Queensland Reds

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The Queensland Reds are a frankness from Rugby to XV Australian representing the state of the Queensland and based in its capital, Brisbane. Before 1996, they were a selection with the merit gathering the best players of the clubs of Rugby to XV of Queensland. With the appearance of the Super 12, they became a frankness with players under contract by the means of the Queensland Rugby Union. Queensland Reds currently take part in the Super 14 and the Australian Provincial Championship.

History

The first match of the team of Rugby of the Queensland took place in 1882. The team was trained players of the four only clubs of Brisbane, of which the Brisbane F.C, founded in 1867, which alternatively played all Rugby and football. A player of Brisbane F.C., an English of the name of Fred Lea, contacted a club of Sydney, Wallaroos, and a match of Rugby proposed to them. The challenge was accepted. The federation of football of News-Wales-of-South, the New South Wales Football Association, agreed to take part in the transport costs of Queenslanders, but that of Rugby, the New South Wales Rugby Union offered all to take responsibility for its in two conditions: that one plays Rugby exclusively and that the two teams adopt the name of their colony. What was accepted. Thus Queensland was demolishes by its historical rival 4-28 in Sydney, before taking its revenge since 1883 (12-11). A secular competition had been born. In front of the success of these matches, the Northern Rugby Union off Queensland was founded in 1884 to organize the activities of Rugby in the colony. In 1888, it was decided that the meeting between Queensland and News-Wales-of-South would become annual.

In 1896, Queensland made a round in New Zealand and in 1899 beat the British Lions 11-3 with Brisbane. Because of the First World War, Rugby stops in Queensland and it should be waited until 1929 so that it begins again officially. In 1980, Queensland beats for the first time the All Blacks. Reds are the first team to gain the championship of the provinces of the southern hemisphere, and gain even the first three editions, initially the Super one in 1992, then Super the 10 in 1994 and 1995. Since, they reached three times the semi-finals for as many defeats in 1996,1999 and 2001. The club was reformed like professional entity in 1996 to take part in this competition. Il0 will take part in the Australian Provincial Championship (APC) as from September 2006.

Stage

Queensland played in various stages. In 1950, it settles in Normanby Oval. From 1966, Reds occupy the Ballymore Stadium (24 000 places) during 40 years, before moving in with the Suncorp Stadium in 2006.

Color

The team representative of the State played its first match in 1882 with Sydney in striped shirts black and red, colors of the large club of the time Brisbane F.C. In 1884, she played chestnut, colors of the club of Brisbane Wanderers. In 1886, it adopted the dark blue of the university of Oxford, alternating with white shirts and shorts and red bottoms. In 1895, Queensland finally chooses to adopt this garnet-red shirt (in English maroon ), if recognizable, and used since by all the teams representing the State. Garnet or dark red was the color of the Reine Victoria, which reigned at the time where Rugby was established in Australia, and it is itself which would have proposed that Queensland makes its official color of it, which was made only in 2003.