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| Location | Ring Road,Robina, Queensland |
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| Coordinates | 28°04′18″S153°25′00″E / 28.071554°S 153.416642°E /-28.071554; 153.416642 |
| Capacity | Field 1: 5,000 total (1,000 seated) Field 2: 5,000 total (400 seated) |
| Surface | Grass |
| Tenants | |
| Queensland Country (NRC team) Bond Uni Rugby Club Bond University Bullsharks | |
Bond Sports Park is a multi-purpose sporting facility on theGold Coast inQueensland, Australia. The precinct includes arugby union stadium which has hosted professional and international matches, includingNational Rugby Championship playoffs [1] and the annualOceania Rugby Under 20 Championship tournament.[2][3] It is located on theBond University campus.
Additional fields are used forAustralian rules football andsoccer, and there are alsovolleyball,tennis andsquash courts, and practice nets forcricket andgolf.[4] All of the courts and fields have lighting suitable for hosting night time events. The main fields have clubhouse facilities and grandstands for spectator events. The sports centre also has a 50m swimming pool and gymnasium.[4]
Field 1 is the Bond Rugby Field. It is the main home ground of theQueensland Country team that plays in theNational Rugby Championship,[5][6] and is also the home ground of theBond University club that plays in theQueensland Premier Rugby competition.
Field 2, known as the "Shark Tank", is the Australian rules football ground that is home to theBond University Bullsharks club that plays in theQAFA competition.[7]
Upgrade works were completed in 2013 at the cost of AUD 1 million, with the two main fields levelled, top-dressed and fenced. In addition to the field renovations, grandstand seating recovered from Metricon Stadium was installed, and the two clubhouses were retrofitted with kitchens, meeting rooms, change rooms and offices.[8]
The annualOceania Rugby Under 20 Championship has been hosted at Bond Rugby Field since 2015.[9] It has previously been used as a training base by international rugby teams including theWallabies andPumas as well as the Australianmen's andwomen's teams competing at theGold Coast Sevens.[10][11][12]