Brothers Old Boys
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| Full name |
 Brothers Rugby Club (Inc) |
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| Union | Queensland Rugby Union |
| Nickname(s) | The Brethren, The Filth |
| Founded | 1905 |
| Region | Brisbane (principally alumni of Christian Brothers Colleges) |
| Ground(s) | Crosby Park |
| President | Hans Pearson |
| Coach(es) | Carl Marshall |
| Most caps | B. O’Connell (230) |
| Official website | |
| www |
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The Brothers Old Boys is an Australian rugby union club, based in Brisbane, Queensland. The team currently competes in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition against nine of the states best Rugby Union clubs. The club was established in 1905 and has won 28 "A" Grade premierships since. They have produced 221 Queensland and 85 Internationals including 73 Wallaby players over the last century.
The Brothers Old Boys Rugby Union Club was formed at a meeting held in 1905 by old boys of Gregory Terrace, Nudgee College and St. James' College who wanted a Rugby club that 'old boys' (past students) could all play for. It was further decided at this meeting to "play in the school colours, blue and white hoops". These were the St Joseph's College Gregory Terrace colours of the time. In 1905 the team played in plain hoops but the Scottish supplier incorrectly sent navy and white irregular hoops ("butcher stripes") for the 1906 season and the club has maintained this jersey ever since.
In 1907 after only the second year in the Brisbane Premier Rugby competition, Brothers won their first premiership defeating Valleys 18 - 8. Brothers next string of success was titled the "First Golden Era" when they won Premierships in 1911,12,13,15, and 1919. During this period the club was so strong that in 1914 they fielded two teams in the competition Brothers 'A' & 'B'. The end of the 1919 season saw the demise of Rugby Union in Queensland, Rugby League became the 'code of choice' and Brisbane Premier Rugby came to a halt.
In 1913 nine Brothers players represented Queensland in the interstate clash in Sydney and helped the team to a 22 - 21 victory. In addition to Pat Murphy and Jimmy Flynn these players were M J McMahon, R McManus, Hugh Flynn, Vin Carmichael, Tom Ryan, Bill Morrissey and Joe Russell. Another Brothers player to be selected for state and country during these years was R "Clinker" Birt.
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