Ipswich Jets
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| Full name | Ipswich Jets Rugby League Football Club |
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| Emblem | Jet |
| Colours | Green, Gold, White |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Sport | Rugby league |
| League | Queensland Cup |
| Ground | Briggs Rd Stadium, Raceview |
| Capacity | |
| CEO | Brad Wolens |
| Captain | Danny Coburn |
| Coach | Glen Lazarus |
| 2009 | First |
| Premierships | Nil |
| Runners-Up | 1988, 1989, 2002 |
| Minor Premierships | 2008 |
| Wooden Spoons | 2006 |
| Biggest win | vs Tweed Heads at briggs road 2008 62-10 |
| Worst defeat | vs Wynnum at kougari oval 2004 68-20 |
The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league club based in Ipswich, Queensland. Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Originally in the 1980s their colours were green and white, but in recent years gold has been added to the combination.
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[edit] History
Founded in 1986 and coached in the 1980s by Tommy Raudonikis, the Jets' most famous product was Allan Langer who in 1987 was selected to play halfback for the Queensland State of Origin team while playing for the Jets in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership, even though he was not as yet playing in the New South Wales Rugby League's Winfield Cup which was, at that time, fast becoming the premier rugby league competition in Australia.
Kerrod and Kevin Walters also played for the club with Langer in their early years. When all three played together for the Brisbane Broncos later, they were dubbed "the Ipswich connection". Kevin is currently the Queensland Cup coach with Glen Lazarus as his assistant coach. Their brother, Steve Walters, played originally for Booval Swifts.
In the 2007 Queensland Cup the Jets caused a surprise by upsetting many of their more fancied rivals and pressing for a semi-finals spot, when they had been predicted by most tipsters to finish last.
At the End of the 2008 Queensland Wizard Cup minor premiership Ipswich finished four points clear at the top of the ladder, winning their first ever Queensland Cup Minor Premiership.
[edit] List of Results
Brisbane Rugby League premiership (First Grade)
- 1986: 8th
- 1987: 6th
- 1988: Runners-up
- 1989: Runners-up
- 1990: 7th
- 1991: 6th
- 1992: 10th (last)
- 1993: Semi finalists
- 1994: Semi finalists
- 1995: 8th
- 1996: Eliminated in preliminary rounds
- 1997: 13th
- 1998: 13th
- 1999: 10th
- 2000: 6th
- 2001: 8th
- 2002: Runners-up
- 2003: Semi finalists
- 2004: 10th
- 2005: 9th
- 2006: 9th
- 2007: Semi finalists
- 2008: Runners-up
[edit] Players
| Name | Position | Junior Club | Birth date | World Cup Eligibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Gibson | Fullback | Ipswich Brothers Jnr | 13 October 1989 |  |
| Troy O'Sullivan | Fullback | Belconnen United Jr | 4 November 1987 | |
| Luke Walker | Fullback/Wing | Charters Towers Miners | 4 February 1981 | |
| Scott Ireland | Wing | West Belconnen Jnr | 21 May 1987 |  |
| Walter Imo | Wing/Centre/Fullback | - | 20 October 1985 |   |
| Donald Malone | Centre/Wing | Murgon | 27 July 1985 | |
| Paoa Faamita | Centre/Wing | Souths Acacia Ridge | 14 February 1987 | |
| Geoff Chalk | Centre/Wing | Fassifern Bombers | 17 January 1985 | |
| Max Seumanutafa | Centre | Goodna Jnr | 3 August 1985 | |
| Jason Bulgerelli | Centre | Burdeilin Roosters | 20 May 1976 |  |
| Brook Alofipo | Centre/Second Row | Manurewa Marlins Jr | 3 September 1986 | |
| Peter Poppi | Halfback | Babinda Colts Jnr | 18 June 1987 | |
| Steven West | Halfback/Hooker | Oakey Bears | 5 February 1981 | - |
| Ian Lacey | Halfback/Hooker | Rockhampton Norths Jnr | 25 November 1984 | |
| Robert Fisher | Five Eighth | Souths | 1 March 1987 | |
| Luke Gray | Five Eighth | Goulburn Jnr | 26 February 1986 | |
| Brendan Marshall | Five Eighth/Fullback | Townies (Mount Isa) | 25 May 1980 | |
| Aaron Werth | Back | Gatton Hawks | 11 January 1984 | |
| Roman Hifo | Second Row/Lock | - | 17 April 1986 | |
| Daniel Fullerton | Second Row | Norths/Ipswich | 13 September 1986 | |
| Leigh Coghill | Second Row | Caboolture | 27 July 1983 | |
| Scott Alo | Second Row | Brisbane Easts/Souths Junior | 18 July 1980 | |
| Sam Martin | Second Row | Ipswich Norths Jnr | 8 May 1989 | |
| Mathew McPhee | Second Row | Norths | 23 August 1985 | |
| Trever Exton | Second/Front Row | Logan Brothers | 8 November 1981 |  |
| Tuiao Tulili | Prop/Second Row | Bankstown Jnr | 14 October 1983 | |
| Aaron Sweeney | Prop/Second Row | Eaglevale/St Andrews | 29 May 1984 | |
| Michael Ryan | Hooker | Ipswich Brothers Jnr | 9 May 1981 | |
| Adam Boettcher | Hooker | Ipswich Brothers/South Sydney | 6 August 1985 | |
| Daniel Coburn | Lock | Waterford Beaudesert | 25 July 1976 | |
| Glen Hau | - | - | - | |
| Brendan Scanlan | - | - | - | |
| Ramon Filipini | - | - | - | - |
| Todd Riggs | - | - | - | |
| Dale Robertson | - | Norths Ipswich | 10 January 1978 | |
| Todd Hair | - | - | - | |
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