User:RockerballAustralia/Caboolture withdraw from Sunshine Coast Rugby Union, join Brisbane suburban competition

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Friday, January 24, 2014

Caboolture during their 2013 SCRU Preliminary Final
Image: Patrick Gillett.

Caboolture have withdrawn from the rugby union competition on Australia's Sunshine Coast. From this season, they will play in the Brisbane suburban competition.

"The major reason we're moving is to open pathways for our junior players now that the [Sunshine Coast premier rugby side] are gone," said Andrew Gibbs, Caboolture seniors' president. "In Brisbane, they've got a rep team in which players will probably be seen a bit easier, to get to a premier team and then go on to play professional football."

With Caboolture's move to Brisbane, Rugby Union becomes the only sport with a dedicated Sunshine Coast competition without a Caboolture team present. The Sunshine Coast Rugby Union will now have to rewrite it's fixtures for this season.


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Steele Taylor. "SCRU assessing options after pullouts" — Sunshine Coast Daily, January 24, 2014

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