The Logan Scorpions were an Australian rugby league football club from the suburb of Slacks Creek

Slacks Creek, Queensland

Slacks Creek is a suburb of Logan City, Queensland, Australia.The creek that gave its name to the district was named after the Slack family who had a cattle run there before the days of closer settlement. The Aboriginal name for it was Mungaree, place of fishes, which is the name they gave to their...

 in Logan City, Queensland

Logan City, Queensland

Logan City is a Local Government Area in South East Queensland, Australia. The city is situated between the City of Brisbane to the north and Gold Coast to the south. The city also borders the Scenic Rim, the City of Ipswich and Redland City....

. Due to financial difficulties, the club ceased operation at the end of the 2002 Queensland Cup

Queensland Cup

The Queensland Cup is the premier rugby league football competition in the State of Queensland, Australia.It is a statewide competition with the majority of teams based in South East Queensland but also including sides based in Cairns, Mackay and Rockhampton.The competition began in 1996 as a...

 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

Redcliffe Dolphins

The Redcliffe Dolphins are a rugby league team from the city of Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The Redcliffe Dolphins were founded in 1947, accepted into the Brisbane Rugby League premiership in 1960, and since 1996 have played in the Queensland Cup....

 18-4, it was decided to fully admit the club into first grade in 1988.

The Scorpions struggled from the beginning and never made the semi finals once in either the BRL 1st Grade or the Queensland Cup. Their most successful seasons were 1999 & 2000 in which the club finished 7th out of 12 teams. They made the Brisbane A Grade grand final in 2000 but lost the game 28-10 to the Easts Tigers

Easts Tigers

The Eastern Suburbs Tigers are a rugby league club based at Langlands Park, which is in the suburb of Coorparoo in Brisbane, Australia. They competed in the Brisbane Rugby League from 1934 to 1996. From 1996 they have competed in the Queensland Cup. Their jersey is traditionally an all gold jersey...

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Logan's fortunes declined in 2001 and 2002. In their final year they failed to win a single game in either the Queensland Cup or Brisbane A Grade. At the completion of that season the football and leagues clubs were wound up, and the Souths Logan Magpies were formed.

Sources

• Logan Scorpions Statistics retrieved December 7, 2005