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GOLD COAST-TWEED GIANTS The Gold Coast Tweed Giants were admitted to the New South Wales Rugby League for the 1988 season, along with the Brisbane Broncos and Newcastle Knights . Due to a clause in Brisbane's licence, only one team (the Broncos ) could play in South-East Queensland, the Giants played out of the now demolished Seagulls Stadium in Tweed Heads , which was home to the Tweed Heads Seagulls . They were the most unsuccessful of the three expansion teams, and in 1990 were bought out by the Seagulls Leagues Club. Major Sponsors
GOLD COAST SEAGULLS The Giants changed their name to Gold Coast Seagulls, but although the Tweed reference was dropped from the name, they continued to play out of Seagulls Stadium. They signed Wally Lewis , one of Queensland's greatest Rugby League players, but were unsuccessful. When the Super League war broke out, Seagulls Leagues pulled out their support and the club was closed. Major Sponsors
GOLD COAST CHARGERS The Club licence was bought out, and the club name changed to the Chargers. After 8 seasons the club moved to its namesake, the Gold Coast , and were based at Carrara Stadium . It was during this phase that the club made its only finals appearance in the ARL half of 1997's Split Competition . They were one of a few clubs who actually made a financial profit during Super League, and made the National Rugby League in 1998. The Hunter Mariners , who were owned by News Limited, were offered as merger partners, but the Gold Coast turned down the offer. If they had merged to form the Gold Coast Mariners, they would have had a strong chance of getting players like Richard Swain, Brett Kimmorley and Willie Mason, along with now-successful coaches Graham Murray and Michael Hagan. When they were closed at the end of 1998 by the NRL, probably to keep a Sydney team in the NRL, they had $3 million in the bank. Major Sponsors
GOLD COAST TITANS '''Main article: Gold Coast Titans The new Gold Coast rugby league team, the Titans, will play their first season in the 2007 NRL competition. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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