It was a grand final for the Giants, pumped up as never before – and they showed remarkable resilience and determination to defy a late Broncos challenge. His inconsistency forced Economidis to alternate him between first grade, the interchange bench and the The Chargers attack was the worst in the league, scoring only 54 tries all season. The best players to pull on the orange and black of the Coomera Crushers have been honoured by Gold Coast Bulletin rugby reporter Nic Darveniza.
Among their scalps were eventual premiers the Newcastle Knights, whom they beat 32-24 at Carrara, and semi-finalists the Illawarra Steelers 11–10 at Carrara. SUBSCRIPTIONS. The club's leading point scorer for the season was Steve Weston who scored 30 points (2 tries and 11 goals). Ikin to the North Sydney Bears and Peacock to the South Queensland Crushers. No-one had scored more than two tries in a first-grade game or more than 20 first grade tries for the club. CONTACT US: Send Message. The club's leading try scorer was Brett French with 5. This assured the club's financial future. Other wins against Newcastle, Parramatta, Balmain and a draw against Penrith saw the club avoid the Wooden Spoon. The match was played at the Neutral venue of Parramatta Stadium. In 1995, Despite a record crowd that watched the Crushers take on the A glimmer of hope for the club came when the Crushers won the Under 21's premiership, defeating the The 1997 season was not much better for the Crushers, again taking the wooden spoon for the second year running. The club's leading try scorers crossed 6 times. The club's top performers again were the Reserve Grade team coached by Individually there were some notable performances. Having been with the original Gold Coast Giants from 1988-1990 I returned to the club after an absence of 1 season during which period Billy Johnstone took over (after retiring as a player) as the club's Strength and Conditioning Coach. He departed the club with a personal tally of 224 first grade points (18 tries and 76 goals). The arrival of new clubs debuting in the 1995 season saw the team plundered. The Chargers scored their first ever victory over the Western Suburbs Magpies. DON ATE. In a golden period for the club between May and June the Chargers won five and drew one of seven matches. In February 1989 the Giants were taken over by the Seagulls Leagues Club.
In-fighting between coach Wally Lewis and management threatened to tear the club apart. The resounding success of the season was the form of Jamie Goddard. Trevor Gillmeister had the honour of scoring the Crusher's first ever try.In the 1995 season, the club had only won six and drew another in the twenty-two games played. BL OG. Dale Shearer became the club's second Australian representative. The club's leading try scorer was Russell Bussian with 7. Later in the season they broke through for their first ever win against the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles since 1989 when they thumped the defending premiers 25-10 before 15,872 fans at Carrara. The Chargers led 14–4 at half-time and never let the Steelers into the match. The Chargers who were written off by most, defeated the highly fancied Illawarra Steelers 25–14. Along with Kevin Campion and Jason Hetherington, Vowles were included in the Norwich Rising Star class of 1993. The giants were deserving winners, and ended nine weeks of frustration and misery where they had come so close to winning but had only a draw to show for their toil. The Gold Coast Seagulls were finished as a footballing entity, and it seemed all hopes for the club were lost. Although the club showed great improvement in defense conceding 101 fewer points than the previous season.
Coach Economidis took full advantage of the unlimited interchange rule to use the 33-year-old in Bella in short, effective bursts. Young centre However sadly for the Seagulls, both Ikin and Peacock departed the club at the end of the season. He was replaced for the 1991 season by reserve grade coach and former Canterbury-Bankstown (1973–77) and The Seagulls were happy with the development of youngsters Tony Durheim, Eddie Fallins, The Seagulls veteran hooker, Billy Johnstone announced his retirement at the end of the season. The Crushers, whose whole existence was against the backdrop of the The Crushers' first match was against the previous season's premiers, Canberra which they lost along with their next three before winning their first match 16-12 against North Sydney in Round five. The end result of the disastrous events saw football manager Greg Bandiera sacked, Wally Lewis resign and many of the club's top players including Brent Todd, 1993 saw the team suffer its worse losing streak, sixteen games.