Tickets are $60 per person and include access to the Corporate Area at the top of the Des Webb Stand, a three hour food and beverage package and a RedPhins gift. Redcliffe Dolphins player Liam Hampson was a rising Queensland rugby league star. The '84 grand final team whichlost to Wynnum included at least seven international players. Redcliffe Dolphins Club Website Club Stats Overview / Founded: - Members: 10,000 Nickname: Dolphins Stadium: Dolphin Stadium Competition Record / Premierships 6 Minor Premierships 6 Runner Up 6 Total Wins 111 Total Losses 71 Win Percentage 58% 2022 Season / Points Scored 578 Points Conceded 407 Completion Rate 74% Tackle Efficiency 87.1% Peninsula Power Football Club is a football (soccer) club in Redcliffe. Redcliffe, jokes McInnes, have always had a great way of losing premierships. Best and Fairest: Col Weier Don was seconded to the chairmanship of the juniors and did not return to Secretarial duties until 1970. To be based at Redcliffe . It has been a fait accompli since the club was given the new licence, but Bennett was officially confirmed as coach on Thursday. Rocco Berry (#258), Reece Walsh (#259), Edward Kosi (#260), Taniela Otukolo (#261), Viliami Vailea (#264) and Jackson Frei (#265) all played for the Dolphins before stepping up to the NRL. Felise Kaufusi 12. Addition of a 17th team will mean the season will expand from 24 to 26 rounds. The Redcliffe Dolphins are a semi-professional rugby league club based in Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia. Anthony Murphy, Bob Jones and Terry Reader with the Dolphins Bid Book. A Isaak Ah Mau Sam Anderson (rugby league) Lauta Atoi B Arthur Beetson Barry Berrigan Wayne Bond Mitch Brennan Rory Bromley Tom Butterfield Greg Byrnes C Dane Campbell Robert Campbell (rugby league) Luke Capewell Daly Cherry-Evans Mark Christensen (rugby league) Petero Civoniceva Trent Clayton Chris Close Greg Conescu Gavin Cooper Steve Crear It would be great to see them one day realise those dreams of becoming an NRL team.. While it was so necessary to have first and foremost players and coaches the Club enjoyed in the 60?s, it was just as important to have leaders to guide the Club. Originally worn by teams in the early 1980s when Village Motors came on board as Major Sponsor, the jersey has been released in 2019 to celebrate the ongoing partnership between the Dolphins and Village Motors. I went to see Brothers play Redcliffe in the 1987 BRL grand final, and it was packed, remembers Greg Mallory, a Brothers supporter and the author of Voices from Brisbane Rugby League. Redcliffe have a good forward pack and the best club rugby league coach of all time I think they will threaten the 8. The way that club has grown, its not just a sporting club, its a community. He said at that time it looked impossible that a club like Redcliffe could join a national competition, but it started to change as the team began winning during the '90s. The people of Redcliffe are a slightly different breed, removed from the rest of Brisbane by the bridge that spans Bramble Bay. As the club goes from strength to strength and the hopes and dreams of the club?s forefathers coming to fruition, the Dolphins must continue to change with times and continue to be the benchmark for all Rugby League clubs in Queensland. Kodi Nikorima 15. Redcliffe Dolphins Representative Players Australian Representatives Arthur Beetson Bob Gehrke Brad Tessmann Brent Tate Bryan Niebling Chris Close Dane Carlaw Dane Gagai Dave Brown Dave Trewhella David Shillington Greg Conescu Greg Oliphant Henry Holloway John Ribot Ken McCrohon Mark Murray Michael Crocker Petero Civoniceva Ray Higgs Stephen Crear City Council engineer Kevin Tibbetts took to the construction of the playing fields and mounds with the utmost enthusiasm and co-operated with club 100% in relation the their desire to make the complex a show piece for Rugby League. Jeremy Marshall-King 10. Ross O?Reilly and his squad of 17 players broke the hoodoo that has haunted Redcliffe sides since the sole premiership win of 1965. Throughout the 1960s, a number of famous players came through the ranks of the Dolphins to represent Queensland and Australia, including Trevor Harken and Arthur Beetson. After investigations, it was learned that show cause notices were about to be served on the juniors by the council and the Liquor Licensing Commission for noise and breaches of the liquor act. Senior Dolphins Players from all eras are invited to the 2019 RedPhins Past Players Reunion on Saturday 1st June 2019. The marquee signing is just whining by the same old news limited journalists . The jersey will be worn by the Village Motors Dolphins for the first time in Round 4 when the Dolphins clash with the Souths Logan Magpies. The club's star-studded history, decisive investments and focus on juniors have all helped it make an impact far beyond the peninsula it hails from. Ian Thinee: 164 games for Redcliffe. Formed in 2000 from a merger between Margate and Redcliffe Soccer Clubs, the team competes in . The transfer fee for Beetson and Yow Yeh were put into a fixed deposit account that was used as the basis of financing the building of the first clubhouse. "We have done that and we continue to do that.". Despite all the mergers and expansion over the past three decades, the competition is still heavily stacked in favour of NSW, and more than half of the current NRL clubs are from Sydney. "When they did the redevelopment, they cut out half those hills and you would still see rubbish bags, so it has come a long way from there," Graham said. The Redcliffe Dolphins had achieved what many thought they would never see again in their lifetime? 2000 The Dolphins win the Queensland Cup Grand Final. ? The repayment of this loan was not necessary as in 1983 the Old Boys turned it into a grant. The game was an exciting and absorbing battle with our boys putting in a magnificent effort only to go down in a photo finish to the Toowoomba Clydesdales. Oliver Gildart 4. As the years went by and the popularity of Rugby League grew in Redcliffe, the Leagues Club continued to grow as well. Tue 17 Jan 2023, 05:18 PM. In 1972, Redcliffe were coached by former Kangaroo Ken Day. Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow 2. We learnt from our coach Barry Muir who was also the Queensland coach that other teams hated coming across that bridge. Tom Gilbert 14. The success of the Dolphins on the football field has been mirrored by the success of the Leagues Club in the community. The transition of moving to Dolphin Oval from the showgrounds in the early 80?s for training purposes presented some initial problems. This year promises to be a big one for the Dolphins, and not only because of the 70th anniversary celebrations. Before the Brisbane Broncos, the club was a member of the thriving Brisbane Rugby League competition. The lights at the showgrounds were superior to those on the new fields and the club administration and licensed club was still located at the showgrounds. Besides those coming from Redcliffe other players had to be brought in from outside and they came from rugby union (Eagle Junction Club) and players from Brisbane Rugby League clubs who were invited to play for the club on Sundays. 1965 Redcliffe triumph - winning their first Brisbane Rugby League first grade premiership. I never wanted to play for another club. Gains: Adam Cook (Mackay Cutters), Liam Hampson (Tweed Seagulls), Kyle Paterson (Cronulla Sharks), Jack Aiken (Sunshine Coast Falcons), Jayden Corrigan (Northern Pride), Valynce Te Whare (New Zealand Rugby), Ethyn Martin (rugby union), Ed Burns (Wynnum Manly Seagulls), Dunamis Lui (Canberra Raiders), Jeremiah Simbiken (Canberra Raiders) The introduction of poker machines certainly created ?A new ball game? In 1972, Redcliffe were coached by former Kangaroo Ken Day. In the late 1980s, the Dolphins, like many BRL clubs, went through tough times financially. They were able to provide a budget never before attainable for the promulgation of Rugby League in the schools and juniors. And on the field it couldn?t have been any better. Bob Jones, who grew up in Gunnedah, left Redcliffe to play in Sydney in the late 1970s, but came straight back after one season. They were challenged firstly by Redcliffe in only their second season. This would morph into the traditional dark red and white that was the genesis of the Dolphins NRL colours of red, white and gold. To this day Redcliffe Dolphins maintain a connection to the Indigenous community as the host of Queenslands annual Murri Carnival, which is run by Beetsons sons at the Arthur Beetson Foundation, and over the years the club has been home to many Indigenous players. He approached two local men Tom Maule and Hughie Harvey to their interest in helping form and play with a new Rugby League based in Redcliffe. Andrew Dawson Redcliffe Dolphins currently play in the InTrust Super Cup, a competition that meanders up Queenslands east coast from the southern-most point in Tweed Heads, through Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and across the Arafura Sea to Papua New Guinea. Once we heard that, Barry Muir said, lets not disappoint them.. The Redcliffe Dolphins, who had entered the Brisbane Rugby League just 19 seasons earlier, were a decade removed from their first and only premiership, won on the back. At the other end of the 60's (1969) Trevor Harken became the first home grown junior to come through the grades and play for Queensland. To access all the features of this site you need to Log In or Sign Up. He returns time and time again to the video of Bevan Bleakleys try in the 1975 grand final. The club ushered the 1990?s in, in the usual manner, as it looks for that elusive first grade premiership. for the club. At the other end of the 60's (1969) Trevor Harken became the first home grown junior to come through the grades and play for Queensland. premiership. The team will be known solely as the Dolphins and not the Brisbane or Redcliffe Dolphins, with home games to played primarily at Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium - the Broncos' home ground - but also as . The Dolphins are putting together their squad for the 2023 NRL season and Jason Oliver is breaking down all of the moves along the way. I know Redcliffe really defined itself through its league team. He later went on to become the Chairman of the Brisbane Rugby League and then President of the Queensland Rugby League. "That was to be the best that it can be and that was to be a team in the NRL and that is the way it evolved," he said. In his book A mans gotta have a hobby: Long summers with my dad, Redcliffe supporter and actor William McInnes remembered the BRL as the expression of a different Brisbane; a little rougher maybe, certainly more of a small town, but a town that was richer in the way its people interacted. Source: Getty Images Jesse Bromwich 9. The Dolphins become the NRL's first expansion team since Gold Coast, who joined the premiership in 2007. Features include: * Playable Games! It was the big thing in town, most people had a team, and it was the way Brisbane defined itself. The Redcliffe Dolphins have preliminary designs for the stadium, which will include covered grandstand sections on the . They argued the Club had insufficient number of players to fulfill a complete season in a demanding competition. At the end of the season Barry qualified at the New South Wales Narrabeen base as a grade 2 coach. But when the Broncos entered the expanded New South Wales competition in 1988, the BRL went into extreme decline. He said the foundation for future success was laid by three past club administrators Dick "Tosser" Turner, Don McLennan and Des Webb as well as countless others who believed in the club. "It had a great junior base and it still does. Dick led an executive, which was hardworking and forward thinking and was by an energetic committee. Redcliffe beat Valleys 15 points to two that day with Kevin Yow Yeh, an explosive Indigenous winger from Gladstone, scoring two tries. Although Bob Jones concedes that expansion is not a high priority for the NRL, he also believes the market is saturated in Sydney and that there is room for a second team in Brisbane. At this stage there was no Leagues club, all the club had was the winter use of a double story building which consisted of an unlined corrugated iron. Bradley Kanaris/Getty Images Earlier, Arthars had posted that Hampson, wearing a black T-shirt and beige shorts, had not been . Within 12 months of the sod turning ceremony, the building was ready to be officially opened by the Mayor of Redcliffe and Past President of the Redcliffe Football Club, Alderman Alf Charlish. Given normal trading conditions, the loans undertaken could be maintained with such a wonderful facility to service members and their guests in comfort unavailable to them in the old clubhouse. Here's what you need to know, The Australian coach who helped transform Roger Federer from a temperamental kid to a tennis icon, How an Icelandic footballer has changed the game for pregnant players everywhere, Unheralded Aussie steals the show with freakish moment at Australian Open, Gauff triumphs over Raducanu in battle of young guns, 'That chapter of my life is a full one': AFLW trailblazer Daisy Pearce retires, Four teenagers in custody after shooting incident in Queensland's Western Downs sparks emergency. . Jamayne Isaako 3. September 11 1994 will go down as possibly the greatest day in the club?s history. Redcliffe Dolphins' top 75 players revealed in its 75th year Tony Obst, Peter Leis, Artie Beetson, Ian Pearce, Wally Fullerton-Smith | The Courier Mail Redcliffe Dolphins' top 75 players revealed in its 75th year Who is the Redcliffe Dolphins greatest player? Redcliffe Dolphins Reader is a former commercial director at the Broncos, and exudes confidence that the Dolphins could stand on . A young player from Roma named Arthur Beetson stars before being enticed to Sydney to become an international and legend of the game. NRL fans have raised eyebrows after it was revealed Redcliffe will now simply be known as 'The Dolphins' upon joining the NRL in 2023. of a downward economy was developing. Between 1986 and 1996 Stanley played 113 first-grade games for the Dolphins and captained the club to the premiership in 1994. ? It hasbeen a 74-year-long tale of wins, losses, resurgence from bad bank balances, and the tireless devotion of generations that has culminated in a fairytale new chapter for a team once called "Shellgrit". The Redcliffe Dolphins, in a heartland of league, is one of the most successful and well-known clubs in rugby league. So thats dramatic it was a whole change of culture.. Bulletin Latest Headlines direct to your inbox, LeagueUnlimited | Privacy Policy | Disclaimer. But if the NRL do eventually come calling, he is convinced his club can stand the heat in the kitchen. Despite not being Club champions for the first time in three seasons, Easts pipped us by a point but we got the ultimate revenge defeating the Tigers in the Qld Cup grand final as well as the three BRL grand finals. "I grew up with that folklore, that fairytale, that romance of the Dolphins that had gone before," he said. The first club unofficial club emblem or at least nickname was the Shellgrit, no doubt spawned by the abundance of shell grit on the peninsulas beaches. With no gravity flow for the sewerage to Klingner Road, expensive pumps had to be acquired, power for floodlighting had to go underground to the main oval and the tunnel from the dressing rooms to the main oval was transhipped from Western Australia which cost $9000. Redcliffe District Rugby League Football Club Inc. Brisbane Rugby League (BRL) premiership competition, National Rugby League reserves affiliations, "Redcliffe Dolphins: 70 years growing and with ambitious plans for future in NRL", "Dolphins granted licence to become NRL's 17th team in 2023", "Injured Tigers dazzled by Dolphins dangerman", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Redcliffe_Dolphins&oldid=1126128068, This page was last edited on 7 December 2022, at 18:04. And also soon to strike the thriving bar trade was the heavily publicised ?Don?t dink and drive? Sean O'Sullivan 8. Most Improved Back: Wal Henricks Waverley Stanley of the Redcliffe Dolphins. ? The former front rower has been an often unheralded force near the front and centre of the Redcliffe Dolphins, throughout a proud ascent to the top of the Queensland Cup. The club acquired the original lease to 1998, which was later extended to 2008 before the club eventually purchased the land. Beetson and Yow Yeh roomed together at Redcliffe and in 1966, when both men were signed by Balmain, their transfer fees helped Redcliffe finance the construction of their clubhouse. Willie Atkins #230. McInnes, who now lives in Melbourne, returns home often to watch the club play. He came to the Dolphins from Rockhampton BRL Player of the Year 1971, Courier-Mail Player of the Year 1973. I played every game. As the hooter sounded the majority of the 18,000 crowd dressed in red and white got to their feet as one. ?I couldn?t believe I would have to go to my grave without seeing it again,? Redcliffe threatened legal action, so the team was alternatively named the Gold Coast Titans. Redcliffe's Hostplus Cup coach Ben Te'o has signed Kelly to his 2023 roster. The writing of the club?s history wouldn?t be complete without mentioning possibly the saddest day in the proud club?s history when in late 1993 the club received the news of the tragic death of the club?s favourite son Ian ?Bunny? The clubhouse had a nice bar area already established, but to meet the requirements of the liquor laws in relation to licensed premises, alterations had to be carried out firstly to meet those pressures and later in the decade to accommodate the growth in membership of the club. When he died in 2011, the funeral was held at Dolphin Oval. The club begins its history in the Sandgate Suburban League. Second Grade: 1962 (premiers), 1964, 1965, 1966 (premiers), and 1968, 1969 Everyone played out the season and as it turned out, everyone did get paid for that year, which is a credit to the club," he said. In 1960 the Club used a total of 30 players in first grade. In the middle 50's, the club once again saw the need to further expand. The list consists of 115 members. Throughout the 1960s, a number of famous players came through the ranks of the Dolphins to represent Queensland and Australia, including Trevor Harken and Arthur Beetson. 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