South Queensland Crushers was an Australian rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1992 it was decided that the team would be admitted into the New South Wales Rugby League competition, along with three other teams, as part of the League's expansion plans for professional rugby league in Australia. 24 NRL Score Centre Sport The Super League war and the brutal death of the South Queensland Crushers By Nick Campton Posted Sat 4 Mar 2023 at 12:00pm, updated Sat 4 Mar 2023 at 4:59pm Almost as soon as the Crushers came along, they were on the way out. (Getty Images/ABC News)
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The story of the South Queensland Crushers is one of big dreams, bad luck and missed opportunities. (Getty Images/ABC News) abc.net.au/news/south-queensland-crushers-1995-expansion-dolphins-nrl/101357196 It's been just over a quarter-century since the South Queensland Crushers went to the big grandstand in the sky. This is a list of rugby league footballers who have played first grade for the South Queensland Crushers. Players are listed in the order they made their debut. [1] Players References ^ "South Queensland Crushers - Players - Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 2 June 2020. External links The South Queensland Crushers run out for a 1996 ARL match at Suncorp Stadium/Lang Park. (Getty) They joined the ARL in 1995, when the addition of the Auckland Warriors, Western Reds and North Queensland Cowboys bloated the competition to 20 teams; just as the Super League war was exploding. They finished 16th that first season. 1. Anthony Herbert Herbert was a fringe Wallabies Test player and a member of their victorious World Cup campaign in 1991. He switched to league with the Crushers in 1995 but played only two games. 2. St John Ellis A Great Britain representative player, Ellis played nearly 350 games in his career an scored 159 tries.
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13.Travis Norton - 5x Queensland. Crafty player who can play at 6, Norton was very for the Crushers and was easily one of their better players. He even could goal kick he scored seven tries in. Last modified: Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:19:58 +1100.Next page rebuild: Mon, 08 Jan 2024 02:19:58 +1100. © 2005-2024 Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Feedback. South Queensland Crushers was an Australian rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. In 1992 it was decided that the team would be admitted into the New South Wales Rugby League competition, along with three other teams, as part of the League's expansion plans for professional rugby league in Australia. Steve Trindall of the North Sydney Bears runs into the South Queensland Crushers defence during the 1997 ARL season. Getty Images. The Super League War started an arms race. Payments to players.
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Select by position. Please note that the figures on this page are only based on data currently in the Rugby League Project database, and should be used as a guide only. To view matches in which a player appeared, click the List button. Complete list of South Queensland Crushers players. Darryl Van de Velde, former chief executive of the South Queensland Crushers who spent three seasons in the ARL competition between 1995-97, believes the push for a second Brisbane team is overdue.
While the South Queensland Crushers made a hard and fast appearance at the pinnacle of Australian rugby league, they have gone down in history as having been a hive of local footy talent. Here we look back at the highs and the lows of the brief history crafted by a club with real guts and grit. Last modified: Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:36:14 +1100.Next page rebuild: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:36:14 +1100. © 2005-2023 Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Feedback.
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There is a sniff of the ill-fated South Queensland Crushers about the Dolphins after they added Jesse Bromwich to Storm teammate Felise Kaufusi as their first two representative standard signings. South Queensland Crushers was an Australian rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland.In 1992 it was decided that the team would be admitted into the New South Wales Rugby League competition, along with three other teams, as part of the League's expansion plans for professional rugby league in Australia.The competition was re-branded the Australian Rugby League competition in.
