Brisbane North Cougars are an Australian netball team based in

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. Their senior team plays in the

HART Sapphire Series The HART Sapphire Series is a state netball league featuring teams from Queensland. The league is organised by Netball Queensland. The current semi-professional league was first played for during the 2019 season. It replaced earlier state leagu ...

. They also enter teams in

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's Ruby Series as well as under-18 and under-16 competitions.

History

Brisbane North Cougars Netball Club was established in

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. They represent five netball associations based in

, including the Queensland Catholic Netball Association and associations based in Downey Park,

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and Redcliffe. They have been one of

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's most successful netball clubs, making regular grand final appearances and winning regular premierships. Between 2001 and 2018 they competed in a series of state leagues organised by

, including the Dairy Farmers Cup, the Holden Astra Cup, the Holden Cruze Cup, the Queensland Champions Cup and the Queensland State Netball League. In 2019, along with Bond University Bull Sharks,

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, Ipswich Jets, USC Thunder, Northern Rays and QUT Wildcats, they were founding members of the

. Cougars were subsequently Sapphire premiers in 2020 and 2021.

Grand finals

Division 1

;Dairy Farmers Cup ;Holden Astra Cup ;Holden Cruze Cup ;Queensland Champions Cup ;Mission Queensland State Netball League Division 1 ;HART Sapphire Series

Division 2

;President's Cup – Under 19 ;Ergon Energy League ;Queensland State Netball League ;Queensland State Netball League Division 2 ;Ruby Series

Notable players

Internationals

; *

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; *

Tara Hinchliffe Tara Hinchliffe (born 25 May 1998) is an Australian netball player in the Suncorp Super Netball league, playing for the Queensland Firebirds. She also serves as the vice-president of the Australian Netball Players’ Association. Hinchliffe wa ...

Queensland Firebirds

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Sunshine Coast Lightning

Premierships

* Division 1 **''Winners'': 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021: 15 **''Runners Up'': 2008, 2012, 2019: 3 *Division 2 **''Winners'':2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021: 9 **''Runners Up'': 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2020: 6

References

External links

Brisbane North Cougars on Facebook

Brisbane North Cougars on Instagram
{{Queensland Sports Teams Netball teams in Queensland Queensland state netball league teams Sports clubs and teams established in 2001 2001 establishments in Australia Sports clubs and teams in Brisbane