Sydney University Football Club

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Sydney University Football Club
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Full nameSydney University Football Club
Nickname(s)The Students, Varsity
Founded1863; 158 years ago (1863)
LocationCamperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Ground(s)Sydney University Football Ground (No.2 Oval),[1] Sydney University (Capacity: 1,200)
Coach(es)Phil Blake (Head Coach). Michael Hodge (High Performance). Chris Delooze (Women's Head Coach), Nick Ryan (Director Rugby)
Captain(s)Jack McCalman (1st Grade), Iliseva Batibasaga (Women's) and Vincent Creagh (Colts)
League(s)Shute Shield, NSWSRU
2020Jack Scott Cup Premiers and Minor Premiers, Colin Caird Shield Premiers, W McMahon Memorial Shield Premiers, Bill Simpson Premiers
Team kit
Official website
www.sydneyunirugby.com.au

The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia,[2] although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865.[3]

Sydney Uni was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition in 1874,[citation needed] along with the Balmain Rugby Union Football Club, Newington College and The King's School. The club currently competes in the Shute Shield competition and has the most senior premiership titles of all Sydney clubs.[citation needed]

After playing home games at the Sydney University Oval No.1 for 153 years, the club moved to the redeveloped Oval No.2 for the 2016 season. Sydney Uni Sport completed the building of a new training facility and grandstand at that ground accommodating 1,200 spectators.[1]

Club information[]

  • Women's Rugby: Founded in 1994.
  • Juniors: Founded in 2005 and comprises Balmain Junior Rugby Club, Canterbury Rugby and Petersham Juniors Rugby Club. These clubs include girls and boys teams.

History[]

The club is officially known as "Sydney University Football Club" because it was the first club of any football code in NSW. The club also played Australian rules football in its early history, making it the first NSW club in that code as well.[4]

The club is often referred to as "Uni", “The Students" as well as "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".[citation needed]

Honours[]

Rugby at Sydney Uni 1934.

Premiership Titles since 1900 (the Shute Shield started in 1923): (32) 1901 (shared), 1904, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2001, 2005 to 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019

The Club has won 28 Shute Shield Major Premierships and has been runners-up 12 times. In total, the Club has won 50 Premierships and has been runners-up 24 times since 1865.

Australian Club Champions: (5) 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2020

Gregor George Cup Club Championships: (24) 1927, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1961, 1983, 1999, 2001, consecutively from 2004 to 2019

Jack Scott Cup: The Women's XVs team is notable in the Jack Scott Cup, winning 5 from the last 6 titles. In 2020, the Students picked up both Major and Minor Premierships after they went through the regular season undefeated for the third year in a row. The Women's team defeated Randwick 22-17 in the Grand Final.

2021 SEASON CANCELLED In response to the COVID-19 outbreak and deteriorating conditions in the state, NSW Rugby Union (NSWRU) and its affiliate unions have jointly made the incredibly difficult decision to cancel all winter rugby competitions in the Sydney region (and Illawarra).

International representatives[]

To date, 128 Sydney University players have been selected to play for Australia.[5] The first Australian representative was Hyram Marks in 1899. The club's most famous Wallaby would probably be Nick Farr-Jones, who had a long representative career (including World Cup success). Our most recent Wallabies are Lachlan Swinton and Angus Bell who debut in November 2020 v New Zealand.

Wallabies Squad - 2021 Angus Bell, Folau Fainga'a, Jake Gordon, Matt Philip, Tom Robertson and Lachlan Swinton

Rugby World Cup Squad - 2019 Japan Folau Fainga'a, Tolu Latu and Bernard Foley

Aussie 7's Men's Squad 2021 Stuart Dunbar and Angus Bell

Planet Rugby 2020 Newbies Angus Bell and Tom Horton https://www.planetrugby.com/planet-rugbys-newbies-of-the-year-2/

Junior Wallabies Wider Squad - 2021 Daniel Botha, Hugh Bokenham, George Poolman, Papillon Sevele, Paddy Tagg, Sione Taufui

Junior Wallabies Final Squad - 2021 Daniel Botha, Hugh Bokenham and Sione Taufui

The Club has produced 13 Australian Female Representatives of which 9 are Wallaroos, our more recent debutant being Emily Chancellor (August 2018).

Wallaroos Squad - 2021 Grace Hamilton (Captain Wallaroos), Emily Chancellor, Lori Cramer, Iliseva Batibasaga, Sera Naiqama#, Fiona Jones#, Tasmin Sheppard#, Piper Duck#, Tiarah Minns#, Adiana Talakai# and Jemima McCalman#

Aussie 7's Women's Squad 2021 Lori Cramer


# Denotes Uncapped Wallaroo / Wallaby

Super Rugby players 2021[]

Will Caldwell playing for Sydney University

Super W players 2021[]

  • Grace Hamilton - Waratahs (Captain)
  • Iliseva Batibasaga - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs
  • - Waratahs, at 17 years, 4 months and 13 days became the youngest player ever to represent the Waratahs, a record previously held by Kurtley Beale
  • - Melbourne Rebels
  • - Presidents XV
  • - Presidents XV
  • - Presidents XV
  • - Presidents XV
# Denotes Uncapped

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Sydney University No.2 Oval and Grandstand Update". Sydney University Football Club. 8 December 2015. Archived from the original on 29 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  2. ^ Football in Australia - Australia's Culture Portal Archived 2009-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Hickie, Thomas V., A Sense of Union. The History of the Sydney University Football Club, 1998, ISBN 0949853623
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2007.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "FIzza's Facts & Stats, Round 17 2019". Sydneyunirugby.com.au. Archived from the original on 30 August 2006.

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