Ipswich Jets

Infobox_nrl_club | clubname = Ipswich Jets


fullname = Ipswich Jets Rugby League Football Club
emblem = Jet
colours = Green, Gold, White
founded = 1986
sport = Rugby league
league = Queensland Cup
ground = Briggs Rd Stadium, Raceview
capacity =
ceo= Brad Wolens
captain = Danny Coburn
coach = Kevin Walters
season = 2008
position = First
premierships = Nil
runners = 1988, 1989, 2002
minors = 2008
spoons = 2006
win = vs Tweed Heads at briggs road 2008 62-10
loss = vs Wynnum at kougari oval 2004 68-20|

The Ipswich Jets are an Australian rugby league club based in Ipswich, Queensland .Their name comes from nearby RAAF Base Amberley, one of the largest airbases in Australia. The Jets compete in the Queensland Cup competition. Originally in the 1980s their colours were green and white, but in recent years gold has been added to the combination.

History

Founded in 1986 and coached in the 1980s by Tommy Raudonikis, the Jets' most famous product was Allan Langer who in 1987 was selected to play halfback for the Queensland State of Origin team while playing for the Jets in the Brisbane Rugby League premiership, even though he was not as yet playing in the New South Wales Rugby League's Winfield Cup which was, at that time, fast becoming the premier rugby league competition in Australia.

Kerrod and Kevin Walters also played for the club with Langer in their early years. When all three played together for the Brisbane Broncos later, they were dubbed "the Ipswich connection". Kevin is currently the Queensland Cup coach with Glen Lazarus as his assistant coach. Their brother, Steve Walters, played originally for Booval Swifts.

In the 2007 Queensland Cup the Jets caused a surprise by upsetting many of their more fancied rivals and pressing for a semi-finals spot, when they had been predicted by most tipsters to finish last.

At the End of the 2008 Queensland Wizard Cup minor premiership Ipswich finished four points clear at the top of the ladder, winning their first ever Queensland Cup Minor Premiership.

List of Results

Brisbane Rugby League premiership (First Grade)
*1986: 8th
*1987: 6th
*1988: Runners-up
*1989: Runners-up
*1990: 7th
*1991: 6th
*1992: 10th (last)
*1993: Semi finalists
*1994: Semi finalists
*1995: 8th
*1996: Eliminated in preliminary rounds

Queensland Cup
*1997: 13th
*1998: 13th
*1999: 10th
*2000: 6th
*2001: 8th
*2002: Runners-up
*2003: Semi finalists
*2004: 10th
*2005: 9th
*2006: 9th
*2007: Semi finalists
*2008: Runners-up

Players

External links

[http://www.ipswichjets.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=35 Official Site]