The Tens Festival that is held annually on the Sunday before the Canterbury Gold Coast Rugby Carnival (5th July in 2009) is a one day, 10-a-side Rugby competition open to school and club teams from around the world.

As for the Canterbury Gold Coast Rugby Carnival that follows, teams

participate in each of the divisions U18, U16 and U15 (if sufficient U15 teams apply)

The Tens is normally held as a warm-up event for overseas teams coming for the popular Canterbury Gold Coast Rugby Carnival, however teams are welcome to enter only the Tens if they wish.

In 2006 and 2007 the Tens Festival was held on the Sunshine Coast at Central Park Caloundra (formerly Camp Wallaby) and the Festival was promoted as The Sunshine Coast Tens Festival (SCTF).  The Tens Festival in 2009 will be held on the Gold Coast with thevnue being the Palm Beach Currumbin Rugby Club.

The Tens Festival evolved as a result of the growing number of overseas groups attending the Gold Coast event that were requesting extra matches as part of extended tours.

Touring rugby groups commonly consist of 24-30 players and the Tens has been extremely popular because it allowed such groups to enter two (more for even larger groups) teams, thus giving all players maximum time on the playing field.

Teams can of course participate in the Tens Festival without any association with the Gold Coast event. Local teams participate for a modest fee.

As is the case with the Canterbury Gold Coast Coast Rugby Carnival, the Tens is endorsed by and sanctioned by the Queensland Rugby Union.

Application Forms (Local teams and NON-Local teams) are now available.

Please Note: You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader which is available as a free download.