• Source: Logan Scorpions

      • The Logan Scorpions were an Australian rugby league football club from the suburb of Slacks Creek in Logan City, Queensland. Due to financial difficulties, the club ceased operation at the end of the 2002 Queensland Cup season, and merged with the Souths Magpies to form a new team, the Souths Logan Magpies.


      History


      The Scorpions made their debut in the third grade of the Brisbane Rugby League premiership (BRL) in 1987. After they made the grand final, which they lost to the Redcliffe Dolphins 4–18, it was decided to fully admit the club into first grade in 1988.
      However, the Scorpions were never able to become competitive in the higher class of competition owing to financial difficulties not permitting them to recruit the best players available, a problem enhanced by the fact that all of the BRL's top talent had defected to the Brisbane Broncos or other Sydney-based NSWRL clubs. The Scorpions never made the semi-finals once in either the BRL First Grade or Queensland Cup; their most successful seasons being 1999 and 2000 when the club finished seventh out of twelve teams. They made the Brisbane A Grade grand final in 2000 but lost 10–28 to the Easts Tigers.
      Logan's fortunes declined further in 2001 and 2002. In their final year they failed to win a single game in either the Queensland Cup or Brisbane A Grade, and suffered many huge losses, including losing 0–88 to the Redcliffe Dolphins at Dolphin Oval. At the completion of that season the football and leagues clubs were wound up, and a merger with the Souths Magpies to form the Souths Logan Magpies followed.


      Notable players




      = Representative players for Queensland Residents

      =
      Paul Fisher
      Shaun Ireland
      Brendon Lindsay
      Brad Pike
      Shane Perry
      Carl Turner
      Alan Lowe


      = Other notable players

      =
      Gary O‘Brien
      Brian Hegarty
      Brian Armstrong
      Michael Devlin
      Bernie Finch
      Aaron Stewart
      Billy Dart
      Alan Hughes
      Mal Hughes
      Dougie Hughes
      Paul Bartier
      Glen Haggath
      Sean Roberts
      Stephen Royston
      Matt Burgess (1996–98)
      Clinton Davis (1996–99)
      Martin Moloney (1996–99)
      Andrew Thompson
      David Pitt
      Phil Shilvock
      Royce Simms
      Ben Lowrie
      Damien Durnford
      Gareth Turton
      Brett Simmons
      Terry O’Regan


      International representatives


      Sam Backo


      Greg Chappell 1995 2002




      References




      External links


      Logan Scorpions Statistics (archived). Originally retrieved 7 December 2005

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