Burleigh Heads Rugby League Football Club is one of the oldest Rugby League football clubs on the Gold Coast.
It was originally formed in 1924 with Rudd Park officially announced as its home ground in 1934. 1971 saw the club relocate to Pizzey Park, which is still their current home.
The club was founded to field three competitive grades in the Gold Coast Group 18 competition and to provide a social club for the population of the local area.
Today the Burleigh Bears has become the largest senior Rugby League Club in QLD providing pathways directly into the NRL The Club has 6 teams (male and female) that compete in age based and open age State-wide Competitions. While the Club provides opportunities to play at the highest level it also competes in the Gold Coast Competition with teams in A Grade, Reserve Grade and U20s.