The Gold Coast Chargers were a defunct Sydney-based NRL side with a 1988–1998 run, notable for a Carrara debut in 1996 and a record 52-6 win over South Queensland Crushers. The club disbanded due to off-field issues. heritage range have reappeared recently by the Gold Coast Titans referencing the old Chargers motif and sold out at release. Their historical footprint remains a point of QLD rugby history nostalgia among early regional expansion narratives and the 1990s league realignment period, illustrating expansion narratives in the era.