Rugby League Clubs

[tracker]

    G'Day All,
                 This question is directed at Queenslander's i suppose......If you now follow Brisbane Broncos who played there first year in 1988 or The Nth Queensland Cowboys who played there first year in 1998.....Which club did you follow before these  inaugural years of the Broncos and Cowboys.....?...Interesting !!!!

                                                                          Cheers Tracker.

[wilson79]

Cowboys actually started in 1995 Tracker..

before the Cowboys came along I was a Nth Sydney Bears supporter..

[crappsy]

Go the Mighty Bears

[Moggy]

When i was a kid used to follow the mighty Newtown Jets, then the raiders (Steve Jackson is a Mackay boy & scored that great 20m barge over try to win the '89 GF (i think it was 89).
Then followed the broncos & finally the COWBOYS.

[tracker]

Cowboys actually started in 1995 Tracker..

before the Cowboys came along I was a Nth Sydney Bears supporter..

    I will check my source mate......You may well be right

                                Cheers Tracker.

[tracker]

n 1998 the Super League and Australian Rugby League competitions merged to form the National Rugby League (NRL). The Cowboys began their first season in this competition strongly, and after six rounds they were in equal first place. Although they fell


      This is after Super League....
                                                  Cheers Tracker.

[tracker]

    The history of the North Queensland Cowboys goes back to 1995 when they were admitted to the Australian Rugby League Premiership.

Contents  [hide]
1 History
1.1 Foley Shield Days
1.2 State League to the formation of a national team
1.3 1995, 1996: Origins
1.4 1997: Super League
1.5 1998, 1999: National Rugby League
1.6 2000–2003: Improved Results
1.7 2004: First time finalists
1.8 2005: Grand finalists
1.9 2006/2007
1.10 2008–2010: Struggling Seasons
1.11 2011–Present: Return to the Finals
2 References

[tracker]

History of the North Queensland Cowboys
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of the North Queensland Cowboys goes back to 1995 when they were admitted to the Australian Rugby League Premiership.

[oldmate]

Always followed the bulldogs. When the titans started here in the coast i follow them also. But if both are playing each other i support the dogs.

Who am i going for in this GF, Brisbane for me. I actually dont mind the current brisbane side 

[wakychapmans]

I had the same dilema... but slightly further south.

As a Newcastle boy, I went for Manly because I lived at the beach and they were on the beach. (I was 5yo... cut me some slack)

When the Knights entered the comp'... I turned red and blue. Been that way ever since.

(despite the recent years)

[listo]

Been tough times mate, I'm a red & blue man too. I'll be backing the cows this weekend... I don't really want to see Wayne Bennett walk straight into a premiership winning team after his effort at Newy.

[crappsy]

what effort

[gronk]

I don't really want to see Wayne Bennett walk straight into a premiership winning team after his effort at Newy.

Especially what he did with Darius Boyd.....walked away from the club, his "mate" played the depression card and walked as well, got rid of the fullback, Darius got better real quick, and then slotted straight in and has played great since..

Darius played like a busted ar*e at Newie !!

[muzza01]

I was a Balmain Tigers supporter until 1995 when the Cowboys came on the scene. I was so happy when we finally got a team from our region in the comp.

Even though the Broncos were a QLD based club, I never bonded with them and stuck with the Tigers until the Cowboys came on the scene.

Now, as you can guess  . I am a mad Cowboys fanatic.
To clear up when the Cowboys first started, this is a signed jersey from the first year in the Comp, 1995. This was when it was called the ARL not NRL.

[tracker]

I was a Balmain Tigers supporter until 1995 when the Cowboys came on the scene. I was so happy when we finally got a team from our region in the comp.

Even though the Broncos were a QLD based club, I never bonded with them and stuck with the Tigers until the Cowboys came on the scene.

Now, as you can guess  . I am a mad Cowboys fanatic.
To clear up when the Cowboys first started, this is a signed jersey from the first year in the Comp, 1995. This was when it was called the ARL not NRL.

   

  Thanks Muzza......My info concurs with yours.......I stand corrected....

                                           Cheers Tracker.

[Moggy]

Mate should have that in a display cabinet....

Send it down to me, i'll knock one up for ya 

[sol]

I was a St George supporter before the Cowboys 

     

[muzza01]

Mate should have that in a display cabinet....

Send it down to me, i'll knock one up for ya 

I know Mate. I will when I get some spare coin. I have quite a bit of signed Cowboys memorabilia in my entertainment room including framed 2008 signed jersey, signed footy from 2005 (I think) framed and signed Dally M tribute to JT from 2005, signed framed stuff from Matt Sing, Josh Hannay, Paul Bowman, Ty Williams, Matt Bowen, Graham Murray etc.

I will take another pic and post up shortly.

[muzza01]

More from 1995


2008

[Rumpig]

Followed Souths Magpies here in Qld and played for Souths as a junior also, only made sense that i support the Magpies in NSW, so Wests is the team i have followed since a kid. Even these days i still barrack for Wests over the Broncos and Cowboys. My old man was heavily involved with Souths here in Brisbane, so i went to every footy game and got to watch guys like Mal Meninga, Gary Belcher, Peter Jackson, Bob Lindner play for the club before they headed South for the money.
In saying all that.... i was at the first Broncos game at Lang Park, and went to many games over the years supporting them...happy for them to beat any NSW team other then Wests...same goes for the Cowboys  In a way the 2 Qld teams playing each other in the final sucks, i don't know who to barrack for now 

[Clouty]

Didnt really follow anyone while I was playing for North Sydney Bears but when I left the club I started following Broncos in the mid 90's and have been cheering them on ever since..

[achjimmy]

Bears were a great club, north sydney oval was great ground. Never a fan but still pi553d how a vibrant bears could merge with a broke Manly and two years later the merger disbands and the Bears are gone !!!!!!  7ucken artherson and his cronies.

[Annieandandy]

I go for Parra but when I do come out of the 80's I go for the Cowboys. :-)

[wilson79]

Here are my cowboy's jumpers..

I have a couple more pics to send through later..

[wilson79]

Another little shrine...