FOGS Colts Challenge
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | FOGS Colts Challenge |
| current_season | 2017 FOGS Colts Challenge season |
| logo | Qrl_2000.jpg |
| pixels | 130px |
| sport | Rugby league |
| founded | 1986 |
| inaugural | 1986 |
| folded | 2017 |
| replaced | Hastings Deering Colts |
| ceotag | Chairman |
| ceo | Bruce Hatcher |
| teams | 15 |
| country | (15 teams) |
| headquarters | Brisbane, Australia |
| championtag | Premiers |
| champion | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| season | 2017 |
| most_champs | Norths Devils |
| website | qrl.com.au |
| related_comps | Jersey Flegg Cup |
| Mal Meninga Cup | |
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The FOGS Colts Challenge is an 11-team rugby league competition run by the QRL. It is the highest level of junior rugby league in Brisbane before players move into senior rugby. FOGS in an acronym for Former Origin Greats.
The competition provides the highest standard for young players ranging 16-18 who wish to further their rugby league careers and is seen as the first step for young Queensland boys in reaching the National Rugby League. Although the competition is based in Brisbane, scouts from all the NRL clubs have a presence in Colts rugby. Players are chosen from the FOGS Cup for U17, U18, state, and national representative sides, and it is also the stepping stone to play in the Queensland Cup. It is not unusual for young stars in the FOGS Cup to have already signed contracts with an NRL side.
History
The FOGS Colts Challenge, which ran from 1986 to 2017, only featured sides from south east Queensland. From 2008 to 2017, the National Rugby League (NRL) administered their own under-20 competition, the National Youth Competition, which featured the three Queensland-based NRL clubs, the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans and North Queensland Cowboys, and a plethora of young players from the state. In 2016, the NRL announced that the National Youth Competition would be discontinued after the 2017 season, in favour of state-based under-20 competitions, administered by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).
In 2017, while in preparation for the new competition, the QRL ran a shortened, statewide under-20 competition called the FOGS U20s Cup. The competition, which was won by the Redcliffe Dolphins, ran over nine-weeks, alongside the Mal Meninga Cup, and featured all 15 teams who would eventually participate in the Hastings Deering Colts.
Current Teams
- Burleigh Bears
- Easts Tigers
- Ipswich Jets
- Norths Devils
- Redcliffe Dolphins
- Souths Logan Magpies
- Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
- Tweed Heads Seagulls
- Toowoomba Clydesdales
- Wynnum-Manly Seagulls
2009 Ladder
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| Team | Pld | W | D | L | B | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Souths Logan Magpies | 20 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 548 | 350 | +198 |
| 2 | Easts Tigers | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 734 | 372 | +362 |
| 3 | Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 489 | 398 | +91 |
| 4 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 20 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 487 | 425 | +50 |
| 5 | Western Districts Panthers | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 464 | 462 | +2 |
| 6 | Norths Devils | 20 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 447 | 495 | -48 |
| 7 | Burleigh Bears | 20 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 379 | 488 | -109 |
| 8 | Wynnum Manly Seagulls | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 422 | 596 | -174 |
| 9 | Ipswich Jets | 20 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 349 | 522 | -173 |
| 10 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 390 | 599 | -209 |
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Grand Final Results
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| Year | Winner | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Norths Devils | 44 - 20 | Past Brothers |
| 1999 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 26 - 22 | Norths Devils |
| 2000 | Norths Devils | 32 - 14 | Wests Panthers |
| 2001 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 24 - 22 | Norths Devils |
| 2002 | Wests Panthers | 30 - 20 | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| 2003 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 24 - 20 | Norths Devils |
| 2004 | Norths Devils | 48 - 6 | Easts Tigers |
| 2005 | Norths Devils | 28 - 18 | Wests Panthers |
| 2006 | Norths Devils | 28 - 22 | Wynnum-Manly Seagulls |
| 2007 | Tweed Heads Seagulls | 18 - 14 | Norths Devils |
| 2008 | Western Districts Panthers | 30 - 16 | Aspley Devils |
| 2009 | Easts Tigers | 30 - 28 | Souths Logan Magpies |
| 2010 | Easts Tigers | 20 - 18 | Wynnum-Manly Seagulls |
| 2015 | Burleigh Bears | 22 - 12 | Wynnum-Manly Seagulls |
| 2016 | Easts Tigers | 21 - 20 | Redcliffe Dolphins |
| 2017 | Redcliffe Dolphins | 56 - 18 | Norths Devils |
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References
References
- (17 November 2016). "NRL replaces Holden Cup under 20s with new NSW, Qld competitions in 2018 - Fox Sports".
- (3 March 2017). "QRL gets jump on new under-20s comp".
- (2 May 2017). "FOGS U20s Cup state final teams".
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