fans to pose underneath with arms raised as though lifting him.

John Eales was the 2002 Queenslander of the Year, is a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the community and rugby and, such is his standing in the game, the Australian rugby union player of the year is awarded the John Eales Medal.

Queensland Premier Rugby Awards 2019 Award Winners: Alec Evans Medal – Harry Wilson Under 19s Player of the Year – Joshua Flook Top Try Scorer – Bryon Ralston

Queensland Rugby Union Awards 2019 Award Winners: Under 20s Player of the Year – Fraser McReight

National Rugby Championship Awards 2019 Award Winners: Rising Star – Harry Wilson

Rugby Australia Awards 2019 Award Winners: Under 20s Player of the Year – Fraser McReight

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CLUB NEWS New Inter-Club challenge trophies

E.V Bolawaqatabu – F. Kefu Memorial Challenge Shield

Brothers and Souths see this as an opportunity to celebrate the contribution that our members from the Pacific Islands have made to both our Club’s. This challenge trophy is named for 2 great Clubman, who also proudly served their Club’s, Country’s and Communities, this Challenge Shield was first contested in 2019. Their paths would first cross when they played against eachother in 2 Test Matches during Fiji’s 1972 Tour to Tonga. The Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield fixture is contested at the Home Ground fixture of the current holder. The Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield follows the tradition that all grades who are competing on the day contribute to the overall result. The Club with the largest number of competition points at the end of the day competition is deemed to be the holder of the Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield for that year.

Dr Epi Vabati Bolawaqatabu: Brothers Old Boys Rugby Club 1965-68, 1974-76 (90 Club games including 68 1st XV Grade games) Member of the Brothers Rugby Club Team of the Decade 1960-69 1st XV Grade Premierships: 1966, 1968 Coach – Under 19A: 1975

Queensland (No. 802): 1967-68 (7 matches) FIJI (No. 171): 1969C, 70C, 72, 73 (31 matches incl. 16 Tests; 27 matches incl. 12 Tests Captain) 1969 Tour to Australia; 1970 Tour to New Zealand; 1972 Tour to Tonga Asst. Manager / Coach – 1973 Tour to Wales, England, Ireland & Canada “Once he graduated from Dentistry studies, Epi relocated to Rockhampton and connected with Rockhampton Brothers where he “brought the crowds through his running style of rugby, he was a wonderful ambassador and player who led by example”.

Epi Bola played for Army in Townsville but, on principle, he would not play against Townsville Brothers. He played for Queensland Country in 1972 in Townsville and went on to be selected for Queensland Barbarians.

Epi continued his involvement as the Patron of the Cairns Brothers up until he passed away in 2018.”

E.V Bolawaqatabu

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Fatai Kefu: Southern Districts Rugby Union Football Club 1975 – 1985 (217 games), played Fullback & Centre

Life Member of Souths Rugby Club 2013. Member of the Souths Rugby Club’s Team of the Century Legends Team 2000.

He also coached at the Juniors and the Senior Club winning Premierships at various levels. 1984 Fatai coached 3rd grade along with George Hadgelias and they won the premiership against Brothers.

Fatai Kefu played their last game for Souths in 3rd Grade in 1985.

Fatai is the father 5 talented sons all very good Rugby players and 2 Wallabies Toutai & Stevie Kefu all of whom have played juniors and seniors at Souths.

TONGA (No. 162): 1972, 73, 74, 75 (10 Matches incl. 6 Tests) Fatai debuted on the 22/07/1972 playing against v Fiji at Nuku A'lofa Tonga as a Centre.

Fatai played for Tonga between 1972 to 1975 playing 6 matches, his last Test was against New Zealand Maori v Tonga at Auckland 2nd August 1975.

He was also once the heavyweight boxing champion of Tonga as well as an accomplished Rugby Player.

The Tongan players of the late 1970s were a brutal bunch. Bred to hit hard and often, these friendly bruisers were and are some of the finest individuals to don the Mighty Magpies’ black and white colours.

Fatai Kefu played every position for Tonga except wing hooker and tight head and played most positions also at Souths.

“Wallabies vice-captain Toutai Kefu says playing with three of his brothers for the first time in an "A" grade rugby union game in Brisbane this weekend will be one of the highlights of his career. Kefu and his younger brothers Steve, Fa'aleo and Mafi, will play first grade club rugby for Souths this Saturday 17 May 2003.”

F. Kefu

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NEW PERPETUAL TROPHY: Denis “Rugby” O’Rourke Trophy

The purpose of this proposal is to recommend the management committee introduce the ‘Denis O’Rourke Colts Man of the Year’ to be awarded to a Colt who best demonstrates ‘the Brothers’ spirit’.

There is only one award presented annually to a Colts playing member at Brothers Rugby Club – the ‘Merv Hazell Memorial Trophy’ – for the Best and Fairest Colts Player. This award is named after Merv Hazel (Life Member, 1972) who was a significant figure at the club. Merv was recognised for his tireless work over four decades, particularly with Brothers’ Colts. The trophy is awarded to the best player (Colt) during the season. The latest recipient of this award was Junior Wallabies captain, Fraser McReight (2018).

Whilst at Brothers we recognise players who achieve great football feats, we acknowledge individuals who evince ‘the Brothers’ spirit’. It was former Club President, David Dunworth who best characterised the ‘Brothers’ spirit’ as ‘doing something for Brothers with the expectation of receiving absolutely nothing in return’. There may be a Colt who is not necessarily the best player during the season but exhibits values and behaviours consistent with those inculcated at Brothers Rugby Club.

An example of exhibiting the Brothers’ spirit could be evident in a Colts 3 player, who may be an average footballer, but always turns up to training on time, is respected by his team-mates, encourages positive behaviour amongst his peers, picks up rubbish, packs down fields, partakes in social activities at the club, gives his all for the Brothers jersey and respects the club’s history and values.

About “Rugby” O'ROURKE

This trophy is named in honour of Denis ‘Rugby’ O’Rourke. Denis has been a member of our Club for 60 years and during this time has been a player, coach, manager, administrator and mentor to generations of Brothers’ people.

Denis started as a lower grade player in 1960 and was also a member of Brothers U19(A) team playing in the inaugural QRU U19 season in 1961, whilst going on to play over 250 games during the next 17 seasons.

Denis came back to Colts in the 1989 season, coaching the Colts 3 boys and over the next 30 years would coach and manage the Colts 1, 2 and 3 teams and from 2010 to 2018 coordinate the entire Colts Program. Confining his coaching and managing to Colts grades, it is further noteworthy that Denis did not seek out the ‘profile’ appointments.

Denis mentored coaches and development officers and was a driving force in the recruitment and retention of our Colts program. The current Rohrig Elite Development Program draws heavily on the processes Denis had developed and put into place.

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There’s no place like home The Butchery

David Stokes, the human megaphone of Brothers Rugby Club, summarises The Butchery as ‘an area to keep the riff- raff out’. Delving further, he describes this game day spectacle: White Stripes – Seven Nation Army, Cold Golds, Mullets, Ugly Heads, Frivolity, a trailer without a VIN number and the entire Marley Family.

In late 2018, Ryan Schultz proposed that Brothers introduce a supporters’ zone similar to ‘The Zoo’ in Otago. Three non-wise men, Stumpy, Macca and Stokesy were thinking along similar terms – establishing a Brothers Supporters Club based off Norths Devils’ Bashup Park Pig Pen of the 1970s. An amalgamation of ideas eventuated; The Butchery was created.

But we needed a location. A serendipitous tree fall at Brothers opened up the possibility of locating The Butchery behind the in-goal line of Jack Ross Oval. The remanence of the dead tree hindered our efforts and Council indecisiveness resulted in us pondering: should we gelignite the tree stump and wake up ¾ of Ascot? Matt Kaye settled our concerns by ringing Council twice a day, the tree stump was removed.

On Round 1, over a long and humid weekend, a person who shall remained unnamed (Kamilo Guido) left raw unrefrigerated sausages in our beverage dispenser (the Rohrig Van). For obvious reasons we had to find another option. Simon Marley, Smithy and Garrath suggested buying a trailer off Gumtree and using an entire pallet of Newstead Brewing as a bartering option. Marley, Reuben and G-Money headed down to Rochdale and brought back to Brothers the most dishevelled unpowered vehicle on the face of the planet. It was perfect for us!

As the season progressed, The Butchery became better and better. It was pleasing to see so many Colts, Grades and Old Boys enter The Butchery early and leave hours later with a beer in hand accompanied by cheers and jeers. We have created an amazing and unrivalled club culture – something incredibly special and synonymous with our 114 years of history. Even though we unfortunately lost Premier Grade this season, 75% of Ballymore supported Brothers. No amount of money or university scholarships can buy what we’ve got.

It would be remiss not to thank a few people. Ryan Schultz and Reuben Wall for their indefatigable exertion in leading the playing members. Simon Marley for his pioneering efforts throughout the year. The much loved G-Money for his tunes on game day and in the Green Shed Bar. George Tarabay, Kamilo, Swepo, Billy and Fish for manning the bar. Manny, Sayery, Liddy, Dave Hine, Geoff Rodgers, Matt Kaye, Jason Neylon and Des Hogan for their assistance. Noah, Bailey, Ronny, Smithy, Garrath, Lawson for setting up and packing down. Alcoholics – Sam Marley, Tyquin, Ollie Herbert, Sam Nichols and Dan Crowell for lining our coffers.

In the words of our honorary patron, Buddha Handy ‘may The Butchery live long and prosper’.

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RUGBY REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

AUSTRALIA “WALLABIES”: NRC – WESTERN FORCE: Taniela Tupou Byron Ralston

AUSTRALIA “WALLAROOS”: URC – BRISBANE CITY U19: Evelyn Horomia Ethan Dobbins Conrad Skelton AUSTRALIA U20: Jake Pappin Fraser McReight (Captain) Hudson Creighton Harrison Wilson Joshua Flook Michael Wood Kelevi Tuicolo (Ass. Coach) Byron Ralston Charlie Cordery (Physiotherapist) Liam Usher URC – QUEENSLAND COUNTRY U19: AUSTRALIA SCHOOLS & U18: Angus Lovelock Joshua Flook (Captain) Jacob Stocker Nick Cross AUSTRALIA 7’s: Johnson Oyelodi Jeral Skelton URC – QUEENSLAND BARBARIONS U19: QUEENSLAND REDS: Nick Haulahan Taniela Tupou Darcy Schostakowski Harry Hoopert Fraser McReight QUEENSLAND U18 ACADEMY (MAROON): Aiden Toua Joshua Flook (Captain) Sebastin Wileman Jake Pappin Dr. Gary Mitchell (Doctor) Ryan Schultz (Coach) Gina Nelson (Physiotherapist) QUEENSLAND U18 ACADEMY (WHITE): QUEENSLAND 7’s: Hudson Mulchay Jeral Skelton Ben Travers (Coach) Jim Marning (Manager) NRC – BRISBANE CITY: Fraser McReight (Captain) QUEENSLAND WOMEN U18: Bradford Kapa Luanna Moors Ryan Smith Rosie Ebbage Michael Wood Elaina Saluni Lawson Creighton Dr. Gary Mitchell (Doctor) QUEENSLAND U15 – GOLD CUP: Byron Smith NRC – QUEENSLAND COUNTRY: Harry Hoopert Matt Faessler Harry Wilson Reuben Wall Rohan Saifoloi Patrick James Rod Seib (Coach) Tim McKellar (Manager) Gina Nelson (Physiotherapist) 41 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

TOUCH REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

AUSTRALIA BRONCOS ACADEMY

Open Women Benaya Laloata Benaya Laloata Kim Sue See Mariki Watego BRISBANE COBRAS - JUNIORS

Open Mixed U16 Girls Katherine Stevens Benaya Laloata Kelly Stephens Women’s 27’s U12 Girls Jess Johnston Katie Rockett Josie Crocombe Women’s 35’s Coaches Katrina Woodger Mai Peregrina Lisa Baisden – Manager Jodie Clarke Lisa Baisden Men’s 3’0s Ryan Moffatt Matt Myerson Hayden Moffatt

NEW ZEALAND

Open Women Toni Wells

PHILLIPINES

Open Women Pia Galon Stef Thomas Dee Olave Vanessa Loquais Mai Peregrina – Coach

Open Men Mark Panes Joey Dimes – Coach

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COACHES & MANAGERS – SENIOR DIVISION

GRADE COACHES MANAGERS

Premier Rod Seib, Ryan Schultz, Kelevi Tuicolo Tim McKellar, John Druery nd 2 Grade Ty Tierney, Chris Ryan, Nio Halangahu 3rd Grade Greg Beaver, John Gabbett, James O’Connell, Andrew Clough John Diamond th 4 Grade Tony Wall, Billy Leal, Pete Williams Sandy Diamond 5th Grade John Burton, Nathan Wallis, Stephen Twist Graham Silvester th 6 Grade Simon Marley Stephen Twist th 7 Grade Peter Smith, Murray Nathan Women Jackson Darby, Liz Ta’ale Moors, Janelle Wood Denz Moors Colts 1 Ben Travers, Manuel Cole-Manolis, Jim Marning Wayne Maki Colts 2 Matt Ingram, James Crackett, David Cox Francois Postal Colts 3 (A) & (B) Liam McKeown, Jon Irwin Tom McKenna

SUPPORT STAFF Strength & Conditioning Jono Rousettos Isaac Donohoe Nick Wilcox Physiotherapists Ian Atsbury Charlie Cordery Kathryn Krosch Gina Nelson Doctor Dr Gary Mitchell

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AGE GROUP CO-ORDINATORS – Junior Division

AGE GROUP CO-ORDINATOR TEAMS Under 16 Damon Haines 1 Under 15 Andy Reid 1 Under 14 David Clark 1 Under 13 Adrian Jager 2 Under 12 Brent Fiedler 3 Under 11 Lesley McBride 4 Under 10 Mark Creevey 4 Under 9 Dean Rosolen 6 Under 8 Ian Porter 7 Under 7 Bill Dan 6 Under 6 Michelle Carr 6

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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION Queensland Rugby Union – Club Championship “HECTOR R. DOUGHTY CHALLENGE SHIELD”

CLUB Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade st nd rd th th th 4 1 1 Colts 2 Colts 3 Colts Women TOTAL 2 3 5 6 Brothers 59 71 65 57 63 63 62 43 64 50 597 Souths 34 44 6 62 34 10 63 64 34 38 389 GPS 58 49 36 30 46 49 13 8 30 58 377 University 39 33 14 23 22 25 56 44 75 37 368 Wests 38 52 48 22 38 26 35 35 66 360 Easts 40 43 42 42 16 46 29 38 38 335 Sunnybank 20 13 23 25 9 52 32 48 79 301 Bond University 12 22 24 7 40 44 8 14 31 14 216 Norths 33 16 31 59 139

PREMIERS TEAM WITHDREW

“Hector’s found a home at Crosby Park”

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GRAND FINALIST – Q.R.U.

HOSPITAL CHALLENGE CUP University of Queensland 31 (T McDermott 2 tries C Setu S Edwards tries J Dalgleish pen 4 cons) d Brothers 26 (R Wall S Hyne R Saifoloi B Ralston tries R Saifoloi 3 cons)

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GRAND FINALISTS – Q.R.U.

2nd GRADE GPS 28 (T Simkin 2 tries K Johnston T Christie drop goal 2 pens 2 cons) d Brothers 25 (Tries: M Felsman 2 tries D Henegan tries L Richman 2 pens 2 cons) - Extra Time; Golden Point

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PREMIERS – Q.R.U.

3rd GRADE Brothers 29 (B Bell C MacNamara D Fraser G Cox tries L Harper pen 3 cons) d Easts 25 (L Niedzwiecki S Kirk T Barker tries S Kirk 2 pens con T Dawson con)

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GRAND FINALISTS – Q.R.U.

4th GRADE Souths 26 (J Sheck B Mewing M Baice C Timu tries B Ward 3 cons) d Brothers 20 (D Maruca L Tupou J Colwell tries J Gagel pen con)

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PREMIERS – Q.R.U.

5th GRADE Brothers 27 (A Bewsey 2 tries A Mitchell J O'Brien tries B Hart pen 2 cons) d GPS 12 (M Thomas 2 tries J Meehan con)

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PREMIERS – Q.R.U.

6th GRADE / 7th GRADE Brothers (1) 50 (C Crain L Barazza 2 tries H Harvey J Kerins T Beirne S Goodwin tries T Beirne 3 cons J Kerins 2 cons) d Brothers (2) 19 (D. Arase B Bischofberger S Chapman tries T McKellar 2 cons)

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GRAND FINALISTS – Q.R.U.

COLTS 1 Souths 21 (C Brown 2 tries C Manu try B Croft 2 cons S Hanna con) d Brothers 17 (J Oyelodi E Dobbins tries N Carroll pen 2 cons)

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PREMIERS – Q.R.U.

COLTS 3 Brothers 36 (Z Mills 2 tries K Albert H Brown J Bradley O Felsch tries B Page 3 cons) d University of Queensland 22 (D Kiss 2 tries B Boulton D Manns tries D Kiss con)

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PREMIERS – B.J.R.U.

Under 13 Navy Div 3

Brothers 45 v GPS 17

Player of the Match : Oscar Bodimeade

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COMPETITION POINTS TABLES QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION

Brisbane Club Rugby 1St Grade

Brisbane Club Rugby 2nd Grade

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COMPETITION POINTS TABLES QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION

Brisbane Club Rugby 3rd Grade

Brisbane Club Rugby 4th Grade

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COMPETITION POINTS TABLES QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION

Brisbane Club Rugby 5th Grade

Brisbane Club Rugby 6th Grade

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COMPETITION POINTS TABLES QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION

Brisbane Club Rugby Women

Brisbane Club Rugby Colts 1

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COMPETITION POINTS TABLES QUEENSLAND RUGBY UNION

Brisbane Club Rugby Colts 2

Brisbane Club Rugby Colts 3A

Brisbane Club Rugby Colts 3B

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

1st Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Minor Premiers; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy, Keith Horsley Memorial Trophy, Pilecki-Shaw Cup, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield, Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield & Green Beacon Cup

The 1st grade teams’ primary goal at the start of the season was to lead the club both on and off the field. After standards were established the leaders within the playing group continued to drive a training environment which rewarded hard work. These standards, which were maintained by the playing group, set the foundations for a successful season. A strength of the club was the connectivity that existed between all teams. This was evidenced in the selections, as the opportunity available for players to progress through the Grades and Colts to play for the 1st Grade team. Byron Ralston, Josh Flook and Ethan Dobbins are excellent examples as they made their debuts in 1st Grade out of the Colts team. The 1st Grade team shared a close connection with 2nd Grade throughout the 2019 season. Training together as a squad, the playing group developed excellent training habits and were delivered consistent messages from a supportive coaching group. Players set a high standards and leaders within the playing group drove these standards. Throughout the season the 1st grade team enjoyed many highlights. Commencing the season with a win on Jack Ross Oval against Bond University in the opening round of the competition created initial momentum to kick off the season. The round 2 away win on a wet day at Souths established Brothers as one of the contenders for the season. The confidence gained from this win assisted with winning performances through the first 7 rounds of the competition.

The first loss of the season was experienced in our round 8 away game against GPS. This game served as a good reality check and refocussed our attention on the standards which needed to be met. However, the fighting qualities of the team were never in doubt and this was highlighted in our come back wins in rounds 12 and 13 against Wests and Norths respectively. The excitement of a game winning try after 80 minutes against Wests and then coming back from a 26-0 half time deficit against Norths were two of the most resilient wins of the season. Finishing the regular season off with a win in our round 18 game at Easts secured the minor premiership, which was a deserving reward for all the work put in and a good reflection of our consistency throughout the season.

After losing both our round games against GPS during the season it was a credit to the playing group to recognise the need to adapt our game plan in the major semi-final and attack them in and around the ruck instead of the usual expansive running game. An outstanding performance which showed to focus and desire of the playing group. Whilst disappointing to lose the grand final 31-26 against UQ, the 1st grade team did achieve the goal of leading the club and were excellent ambassadors for the club and its members.

Along with the minor premiership the 1st grade team was involved in securing the following inter-club trophies: Pilecki Shaw Cup (Wests) Green Beacon Cup (Norths) Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield (Souths) Rod Seib Head Coach

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

2nd Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Minor Premiers; Champions of the 1st Round; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, F.C. Lea Memorial Cup, T.L. Jones Memorial Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield, Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield & Green Beacon Cup

The season commenced with a hungry squad eager to develop during preseason under the guidance of new Premier Head Coach Rod Seib. With the retirement of several club stalwarts in 2018, we were fortunate to transition some talented Colts into our enviable Grades Program which provided the coaching group a strong level of confidence.

After a successful 15/1 win-loss regular season & demonstrating an entertaining style of play, our players were primed for the business end of the season! Accounting for a resilient Wests team in the semi final & progressing to Grand Final Day, we were well focused on the season team goal – a Premiership! As we prepared diligently & observed GPS secure their shot at the title, we knew a battle was brewing. In what can only be described as one for the ages, our boys fought hard to have scores level at the completion of regular time, play 20 minutes of extra time to also have scores locked up, before conceding a penalty 7 minutes into golden point 40m out where GPS kicked the victorious points. Whilst disappointed with the result, I must commend the performance of both teams to give their all for 97 grueling minutes but also the respect & humility shown at full time for each other – some great character!

Experienced club men Henry Fitzgerald & Kris Larosa admirably shared the Captaincy during the season as they challenged for 1st grade opportunities & always had the team focused on the job in their own relaxed manner. Congratulations must go to the well deserved recipients of the team awards: Chris Morgan - Brothers Medal, Kris Larosa – Best Back, Liam Usher – Best Forward, & Henry Fitzgerald – Best & Fairest.

Finally, I’d like to thank coaches Nio Halangahu & Chris Ryan for their endless support & friendship throughout the year, along with the collaborative efforts of Team Managers Chris Morgan & Tony Wall who were tireless with their commitment.

Congratulations to all players & coaches on a successful year!

Ty Tierney Coach

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

3rd Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; PREMIERS; Minor Premiers; Champions of the 1st Round; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, H.F. Edwards Memorial Cup, Max Wyllie Memorial Cup, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

Season 2019 started with a real sense of purpose to continue to improve on the skill base and game plans of the group to produce a really attractive and disciplined brand of footy with a young group of players Round 1 was highly successful only losing in a tight game against GPS at GPS and sitting on top of the table and where clear front runners, during this we had some tremendous wins and a real test of character to stay disciplined and put teams to the sword involving a close win against Norths with 14 men testament to the boys character. With some real leadership form within the group to keep them focused on the prize moving into round 2 from the likes of Brendan Bell, Blaise Hartley, Bailey Ralston, Michael Celona and Aiden Cairns, we also lost Will Wilson early in the season to a serious ankle injury that untimely tested the forwards go forward and punch mid field. Round 2 as always is a real test of character as we are hit by injuries and have to call on our depth at the club to get us home in the back end. We set the task for the players to try and achieve a clean sheet for round 2 and win our first silverware for the season in the round 2 clash with GPS at home season and we knew that our real test for the group would be to be able to play a real finals brand of footy in hope that we would secure the major prize at the end of the year. We finished the season right with only the1 loss and we were the dominated side during the season with most win and best point’s difference. Finals footy is without a doubt the most exciting time of the year with all the hard work completed during the season ready to bear fruit. We had a mixed campaign we won the Major Semi to Wets in week 1 and where able to enjoy a special session on the Saturday with 6 grade team having a training run on the week of the preliminary final pretty amazing result for the club As always you need to perform at your beast and have a lot of luck to win a grand final and ultimately we achieved that as a group against a very strong and committed Easts team on the day.

As coaches we are really proud of the effort from the group this year to get the ultimate reward for the season as we continue to develop the young guys out of colts into the grade we will continue to have a success grade program at Brothers again this year we unearthed some talent for the years ahead as well a few old heads have returned to offer the knowledge and skill to the younger group as reflected in the grades. Want to thank a group of special young men that played 3rd grade this year and helped us achieve something special this year as a group whilst setting the highest standards of self-discipline on and off the field that I have seen in a long time. Really proud of the performance of all grades this year and the efforts put in by all Coaches, managers and the players. We continued to build and develop the skills base of all players within the grades and it showed in our results for all grades. The commitment from all the coaching staff to improve skill of all players was especially pleasing to see.

Really excited to see how a few of our development players from this year continue the journey next year Matt Connor, Billy Bulley, Brendan Bell, Cassuis Elisaia-Mamea and Robby MacCafferty A special thanks to the group of coaches and staff that have allowed us all to improve during the year John Gabbet, Andrew Clough, Tony Wall, Billy Leal, Pete Williams James O’Connell and club stalwart John Diamond whose commitment and support have been invaluable also to club S&C Nick Wilcox for his assistance in helping maintain the fitness of the group As we look forward to another off season we will start to plan for what will be another successful season in 2020 for the Grades. Greg Beaver Grade Coordinator 62 3rd Grade Head Coach BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

4th Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

Honour to have coached the quality of men making the mighty 4th grade team of 2019. Mateship, work ethic at training & matches, a ‘willingness to give their all’, and players enjoying their footy, are some attributes that come to mind.

We had a belief in how we wanted to play and took it to all opposition teams this year. I reflect fondly on memories of playing Direct footy, based on Dominant carries to get momentum, and then presenting Multiple Attacking threats after building phases. We had big men, hard men, workers, finesse, speed, leaders, and plenty of good footy sense. All in a team with a diverse spread of ages from first year grades players to experienced campaigners. We strived to control field position, and as the year progressed, we became more effective with this. We were a good defensive side - effective and able to pressure teams. We were a team not intimated by anyone. Measures for success come in different forms. The first & most tangible, are results ‘on the board’. We finished 2nd on the ladder at season end.

We won the major semi-final (beating Souths that day) to book our spot in the Grand Final. Unfortunately, Souths reversed the result in the Grand Final. We were honourable in defeat on Grand Final day, and everyone gave their all. We went into the Grand Final with a genuine belief, and it hurt when we didn’t get the win – we played Souths 4 times through the year, and each got 2 wins apiece.

In 2019, we had 45 players start in 4th grade, with an additional 7 players playing valuable roles off the bench. A total of 52 men playing a significant role for the team. A great group of men. A great playing group of men, ably supported by a committed coaching group and support team of manager and S&C – quality people who were a delight to work with – Pete, Billy, Sandy, Nick, Jack.

Thank you for a memorable year. Tony Wall Coach

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

5th Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; PREMIERS; Minor Premiers; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Col Kaus Cup, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

The 2019 season was a very enjoyable one for the Brothers 5th grade side, with the team managing to secure a second consecutive premiership on the back of a good pre-season and some healthy competition for spots. The squad continued to build a strong culture both on and off the field with the team making many lifetime friendships.

Well lead by Captain Mike Browne, the team managed to win an amazing 15 games from 16 during the season, a winning percentage of 94%, only going down in round 1 to souths in the final minute of play. As per previous year we had a good combination of older heads (Blair Hart, Wayne Maki to name a few), regulars from the previous year (Alex Mitchell, Jack Parker, Jimmy McNicol and Alex Bewsey for example) plus several colts making the next step up to grades football, which they handled admirably.

The coaching group of John Burton, Graeme Silvester and Nathan Wallis worked seamlessly together, in particular when one of us had to work interstate then the others would liaise and cover each other without skipping a beat. The management duties also ran smoothly with Stephen “Stumpy” Twist offering valuable insight into opposition teams as well as our own players, on top of his team management and water duties. His contribution should never be downplayed, especially with the difficult task of making sure everyone is registered and has played enough games to make finals.

The player of our grand final was Alex Bewsey who played an inspired game after missing the previous grand final when he suffered a horrific ankle injury in the week preceding the final. As a playing group and coaching team, we look forward immensely to returning for 2020 and attempting the lofty goal of a 3-peat in the 5th Grade competition.

John Burton Coach

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

6th Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; PREMIERS; Minor Premiers; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

The year 2019 was a very prosperous and exciting year for the whole playing, coaching and management team of 6th Grade. The squad consisted of ample playing talent and a near destructive social drinking culture. The motto of the squad was simple – “play hard and drink harder.” Going through the season undefeated it was a testament to all involved that if you get fit you win games and when you win games you have fun.

In combination with the 7th grade squad and the old school implementation of plenty of push-ups and sit-ups we were able to achieve something never witnessed in Brisbane Premier Rugby – two Brothers teams fighting it out for a premiership. Before I get to the rundown of that fantastic game I would like to make a special mention to a few of the groups shinning stars. Firstly, our 10 Joseph Kerrins and his amazing leadership skills and ability to turn a game on its head in the blink of an eye. Secondly, Hugh Harvey and some of the hardest and straightest running seen at the club this year. Thirdly, Lachlan Barazza with the ball skills of a back and the toughness of a core-filled block wall leading the forwards around the park and finally, Robert Hickson and skipper Cooper Burtenshaw both with some of the most inspirational speeches to have even been heard on Jack Ross or Vic Walsh Oval.

Though the season was so successful it was not without ups and downs – whether it be the constant stream of injuries, having blokes pick their careers or university education over turning up to training or just those boys who are too scared to get involved in contact drills on a Tuesday night, we made it work. This being my first foray into coaching I learnt a lot about myself and learnt a lot about getting to know the ins and outs of what goes through each and every players mind. The coaching strategy was simple – be effective in the micro skills of the game; catch and pass, be effective at the breakdown, make the first up tackles count and back yourself when the opportunity arises.

As mentioned above, after an undefeated season it was time to head to the spiritual home of Queensland Rugby and turn it on for finals. Heading into the major semi-final against a GPS side who had put it to us at various stages through the season the lads turned up and put them to sword scoring 10 tries in an almost perfect performance. We were then blessed with a week off before the big dance which was definitely most welcome as the bodies were sore and the rhetoric of the squad being that when 7th grade we short we would help them out and vice-versa.

Grand Final day was then upon us against our good mates and drinking partners 7th grade. It turned out to be the toughest game of the year and it wasn’t until the second half that we ended up edging away and claiming the flag. A couple of great moments happened on this day; the Brothers on 3 chant to start the game having both 6th grade and 7th grade coming together before the war began, then at the completion of the game having both squads bind together and sing the team song as one, also, the enormous tunnel made by all the Brothers players and supporters was something to behold as it took us nearly to the far side of the field.

All-in-all 2019 was one of the best years of rugby I have ever experienced and as a squad we overcame our adversities and put together one of the most complete seasons you will ever see. Special thanks to our manager Stephen Twist and part-time assistant coach Geordie Harries whose assistance was hugely beneficial.

Onwards and upwards to 2020 and back-to-back flags.

Simon Marley Coach/Player

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

7th Grade CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

If either of us was purely a “Results” based coach then the 2019 season would have been a ringing success. Sadly neither of us has ever focused only on the win or the result. The preparation and process of training has always held our attention in at least equal shares with match day performance.

We were buoyed by Rod Seib’s comments at the first meeting that he had been warned that Brothers have their own way of doing things and players would resist change. He said a mouthful. We often reflected throughout the season how prophetic those words had been.

The players (some - quite athletic and sound players – some not so) were intransigent in their ways and refused to consider alternative approaches to play or training. Eventually some inroads were made.

Of course, nobody expects 7th grade to be the repository of the next Reds squad.

From the beginning numbers at training and games were sparse. The first competition game of the season was forfeited. This gave rise to a points deficit that was only overcome in the last game of the regular season (in the last ten minutes of that game in reality). Throughout the season numbers at training would vary from a handful to ten or so.

We did not have the benefit of a manager and relied heavily on Stumpy and Simon Marley, both of whom were of invaluable assistance.

By and large the coaching was effected by Simon who was both well prepared and effective in his training of the teams. He should complete at least a first grade ticket and aim for higher qualifications.

Without the players from sixth grade doubling up throughout the season we were a no-show. They must be applauded. Throughout the season we had half a dozen or so as regulars. As finals arrived - training more resembled the start of the Bridge to Brisbane Fun Run.

We detected a very clear message at this time “MAKE THE GRAND FINAL”. Players were finally offered from “above” and we lurched tripped and stumbled into and through the finals. One or two players (regulars) were a bit upset at being pushed to the side at this stage. This was all resolved at the Grand final.

The fielding of a team at this level will always have attendant problems and difficulties.

Players are slow to commit until they are sure there will be a viable team. Players’ commitments work/uni/etc make attendances erratic. Quite possibly this contributes to these players being ineligible for the higher grades.

Whoever takes it on needs an understanding of the competition and the players. This made Simon Marley an excellent choice for Sixth Grade coach. We believe he should be regarded for higher grades. A competent manager is also essential.

Peter Smith Murray Nathan

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

Women CLUB CHAMPIONS; Preliminary Finalist; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

After coming off a somewhat successful but disappointing 2018 season - placing in the top 4 but unable to play in play offs due to injuries, the future of our women’s program was up in the air for 2019. This year we started off with 16 registered players during pre-season and as we progressed, we finished off with a strong 27 players. Word of mouth was our biggest success in player retention with past players and current players inviting their friends and family members to join our club.

Through hard work and determination our women’s team fought their way to the Preliminary finals defeating 2018 finalists GPS in the Minor Semi Finals but going down to West rugby by a mere 3 points finishing 3rd overall. The highlight of the season was our women taking on the ‘Classic Wallaroos’ in a friendly match of 10’s which was an awesome experience for our younger players playing some of the former greats!! With a great season saw a few of our women represent on a higher stage. Wallaroo Prop Evelyn Horomia found her home in Brothers before she took on the Black Ferns in NZ in August, Gemma Schneaubelt represented PNG in the women’s 7s going head to head with some of the best in the world. Taia Stowers, Elaina Saluni & Rosie Ebbage were added into the Qld Red Super W training squad along with 2017 Brothers captain Hilisha Samoa who is set to make her come back in 2020 for Brothers. And Finally, Luanna Moors represented Qld in the Youth Girls Rugby 7s Nationals in the Sunshine coast.

All in all it was our best year to date, but our women are looking do even better in 2020 and look forward to the pre- season introduction in Jan!

Dennzle Moors Coach

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TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

Colts 1 CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield, Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield & Green Beacon Cup

Brothers Colts 1 in 2019 culminated in a close Grand Final loss to Souths, 21-17. Whilst it was obviously not the result anyone wanted, the boys left Ballymore that afternoon knowing that they’d given their all and were beaten by a better side on the day.

The group of players that came together in 2019 was a good mix of first and second year colts and a great cross section of schools around Brisbane. By season’s end, these boys have become great teammates on the field and great friends off the field. What is extremely exciting for Brothers Rugby moving forward, is the work ethic and commitment to continual development that this group had and we were delighted to take players who weren’t necessarily considered schoolboy superstars and help them develop into formidable forces within the Colts competition.

Coach Wayne Maki led our tight knit group of forwards that improved greatly throughout the year. The pack was defined by their toughness and relentlessness in each and every collision. Ethan Dobbins was awarded Best Forward for a brilliant season in set piece and around the park and is someone who has the ability to change a game with just one play. Attack coach Manuel Cole-Manolis gave the boys the freedom to play an attacking style of rugby, leading to many great highlights. A Round 1 demolition of Bond University set the tone for the year with the boys going on to entertain the crowd every Saturday. Hudson Creighton, with his great attacking prowess, improved defensive contact and booming left foot boot was awarded the Best Back.

The Colts 1 side narrowly missed out on Minor Premiers, with 13 wins and just the 3 losses across the 16 rounds of the season. Each week was certainly not perfect but the environment the players created was one that challenged skillsets which led to the continual improvement as the year went on. As we all know, Brothers is always the club that opposition sides target, which meant each week was tough and we had to rely on different facets of our game to win. Round 11 against Souths was a combination of a terrific team defensive effort with great attacking skill in attack, whilst our home game wins against both GPS & Easts were tough encounters that relied on forwards to drive our success.

Proudly, we were delighted to see a number of our players be selected in representative teams at the end of the year, further underlining the great improvement of individuals throughout the year. Hudson Creighton, Nick Cross, Ethan Dobbins, Josh Flook, Nick Houlahan, Angus Lovelock, Hudson Mulcahy, Johnson Oyelodi, Jake Pappin, Byron Ralston, Conrad Skelton, Darcy Schostakowski and Jacob Stocker were all rewarded with representative positions and together, put the club in a strong position moving forward into the future.

Special mention should go to Nick Cross, who did a great job in captaining the side and was awarded the Brothers Medal. Mention also to Byron Ralston who made two cameo appearances prior to cementing a spot in the Brothers Premier Grade side and to Josh Flook who was awarded our Best & Fairest and has a very bright future. Similarly, to Isaac Donohoe who ran our Strength and Conditioning Program, we thank you for keeping the boys nice and fit and a huge big thank you to Ryan Shepherd who assisted on game day.

Finally, we thank the best manager in the world, Jim Marning for his care, support and good humour at every training session and game, we were extremely lucky to have you looking after us.

Coaching Brothers Colts 1 in 2019 was a privilege and we thank the families of the players for their tremendous support.

Ben Travers 70 Head Coach BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

Colts 2 CLUB CHAMPIONS; Grand Finalist; Preliminary Finalist; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

The 2019 season was one full of challenges, but most importantly one full of learning and development, for the Colts 2 group. The start of the season saw a team come together from an array of extremely different Rugby backgrounds and initially struggle in the first few rounds. From there, through a lot of hard work together, came a change in fortunes leading us to performing as a Top-4 team throughout the season.

Using well over 40 starting players, and more than 55 in total, the efforts of every single player that came into the Colts 2 environment, and strove to achieve what was best for our team, is testament to culture that exists within the club, and particularly in the Colts program, for its ability to rapidly engage and transform all individuals who ‘buy-in’ to its values. There were many boys that developed into players of a far higher standard than they had ever achieved before, and by the end of the season were performing above the Colts 2 level.

The highest point of the year came at the end of the regular season with the two-week stretch of the final round against Easts (in an effective playoff to make the finals) and the Minor-Semi Final against the arguably stronger UQ, who had beaten us comfortably only a couple of weeks before. These two performances showed how far we had come as a group over the course of the season, as we displayed some traditional ‘Filth’ spirit of dogged determination and willingness to put bodies on the line for each other. We came up well short in the preliminary final against Bond University, however both they and Souths were the most-deserving finalists, with 3rd being an extremely respectable result for our team, given the results of the season.

I would like to highlight the extremely important leadership role that our captain Matt Lo Grande played in our team. He was pivotal in pulling this team together into a tight-knit bunch who not only enjoyed playing together but held each other accountable to the high standards expected of this club. It cannot be overstated how hard he worked on his leadership, and by the end of the season was rewarded with a very well-deserved Colts Man of Year award. I would also like to congratulate the winners of our team awards and the outstanding roles they each played within our season: Best Player – Isaac Brosnan; Best Forward – Will Hyne; Best Back – Jack O’Malley; and Brothers Medal – Tom Hughes.

Thanks must also go to the Colts 3 coaches Liam McKeown and Jon Irwin for their ongoing and absolute support of Colts 2, and the general Colts program, throughout the season. Their Premiership victory came well-deserved off the back of a collaborative approach, centred on the boys enjoying their Rugby above all else – something extremely important to Colts footy.

Lastly, thank you to Francois Postal, as assistant coach, and David Cox, as Team Manager, for their hard work and dedication towards the team’s constant improvement throughout the season. The learning and development opportunities we experienced together throughout the year were something that will hold us all in good stead for many years to come.

Despite the challenges that this year presented, it has provided the club with a wider core of players who I’m sure are more than capable of performing, and achieving, great success for the club not only next year, but well into the future. With the move of Colts to Under 20s next season, I am sure that these men will be at the forefront of leading, and driving, a strong and inclusive winning culture as we push for the elusive Colts ‘Triple-Crown’.

Matt Ingram Coach 71 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

TEAM REPORTS – Senior Division

Colts 3A & 3B CLUB CHAMPIONS; PREMIERS & 11th; Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield & Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield

Our year started well for the Colts 3 boys with a new pair of coaches taking over the Colts 4 team meaning our regular numbers going went from 40+ to a 15-18.

While we started off well with good wins early in the rounds, injuries started to hit the Colts 1&2’s. Wins became hard to come by unlike previous years. The backs stocks lacked in comparison to years before and a few handy backrowers got to live the dream of showboating outside the comps best 5/8 in Bailey Page. We had a great win in serious humidity against a very strong Logan team in a game which tested everyone’s character knowing that if we can get the right team on the paddock, we can mix it up with the biggest and best. We kept in touch of the top 4 behind a huge Sunnybank side and a now undefeated Uni team. As the year went on key injuries in Colts 1 and 2 made winning challenging but we hung in there with some huge performances from the likes of Zak and Niam and the ever-constant Ado, JB and Hainesey etc although injuries started to claim those guys too.

Our depth was seriously tested on the Splendour weekend where, due to injuries or absence, we had no regular Colts 3 players to choose from, so we made up what was a pure Colts 4 team. Colts 4 were having a tough year and had yet to win one. The Colts 4 boys led by their captain Ben Stanton played the game of their lives with young Charlie Greentree playing out of his skin (and nearly passing out) getting us a strong win against a full strength GPS!. This game brought to our attention a few special people who, subsequently played their way onto the bench for the upcoming Grand Final.

Move to the second last game of the regular season and we had Logan forfeit. This meant we were amazingly into the Grand Final against the high-flying Uni. This led to the last game of the regular season being a dead rubber against Uni where they inflicted a 40-point drumming at Crosby. The next week against the Minor Premiers at Ballymore for the GF one was evidently going to be an uphill battle and one that no-one expected us to win.

We headed to Herston for the final dance at Ballymore. We were without our regular front row and had over 15 injuries which meant we had to plug the holes with a few boys who had played the bulk of the year in a winless Colts 4. Uni rocked up in shirts & ties, had paid for their grand final winning shirts already and were expecting us to roll over and just cop it. As far as they were concerned, they were going to wipe the floor with us with a few of their star backs slotting back into their team after playing in the losing Colts 2 minor final.

Uni scored in the first minute of the game which was not an ideal start from a signature move that we knew was coming. Brothers then scored 5 minutes later and then took the game by the scruff of the neck and held the lead for the rest of the game. The leadership of the Captain Aiden Lewers (GF man of the match) and Bailey page in the backs with Tom Kerby were outstanding. The bell rang and we were once again the premiers of Brisbane Colts 3. It was a day and night (and another day and night) we will never forget.

From a coaching perspective it was one of the proudest moments of our life! It just showed the character of a great group of blokes who banded together and really played as a team and went on to win the GF against all odds.

Special mention to Mick & Simon who had the Colts 4 team and not only got them organised and playing a good style of footy, had to deal with multiple changes every week sometimes at the last minute too. Well done Gents. Liam McKeown 72 Coach BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

COMPETITION POINTS TABLES BRISBANE JUNIOR RUGBY UNION

Under 12 Division 2

Under 12 Division 4

Under 12 Division 7

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Under 13 Division 3

Under 13 Division 4

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Under 14 Division 2

Under 15 Division 3

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Under 13 Girls

Under 15 Girls Division 1

Under 15 Girls Division 1

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Under 17 Girls

Under 17 Girls

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AGE GROUP REPORTS – Junior Division

Under 16 The 2019 BRC Under 16 /Junior Colts enjoyed a season of fun formulated by 3 ex-players and old boys of Nudgee College.

The team made up from 8 boarders from Nudgee, players from Churchie, Brisbane Grammar and Padua came together and enjoyed each other’s company and getting to know each other whilst maintaining some good banter along the way.

Although results didn’t go our way, the boys turned up each week and gave their all at training for our 3 coaches and each other. Team spirit truly shone through with these guys even when down on the scoreboard.

The coaches’ philosophy was to work hard for each other, turn up each week and work on improving skills – regardless of outcomes on Sunday.

The team enjoyed great support from parents which certainly makes life easier for management & coach’s. Parents always willing to lend a hand and support the boys. To receive comments from parents saying, “it’s great to see the improvement in the boys” says a lot for the coaching group and players alike. Clearly in an environment that allowed the boys to express themselves and feel confident that ‘having a go’ would not result in a spray from the coach’s. It was evident that the team was far more relaxed than what they would be at the school rugby programs that does tend to create a sense of pressure.

The team would like to thank the Brothers management group for their support throughout the season and Karen for the McDonalds vouchers which allowed the boarders who missed meal time at school to have a feed each week prior to being dropped off back to school. I know the boys were very appreciative of this from the club.

Thanks again, we look forward to seeing what 2020 offers for this group. Damon ‘Des’ Haines Manager

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AGE GROUP REPORTS – Junior Division

Under 15 The 2016 season proved rewarding and yet challenging for this age group. A majority of boys walked away with improved skills and a sense of achievement from their time with the club and my sense is most parents felt it was a good investment for their fees and time in developing these young men.

As we move through the season in chronological order the changes from half season to full season created mixed reactions. It also meant that we had 2 very different teams between the first and second half which showed in our results. In some cases, it brought players into the club but for others it made them cease playing. For many it meant a divided season, the first half fully committed to club and the second torn between club and school. The club’s approach to fees for this age group was very well received given the initial confusion and challenges.

The players are becoming young men and it was great to see a dramatic shift in their skill level and self-belief as the season progressed. The introduction of senior player coaches was very well received by the playing group and the coach’s ability to manage them, communicate what was required at the same time making it enjoyable was a winning combination. Whilst there where a few challenges around coach availability and communication this improved as the season progressed. The results in the first half saw the team leading their division with strong confidence and skills being shown across the park. In the second half it was a challenge to get boys attending both training and games along with several injuries meant we struggled to field a team often relying on U14 players to make the numbers.

At trophy day we had several boys receive their Brothers 10 year medal and I applaud the club for this award as it truly was a key motivator for several boys in their involvement throughout the year.

I would encourage the club to find a way to stop other clubs poaching players as no one benefitted from this and the BJRU seemed totally ignorant or unwilling to act. The players who remained where forced to play in a lower division and the players who departed found it difficult to get games as the Div 1 teams struggled to field team’s week in and out. If players are looking for a higher quality of game then they should focus on regional activities and programs as opposed to shifting clubs.

General parental encouragement from the group to the club for coming seasons would be to engage with the age group early, make key decisions prior to the end of the calendar year and then with the utmost flexibility around individual attendance set dates and run with those times. Overall a great year with lots of positives and our thanks to all who supported this age group along the way.

Andrew Reid Manager

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AGE GROUP REPORTS – Junior Division

Under 14 Brothers fielded one under 14 team for the 2019 season. With a move to ensure the boys had an enjoyable season and enable more alignment between juniors and seniors, the club appointed Prem Grade players, Lawson Creighton and Matt Faesler, to their first junior coaching roles. Clint Groves and David Clark managed the squad of 25 boys, which was made up of a mix of A and B players from 2018 plus a couple of new boys to the club. It took a little while for Matt and Lawson to find their groove with coaching teenage boys, but very much grew into the role. Training sessions were a mix of fun and skills & drills. It was great to see some real friendships develop through the season and not unusual to see the boys massed around the coaches talking well after training had finished. U14 Navy was graded to 2nd division, where they won 50 percent of their games and finished 3rd overall for the season. We started the season with a full bench and ended with scratching for numbers as injuries through club and school rugby kicked in. Parents, coaches and managers consider the season to have been a success and we believe a large percentage of this group would be keen for a half season in 2020. This will be a challenge for the club, as there will only be a small number of boys who would continue for a full season. For those boys not playing GPS rugby, we may in fact lose these boys if a team can’t be filled for a full season. David Clark Age Group Co-Ordinator

U13 NAVY – Div 3 Premiers U13 Navy had a disjointed start to the season with a few key injuries to players and other players deciding not to continue with the team as we implemented our two key elements for this year – Positivity and Accountability. We planned to be the team that were in charge of our own destiny and not be at the mercy of ill-discipline, the referee’s whistle or other distractions. This took a while to settle down and the results were mixed early in the season, however, as the teamwork improved so too did the results.

Turning point was away at UQ Junior Red Heavies where we let a game slip away due to ill-discipline and yellow cards. From then on, U13 Navy got better and better. Strong performances against Ipswich, Norths and GPS propelled the team into the finals. The coaching team were impressed how this young team thrived in the higher pressure games of knock-out finals. As a team, we improved not only on individual skills but revelled in each other’s successes. Each player in the squad contributed to the eventual Grand Final win over GPS (for 3rd time) at Ballymore. The structure, commitment and belief in the other team members was obvious to all. Bernie Hogan and Liam Ryan (Mgr) were assisted by so many parents throughout the year, particularly Mark Connors passing on his experience to the young forward pack.

U13 White U13 White had a great season that saw Coach Bayo continue to push the boys to play with confidence and enthusiasm and back each other through the games. Come the end of the first round of games, the team was well placed for a run to the finals and this continued with solid results in their games that saw the team qualify for the finals coming third in the division. Going into finals we were confidence of doing well having come close to beating both teams above us and having beat the team we were playing in the first semi three times through the season. Unfortunately it was not to be but the year was characterised by some amazing defence, particularly on the goal line, and a lot of new mates as the boys grew in stature and confidence throughout.

Thanks to Peter Bayo for his coaching and the managerial expertise displayed by Damien Walker.

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AGE GROUP REPORTS – Junior Division

Under 12

No Report Received

Under 11 Green Another great year of development for a fantastic group of young men. We had a number of new players join the team in March and we quickly developed a very open skill based game program. Throughout the year we had some good wins and some tough losses which made the players more resilient. The most important part was the boys had fun both at training and in games. Thank you to all parents and players for their efforts throughout the year in particular our award winners Nelson Walmsley (Brothers Medallist), Ed Earnshaw, Oliver Kent and Alex Lamprecht (Team award winners) Matt Kaye Under 11 Gold Another great year for Gold, some highs and lows but it was how they never gave up that impressed me the most. Quite a few of the players have been at Brothers now since U6’s and they are more than ready for the U12 rules. I am looking forward to seeing them all back next year. Matthew Duane Under 11 Blue It was a very successful season for U11 Blue that saw 5 new players join the team in 2019. The boys finished equal first in their Division with some very close matches across the entire season. Cooper Knowles, was the well deserved winner of the Brothers Medal, with Gus Lyons receiving the award for best back, Kyna Te Patu best forward and Callum Brunello best and fairest. Of the four awards on offer, all of the boys except Callum were new to the team this year. All the boys played hard all season and significantly improved their positional play and ball skills, thanks to the dedication of coaches Lloyd Penrose and Jim Campbell. Thanks also to all the families that supported the team throughout the year at training and on weekends. Bron Humphrey Under 10 White The use of the team app was successful to communicate from Brothers/BJRU.

Families have said that although there were 2/3 training sessions with senior or reserve players, they would like to see more involvement with the coaching/development staff.

Many of our team attended the holiday clinics which they all enjoyed. This could have been further followed up or built upon if these senior coaches running the clinics then attending our practice session to help integrate the new skills some of the team learnt into the whole team.

Pass on our Congratulations on a successful year to all involved. Keira Geraghty Under 10 Green Use of the team app was very successful, generally means parents are well informed of activities directly from the club rather than relying on team managers etc to pass on info. Mark Creevey

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AGE GROUP REPORTS – Junior Division

Under 9

No Report Received

Under 8 What a year!

This was the first year of tackle, rucks and mauls. It was challenging at first but our boys seem to get the hang of it, improving week by week. Feedback from the playing group is it would have been helpful for the club to implement a greater focus of assistance to the coaches to ensure the players are up to speed and not simply relying on two weeks training before playing matches again some clubs that had started their training some eight weeks earlier

The season ran smoothly, with minimal challenges presented from games, or Clubs we played. Game results seemed to indicate definite strength in some teams, and opportunity to improve in others. Most teams had a really enjoyable season, irrespective of the win/loss result which is pleasing to see – it means coaches and managers are imparting the right ethos with players and defining losses as opportunities to learn and grow.

This year saw seven teams being fielded and with some luck we can keep the numbers in this group consistent.

I would like to also give a huge thank you to all the Under 8 Manager, Coaches, Trainers, Referees and also all the other parents that volunteered for canteen duty, field Marshalling duties without your help the club wouldn’t run.

Looking forward to seeing you all again next year.

Ian Porter Age Group Coordinator

Under 7

No Report Received

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Under 6 The youngest members of the club started their season with enthusiasm and by the end of the season had developed not only rugby skills but strong friendships and pride in wearing the blue and white. For some players this was their first taste of rugby and for some it was following in the footsteps of their older brothers, but everyone turned up to training and the games putting in 100% effort and willingness to show the Brother’s way.

Under 6 was made up of six teams in 2019, Under 6 Black, Green, Blue, White, Gold and Silver.

Under 6 Black U6 Black are to be commended on the grit and determination they displayed throughout the season. Week to week their skill and understanding of the game developed and more importantly, their love for the game of rugby. The sportsmanship and comradery showed to each other as well as the opposing teams was exceptional – they truly lived the Brothers way. Overall the team had lots of fun and are keen for the 2020 season to begin!

Under 6 Green Under 6 green or the Green Machine as they liked to call themselves worked hard in 2019 to improve their skills and learn what it meant to be part of a team. With a smaller team we had to regularly call upon the opposition to help out by providing extra players but the way the opposition team and Under 6 Green players worked together in these instances was commendable. Go Green Machine!

I would like to thank all the Under 6 parent volunteers who took on the role of coaches and managers in 2019. For some it was the first time being in these types of roles, but everyone took it in their stride and kept showing up week to week for their team. I would also like to thank the other parent’s in Under 6 who helped in the canteen, scored games, washed jerseys and filled in for the coach and manager when they were absent. It takes a strong community to keep the club running and everyone’s contribution is important.

I look forward to 2020 and watching our Under 6 cohort move to Under 7 and further develop their skills and love for Rugby. Michelle Carr Under 6 Age Group Coordinator 2019

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CLUB TROPHY WINNERS TEAM AWARDS – Senior Division Team Best & Fairest Best Forward Best Back Brothers’ Medal 1st Grade Patrick James Matthew Faessler Rohan Saifoloi Tom Moloney 2nd Grade Henry Fitzgerald Liam Usher Kris Larosa Chris Morgan 3rd Grade Brendan Bell Blaise Hartley Michael Celona Kamilo Guido 4th Grade Jackson Wall Paddy O'Connor Samuel Russell John Kennedy 5th Grade Alex Bewsey Jimmy McNichol James Slattery Mike Browne 6th Grade (A) Hugh Harvey Lachlan Barazza Jacob O'Brien Robert Hickson 7th Grade Bryan Bischofberger Dean Lynch Robert Doneley Riley Tomkins Women Taia Stowers Sharon Taufao Amber Warburton Jodie Kairl Tapatuetoa Colts 1 Josh Flook Ethan Dobbins Hudson Creighton Nick Cross Colts 2 Isaac Brosnan Will Hyne Jack O’Malley Tom Hughes Colts 3 (A) Zak Smith Aidan Lewers Bailey Page Jack Bowden Colts 3 (B) William Gilbert Ben Stanton Tom Stephens Oscar Perkins MRP Colts Padraic Byrne TEAM AWARDS – Junior Division Team Best & Fairest Best Forward Best Back Brothers’ Medal Under 16 Fintan Byrne Archie Gouldson Jackson Connelly Brice Welburn Under 15 Navy Mitchell Ross Kieran O’Shea David Fitzgerald Ethan Schneider- Loos Under 14 Navy Jack Butterfield Vaitu Latu Benjamin Barter Charlie Tagicakibau Under 13 Navy Carter Corless Spencer Mahoney Ronauld Vaipuna Mitchell Spanner Under 13 White Hugh McMaster Paddy Moloney Ethan Jager Jackson Andrews Under 12 Silver Jordan Cordingley George Livingstone Benjamin Sargent Henry Stuart Under 12 Navy Archie Matchett Jack Corby Angus Tagicakibau Jordan Wendt Under 12 White Finn Rayfield Henry Dennis Harry Lister Alexander Baird Under 11 White Oliver McKeown Ryder McFarlane Cooper Gault Cooper Gault Under 11 Gold Campbell McBride Benjamin Sciacca Harrison Beirne Tristan Duane Under 11 Green Edward Earnshaw Alexander Lamprecht Oliver Kent Nelson Walmsley Under 11 Blue Callum Brunello Kyna Te Patu Gus Lyons Cooper Knowles Under 10 White Jayden Harrison Charlotte Margetts Matthew Formosa Nicholas Krishna Under 10 Green George Dart Harley Sleeman Thomas Gibb William Gatenby Under 10 Gold William Gilmour Alexander Shrimpton Darcy Harman Oliver Fahrensohn Under 10 Black Max Cordingley Oliver Steven Hamish Rhodes Angus Hughes

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Team Best & Fairest Best Forward Best Back Brothers’ Medal Under 9 Silver Ryan Willemse Callum Erasmus Jacob Grant Patrick Rosolen Under 9 White Hamish Tucker Thomas Fraser Billy Gough Iggy Mann Under 9 Black Marx Eadie Connor O’Rourke Xavier Martin Samuel O’Farrell Under 9 Blue Henry Smith Thomas Ford Noah Heard William Angelini Under 9 Gold Josh Andrews Charles Baxby Xavier Irwin Edward Klinge Under 9 Green Zach Mullarkey Jeremy Stuart Sebastian Ashby- Douglas McKenzie Cliffe Under 8 White Charlie MacDermott James Lee Oliver Ganim James Hinton Under 8 Silver Donald Mackenzie Oliver Searle Frederick Angus Finnley Breay Under 8 Black William Palethorpe Archie Stoneman Jack Caley-Northcott Xavier Wiskar Under 8 Blue Alexander Hope Benji Garden Oscar Woolnough Jack Wilkins Under 8 Gold Jack McSweeney Thomas Benjamin Under 8 Green Elliot Malcolm Byron Sparkes Max Porter Howard Creevey Under 8 Red Cameron Ellison Maxwell Knowles Charlie Barnett Luca Veling Under 7 White William O’Connor Under 7 Silver Sam Mellifont Under 7 Black Harvey Buchanan Under 7 Blue Darcy Costello Under 7 Gold Bradley Dann Under 7 Green Cohen Cordingley Under 6 Gold Mitchell Belyea Under 6 Silver Ethan Bredell Under 6 Black Charlie Coverdale Under 6 Blue Henry Adams Under 6 White Darcy Boyle Under 6 Green Tom Goodsell

TEAM AWARDS – 7’s Team Best & Fairest Best Forward Best Back Brothers’ Medal Girls Under 11 Arahi Walker Girls Under 13 Imogen Ryan Girls Under 15 Isabella Hanran Girls Under 17 Mabel Johnson MRP 7’s White Henry Webber MRP 7’s Blue Ben Stark MRP 7’s Plus Jackson Grey

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CLUB TOUR REPORTS

Under 11 Mosman Tour Following from the success of the Under 12 Brothers tours to Mosman over the last four years, we were privileged to host 22 players and their families from Mosman Rugby Club in March for inaugural Under 11 tour. The tour involved games on Friday and Sunday, combined with social activities across the weekend. An integral part of the success of the tour is billeting, where lifelong friendships are formed. It was great to see bonds built between the teams over the weekend, with a lot of laughter on the field as the players battled it out against their billets. The Mosman players and supporters conducted themselves on and off the field with the utmost respect for their team, the opposition and the game of rugby. Despite Brisbane turning on a hot and humid weekend, Mosman were too good and were deserved winners of the Rawson Crosby trophy. Thanks to Matt Kaye for supporting the concept and marshalling the resources of the club. We look forward to hosting Mosman again next year.

Chris Parkes Organiser

Under 12 Mosman Tour The Under 12, 2019 Sydney Mosman Tour was a huge success with 37 players and 36 parents travelling interstate from 10th till 12th May. The tour group again travelled in style on a chartered Alliance jet and were welcomed at the Mosman Clubhouse by Brothers legend, John Eales. The Mosman Rugby Club, so ably led by Luke Hartman, were wonderful hosts and billeted the players for the weekend, while the parents stayed at the Harbourview Hotel in North Sydney. Brothers Eales and Shaw touring teams played spirited games against Norths representative team and Lane Cove at picturesque Balmoral Oval on the Saturday. On the Sunday, Brothers Eales and Shaw played Mosman Jellyfish and Stingrays for the John Eales Shield at Rawson Oval. Brothers were successful in retaining the John Eales Shield for 2019.

John Livingstone

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CLUB TOUR REPORTS

Under 13 New Zealand Tour The end of the season also saw a combined team from U13 head to NZ for a tour of Christchurch and Queenstown. With Randall Corless leading the touring group, the team played two games in Christchurch as a lead up to the tournament scheduled for Queenstown. Christchurch provided a full NZ rugby immersion experience with rain, storms and cold (and some boys who could have passed for U14 or 15 in the opposing teams) greeting the boys but good results were achieved before heading to Queenstown.

Queenstown provided a great experience for the boys and with Ritchie (the tour mascot) watching over the team, they finished second in their pool before being beaten by the eventual winners in the playoff to go into the final. With third place still on the line the boys fought hard however eventually went down finishing an outstanding fourth in the tournament.

Thanks must go to Randall for his time and effort in organising what was an excellent tour which had the right mix of rugby and other activities to keep the boys entertained across the week. Thanks also to the tour support crew and the parents that followed us across the ditch to barrack for the team.

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BROTHERS RUGBY FRATERNITY

Brothers’ Rugby Club would like to take this opportunity to congratulate the Brothers’ Club throughout Australasia on yet another successful season. The National Council would like to congratulate all clubs and teams on their results. Cairns (FNQRU) Sydney (St. Pius X Old Boys) A Grade – 5th (NSWSRU) 3rd Division: Res Grade – No team fielded 1st Grade (Clark cup) – 5th Club Championship – Not Awarded 2nd Grade (Farrant cup) – 8th 3rd Grade (Campbell cup) – 8th Townsville (TDRU) Colts (U21) (Nicholson cup) – 8th 1st Grade – 6th Club Championship – (Harris Shield) 8th 2nd Grade- Grand Finalist 3rd Grade – PREMIERS St. Patrick’s (St. Patrick’s Old Boys) Sydney nd Colts – (U19) – No Competition (NSWSRU) 2 Division: st Women – No team fielded 1 Grade (Barraclough Cup) – Minor Premiers & Club Championship – Not Awarded Preliminary Finalist 2nd Grade (Stockdale cup) – 7th rd th Mackay 3 Grade (Blunt cup) – 5 th A Grade – 5th 4 Grade (Richardson cup) – Semi Finalist Res Grade – No Competition Colts (U21) (Robertson cup) – Grand Finalist rd Club Championship – Not Awarded Club Championship – (Reliance Shield) – 3

Rockhampton (Rugby Caprocornia) Waverley (Old Waverlians), Sydney st A Grade – Finalist (NSWSRU) 1 Division: st th Res Grade – Semi Finalist 1 Grade (Kentwell cup) – 5 nd Women 7’s – Grand Finalist 2 Grade (Burke cup) – Semi Finalist rd Club Championship – Not Awarded 3 Grade (Whiddoncup) – Minor Premiers & Preliminary Finalist th Bundaberg 4 Grade (Judd cup) PREMIERS th A Grade – 2018/19 Grand Finalist 5 Grade (Sutherland cup) - Preliminary Finalist Colts (U21) (Barbour cup) – 7th rd Sunshine Coast (SCDRU) (Currently only Club Championship (Bruce Graham Shield) 3 fielding underage teams U6-U17) A Grade - No team fielded Res Grade - No team fielded Colts(U19) – No team fielded

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Joondalup (RugbyWA) Timaru Celtic (South Canterbury Rugby Union, NZ) Premier (Championship) – 5th Senior (Hamersley cup) – Grand Finalist Reserve (Division 2) – PREMIERS Senior “B” – PREMIERS 3rd Grade (Division 1) – Semi Finalist 4th Grade – 10th Dunedin (Otago Rugby Union, NZ): 1 Colts (U20) – No team fielded Metropolitan Premier 1 – 7th Women - No team fielded Metropolitan Premier 2 – Grand Finalist Metropolitan Senior - No team fielded Ashburton Celtic (Mid Canterbury Rugby Union, NZ) Premier Colts U21 (Makos) - PREMIERS Senior (Watters cup) – 4th Premier Colts U21 (Bull Sharks) – Semi Finalist Senior “B” (Michael Duff Memorial Trophy) – 5th Junior Colts U20 (Tiger Sharks) – PREMIERS Women - No team fielded

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Founded 1979 by Old Boys of Union de Rugby de Buenos Cardinal Newman College Aires (URBA) Top 14 (CBC) Buenos Aires, Argentina www.clubnewman.com.ar

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BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONALS (75) 74 WALLABIES, 1 KANGAROO Matches Test Captain No Player (Tests) Honour Board Year Match Caps 1 Colton, T.J. 5 (2) 1905 2 Carmichael, P.P. 38 (4) 1907 3 Oxenham, A. McE 2 1907 4 Flanagan, P 2 1907, 08, 09 5 Fihelly, J.A. 1 1907 6 Murphy. P.J.B 18 (9) 1910, 13, 14, 19 7 Murphy, W 11 (1) 1912 8 Flynn, J.P. 16 (2) 1912, 13, 14, 19 1914 23 1 9 McMahon, M.J. 6 (1) 1913, 19 10 Thompson, J 2 1914 11 Birt, R.S.W. 1 1914 12 Kruetzer, S.D. 2 (1) 1914, 19 13 Morrissey, W. 1 1914 14 Swenson, W.H. 0 1914 15 Swenson, F. 0 1914 16 Breen, W.M. 2 (0) 1919 17 Mooney, V 2 (0) 1919 18 O’Sullivan, B. 2 (0) 1919 19 Murray, R. 1 (0) 1919 20 Gorman, J.T. 32 (10) 1928 1928 31 7 21 Banks, P.E. 1 (0) 1930 22 Howard, J. 2 1938 23 McMaster, R.E. 38 (7) 1946, 47, 48 24 Hodda, K.J. 1 (0) 1946 25 Bourke, T.K. 16 (1) 1947, 48 26 Harvey, P.B. 2 1949 27 Fogarty, J.R. 6 (2) 1949 28 Forbes, C.F. 22 (6) 1952, 53, 54, 56 29 Sweeney, T.L. 14 (1) 1953 30 Ryan, K.J. 30 (5) 1957, 58 31 Connor, D.M. 40 (12) 1957, 58,59 1958 131 2 32 Roberts, H.F. 10 (4) 1958, 61 33 Forbes, L.J. 4 (0) 1958 34 Knapp, P.L. 0 1961 35 O’Neill, D.J. 20 (2) 1962, 63, 64 36 Honan, R.E. 6 (2) 1964 37 Purcell, M.P. 21 (3) 1966, 67 38 Honan, B.D. 23 (9) 1967, 68, 69 39 Reilly, N.P. 27 (10) 1968, 69

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Matches Test Captain Player (Tests) Honour Board Year Match Caps 40 Pope, A.M. 2 (1) 1968 41 Barry, M.J. 15 (1) 1968, 69, 71 42 Sullivan, S.S. 1 11 (0) 1968, 69 43 Kelleher, R.J. 11 (2) 1968, 69 44 L’Estrange, R.D. 44 (16) 1968, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75C, 76 1975 2(0) 45 Moore, P.D. 1 11 (0) 1969 46 McLean, J.J. 32 (13) 1971, 72, 73, 74 47 Dunworth, D.A. 14 (5) 1971, 72, 73, 75, 76 48 Flynn, B.M. 2 4 (0) 1971 49 Freney, M.E. 14 (6) 1972, 73 50 Cocks, M.R. 29 (10) 1973C, 75 1973 1(0) 51 Shaw, A.A. 84 (36) 1973, 75, 76, 78C, 79C, 80C, 81C, 82 1978 211 15 52 McLean, P.E. 70 (30) 1974, 75, 76, 78, 79, 80C, 81, 82 1980 221 4 (1) 53 Moon, B.J. 67 (35) 1978, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86 54 Handy, C.B. 16 (6) 1978, 79, 80 55 D’Arcy, A.M.W. 26 (10) 1979, 80, 81, 82 56 Hanley, R.G. 24 (3) 1982, 83, 84, 85 57 Nightingale, S.N. 1 5 (0) 1982 58 McBain, M.I. 44 (7) 1983, 84, 85, 86, 87W, 88, 89 59 Grigg, P.C. 61 (25) 1985, 86, 87W 60 Frawley, D.J. 26 (10) 1986, 87, 88 61 McCall, R.J. 72 (40) 1986, 88, 89, 90, 91W, 92, 93, 94, 95CW 1995 330 1 62 Maguire, D.J. 12 (3) 1989, 90 63 Ryan, M.J. 1 8 (0) 1990, 92, 93 64 1991W, 92, 94, 95W, 96C, 97C, 98C, 99CW, 2000C, Eales, J.A. 97 (86) 1996 334 55 01C 65 Tabua Tamanivalu, I.S. 13 (10) 1993, 94, 95W 66 Cannon, B.J. 1, 3 47 (42) 1996, 97 67 Flatley, E.J. 44 (38) 1997, 2000, 01, 02, 03W, 04, 05 68 Panoho, G.M. 21 1998, 99W, 2000, 01, 03 69 Spooner, N.R. 2 1999 70 Cordingley, S.J. 25 2000, 06, 07W, 08 71 Hardman, S.P. 4 2002, 06, 07W 72 Croft, D.N. 5 2002, 03W, 04 73 Shipperley, D.P. 4 2012 74 McKibbin, B. 1, 3 0 2012 75 Tupou, T.T.O.F.F. 7* 2017, 18, 19W, 76 O’Connor, J.D. 44* 2019W, The ARU have ruled on the criteria for a player to be known as a Wallaby or an Uncapped Wallaby: 1) Any player that is selected in a Wallabies squad and tours overseas with the national team is considered an Uncapped Wallaby, even if for any reason he is unable to play in a match, 2) Any player who was selected to assemble with a Wallabies squad and trained with the team in the lead-up to a Test during the period of the non-replacement rule in International Rugby is considered an Uncapped Wallaby; and/or, 3) Any player in the replacement rule era who has been selected in a Wallabies Test squad, is part of the 23-man game day squad but is not called on during the course of the match is considered an Uncapped Wallaby

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BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB AUSTRALIAN 7’S REPRESENTATIVES

Matches Test Captain No Player (Tests) Honour Board Year Match Caps 1 McLean, P.E. 1977, 78 2 Shaw, A.A. 1977, 78 3 Moon, B.J. 1981, 82, 83, 84, 86 4 Tabua Tamanivalu, I.S. 1993W 5 Faoagali, M.R. 1997 6 Croft, D.N. 1999, 2000 7 Sauer, A.S. 2004, 05W, 06, 07C, 08 2007 8 Murphy, D.C. 2005, 06E, 08, 09CW 2009 9 Shipperley, D.P. 2009, 10 10 Skelton, J.S. 2017, 18, 19 11 12 13 14 15

AUSTRALIAN U21’S AUSTRALIAN U20’S AUSTRALIAN U19’S

Name Year Name Year Name Year Costello, P. 1980 Shaw, A.G. 2009 Pentecost, A 1993 McBain, M 1980 Shipperley, D. 2010 Brosnan, W. 1993 Nightingale, M. 1980 Postal, T. 2011 Condon, B. 1994 Hanley, R. 1981, 82 Payne, J. 2014 Grasso, J. 1996 Crank, M. 1981 Lealaiauloto-Tui, L. 2016 O'Brien, M. 1996 Dahms, S. 1981 Fowler, A. 2016 Ross, S. 1996 Frawley, D. 1983 Hoopert, H. 2018 Appleton, G. 1997, 98 Dodson, T. 1985 McReight, F. 2018, 19 Grant, L. 1997 Partridge, S. 1986 Faessler, M. 2018 Croft, D. 1998 Merlo, A. 1988 Creighton, L. 2018 Satui, S. 2004 Eales, J. 1990 Wood, M. 2018, 19 Mailata, T. 2004, 05 Ryan, S. 1990 Wilson, H. 2019 Hennessey, S. 2004, 05 Washington, J. 1995 Usher, L. 2019 Felsman, M. 2011 Condon, B. 1995 Ralston, B. 2019 Beauchamp, L. 2011 Flatley, E. 1996, 97, 98 Ross, S. 1998 Hardman, S. 1998

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INTERNATIONALS (OTHER NATIONS – TIER 1 & TIER 2)

Matches Test Captain No Player (Tests) Honour Board Year Match Caps 1 Bolawaqatabu, E.V. 15 FIJI 1969C, 70C, 72, 73 1969 4 2 Tabua Tamanivalu, T. 8 FIJI 1995, 96 3 Bari, M.D. 18 FIJI 1995, 96, 97 4 Tabua Tamanivalu, I.S. 16 FIJI 1998, 99W 5 Seruvakula S. 1 FIJI 2002, 03W 6 Buchholz, J.R. 9 USA 2004 7 8

INTERNATIONALS (OTHER NATIONS – TIER 3)

Matches Test Captain No Player (Tests) Honour Board Year Match Caps PHILIPPHINES 2006, 07, 08, 09, 1 Duhig, M.J.J. 20 (1) * 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 2 Dixon, A.K. 6 (2) PNG 2008, 09, 10, 11 3 McLay, A.D.W. PNG 2008 4 Maui, B.M. 1 COOK ISLANDS 2014 5

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BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB QUEENSLAND (225) 39 O'Mara, J. 1928 40 Carter, C. 1928, 29 No Player Honour Board 41 Holohan, T. 1928 1 Colton, T. 1905 42 McCormack, A. 1928 2 Fihelly, J. 1905, 06, 07, 08 43 Twomey, J. 1928 C 3 Flanagan, P. 1905, 06, 07, 08 44 Arnell, L. 1930, 31 C 4 Oxenham, A.McE. 1905, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10 45 Banks, P. 1930, 31, 32 C 5 Ahern, F. 1906, 07, 08 46 Casey, T. 1930, 31 6 Carmichael, J. 1906, 07, 08, 09, 10 47 England, C. 1930 7 Carmichael, P. 1906,07 48 Mott, E. 1930, 31, 32, 33, 34 8 Gallagher, B. 1907, 08 49 Woodward, V. 1930 1908, 09, 10, 11C, 12, 13, 14, 9 Murphy, P.J.B. 50 Arnell, F. (Snr) 1931, 32, 33, 34 19 51 Hamalainen, H. 1932 10 Scanlon, A. 1908 52 Costello, J. 1933, 39, 40 11 Grealy, L. 1909 53 Dore, V. (Jnr) 1933, 34 12 Guilfoyle, D. (Snr) 1909, 10 54 McCarthy, C. 1933 13 O’Sullivan, D. 1909 55 Sammon, F. 1933, 34 14 Carmichael, V. 1910, 13 56 French, J. 1935, 36 15 Swenson, W. 1910, 11, 14 57 Bowers, H. 1936 16 Thompson, J. 1910, 11, 14, 19, 20 58 Bowers, J. 1936 17 Flynn, H. 1911, 13 59 Brown, T. 1936 18 McMahon, M. 1911, 12, 13, 14, 19 60 Stewart, R. 1936, 37 19 Ryan, T. 1911, 12, 13 61 O’Shea, J. 1937 20 Flynn, J.P. 1912, 13C, 14C, 18, 19C, 21 62 Howard, J. 1937, 38 21 Murphy, W. 1912 63 McNamara, C. 1938 22 Birt, R.W.S. 1913, 14 64 Walker, L. 1938, 39, 40 23 McManis, R. 1913 65 Comerford, J. 1939, 40 24 Morrissey, W. 1913, 14 66 Keim, J. 1939, 41 25 Russell, J. 1913, 14 67 McNeill, T. 1939, 40 26 Kreutzer, S. 1914, 18, 19, 20, 21 68 Vogel, A. 1939 27 Smith, R. 1914 69 Ivers, S. 1940 28 Swenson, F. 1914 70 Bourke, K. 1941, 47, 48 29 Breen, W. 1919 71 Desmond, K. 1941 30 Liddy, J. 1919 72 Sheehan, J. 1941 31 Mooney, T. 1919, 21, 22 73 Carmody, F. 1945 32 Mooney, V. 1919 74 Kennedy, K. 1945, 46 33 Murray, R. 1919 75 Maloney, W. 1945, 48 34 O’Sullivan, B. 1919 76 O’Connell, B.P. 1945, 46C 35 Daly, J. 1920 77 Carroll, T. 1946 36 Allman, G. 1925, 26 78 Hodda, K. 1946, 47 37 Riipinen, E. 1925 79 McMaster, R. 1946, 47 38 Gorman, J.T. 1926C, 27C, 28C 94 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

80 Rutkin, K. 1946 123 Arnell, F. (Jnr) 1963 81 Fogarty, J. 1947, 48, 49 124 Honan, R. 1963, 64, 65, 66 82 Harvey, P. 1947, 48, 49, 50 125 Hose, A. 1963, 64 83 Johnson, E. 1947 126 Suggars, W. 1963 84 Bourke, J. 1948 127 Murphy, J. 1965, 66 85 Ludwig, T. 1948 128 Purcell, M. 1965, 66, 67 86 Maccheroni, K. 1948, 49, 50, 51, 52 129 Ryan, D. 1965, 66 87 Patane, J. 1949, 50 130 Barry, M.J. 1966, 67, 68C, 69, 70, 71 88 Spillane, K. 1949 131 Honan, B.D. 1966, 67C, 68, 69, 70, 71C 89 Brusasco, I. 1950, 51 132 Bolawaqatabu, E. 1967, 68 90 Clancy, H. 1948, 50, 51 133 Costello, J. 1967 91 Guilfoyle, D. (Jnr) 1950 134 Dunsdon, J. 1967, 68 92 Maccheroni, T. 1950 135 Pope, A.M. 1967, 68, 69, 70C, 71 93 Buchanan, J. 1951 136 Shanahan, T. 1967 94 Smith, S. 1951 138 Kelleher, R.J. 1968, 69, 70C, 71 95 Corcoran, T. 1952, 53 139 L’Estrange, R.D. 1968, 70, 71C, 72, 73, 74, 75 96 Forbes, C. 1952, 53, 54, 56 140 Reilly, P. 1968, 69 97 Heenan, P. 1952, 53 141 Sullivan, S. 1968, 69 98 Sweeney, T. 1952, 53, 54 142 Andrews, W. 1969, 70, 72, 75 1969, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 99 Deignan, B. 1953, 54 143 Dunworth, D. 76 100 Smith, J. 1953, 54 1969, 70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 144 Flynn, M. 101 Swepson, P. 1953, 54 78 102 Connor, D.M. 1954, 55, 56C, 57, 58, 59C 145 McLean, J. 1969, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74 103 Ellis, J. 1954, 55 146 Moore, P. 1969, 70 104 Ryan, K. 1954, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59 147 White, B. 1969 105 Forbes, L. 1955, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60 148 Freney, M. 1970, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75 106 Chambers, B. 1955 149 Lewis, P. 1970 107 Connors, P. 1955 150 Price, R. 1970, 71, 72, 74 108 Traill, G 1955 151 Fleming, P. 1972 109 Clarke, J. 1956, 59 1972, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 152 Handy, C. 110 Sweeney, P. 1956 79, 80 153 O'Reilly, J. 1972 111 Hogan V. 1957, 58 154 Cocks, M.R. 1973C, 74C, 75C 112 Roberts, H.F. 1958C, 59C, 61, 63 1973, 74, 75, 76, 77C, 78, 79, 155 McLean, P.E. 223 Cleary, J. 1958, 59 80C, 81, 82 113 Deveries, G. 1958 1973, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 156 Shaw, A.A. C C C C 114 Fitzpatrick, K. 1959 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 115 Flynn, J. 1958, 59 157 Andersen, M. 1974 116 Cullinan, M. 1960 158 Logan, D. 1974, 75, 76 117 Lusk, K. 1960 159 Rickett, H. 1974 118 McCarthy, D. 1960 160 White, G. 1974, 75 119 Knapp, P. 1961 161 Dunsdon, R. 1974 120 Stevens, P. 1961, 62, 65 162 Howell, B. 1974 121 Laracy, R. 1961 163 Twist, P. 1974 122 O’Neill, D.J. 1962, 63, 64C, 65C, 66C 164 Hall, D. 1975, 76 165 Leal, B. 1975, 76 95 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

166 D’Arcy, T. 1978, 79, 80, 81, 82 206 Sauer, A. 2005, 06, 09 167 Moon, B. 1978, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 207 Collis, D. 2005 168 Costello, P. 1980, 81, 83, 84 208 Satui, S. 2006 1980, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 169 McBain, M.I. 209 McKibbin, B. 2009 88, 89C, 90 210 Shaw, A.G. 2009, 10 170 Nightingale, S. 1980, 82, 83, 85, 86, 88 211 Chambers, W. 2010, 11 171 Hanley, R. 1981, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 212 Shipperley, D. 2011, 12, 13, 14 172 Nightingale, M. 1982 213 Murphy, D.E. 2011, 12 173 Burke, G. 1982 214 Rapana, J. 2012 174 Crank, M. 1983, 84, 85, 86, 90 215 Greene, S. 2015, 16 175 Lavin, P. 1983 216 O'Connor, J. 2015 176 Tighe, D. 1983 217 Hunt, K. 2015 177 Frawley, D. 1985, 86 218 Mafi, M. 2016 178 Grigg, P. 1985, 86, 87, 88, 89 219 Lealaiauloto-Tui, L. 2016 179 Mills, P. 1985, 86, 87, 88 220 Talakai, S. 2016, 17 1986, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92C, 180 McCall, R.J. 93C, 94C, 95C, 96 221 Tupou, T. 2016, 17, 18, 19 181 Partridge, S. 1987 224 Smith, G.B. 2017, 18 182 Maguire, D. 1989, 90, 91, 92 225 Hoopert, H. 2018, 19 183 Dodson, T. 1986, 90 226 McReight, F. 2019 1990, 91, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97C, 227 Toua, A. 2019 184 Eales, J.A. C C C C 98 , 99 , 2000 , 01 228 Wileman, S. 2019 185 Ryan, M. 1990, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96 186 Skeggs, A. 1991 187 Holt, M. 1993 188 Jeffries, K. 1993 QUEENSLAND SUBURBAN (1964 – Present) 1993, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 189 Panoho, G. 2000, 01, 02, 03 190 Tabua Tamanivalu, I. 1993, 94, 95, 96 No Player Honour Board 191 Bari, M. 1996 1 Hoatson, K. 1996 192 Cannon, B. 1996, 97, 98 2 Horton, T. 2002 193 Daly, A. 1996 3 Harrington, D. 2003 1996, 97, 98, 99, 2000, 01, 4 Klinge, R. 2003 194 Flatley, E.J. C C 02, 03, 04 , 05 , 06 5 Timmins, M. 2012 195 Carne, W. 1997 6 DeWet, D. 2012 196 Coombe, A. 1997 7 Asprey, D. 2013 197 Grant, L. 1997 198 Harley, A. 1997 QUEENSLAND 7’S (2016 – Present) 199 Watkins, J. 1997, 98 C 200 Cordingley, S.J. 1999, 2000, 06, 07, 08 No Player Honour Board 1999, 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 201 Hardman, S.P. 05, 06, 07, 08, 09C, 10 1 Bueta, N. 2016 202 Spooner, N. 1999 2 Skelton, J. 2017, 18 2000, 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06C, 203 Croft, D.N. 07, 08 204 Fava, S. 2000, 01 205 Daruda, S. 2005 96 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB

AUSTRALIAN WOMENS INTERNATIONALS (7)

Test Test Captain No Player Caps Honour Board Year Match Caps 1 Columbus, J.E. 2 1996C, 97 1996 1 2 Hart, B.A. 7 1998W 3 Osborne, T.L. 10 1998W, 2001 4 Palaialii, P.U. 14 1998W 5 Batibasaga, I.C. 13 2006W, 07, 08, 09, 10W 6 Finch, A.J. 1 2006W 7 Samoa, H. 8* 2017W 8 Horomia, E.R. 2019 9

AUSTRALIAN WOMENS 7’S RESPRESNTATIVES

Matches Test Captain No Player Honour Board Year Match Caps 1 Batibasaga, I.C. 2008, 10 2 Tavo, R.S. 2008, 09W, 10, 11C 3

QUEENSLAND WOMEN (24)

No. Player Honour Board No. Player Honour Board 1 Jones, L. 1996 16 Stuart, K. 2000 2 King, F. 1996, 97 17 Batibasaga, I.C. 2006, 07, 08, 09, 10 3 Columbus, J.E. 1996C, 97C, 98C, 99C, 2000C 18 Finch, A.J. 2006 4 Collier, J. 1997 19 Stiffler, M.C. 2006 5 Kairl, J. 1997, 98, 99, 2000 20 Robson, A.K. 2008 6 Olive, C. 1997, 99 21 Tavo, R.S. 2008, 09, 10 7 Patterson, A. 1997, 98, 99 22 Blair, H.K. 2009, 10 8 Hart, B.A. 1998 23 Samoa, H. 2017 9 McCallum, K. 1998 24 Filimoehala, T. 2018 10 Nooteboom, V. 1998 25 11 Osborne, T.L. 1998, 99, 2000, 01 26 12 Palaialii, P.U. 1998 27 13 Hall, T. 2000 28 14 Hoyle, T. 2000 29 15 Shaw, K. 2000 30

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1st XV GRADE GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1949 PLAYER GAMES John Aland 102 D. Drake 57 Bryan O’Connell 230 Michael Freney 101 D. L'Estrange 57 Nathanuel Gendle 217 Charles Freney 100 J. McLaughlin 57 Andrew Coady 201 Shane Nightingale 100 S. Grasso 57 James Windsor 181 M. Andersen 95 T. Corcoran 57 Tony Shaw 180 M. Ephraims 95 B. McKibbin 56 Paul Mills 168 B. Hunt 94 H. Clancy 56 Mark McBain 166 K. Jeffries 93 M. Halpin 56 Dan Tighe 160 M. Felsman 91 R. Laracy 56 Peter Lavin 158 S. Burstow 91 D. Campbell 55 Mark Nightingale 156 A. Cox 90 D. O'Rourke 55 Damon Murphy 155 M. Potts 88 J. Connolly 55 Greg Burke 153 J. Grant 85 W. Andrews 55 Simon Price 151 James Harvey 84 A. Apelt 54 Michael Crank 146 G. Panoho 79 J. Grasso 54 Paul Costello 145 Sean Ryan 78 J. McKendry 54 Anthony Pyers 143 T. Jones 78 A. McLean 52 Dominic Maguire 139 P. Moore 77 H. Symes 52 John Watkins 138 A. O'Sullivan 75 J. Murphy 52 Geoff White 135 B. Moon 74 J. Smith 52 Matthew Dews 131 B. Stapleton 72 Z. Hilton 52 Adam Bennie 130 A. Dunn 70 D. Frawley 51 Tim Dodson 129 P. James 70 D. Woods 51 Anthony Sauer 128 R. Cocks 69 C. Mounsey 50 Rod McCall 127 E. Bolawaqatabu 68 Iosefo Tabalala 50 Stephen Partridge 127 M. Flynn 68 J. Bosanquet 50 David Logan 121 P. Beckett 66 K. Stanton 50 Tim Grady 120 A. D'Arcy 65 B. Leal 49 Luke Beauchamp 115 S. Reid 65 J. Gabbett 49 Sean Hardman 115 D. Henegan 64 L. Shaw 49 Paul McLean 113 D. Ryan 64 G. Ryan 48 Ron Price 113 P. Stevens 64 Peter Sweeney 48 Paul Bone 112 G. Traill 63 A. Miller 47 Peter Tunney 111 T. Sayer 63 B. Dawson 47 Jason McCall 110 J. Hannan 62 B. Delahunty 47 Nathan Ross 110 Paul French 62 D. O'Neill 47 Paul Doneley 110 T. Postal 62 P. Twist 47 Ross Hanley 110 K. Maccheroni 61 S. Windsor 47 Shaun O'Brien 110 Pierce FitzGerald 61 F. Carmody 46 George Tagicakibau 109 R. Craig 61 T. O'Connell 46 Dan Woolnough 108 L. Forbes 60 A. O'Brien 45 David Croft 108 D. Dunworth 59 K. Allen 45 Jerry O'Reilly 106 G. Leyden 59 M. Itel 45 Chris Handy 105 J. Carter 59 M. Steele 45 Adrian Dixon 104 P. O'Donnell 59 C. Forbes 44 Jason Woodward 104 J. Buchanan 58 D. Marshall 44 Brendan Gabbett 102 A. Merlo 57 J. Dunsdon 44 Dallan Murphy 102 B. Walker 57 J. Eales 44 C. Tupou 57 J. Maguire 44 98 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

P. Knapp 44 D. Dalton 33 R. Hogan 28 B. Smith 43 E. Baillie 33 W. Shipperley 28 P. Loli 43 E. Flatley 33 A. Wright 27 Paul O'Brien 43 Matthew Ryan 33 B. Hyne 27 R. O'Malley 43 P. Neisler 33 D. Dunsdon 27 R. Wall 43 S. Dahms 33 D. Hall 27 A. Fowler 42 T. Maccheroni 33 H. FitzGerald 27 D. Kilmartin 42 T. Moloney 33 P. Swepson 27 Lachlan Creighton 42 T. Tabua 33 S. Cordingley 27 Andrew Shaw 41 A. Boyd 32 S. Hyne 27 D. Connor 41 A. Burtenshaw 32 T. Burkett 27 G. Tracey 41 B. Campbell 32 T. Frisby 27 M. Ramalli 41 G. Beveridge 32 F. Bistrain 26 P. Grigg 41 M. Conway 32 J. McLean 26 P. Vola Vola 41 R. Honan 32 M. Geary 26 Sean W. Ryan 41 S. Greene 32 N. Superina 26 W. Reilly 41 Samiuela Satui 32 R. Tully 26 Darren Murphy 40 W. Maki 32 W. Brosnan 26 G. Partridge 40 B. Nadenic 31 W. Grayson 26 J. O'Connor 40 I. Thomson 31 G. Warren 25 A. McLay 38 J. Durkin 31 H. Wilson 25 D. Collis 38 J. Tolhurst 31 I. Mosese 25 P. Heenan 38 M. Edwards 31 J. Power 25 R. Vaughan 38 N. O'Connor 31 S. Best 25 A. Hose 37 Ryan N. Smith 31 S. Kelly 25 B. Chalmers 37 B. Kapa 30 S. Seruvakula 25 C. Bidois 37 J. Johnston 30 J. Bourke 24 M. Purcell 37 Lawson Creighton 30 J. Costello 24 C. Hammond 36 T. Honan 30 M. Faessler 24 D. Shipperley 36 B. Honan 29 P. Connors 24 H. Roberts 36 D. McCarthy 29 P. Mooney 24 K. Ryan 36 G. Appleton 29 P. O'Neill 24 R. Hose 36 J. Ellis 29 D. Bowman 23 S. Ross 36 M. Barry 29 D. Dunn 23 D. Asprey 35 Paul Sweeney 29 D. Findlay-Henaway 23 F. Postal 35 B. McCormack 28 E. Allan 23 M. Mafi 35 C. Whyllie 28 G. Kelly 23 P. Frisby 35 D. Mason 28 J. Narruhn 23 T. Walls 35 F. Wright 28 L. Reilly 23 A. Pope 34 J. Grainger 28 P. Reilly 23 C. Knox 34 J. Suggars 28 T. Tupou 23 G. Felsman 34 J. Washington 28 A. Harley 22 G. Gross 34 Luke Harvey 28 B. Cannon 22 K. LaRosa 34 M. Hefferan 28 D. Kappu 22 P. D'Arcy 34 M. James 28 Gary Lawler 22 V. McLoughlin 34 M. Lyons 28 M. Wiggins 22 A. Pentecost 33 M. Mahoney 28 Matthew Smith 22 D. Carlton 33 P. Hawke 28

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P. Douglas 22 R. Kennedy 18 S. Whalley 15 Steve Smith 22 R. McCrane 18 V. Nuggin 15 A. Skeggs 21 R. Saifoloi 18 A. Hammond 14 B. White 21 T. Collins 18 A. Hefferan 14 D. Dyson 21 W. Beck 18 B. Power 14 D. Semple 21 B. Condon 17 D. Greathead 14 Dennis Croft 21 Byron Ralston 17 D. McKay 14 J. Fitzpatrick 21 D. Hedditch 17 J. Healy 14 Jeremiah Skelton 21 E. Skelton 17 K. Francis 14 P. Hancock 21 F. McReight 17 M. Dennehy 14 R. Elmer 21 G. Esmonde 17 N. Nielsen 14 R. Hoffman 21 L. Donald 17 A. Copping 13 R. McGruther 21 M. Thompson 17 A. Scarbosio 13 R. Schultz 21 N. Fleming 17 B. Suisala 13 S. Fava 21 P. Harvey 17 D. Steele 13 T. McMahon 21 S. Daruda 17 D. Liddy 13 A. Coombe 20 T. Jack 17 David Corbenici 13 A. Hudson 20 T. Sweeney 17 G. Cameron 13 G. Millburn 20 V. Hogan 17 G. McNamara 13 J. Colvin 20 W. Gray 17 G. Vincent 13 J. Delahunty 20 C. Gentle 16 J. Cleary 13 J. Patane 20 C. Meehan 16 K. FitzPatrick 13 J. Peters 20 I. Tabua 16 L. Evans 13 S. Sullivan 20 J. Betts 16 M. Faoagali 13 T. Colley 20 M. Bond 16 M. O'Connor 13 A. Gold 19 R. Dunsdon 16 M. Wood 13 B. Gillespie 19 R. Korst 16 T. Fogarty 13 D. Gardner 19 R. Noud 16 A. Cowley 12 E. Burke 19 S. Handy 16 B. Rummery 12 G. Hutchinson 19 W. Challenor 16 J. Clark 12 L. Barber 19 A. Gibbon 15 J. French 12 M. Braithwaite 19 A. Hacker 15 J. Hawes 12 M. Cullinan 19 D. Dowling 15 L. McKeown 12 M. Gaviolli 19 G. Barnard 15 M. Miller 12 M. Twist 19 G. Crocombe 15 M. Richardson 12 N. Freney 19 J. Bennie 15 M. Sitch 12 P. Stephenson 19 J. Lynch 15 Matthew R. Smith 12 B. Maui 18 K. Lusk 15 P. Fleming 12 B. Perkins 18 L. Usher 15 P. O'Brien 12 D. Hannay 18 M. Blockey 15 R. Andersen 12 D. Taikato-Simpson 18 M. Cristan 15 R. Leeson 12 F. Lafaitle 18 M. McGrath 15 T. Canty 12 J. Martin 18 M. Shanahan 15 B. Hart 11 K. Sanday 18 P. Buxton 15 B. Phelps 11 M. Morgan 18 P. Leary 15 C. Morgan 11 P. Andrews 18 P. Murray 15 C. Osborne 11 P. McGrath 18 P. Wall 15 C. Windsor 11 P. Tully 18 R. Cooke 15 D. O'Brien 11

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E. Gillen 11 J. Barry 9 C. Campbell 7 E. Latu-Meafou 11 J. Crowley 9 C. Ferraro 7 E. Pearen 11 J. Flynn 9 C. Lawson 7 F. Arnell Jnr. 11 J. Gordon 9 C. Massie 7 G. Frisby 11 J. Roderick 9 C. Stewart 7 H. Adams 11 K. McCormack 9 D. Aleckson 7 H. Rickitt 11 L. Williams 9 D. Bartlett 7 L. Gibbons 11 M. Arnold 9 D. Dignam 7 L. Grant 11 M. Fogarty 9 D. Staley 7 M. Bari 11 N. Bueta 9 D. Suki 7 M. Cook 11 Peter FitzGerald 9 G. Berkeley 7 M. Sinclair 11 R. Currie 9 G. Gallagher 7 P. Gilbert 11 S. Healy 9 J. Burke 7 P. Lewis 11 T. Daly 9 J. Fogarty 7 P. Lung 11 T. McKellar 9 J. Rapana 7 P. Rhead 11 A. Carr 8 Jason Harvey 7 R. Kelly 11 A. O'Neill 8 M. Blair 7 R. Skelton 11 A. Perez 8 M. Kreis 7 S. Gelling 11 B. Berge 8 M. Murray 7 W. Maher 11 B. Daly 8 M. O'Brien 7 A. Cruice 10 C. Cronin 8 Peter French 7 B. Howell 10 C. Walker 8 R. Winterscheidt 7 B. McGarry 10 D. Guilfoyle Jnr. 8 S. Cash 7 Dominic Corbenici 10 D. O'Hara 8 S. Cox 7 E. Glasson 10 David J. Marshall 8 S. Fonoti 7 J. Atu 10 G. Coates 8 S. McCarthy 7 J. Baker 10 J. Bruce 8 S. Wileman 7 J. Webby 10 J. Keane 8 Sitani Satui 7 K. Carmody 10 J. Reilly 8 T. Cassidy 7 M. Slade 10 L. Harvey 8 T. Ludbrook 7 N. Spooner 10 N. Davis 8 T. Mailata 7 P. Conran 10 N. Proctor 8 T. Reid 7 P. Dwyer 10 P. Graham 8 T. Shanahan 7 P. Jacques 10 P. Hollamby 8 W. Ryall 7 P. Wallace 10 R. Aldridge 8 B. Collins 6 P. Zappala 10 R. Doherty 8 B. Hartley 6 R. Chapman 10 R. Graham 8 B. Rigg 6 S. Hicks 10 R. Hickey 8 B. Wellbrook 6 T. Walker 10 Rhys Martin 8 C. White 6 A. Fanning 9 S. Edwards 8 D. Partridge 6 A. Rae 9 S. Hunt 8 D. Smith 6 Angus Cameron 9 S. Tagicakibau 8 G. McGrath 6 B. Hose 9 T. DeForno 8 G. Tonner 6 B. Sadrugu 9 W. Martell 8 J. Burey 6 C. Anderson 9 A. Davidson 7 J. Dalle Cort 6 E. Naiwasetawa 9 A. James 7 J. Gibbons 6 G. Campbell 9 B. Deignan 7 J. O'Callaghan 6 G. Davies 9 B. Warnick 7 J. Thomas-Brown 6

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K. Flexman 6 N. Schwarzer 5 A. Toua 3 K. Krueger 6 P. Burnett 5 B. Grayson 3 L. Hegerty 6 P. Stevenson 5 B. Healy 3 L. Kelly 6 R. Klinge 5 B. McGrath 3 L. Richman 6 R. Lemass 5 B. Origlasso 3 M. Anderton 6 T. Ah Ben 5 B. Taylor 3 M. Kearney 6 V. Oxenford 5 C. Milligan 3 M. Luddy 6 W. Reeves 5 C. O'Connor 3 N. Morrison 6 A. Buckley 4 C. Wilder 3 O. Mayhew 6 A. Sae 4 D. Fraser 3 P. Byrne 6 B. Conway 4 D. McGrath 3 P. McGill 6 B. Flanagan 4 E. Dobbins 3 R. Baker 6 B. Kehoe 4 E. Suavai 3 R. Culpitt 6 C. Johnson 4 G. Conaghan 3 R. Hawton 6 C. Niwa 4 H. Hamilton 3 T. Bryce 6 D. Bechler 4 J. Allen 3 T. Dixon 6 D. Coles 4 J. Breen 3 T. McDonnell 6 D. Moore 4 J. Carpenter 3 T. Newsome 6 E. McCall 4 J. Gardener 3 W. Reid 6 F. Bourke 4 J. Gray 3 W. Suggars 6 G. Clouston 4 J. Heineger 3 A. O'Loan 5 G. Kerr 4 J. Keppie 3 B. Felsman 5 Geoff Lawler 4 K. McMahon 3 B. Knapp 5 H. Hoopert 4 K. Moeke 3 B. McCall 5 J. Coutts 4 K. Spillane 3 B. Meapo 5 J. Lyon 4 K. Whelan 3 B. Wood 5 J. McCallum 4 M. Barbosa 3 D. Deignan 5 J. Muisneiks 4 M. Bermingham 3 D. Flynn 5 J. Payne 4 M. Sloan 3 D. Lyons 5 K. Tuicolo 4 M. Tancred 3 D. Swepson 5 N. Stanley 4 P. Bader 3 F. McDonnell 5 P. Ah Him 4 P. Edwards 3 G. Swepson 5 P. Cartwright 4 P. Menzies 3 G. Walker 5 P. Moloney 4 P. Siulangapo 3 H. Stitt 5 P. O'Malley 4 P. Thompson 3 I. Tarabay 5 P. Spizziri 4 P. Verhoven 3 J. Buchholtz 5 P. Twomey 4 P. Williams 3 J. Cummins 5 R. Budd 4 Paul Williams 3 J. Evans 5 S. Bikneris 4 R. Dunworth 3 J. Flook 5 S. Fiti 4 R. Freney 3 J. TeHira 5 S. Guthrie 4 S. Driscoll 3 J. Wright 5 S. Talakai 4 S. Flynn 3 K. Aholelei 5 T. Barbour 4 S. McReight 3 K. Bourke 5 T. Enright 4 T. Dunworth 3 L. Skelton 5 T. McCulloch 4 T. Stanghon 3 M. Crossland 5 W. Hammond 4 T. Young 3 M. Frawley 5 A. Cameron 3 Tim Shaw 3 N. McKendry 5 A. Nixon 3 W. Corbett 3

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W. Thompson 3 N. Hunt 2 C. Maxwell 1 A. Borle 2 N. Winkler 2 C. Rock 1 A. Hayes 2 P. Bourke 2 C. Savelio 1 A. Tuibua 2 P. Crowley 2 C. Sinapati 1 B. Abbott 2 P. Healy 2 D. Chapman 1 B. Fogarty 2 P. Howlie 2 D. Crowe 1 B. McKenzie 2 P. O'Shea 2 D. Ford 1 B. Pascoe 2 P. Taylor 2 D. Gornall 1 B. Reid 2 R. Dunn 2 D. Kissane 1 C. Carlton 2 R. Goodwin 2 D. Power 1 C. Flack 2 R. Howden 2 D. Rangi 1 C. Shilley 2 R. Martin 2 D. Robertson 1 Christian Anderson 2 R. Ure 2 D. Scott 1 D. Barr 2 S. Hennesy 2 D. Thompson 1 D. Cooper 2 S. Ohiyama 2 D. Tinney 1 D. Eri 2 S. O'Reilly 2 Dan Dalton 1 D. Harrington 2 S. Roberts 2 E. Aila 1 D. Hicks 2 S. Simpson 2 E. Nogoua 1 D. Hinch 2 S. Smith 2 F. Wilkinson 1 D. Kent 2 T. Begg 2 G. Anderson 1 D. Lavercombe 2 T. Graham 2 G. Asprey 1 D. Marsh 2 T. Haidley 2 G. Brandenberg 1 D. Wright 2 T. Pagliaro 2 G. Dearlove 1 E. Power 2 T. Spencer 2 G. Fowler 1 F. Mitchell 2 T. Wiley 2 G. Jesson 1 G. Huntington 2 W. Chambers 2 G. Lalor 1 G. Kirk 2 W. Mace 2 G. Lynch 1 G. Waters 2 W. Purcell 2 G. Moloney 1 I. McCulloch 2 Z. Harding 2 George B. Smith 1 I. Warmington 2 Z. Shanks 2 H. Lennon 1 J. Aloua 2 A. Cunneen 1 J. Beiers 1 J. Barnett 2 A. Ingram 1 J. Briskie 1 J. Crackett 2 A. Liles 1 J. Fenton 1 J. Hamilton 2 A. McDonald 1 J. Gagel 1 J. McGilvary 2 A. Nock 1 J. Hegarty 1 J. McMahon 2 A. Soanes 1 J. Kavanagh 1 K. Sitauti 2 B. Bell 1 J. Kenny 1 L. Cella 2 B. Canniffe 1 J. King 1 L. Clarke 2 B. Hayes 1 J. McKeon 1 Luke Donald 2 B. Hicks 1 J. McVeigh 1 M. Allen 2 B. Jones 1 J. More 1 M. Copeman 2 B. McCarthy 1 J. Ray 1 M. Corbett 2 B. Miller 1 J. Roussetos 1 M. Cranitch 2 B. Ryan 1 J. Vail 1 M. Grainger 2 B. Steele 1 J. Zehmke 1 M. Hurley 2 B. Stewart 1 James O'Connor 1 M. Keen 2 B. Williams 1 Jeral Skelton 1 M. Windsor 2 B. Wyllie 1 K. Cuminer 1

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K. Murphy 1 P. Baxter 1 S. Paramore 1 L. Hannan 1 P. Bradley 1 S. Waqanaceva 1 L. Lealaiauloto-Tui 1 P. Caldwell 1 S. Williams 1 L. McKeering 1 P. Cannon 1 T. Dammers 1 L. Soli 1 P. Cavanagh 1 T. Favell 1 Lee Evans 1 P. Dornan 1 T. Hewitt 1 M. Doxey 1 P. Hyland 1 T. Hilton 1 M. Gibson 1 P. Jarrett 1 T. Lola 1 M. Gilbert 1 P. Johnson 1 T. McCormack 1 M. Healy 1 P. Netto-Fernandes 1 T. Phillips 1 M. Joyce 1 P. Nolan 1 T. Ridgeway 1 M. Keam 1 R. Buckby 1 T. Siale 1 M. Leota 1 R. Coetzee 1 W. Avery 1 M. Linnane 1 R. Crane 1 W. Carne 1 M. McCarthy 1 R. Faiva 1 W. Miller 1 M. Muttakumaru 1 R. Moore 1 M. Neville 1 R. Nalatu 1 M. Patuara 1 R. Rinaudo 1 M. Pike 1 R. Walk 1 M. Skinner 1 R. Webb 1 M. Tanwan 1 Robert B. Mackay 1 Michael Ryan 1 S. Brown 1 N. Mullen 1 S. Drahm 1 N. Patrick 1 S. King 1 N. Steel 1 S. Maidment 1 P. Adams 1 S. McKellar 1 P. Ahern 1 S. Milfull 1

1st Grade 2019 – Grand Finalist

Winner of the Hector R. Doughty Challenge Shield, Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy, Keith Horsley Memorial Trophy, Pilecki-Shaw Cup, Flynn-Lewis Memorial Shield, Bola-Kefu Memorial Shield & Green Beacon Cup 104 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

1st XV GRADE POINTS SCORERS SINCE 1947

PLAYER TRY CON PEN D/G TOTAL PLAYER TRY CON PEN D/G TOTAL 1 Paul McLean 33 236 168 17 1159 48 Luke Beauchamp 31 155 2 James Windsor 39 187 197 2 1127 49 John Costello 14 16 26 153 3 Dallan Murphy 33 177 59 696 50 William Reilly 12 26 21 151 4 Peter Lavin 43 95 67 43 692 51 Simon Price 30 150 5 Jeffrey McLean 72 100 68 647 52 Mark Nightingale 36 0 0 1 147 6 Ryan Craig 15 78 119 16 636 53 Paul O’Brien 15 12 15 144 7 Stephen Partridge 29 98 86 11 603 54 Paul Sweeney 10 31 16 1 143 8 Mitchell Felsman 63 63 15 486 55 Robert Honan 37 10 1 1 137 9 Damon Murphy 94 6 482 56 Anthony Shaw 34 136 57 Gerard Leyden 9 20 14 2 133 10 Anthony Sauer 88 8 456 58 Joseph Narruhn 3 17 27 1 133 11 Vincent McLoughlin 3 102 78 447 59 Samiuela Satui 25 2 129 12 Brendan McKibbib 18 106 47 1 446 60 Peter Tunney 26 128 13 Samuel Greene 18 88 52 442 61 Charles Freney 25 125 14 Anthony Pyers 83 1 417 62 Pierce Fitzgerald 25 125 15 Paul Doneley 78 390 16 Paul Costello 94 376 63 Mark Halpin 11 9 17 123 17 Vincent Hogan 17 80 554 1 376 64 David Croft 24 1 122 18 Doug Ryan 73 369 65 Dominic Shipperley 24 120 19 David Collis 12 97 34 356 66 Peter Sweeney 29 10 4 119 20 Mogens Andersen 33 46 38 338 67 Patrick James 23 2 119 21 Paul Mills 79 1 1 1 312 68 Robert Laracy 14 11 16 112 22 Peter Stevens 13 36 60 291 69 Andrew Coady 22 110 23 Elton Flatley 12 69 28 282 70 Giles Beveridge 22 110 24 Nathanuel Gendle 48 10 260 71 Lawson Creighton 9 22 4 109 25 Michael Ephraims 19 6 3 50 251 72 Craig Mounsey 11 18 4 1 106 26 Jimmy Smith 78 234 73 Reuben Wall 21 105 27 James Harvey 46 1 232 74 Peter Twist 26 104 28 Ross Hanley 57 0 0 1 231 75 Dominic Maguire 25 104 29 Des Connor 27 60 9 1 231 76 Patrick Moore 20 2 104 30 Brendan Moon 50 7 1 2 223 77 Benjamin Perkins 6 17 12 3 103 31 Paul Niesler 6 42 32 6 222 78 Thomas Ludwig 34 102 32 David Logan 42 2 220 79 Geoffrey White 25 100 33 George Tagicakibau 40 2 204 80 Shane Nightingale 22 6 100 34 Matthew Edwards 6 34 32 194 35 Stephen Burstow 48 192 36 John Dunsdon 29 33 11 1 189 37 Adam Bennie 5 46 22 183 38 Thomas Corcoran 56 168 39 Brendan Gabbett 25 8 8 1 168 40 Timothy Dodson 39 1 167 41 Anthony Merlo 8 17 23 9 165 42 Thomas Sweeney 4 45 20 1 165 43 Matthew R Smith 3 48 17 162 44 Jason McCall 36 158 45 Geoff Tracey 19 32 12 157 46 Rohan Saifoloi 3 56 10 157 47 John Fogarty 52 156

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1st XV GRADE COACHES AND MANAGERS SINCE 1905

1st XV GRADE HEAD COACH (1905-Present) 1st XV GRADE MANAGER (1951-Present)

Name Seasons G.F. Premiers Games Name Seasons G.F. Premiers Games J.P. French 11 8 5 218 Peter Hoare 22 13 9 515 J. Kenny 7 4 3 150 Anthony McDermott 9 3 2 172 D.J. O'Neill 6 5 3 135 John Druery 5 2 0 100 V.P. Mills 7 1 0 132 Bill Dunn 4 2 1 78 R.G.J. Price 5 5 5 122 George Berkeley 4 2 1 73 T.L. Sweeney 5 2 1 90 Patrick Oswald 4 1 1 73 A.S.I. Gralton 6 3 1 74 Chris Carmody 3 0 0 53 M.L. Nightingale 3 1 0 72 Jim Kenny 3 0 0 52 K.G. Maccheroni 4 0 0 71 Michael Gubbins 2 1 1 44 P.E. Banks 4 1 0 65 Merv Hazell 2 1 0 41 B.P. O'Connell 4 1 0 63 T. Barry 1 1 1 24 F.M. Arnell Snr. 4 1 0 59 Paul McLean 1 0 0 24 F.K. Ahern 4 4 3 52 J. Hegarty 1 1 1 22 P.J.B. Murphy 5 4 2 52 Paul Taylor 1 1 1 21 C.P. Marshall 3 1 1 51 John Wren 1 0 0 21 J.E. Ross 3 0 0 51 John Elliott 1 0 0 20 J. Roderick 2 0 0 51 Andrew Palmer 1 0 0 18 A.A. Shaw 2 1 0 48 Bob Kelly 1 0 0 18 J.P. Flynn 3 2 0 46 Hal Robertson 1 0 0 17 Z.R. Hilton 2 1 1 44 Tim McKellar 2 1 0 34 G. Burke 2 0 0 43 S.D. Kreutzer 3 1 42 TOTAL 70 30 19 1444 J.T. Gorman 3 2 1 41 M.J. Kaye 2 0 0 39 A.M.W. D'Arcy 2 0 0 34 A.R. Mathison 2 0 0 34 P.A. Healy 2 0 0 32 M.R. Cocks 1 1 1 26 J.D. Connolly 1 1 1 25 C.B. Handy 1 0 0 24 M.I. McBain 1 0 0 21 R.J. Murdock 1 1 0 21 A.M. Thompson 1 1 0 20 R.A. Seib 1 1 0 18 P. Sweeney 1 0 0 18 P. O'Donnell 1 0 0 18

TOTAL 115 53 28 2102

All historical information & statistics relating to Australian Representatives, Queensland Representatives and Brothers Premier “A” Grade have been compiled using the Brothers Rugby Club Annual Reports and official Brothers Rugby Club Archives.

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WOMEN’S 1st XV GRADE GAMES PLAYED SINCE 1996 PLAYER GAMES G. Lewis 22 B. O'Brien 12 Jennifer Gillett 100 A. Steele 22 D. Cowling 12 Jodie Kairl 92 S. Gibbs 22 E. Cox 12 Donna Nosworthy 74 S. Tuqiri 21 Louise Jones 12 Tamie Hall 73 K. Howard 21 A. Thompson 12 Tanya Osborne 59 K. Paskin 21 K. Curran 11 Cathy Olive 55 Madeline Smith 20 K. Perrins 11 Carolyn McCaffery 54 G. Sheridan 20 Joanna Ta'ale 11 Vanessa Clarke 51 J. Callaghan 20 Cecilia Smith 11 Tanya Hoyle 50 C. Davies 20 R. Burt 11 Mata Vaevaepare 50 M. Milligan 19 S. Gray 11 Annette Finch (nee 46 Vasiti Nasalo 19 K. Thomas 11 Crawford) Bridget Smith 18 F. Wheal 11 Angela Patterson 43 J. Henderson 18 H. Samoa 10 I. Batibasaga 42 Rebecca Jones 17 E. Buli 10 A. Micalleff 42 S. Davids 17 A. De Pass 10 J. Columbas 42 K. McCallum 16 K. Tuatini 10 N. Frost 41 I. Coll 16 M. Faamausili 10 E, Tabrett 38 Luanna Moors 16 S. Freeman 10 R. Bell 38 Anna Nasalo 16 M. Tuffley 10 A. Gray 38 J. Mott 16 R. Tagaloa 10 J. Mason 36 A. Phillips 16 Julie Drake 10 Sharon Crawford 35 T. Poaching 15 J. Harvey 10 D. Enkera 33 A. Warburton 15 L. Vi 10 B. Brady 31 S. Delena 15 M. Hay 9 Fololesia Ta'ale 31 K. Thompson 15 Ana Fotu 9 Elizabeth Smith 30 R. Ellis 15 R. Ebbage 9 T. Stowers 29 N. Winnington 15 P. Palaialii 9 K. Gardiner 29 S. Fox-Julian 15 C. Vakalahi 9 Celina Vaevaepare 29 M. Toatoa 15 I. Saltner 9 Florence King 27 Elizabeth Moors 15 M. Petersen 9 A. Robson 26 T. Lucas 15 M. Berrigan 9 R. Etuale 26 A. Tulacz 15 N. Hiku 9 V. Bradley (nee 25 T. Hoswell 14 C. McLeod 9 Nooteboom) Anita Vaevaemaki 14 K. Moloney 9 C. Anderson 25 S. Connor 14 J. Nugent 9 K. Stuart 25 S. Tapatuefoa 14 C. Sautia 9 N. Nash 25 Samantha Clarke 14 L. Weaver 9 S. Brown 25 I. Suaniu 14 A. Wulf 9 H. Blair 24 Karina Vaevaemaki 14 P. Saluni 8 J. Taito 24 J. Shephard 13 J. Collier 8 Elizabeth Gillett 24 E. Ryan 13 G. Schnaubell 8 K. Shaw 23 S. Gable 13 A. Stead 8 E. Lawaniyasana 23 S. McPhee 13 D. Turner 8 Renez Bates 23 T, Diprose 12 B. Hart 8 T. Filimoehala 23 Melanie Long 12 T. Shai Uhrle 8 Marion Finch 23 Renee Smith 12 L. Behrnes 8 H. Paust 23 C. Taleni 12 X. Garnier 8 T. Stinson 23 Melanie Smith 8 Chante Bates 22 107 Raluve Waqaliva 8 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

M. Doyle 7 Amy Clarke 5 T. Bailey 1 S. Sayle 7 M. Edgar 5 A. Brigginshaw 1 J. Faassee 7 Esther Fotu 5 D. Broughton 1 S. Newnam 7 C. Johnston 5 P. Chambers 1 Danielle Patterson 7 L. McLeod 5 J. Clarke 1 E. Skinner 7 M. Nuimata-Fuimaono 5 C. Delacruz 1 Kelly Drake 7 S. Russell 5 E. Elliott 1 A. Eales 7 S. Taufao 5 D. Enkera 1 E. Gee 7 K. Taylor 5 K. Farouk 1 C. Mairu 7 R. Tuau-Templeton 5 L. Fosters 1 J. Torenbeak 7 C. Tuigamala 5 T. Godfrey 1 Vilisi Waqaliva 7 S. Woods 5 A. Harriss 1 N. Wixted 7 M. Feterika 4 S. Hudd 1 R. Tavo 6 M. Burns 4 K. Jensen 1 T. Notise 6 L. Baker 4 H. Johnston 1 C. Seymour 6 R. Corbett 4 D. Kilroy 1 L. Dingwell 6 D. Djurisic 4 Shelley Long 1 R. Ebdon 6 R. Hobbz 4 K. Main 1 A. Grant 6 T. Tupu 4 A. McLennan 1 T. Handlin 6 A. Dreyer 3 Natahlia Moors 1 Larissa King 6 A. Godinet 3 N. Muller 1 D. Livingstone 6 M. Stifler 2 B. Neal 1 A. McClelland 6 J. Bast 2 S. Quinn 1 M. Palmer 6 E. Kelly 2 Michelle Smythe 1 J. Taoso 6 N. Moefaauo 2 A. Stephens 1 L. Touli 6 A. Ngauamo 2 K. Stewart 1 E. Horomia 5 D. Nixon 2 T. Te-Muuiva 1 K. O'Doherty 5 L Sinapti 2 N. Webb 1 E. Byrne 5 D. Waldron 2 H. Windley 1 C. Aitsi 5 L. Atwood 1 WOMEN’S 1st XV GRADE POINTS SCORERS SINCE 1996 No PLAYER TRIES CONV PENS F/G TOTAL 1 I Batibasaga 73 10 385 2 Cathy Olive 31 22 1 202 3 Tanya Osbourne 33 2 1 172 4 A Robson 7 36 1 110 5 K McCallum 5 36 4 109 V Bradley (nee 6 Nooteboom) 19 3 101 7 A Micallef 11 18 2 97 8 Tamie Hall 19 95 9 Donna Nosworthy 18 90 10 T Stowers 17 85 11 I Coll 3 33 81 12 T Poaching 15 75 13 Jennifer Gillet 14 70 14 K Shaw 6 11 5 67 15 Jodie Kairl 13 65 16 J Columbas 9 6 57 17 Florence King 11 55 18 A Warburton 10 50 108 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

Notice of Annual General Meeting BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB INC

INVITATION and NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the Brothers Rugby Club Inc. will be held at: Location: Brothers Rugby Club, 103 Crosby Park, Albion QLD 4010 Date: Wednesday 11th December 2019 Time: 6:00pm

The Explanatory Memorandum accompanying this Notice of Meeting provides additional information on the matters to be considered at the AGM. The Explanatory Memorandum and Voting Form are part of this Notice of Meeting. Consideration of reports To receive and consider Brother’s financial reports and the reports of the directors and the auditor for the financial year ended 30 June 2019. All members can view the Annual Statutory Report which contains the Financial Report for the year ended 31 October 2019 on the Brothers website www.brothersrugby.com/club-info /annual-reports Items for approval Resolution No 1: · Management Committee members election for 3 positions · Four (4) nominations have been received. · Nominee’s application and information is included in the Explanatory Memorandum. Resolution No 2: Appointment of the 2020 Auditor. Resolution No 3: Adoption of the 2020 Registration Fees. Resolution No. 4A and 4B: Election of a Life Member: For the financial members of the Club to vote on a nomination for Life Member of Brothers Rugby Club Inc. Resolution No. 5: Constitution Amendment For the financial members of the Club to vote on the amendments to the Constitution.

By Order of the Management Committee

Graeme Linklater Secretary 20th November 2019

Notes: A copy of the 2018/2019 Annual Report and Financial Statement will be available at the AGM.

A member who is entitled to attend and cast a vote at the meeting is entitled to appoint a proxy. The proxy need not be a member of Brothers Rugby Club. If you wish to appoint a proxy and are entitled to do so, then complete and return the attached Voting Form. 109 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB INC Financial Statement For the year ended 31 October 2019

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Contents For the year ended 31 October 2019

Management Committee’s report 112 Independent Audit report 113 Income Statement 115 Balance Sheet 116 Statement of Cashflows 118 Notes to the financial statements 120 Statement by the members of committee 131

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Committee’s report For the year ended 31 October 2019

Your committee members submit the financial report of Brothers Rugby Club Inc for the financial year ended 31 October 2019.

Committee members

The names of the committee members throughout the year and at the date of this report are:

David Hine (President) Tony Lalor (Vice President) Brenden Yantsch (Treasurer) Graeme Linklater (Secretary) Peter Bayo Andrew Brodie Sean Hardman Russell McCart Helen Negri Geoff Rodgers

Significant changes No significant changes in the nature of these activities occurred during the year.

Operating result The profit of the Association for the financial year after providing for income tax amounted to $66,140.

Dated 4 December 2019

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Statement of cashflows For the year ended 31 October 2019

The financial statements cover Brothers Rugby Club Inc. as an individual entity, Brothers Rugby Club Inc. is a not-for-profit association incorporated in Queensland under the Associations Act 1981 (“the Act”).

Comparatives are consistent with prior years, unless otherwise stated.

1. Basis of preparation In the opinion of the Committee of Management, the association is not a reporting entity since there are unlikely to exist users of the financial statements who are not able to command the preparation of reports tailored so as to satisfy specifically all of their information needs. These special purpose financial statements have been prepared to meet the reporting requirements of the Act.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the recognition and measurement requirements of the Australian Accounting Standards and Accounting Interpretations, and the disclosure requirements of AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements, AASB 107 Statement of Cashflows, AASB 108 Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors and AASB 1054 Australian Additional Disclosures.

Significant accounting policies adopted in the preparation of these financials statements are presented below and are consistent with prior periods unless other wise stated.

The financial statements have been prepared on an accruals basis and are based on historical costs modified where applicable, by the measurement at fair value of selected non-current assets, financial assets and financial liabilities.

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistent with previous period unless stated otherwise, have been adopted in the preparation of this financial report.

2. Summary of significant accounting policies Income Tax

Under current legislation, the Association is exempt from income tax under section 50-45 of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997.

In accordance with the Club Constitution and operations the Management Committee consider that the main purpose during the year is the encouragement of the game of Rugby, and as such income derived from all sources is exempt from income tax.

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Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 October 2019

Revenue and other income

Revenue is recognised when the amount of the revenue can be measured reliably, it is probable that economic benefits associated with the transaction will flow to the Association and specific criteria relating to the type of revenue as noted below, has been satisfied.

Revenue is measured at the fair value of consideration received or receivable and is presented net of returns, discounts and rebates.

Registrations and Membership Revenue from registrations and membership, and touch rugby are recognised when received.

Grants Non-reciprocal grant revenue is recognised in profit or loss when the entity obtains control of the grant and it is probable that the economic benefits gained from the grant will flow to the entity and the amount of the grant can be measured reliably.

Donations Donations, pledges and bequests are recognised on an annual basis and is recognised when the pledge is made. At that point it is considered that the economic benefit associated with the transaction will flow to the Association.

Interests Interest revenue is recognised as it accrues using the effective interest method, which for floating rate financial assets is the rate inherent in the instrument.

Trust Distribution – Southside Unit Trust Trust income is recognised when the present entitlement to the distribution has been established.

Sale of goods

Revenue form the sale of goods is recognised at the point of delivery as this corresponds to the transfer of significant risks and rewards of ownership of the goods and the cessation of all involvement in those goods.

Goods and services tax (GST)

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised net of he amount of GST, except where the amount of GST incurred is not recoverable from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

Receivables and payables are stated inclusive of GST.

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Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 October 2019

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprises cash on hand, demand deposits and short-term investments which are readily convertible to known amounts of cash and which are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Property, plant and equipment Each class of property, plant and equipment is carried at cost or fair value less, where applicable, any accumulated depreciation and impairment.

Property, plant and equipment is depreciated on a straight line basis over their useful lives to the entity commencing when the asset is ready for use.

Depreciation The depreciable amount of all fixed assets are depreciated on a straight line basis over their useful lives to the entity commencing from the time the asset is held ready for use.

The depreciation rates used for each class of assets: Asset Class Useful Life Depreciation rate Buildings and Leasehold improvements 50 years 2% straight line Equipment 10 years 210% straight line Grounds Equipment 10 years 10% straight line Office & Electrical Equipment 5 years 20% straight line Gym Equipment 10 years 10% straight line Construction in progress N/A Not held ready use All property, plant and equipment of less than $2,500 - Immediate write off

The asset residual values and useful lives are reviewed and adjusted if appropriate, at each balance sheet date.

An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its recoverable amount.

Employee benefits

Provision is made for the association’s liability for employee benefits arising from services rendered by employees to the end of the reporting period. Employee benefits that are expected to be wholly settled within one year have been measured at the amounts expected to be paid when the liability is settled.

Employee benefits relating to long service leave balances are the expected amounts to be paid and is accrued when an employee reaches 7 years of employment. Changes in measurement of the liability are recognised in the Income Statement.

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Notes to the financial statements For the year ended 31 October 2019

Inventories

Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost of inventory is determined using the f first-in-first-out basis and is net of any rebates and discounts received. Net realisable value is estimated using the most reliable evidence available at the reporting date and inventory is written down through an obsolescence provision if necessary.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Judgements

The Management Committee evaluate estimates and judgements incorporated into the financial statements based on historical knowledge and best available current information. Estimates assume a reasonable expectation of future events and are based on current trends and economic data, obtained both externally and within the Association.

Key estimates Inventories I. As a consequence of the amalgamation of the clubs and change in logos all inventories carrying the old club logos have been written off an represented in the Impairment Inventories. It is anticipated that these items will need to be sold at discounted rates r given away as part of club promotions.

Investments I. The club owns an asset being a perpetual membership at Ballymore. The historical cost of this asset is $10,000. The lack of a ready market for this asset and the diminishing economic benefits following he reduction on games being played at Ballymore an impairment loss of $9,999 has been raised to record the carrying value at $1. This determination will be reviewed annually, and adjustments made in future periods if future market activity or estimate of future economic benefit indicates that such adjustments are appropriate.

Property Plant & Equipment – useful life Buildings and leasehold improvements I. Crosby Park – during 2017 the Association signed a 10 year lease with Brisbane City Council. There is no expectation that the lease would not be renewed at the expiration of the lease term. As such the Management Committee consider a 50 year useful life appropriate for buildings and leasehold improvements. II. Windsor Park – in 2014 the previous junior Association signed a licence agreement with St Margaret’s Anglican Girls School for access to the shared grounds and facilities at Windsor Park for all U6 to U9 games and training, U10 to U12 training and Association events. The term of the agreement is 15 years and an annual licence fee is payable by 30 June of each year. There is no expectation that the lease would not be renewed at the expiration of the lease term.

Provisions Provisions are recognised when the association has a legal or constructive obligation, as a result of past events, for which it is probable that an outflow of economic benefits will result and that outflow can be readily measured.

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Statement by members of Committee

The committee has determined that the association is not a reporting entity and that this special purpose financial report should be prepared in accordance with the accounting policies outlined in Note 1 to the financial statements.

In the opinion of the committee, the financial report:

1. Presents fairly the financial position of Brothers Rugby Club Inc. as at 31 October 2019 and its performance for the year ended on that date.

2. At that date of this statement, there are reasonable grounds to believe that Brothers Rugby Club Inc. will be able to pay its debts as and when they fall due.

Dated 4 December 2019

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Q.R.U. Perpetual Trophies A list of the Perpetual Trophies historically awarded by the Q.R.U. to winners of competitions contested in the Senior Grades Competitions. The Minor Premiers Trophy for Premier Reserve, 1st Grade and 2nd Grade were originally awarded to the 2nd Round Champions up until the 1978 season. The Keith Horsley Memorial Trophy was awarded to the 2nd Round Champions from 1946 to 1999 until it was reinvested as the Minor Premiers Trophy for the 2000 season.

First Awarded QRU COMPETITION TROPHIES 2019 WINNERS 1957- Doughty Challenge Shield Club Championship BROTHERS

1st Grade 1946- Hospitals Challenge Cup Premiership University 1954- Vince Nicholls Memorial Trophy Runners-Up BROTHERS 1933- Thomas Welsby Memorial Cup 1st Round Champions GPS 1946- Keith Horsley Memorial Trophy Minor Premiers BROTHERS 2018- Geoff ‘Bunter’ Shaw Challenge Cup Challenge Sunnybank

2nd Grade 1954- Chappie Schulte Memorial Trophy Premiership GPS 1946- T.L. Jones Memorial Shield 1st Round Champions BROTHERS 1930- F.C. Lea Memorial Cup Minor Premiers BROTHERS

3rd Grade Premiership BROTHERS 1957- H.F. Edwards Cup 1st Round Champions BROTHERS 1949- Max Wyllie Memorial Cup Minor Premiers BROTHERS

4th Grade 1969- W.H. Bickley Cup Premiership Souths 1949- Brian Sharry Memorial Cup 1st Round Champions Souths 1949- Alan Eason Memorial Cup Minor Premiers Souths BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019 BROTHERS RUGBY CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2019

There’s BROTHERS, then there’s the others.