Colts season state of play. At the end of the 2023 QPR Colts season, all 3 Colts grades from Souths, Brothers and UQ have qualified for the finals, suggesting depth and strong programs. Easts and Bond both have had strong Colts 1 teams but their lower grades have finished at the lower end of the table. GPS and have had a disappointing season across the board, so too Wests, although their Colts 2 team did come home with a wet sail by defeating Sunnybank 144-7 to grab the final 4th spot. Norths have struggled and Sunnybank sadly have fallen off a cliff.
3 clubs, Bond, Norths and Sunnybank, have only been able to field Colts 1 and Colts 2 teams in the QPR comp which has meant the remaining clubs Colts 3 teams have had endless byes all season. Souths, Brothers, UQ Wests and GPS also have teams in the Tuckey cup which is effectively Colts 4 and plays Thursday nights. UQ and Brothers have 2 teams in that comp which also includes Wynnum and strangely Sunnybank.
It's sad to see that clubs like Sunnybank and Norths, who traditionally perform strongly in the junior ranks, are struggling to bring through or attract players into senior ranks. You'd think with no senior team from Logan, that Sunnybank would attract players from that catchment. Sadly all the talent probably ends up at other clubs such as Souths or Easts or playing in other sports. Norths have probably suffered through being geographically too close to Brothers and the alure of the Butcher stripe. Bond has great facilities, centrally located, with strong playing numbers in the GC junior club comps and a quite a number of GC schools playing rugby. How this doesn't translate to greater depth of numbers is a mystery.
