Senior Rugby information

Quins Senior club pre-season training starts on Monday 16 Jan at 6.45pm at the clubrooms. Training will continue Monday and Wednesday nights to the end of February when we will revert to Tues/Thurs night sessions for the remainder of the year.

Runners only - no boots.

All new players are weclome and encouraged to attend, please ask for Brock Parker when you arrive.

See you at training.

Please note the Junior sighn on day has CHANGED to Friday Feb 10 6.30pm to 8.30pm.

Come and enjoy a BBQ sausage and sign on for Quins Junior Rugby in 2012. Teams from U6 to U18 are available and new players to the club and the game are actively encouraged. For any questions please contact the Junior President Mike Bull on 0401 071 944.

The club celebrated the 2011 season in style at the Annual Dinner which was attended by over 140 members and supporters. Guest speaker Rebels Head Coach Damien Hill was great in outlining his direction for the Rebels in 2012 and everyone enjoyed themselves well into the night. Highlight of the evening was the celebration of the Colts Premiership team. The nights winners were:

Colts Team

Afa Amosa - Club Player of the year with Ruahn van Zyl, Head Coach

Jim Donovan - Harlequin of the Year

Summer training program is in operation again in 2010-11 with Jose Thomas and Dave Batty. The flyer below will give you more information or contact Jose on 0420 905 050. It is open to all players (Quins and non-Quins) from U16 to Senior Grade.

Quins won our first Colts premiership since 1998 with a tense 27-24 win over Endeavour Hills. Quins started well with Nick Carter scoring an early tough forward drive try to get Quins on the front foot.

The lead changed a number of times from this point with the big Endeavour Hills pack driving through Quins whilst Quins looked to spread the ball wide to the speed man. Justin Marsters scored as did Chris Leuamona who scored a hard running try and was stopped short for a second soon after.

Endeavour Hills continued to hit back and with Quins leading 20-17 with 10 minutes remaining and with a certain penalty in front of the posts a quick tap was taken by Andrew Blannin with what seemed to be the match winning try scored in the corner by Justin Tavae - but after consultation it was ruled a knock-on over the line and from the next scrum End Hills went the length of the field to take a 24-20 lead with less than 10 minutes remaining. The Quins boys held their nerve, and Justin Masters showed the class act he is once again by scoring under the posts for Quins to lead 27-24. End Hills made one final surge, Quins defended stoutly and the final whistle was blown with End Hills camped on attack in the Quins 22.

Chris Leauamona was awarded man of the match and Andrew Blannin was awarded the competitions Colts Player of the Year and also Colts Top Point Scorer. 

Congratulations to the boys and the coaching and management team on a great effort.

The Quins 2nd Grade team loss their Grand Final against Melbourne University 30-31 with the team deep on attack when the final whistle blew.

Scoring the try of the match Quins took a handy 10-0 lead before University hit with a try and as the teams went tit for tat in scoring through the first half. The decisive moment came in the 5 minutes before half time when Uni scored 2 intercept tries to jump out to a 24-13 lead over Quins. Some powerful substitutions in the 2nd half doe Uni made the first 15 minutes tough and they scored again to lead 31-13 when the Quins revival commenced. Three tries in the last 15 minutes saw Quins close the gap to 31-30, and the team had a number of good attacking opportunities in the final 5 minutes but were unable to turn them into points. 

Fine games to Richie Henderson at 9 and the skipper Dan Henry worked hard all game.  

Both 2nd Grade and the Colts have qualified for the Grand Final this Saturday at Box Hill RC with 3rd Grade going agonizingly close to also qualifying. 

2nd Grade defeated Moorabbin 36-21 to earn their spot against Melbourne University in the Grand Final who upset Melbourne in the other Semi Final (Melbourne had not lost a game all season). Michael Shadbolt grabbed another two tries to add to his seasojn tally of 26 tries but the crucial moment came when Nathan Redfern stripped the ball from a Moorabbin player 10m out and dashed over for a try. The Rams dropped their heads at this moment and Quins went onto a comfortable lead with the Rams scoring 2 late tries to bring the score closer than it actually was.

Colts battled hard early against a hard working Melbourne outfit to only lead 7-3 at the break before the team kicked into gear with some tries to the outside backs stretching the final scoreline to 35-8 and earning them a rematch with Endeavour Hills who defeated them last week in the Major Semi. 

3rd Grade had a fantastic first half to lead the Minor Premiers Melbourne 21-0 at the half - but some ill discipline and missed tackles in the 2nd half let Melbourne back in the game and they finally ran over the top to win 24-31. It was a courageous effort by the guys in 3rd Grade and something to build on further for next year.

GRAND FINALS this Saturday at Sparkes Reserve at Box Hill RC

12pm        2nd Grade Quins V Melbourne University

1.30pm     Colts Quins V Endeavour Hills

All Quins Senior teams will play finals at Melbourne RC, Orrong Road, Prahran.

10.30am: 3rd Grade - Quins vs Melbourne

12.00pm: 2nd Grade - Quins vs Moorabbin

13.45pm: Colts - Quins vs Melbourne

It would be great to see as many supporters at all the games to get the three teams into the Grand Final.