TWEED HEADS SEAGULLS

The 'Tweed Heads Seagulls', often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls, are a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, and are the only non-Queensland team to play in the Queensland Wizard Cup.

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History

Crest and Colours

Home Ground

History

After originally being formed as a rugby union club in the 1890s, it, along with other north coast New South Wales clubs switched to the professional code.
In 1990 the Seagulls Leagues club bought out the license for the Gold Coast - Tweed Giants, and renamed the club the Gold Coast Seagulls, although they continued to play their home games in the New South Wales town of Tweed Heads. In 1995 the club sold its license to businessmen Jeff Muller, who changed the club's name to Gold Coast Gladiators.
Prior to 2005 they played in the Gold Coast - Group 18 competition, however at the end of 2004 this was disbanded and split, with the Queensland-based clubs playing in a dedicated Gold Coast competition, with the remainder playing in an expanded Group 1 competition
The 'Tweed Heads Seagulls' were formed in 1909 and are one of the oldest Rugby league clubs in Australia. Tweed applied for the 2002 Queensland Cup, however were unsuccessful. Following the exit of the Logan City Scorpions at the end of 2002, Tweed re-applied, successfully, for the 2003 competition.
In 2006 Tweed Heads successfully entered the FOGS Cup and FOGS Colts Challenge

Crest and Colours

The Tweed jersey is traditionally black and white butcher stripes, similar in design to that of Past Brothers. The Gold Coast Seagulls initially played in a similar jersey, only with the addition of 2 red lines horizontally through each wide black stripe on the jersey.

Home Ground

Tweed Heads originally played out of Seagulls Stadium on Gollan Drive, West Tweed Heads, however due to financial trouble the club sold the ground in the late 1990s and the stadium was demolished. Currently Tweed play their Queensland Cup games nearby at the Piggabeen Sports Complex.