The East Coast Aces were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Aces were formed as one of two Queensland based clubs that participated in the inaugural season of the championship, which started in August 2007 (the other being the (Ballymore Tornadoes).
Based in Carrara Stadium, on the Gold Coast, the club represented the southside of Brisbane, as well as the south of Queensland, in the domestic Australian club competition. The team colors were black, blue and gold.
The East Coast Aces were disbanded with the end of the competition after just one season. During its debut season the club suffered significant financial losses and its average home attendance was just 1,428, the lowest in the competition.
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