Ipswich Swifts

Australian rugby league club, based in Ipswich, QLD

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Swifts Rugby League Football Club, commonly referred to as Swifts Bluebirds or simply as Swifts is an Australian semi-professional rugby league club based in Purga, Ipswich, Queensland. The club currently competes in the City of Ipswich Mayor's A Grade Cup.[1] The club was founded in 1919.[2]

History

Swifts Rugby League Football Club was founded in 1919 as Booval Rugby League Football Club. The emblem used was a "Swift" Bluebird. It was chosen because it had a variety of attributes such as courage, speed and strength. Although, the original jersey colours consisted of sky blue and white, as well as black shorts, in 1951, the merger of Booval Swifts and All Sports has now added the colour red to the jersey.[2]

In the 2019 finals, they eliminated Redbank Plains Bears with a 41–28 victory in week one of the finals, before defeating the Goodna & Districts Eagles 26-22 last weekend. On 15 September, the third placed, Swifts faced the minor premiers, Brothers Ipswich in the grand final.[3][4]

Squad

Current 2018 squad:[5]

References

  1. ^ "Team Home for Swifts Bluebirds - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b "About Us - Swifts Bluebirds (Jnrs & Snrs) - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  3. ^ "PHOTOS: Rugby League Ipswich A-Grade grand final". Daily Mercury. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Ipswich gear up for massive grand final weekend". Queensland Rugby League. 13 September 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Players - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
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