The Northern Brisbane Rollers is a women's flat track

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league based in

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. Founded in 2008, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).

History

The league was founded in 2008, and initially represented the

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area. Its first bout was held in April 2009, with early games attracting crowds of 500 to 600 people. By early 2010, the league moved many bouts to the

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, in order to accommodate its growing number of supporters. This move proved successful and, by August, its bout against Gold Coast was expected to attract 5,000 fans. Northern Brisbane has a longstanding rivalry with local opponents the

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, although Sun State have had the upper hand in contests. Among their meetings was the quarter-final of the 2010

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tournament, which Northern Brisbane lost by 184 to 28. The league again reached the quarter-final of the 2012 Great Southern Slam, at which they beat

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's Pirate City Rollers 180 to 103, but it then lost in the semi-finals, again to Sun State, by 159 to 110. In October 2013, Northern Brisbane was accepted as a member of the

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Programme. Northern Brisbane became a full member of the WFTDA in January 2016.

WFTDA rankings

References

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