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Northern Brisbane Rollers

Northern Brisbane Rollers (NBR)

Metro area	Brisbane, Queensland
Country	Australia
Founded	2008
Teams	Brawl Stars (travel team) Diner Might Dolls Love Rockettes The Untouchabelles
Track type(s)	Flat
Venue	Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre South Pine Sports Complex
Affiliations	WFTDA
Website	www.northernbrisbanerollers.com.au

The Northern Brisbane Rollers is a women's flat track roller derby league based in Queensland, Australia. Founded in 2008, the league is a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association (WFTDA).^[1]

History[edit]

The league was founded in 2008,^[2] and initially represented the Albany Creek area. Its first bout was held in April 2009,^[3] with early games attracting crowds of 500 to 600 people.^[4] By early 2010, the league moved many bouts to the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre, in order to accommodate its growing number of supporters.^[5] This move proved successful and, by August, its bout against Gold Coast was expected to attract 5,000 fans.^[6]

Northern Brisbane has a longstanding rivalry with local opponents the Sun State Roller Girls, although Sun State have had the upper hand in contests.^[7] Among their meetings was the quarter-final of the 2010 Great Southern Slam tournament, which Northern Brisbane lost by 184 to 28.^[8] The league again reached the quarter-final of the 2012 Great Southern Slam, at which they beat Auckland's Pirate City Rollers 180 to 103, but it then lost in the semi-finals, again to Sun State, by 159 to 110.^[9]

In October 2013, Northern Brisbane was accepted as a member of the Women's Flat Track Derby Association Apprentice Programme.^[10] Northern Brisbane became a full member of the WFTDA in January 2016.^[11]

WFTDA rankings[edit]

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