Your teams for this weekends Byron Bay 7’s. 🏖️ 🏉 Congratulations to all selected and best of luck on and off the field. (fb)

Vale Bruce Robert Brown - UQ Rugby Legend on and off the field - 1944-2025 A tough and unyielding 100kg, 180cm prop, Bruce was a member of 5 premiership winning UQ teams between 1964 and 1970. As Qld cap #793 Bruce made his debut for Queensland in 1965 at 20 years of age, playing for his state until 1972. During is time as a student, Bruce was awarded a Rugby half blue by the University of Queensland in 1965 and achieved full blue status in 1967. As cap #552, Bruce played for the Wallabies vs the All Blacks in several tests in New Zealand in 1972. Bruce coached the University for five year and coached the First Grade side from 1978 to 1980. In his first year as coach the First-Grade side reached the Grand Final against Brothers but lost narrowly 15 - 19. However, he was the proud coach of the 1979 team captained by Wallaby and man-mountain Mark Loane. The side defeated Brothers for the Hospitals Cup after the first Grand Final had to be replayed as the scores were level after extra time. The Replay also had to go into extra time before Bruce Brown’s coached team could finally claim victory after 200 minutes of tough uncompromising rugby. Bruce Brown is a Foundation Life member of the Rugby Club and in March 1990 succeeded former University Wallaby Captain Arch Winning as chief executive and director of long-established soap and chemicals group, Campbell Brothers Limited and has since held a number of board positions. Bruce was instrumental in establishing the University of Queensland Rugby Union Foundation Trust is a charitable trust established in 1994 to provide money to The University of Queensland (UQ), to further the sport of Rugby Union by enabling UQ, through its sporting club University of Queensland Rugby Football Club to enhance its students’ general health and welfare and community participation through playing Rugby. Bruce loved his rugby, being present at almost every club game and served as former Chairman of the Directors of the QRU Rugby College. He was President of the Club from 1994-2015. Thank you Bruce for all that you have done for our club. You have left a lasting legacy. #onceaheavyalwaysaheavy @redheavies (fb)