Suncorp Stadium - Reds Super Rugby Stadium

 

Suncorp Stadium is a rectangular stadium situated in the Brisbane suburb of Milton, Queensland, Australia, previously called as the Lang Park. The stadium built on the site of a cemetery, since 1957, it has been the home ground of the Queensland Rugby League. Today rugby and football matches are also held here.

In 1957, Lang Park hosted his first rugby league game in first grade. The first Brisbane Rugby League grand final was played in 1958, in which the brothers defeated the Valleys by a score of 22-7.

Although the stadium has always been the traditional home of the Queensland Rugby League, it has also become the leading venue of the State Rugby League. Suncorp Stadium hosted the 2003 Rugby World Cup, but due to the IRB's restrictions on stadium sponsorship, the venue name changed to Lang Park.

In 2006, after the Queensland Reds Super 14 team moved from their former home in Ballymore Stadium, the stadium became their new home. This move caused some unease among rugby traditionalists, but Queensland Rugby Union chief executive Theo Psaros accepted the move and said, “Our hearts may be in Ballymore, but our minds say it is time to act.

Suncorp Stadium hosted the Rugby League World Cup finals in 2008 and 2017 and the 2021 NRL finals. Furthermore, it also hosted the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals and two Super Rugby finals, both winning the Queensland Reds. It also hosts many big games in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup and the 2032 Summer Olympics, including the men’s and women’s gold medal matches.