While Brisbane have claimed the Purchas Cup in previous iterations of both the team and competition, Saturday\u2019s victory marked the first time in the new format the club has walked away with silverware.<\/p>\n
Victory came in a tense final against former champions the Sydney Convicts, with the Hustlers prevailing 7-5 on a wet afternoon in T\u0101maki Makaurau.<\/p>\n
The result comes at a perfect time for the Sunshine state side, with Brisbane set to host the world inclusive rugby tournament, the Bingham Cup, for the first time in 2026.<\/p>\n
The Brisbane Hustlers have won the 2025 Purchas Cup in New Zealand. Source: Blake Armstrong \/ Armstrong Photography NZ<\/p>\n
\u201cWe went into that final with a couple of injuries,\u201d Steve Bevan, President of the Brisbane Hustlers said to QNews.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut not one of the boys, not a single one gave up that whole time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI really still don\u2019t even know what to say. It\u2019s been a long, hard slog to get to this point.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve been part of the club for six years, and in that time I\u2019ve played two Purchas Cups and two Bingham Cups.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve never beaten the Convicts before today, and we did it twice, and it is pretty surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n
While the Convicts relinquished their Cup title, the Sydney side did walk away with silverware, winning the second division Purchas Shield final 14-0 against a dangerous Perth Rams outfit.<\/p>\n
The Adelaide University Sharks and hosts New Zealand Falcons finished third in their respective divisions, with both Melbourne Chargers sides finishing the weekend without victory, despite coming close on several occasions.<\/p>\n
However, the Victorian side would head back across the Tasman with some silverware, with captain Mac Gosewisch named Best & Fairest of the tournament.<\/p>\n
The tournament wraps up the 2025 season for all the clubs, with the Australian gay and inclusive rugby community set to welcome the biggest teams in the world to Brisbane for the Bingham Cup in 2026.<\/p>\n
FULL RESULTS:\u00a0<\/p>\n
Purchas Shield:<\/p>\n
Sydney Convicts 2 17-5 Melbourne Chargers 2\u00a0Perth Rams 10-5 Adelaide University SharksSydney Convicts 2 17-10 Perth RamsMelbourne Chargers 2 0-22 Adelaide University SharksSydney Convicts 2 12-5 Adelaide University SharksMelbourne Chargers 2 0-41 Perth RamsShield Final: Sydney Convicts 2 14-0 Perth Rams<\/p>\n
Purchas Cup:<\/p>\n
Melbourne Chargers 1 0-12 Sydney Convicts 1New Zealand Falcons 5-20 Brisbane HustlersBrisbane Hustlers 7-0 Sydney Convicts 1New Zealand Falcons 7-5 Melbourne Chargers 1New Zealand Falcons 14-17 Sydney Convicts 1Brisbane Hustlers 13-7 Melbourne Chargers 1Cup Final: Brisbane Hustlers 7-5 Sydney Convicts 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hot on the heels of a successful weekend in Super Rugby AUS and the Next Gen Sevens, Queensland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146195,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,98942,760,85],"class_list":["post-146194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-purchas-cup","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}