Western Clydesdales

Toowoomba Clydesdales

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Club information
Full name	Toowoomba Clydesdales RLFC
Colours	Royal Blue, Sky Blue and Red
Current details
Ground(s)	Clive Berghofer Stadium (9000)
CEO	Kyle Warren
Coach	Mark Gee
Competition	Queensland Wizard Cup
Records
Premierships	2 (1996, 2001)
Runners-up	2 (2000, 2006)
Minor premierships	3 (1996, 2001, 2006)
Wooden spoons	0

The Toowoomba Clydesdales are a rugby league football club based in Toowoomba, Queensland, named after the Scottish horse breed. They played in the Queensland Wizard Cup since the competition began in 1996 but no longer play in this competition.

Historically, the Clydsedales were the representative team for the Toowoomba competition. They competed in the Bulimba Cup, played various other representative matches and were arguably the strongest rugby league team in the world during the 1920s. In 1924, the team defeated England, New Zealand, Brisbane, Ipswich, the New South Wales state side and New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership holders, South Sydney.

They were the feeder club for the National Rugby League's Brisbane Broncos from 1999 to 2006. On 6 December 2006, the board announced that the club was roughly A$100,000 short to be able to field a team in the 2007 Queensland Cup and its future is now uncertain. The following day the Aspley Broncos were announced as the new feeder team for the Broncos.

Notable players

• Berrick Barnes
• Laurie Blake
• Michael Hancock
• Ben Ikin
• Paul Morgan
• Herb Steinohrt
• David Taylor
• Sam Thaiday
• Duncan Thompson
• Adrian Vowles
• Carl Webb

External links

• Clydesdales homepage
• Dire financial status forces Clydesdales to quit Qld Cup
• Clydesdales gone forever: Martin
• Toowoomba's Homepage