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Rugby

A world-class training environment led by renowned and experienced rugby coaches and administrators. Bond University Rugby Club provides players with premier facilities and coaching and the tools to develop through National Pathways. At the heart of our rugby club is a commitment to fostering an #unbreakablebond. 

The club is a member of Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) and is the only Gold Coast-based club competing in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition. We boast many teams and programs while providing direct pathways to Super Rugby, Wallabies, Wallaroos, National 7s programs and professional rugby.

2025 Rugby Grand Final Highlights

Meet our coaches and mentors

  • This seven-time Hospital Cup winner is the most successful coach in Queensland Premier Rugby history, and he's in charge at the Bull Sharks.

    Mick Heenan - Premier Men Head Coach
  • Once a try-scoring machine for the All Blacks and in Super Rugby, Rico Gear brings a lifetime of knowledge to his role as Premier Assistant Coach.

    Rico Gear - Premier Assistant Coach
  • Internationally experienced coach who has worked across all programs in Bond Rugby. Setu is a primary influencer behind the success of the Bond University Women’s program and has been instrumental in their four successive premierships.

    Setu Naseri - Premier Women Head Coach
  • Experienced coach. Formally with Brumbies development programs and Queensland Country Representative teams.

    Adam Fahey - Colts (u20s) Program Head Coach
  • Collins was the CEO of Super Rugby club the Chiefs and a former professional rugby player before he brought his expertise to Bond in 2022.

    Michael Collins - Director of Sport
  • Heath has decades of experience in Rugby management across Australia and Fiji, including stints with Rugby Australia, the Commonwealth Games and Fijian Drua.

    Tim Heath - Rugby Operations and Events
  • Former Director of Rugby and premier coach of Bond Rugby.

    Sean Hedger - General Manager of Rugby -
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Players spotlight

We've had a wealth of top-tier talent across all our teams — past and present. Here are just some of our impressive players who have called Bond their home club.

  • Maddison and Teagan Levi

    Gold Coast born and bred, the Levi sisters have gone on to play for the Australian women's sevens team. They won a gold medal with the Australian sevens team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. Both credit their time with the Bond University Bull Sharks for laying the foundations for their success.

  • Angus Blyth

    Wallaby and NSW Waratahs lock and former Bull Sharks player Angus Blyth. Blyth came to Bond University through the John Eales Rugby Excellence Scholarship, an initiative he happily acknowledges not only changed his life, but has played an invaluable role in the rise of the Bull Sharks in Queensland Premier Rugby. 

  • Zane Nonggorr

    Zane Nonggorr's selection as a Wallaby fulfilled a childhood dream. Nonggorr studied Law at Bond and came through the ranks of the Bull Sharks. He started in the Colts and his selection as a Wallaby is the manifestation of a rugby pathway carefully mapped out by the club.

    “[Bond is] a really great club and they have been a major help to me following that pathway from school, to Bond, to Reds and then the Wallabies — it’s pretty cool.’’

  • James Slipper

    Captaining the Wallabies and the Queensland Reds are feathers in the cap for Bond alumnus James Slipper. Slipper is a Gold Coast rugby success story, having risen through the ranks of schoolboy rugby at TSS and club rugby to captain the Bond University Queensland Country NRC squad. 

  • Hayden Sargeant

    Bond University alumnus Hayden Sargeant played for the Bond University Rugby Club for several years before being named in the Australian Olympic rugby sevens team for the Paris Olympics. You can read more about Hayden's story here. 

  • Harrison Usher

    A product of King's School in Sydney, Harrison came to Bond University on a Sport Leadership Scholarship. Harrison represented Queensland and Australia U20's and has now progressed to the Reds Super Rugby Pacific squad

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