Launceston Rugby Union Football Club

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Rugby team

Nickname(s)

The Tigers or "Tiga-Tiga"

Founded

1999

Location

Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Ground(s)

Royal Park

League(s)

Tasmanian Rugby Union

Team kit

2nd kit

Official website

launceston.rugbynet.com.au

Launceston Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Established in 1998, the club is a member of the Tasmanian Rugby Union and Tasmanian Rugby Union Juniors, affiliated with the Australian Rugby Union and plays in the Tasmanian Statewide League.

The club's home ground is at Royal Park in the Launceston. Known as the Tigers and previously the Bumble Bees, the club colours are red, yellow and black, with a Tasmanian Tiger adorning the Club's Logo. The club currently fields two teams in Men's First Division ("Premiership"), a team in Women's First Division and an under 16 Boys team.

The club resulted from a merger of the Glen Dhu Rugby Club and the Riverview Rugby Club in 1998 following an undefeated run by Riverview in 1997 winning the Reserves grade against West Coast with a score of 62-10. The merger of the two Launceston based clubs resulted in back to back Premierships for Launceston in 1998 and 1999 before losing the State Grand Final to the University of Tasmania in 2000. They then won the title again in 2004 and 2006.

After "fifteen long years" the club won the 2022 Statewide Premiership with a successful penalty kick after the siren by John "Hot Tip" Dunbar. They then followed up with premierships in 2023 and 2024. T J Pieters won best afield honours each year of this threepeat, with all three victories being over the Taroona Penguins at Rugby Park.

Premierships

Senior Team

Statewide Premiers First Grade 1998, 1999
Statewide Runners up First Grade 2000
Statewide Premiers First Grade 2004
Statewide Premiers First Grade 2006
Statewide Runners up First Grade 2011
Statewide Runners up First Grade 2021
Statewide Premiers First Grade 2022, 2023, 2024 (season undefeated)

Reserve Grade

Riverview - Northern Premiers 1997 (season undefeated)
Championship Winners 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022

Under 18

Premiers 2007

Under 14

Premiers 2006

Women's Team

Women's Sevens Spring Premiers 2016

*"fifteen long years" attributed to former Club President Ian Derson*

References

"LRUFC History". Rugbynet.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2009.

External links

Rugby union in Australia

Governing bodies

Overall	Rugby Australia
States	ACT and Southern NSW New South Wales NSWSRU NSWCRU Northern Territory Queensland QSRU QCRU South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia

National teams

Men's	Wallabies 7s U-20 Schoolboys Former: U-21 U-19
Women's	Wallaroos 7s

Other notable teams

Competitions

International	The Rugby Championship Oceania U20 Championship
Professional	Super Rugby
National	National Rugby Championship (Horan-Little Shield) National Sevens Championship U19s Rugby Championship National Women's Championship Super Rugby Women's Australian Club Championship
Premier	Shute Shield Queensland Premier Rugby ACTRU Premier Division Dewar Shield RugbyWA Fortescue Premier Grade
Other	Global Rapid Rugby
Hosted events	1987 Rugby World Cup 2003 Rugby World Cup Australian Sevens Australian Women's Sevens
Defunct	Australian Provincial Championship Australian Rugby Championship Australian Rugby Shield

Rugby union in

International trophies

World Rugby events

Men's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series U20 World Championship
Women's	World Cup World Cup Sevens Sevens World Series

Multi-sport events

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