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FOGS Colts Challenge

{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox rugby league football competition

|name = FOGS Colts Challenge

|current_season = 2017 FOGS Colts Challenge season

|logo = Qrl_2000.jpg

|pixels = 130px

|alt =

|sport = Rugby league

|formerly =

|founded = 1986

|inaugural = 1986

|folded = 2017

|replaced = Hastings Deering Colts

|ceotag = Chairman

|ceo = Bruce Hatcher

|teams = 15

|country = {{AUS}} (15 teams)

|country2 =

| headquarters = Brisbane, Australia

|championtag = Premiers

|champion = Redcliffe Dolphins

|season = 2017

|most_champs = Norths Devils

|count =

| website = [http://www.qrl.com.au/ qrl.com.au]

| related_comps = Jersey Flegg Cup
Mal Meninga Cup

}}

The FOGS Colts Challenge is an 11-team rugby league competition run by the QRL. It is the highest level of junior rugby league in Brisbane before players move into senior rugby. FOGS in an acronym for Former Origin Greats.

The competition provides the highest standard for young players ranging 16-18 who wish to further their rugby league careers and is seen as the first step for young Queensland boys in reaching the National Rugby League. Although the competition is based in Brisbane, scouts from all the NRL clubs have a presence in Colts rugby. Players are chosen from the FOGS Cup for U17, U18, state, and national representative sides, and it is also the stepping stone to play in the Queensland Cup. It is not unusual for young stars in the FOGS Cup to have already signed contracts with an NRL side.

History

The FOGS Colts Challenge, which ran from 1986 to 2017, only featured sides from south east Queensland. From 2008 to 2017, the National Rugby League (NRL) administered their own under-20 competition, the National Youth Competition, which featured the three Queensland-based NRL clubs, the Brisbane Broncos, Gold Coast Titans and North Queensland Cowboys, and a plethora of young players from the state. In 2016, the NRL announced that the National Youth Competition would be discontinued after the 2017 season, in favour of state-based under-20 competitions, administered by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and New South Wales Rugby League (NSWRL).{{cite web|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-announces-state-based-competitions-to-replace-holden-cup-under-20s-from-2018/news-story/cab42c6edb1a7df1e2bc4d87c0d0fcd3|title=NRL replaces Holden Cup under 20s with new NSW, Qld competitions in 2018 - Fox Sports|website=www.foxsports.com.au|date=17 November 2016 }}

In 2017, while in preparation for the new competition, the QRL ran a shortened, statewide under-20 competition called the FOGS U20s Cup. The competition, which was won by the Redcliffe Dolphins, ran over nine-weeks, alongside the Mal Meninga Cup, and featured all 15 teams who would eventually participate in the Hastings Deering Colts.{{cite web|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2017/03/03/qrl-gets-jump-on-new-under-20s-comp/|title=QRL gets jump on new under-20s comp|date=3 March 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.qrl.com.au/news/2017/05/02/fogs-u20s-cup-state-final-teams/|title=FOGS U20s Cup state final teams|date=2 May 2017}}

Current Teams

2009 Ladder

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=20 abbr="Position" |

!width=175 |Team

!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld

!width=20 abbr="Won" |W

!width=20 abbr="Drawn" |D

!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L

!width=20 abbr="Bye" |B

!width=20 abbr="Points for" |PF

!width=20 abbr="Points against" |PA

!width=20 abbr="Points difference" |PD

!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts

style="background: #ccffcc;"

|1

style="text-align:left;"|Souths Logan Magpies

|20

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style="background: #ccffcc;"

|2

style="text-align:left;"|Easts Tigers

|20

14152734372+36233
style="background: #ccffcc;"

|3

style="text-align:left;"|Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles

|20

13342489398+9133
style="background: #ccffcc;"

|4

style="text-align:left;"|Tweed Heads Seagulls

|20

11182487425+5027
style="background: #ccffcc;"

|5

style="text-align:left;"|Western Districts Panthers

|20

9292464462+224
6style="text-align:left;"|Norths Devils

|20

90112447495|
4822
7style="text-align:left;"|Burleigh Bears

|20

81112379488|
10921
8style="text-align:left;"|Wynnum Manly Seagulls

|20

60142422596|
17416
9style="text-align:left;"|Ipswich Jets

|20

50152349522|
17314
10style="text-align:left;"|Redcliffe Dolphins

|20

41152390599|
20913

Grand Final Results

class="wikitable"
Year

! Winner

! Score

! Loser

1998

|Norths Devils

|44 - 20

|Past Brothers

1999

|Redcliffe Dolphins

|26 - 22

|Norths Devils

2000

|Norths Devils

|32 - 14

|Wests Panthers

2001

|Redcliffe Dolphins

|24 - 22

|Norths Devils

2002

|Wests Panthers

|30 - 20

|Redcliffe Dolphins

2003

|Redcliffe Dolphins

|24 - 20

|Norths Devils

2004

|Norths Devils

|48 - 6

|Easts Tigers

2005

|Norths Devils

|28 - 18

|Wests Panthers

2006

|Norths Devils

|28 - 22

|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls

2007

|Tweed Heads Seagulls

|18 - 14

|Norths Devils

2008

|Western Districts Panthers

|30 - 16

|Aspley Devils

2009

|Easts Tigers

|30 - 28

|Souths Logan Magpies

2010

|Easts Tigers

|20 - 18

|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls

2015

|Burleigh Bears

|22 - 12

|Wynnum-Manly Seagulls

2016

|Easts Tigers

|21 - 20

|Redcliffe Dolphins

2017

|Redcliffe Dolphins

|56 - 18

|Norths Devils

See also

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References

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External links

  • {{Official website|https://www.qrl.com.au/}}
  • [http://u18colts.homestead.com/ FOGS Colts U18s Home Page]

{{Rugby League in Queensland}}

Category:Junior rugby league

Category:Rugby league competitions in Queensland

Category:Rugby league in Brisbane