Ipswich even contested two of the QARFL's first three grand finals, winning the title in its first year in the competition in 1910.

But a long absence from the competition started shortly thereafter, and Ipswich was not represented in Queensland's top league again until the mid-1980s.

Their brother, Steve Walters, played originally for Booval Swifts in the Ipswich Rugby League.

In the 2007 Queensland Cup, the Jets caused a surprise by upsetting many of their more fancied rivals and pressing for a semi-finals spot, when they had been predicted by most tipsters to finish last.

[1] In 2010 the Jets announced they will be part of a bid for a licence in an expanded National Rugby League.