Brothers Rugby Club is an Australian

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club that is based in

Roseville, New South Wales Roseville is a suburb on the Upper North Shore of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia north-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Ku-ring-gai and Willoughby. Roseville Chase is a separate ...

, Sydney.

History

Brothers was formed by Old Boys of St Pius X College, Chatswood in 1947 and was at that time known as Christian Brothers Old Boys or CBOB’s. In 2005, it was decided to change the club name from CBOB’s to the very familiar "Brothers" Rugby Club Sydney. "Brothers" is one of the most well known rugby brands in Australia. Brothers are affiliated to the five Brothers clubs in Queensland including Brothers Old Boys,

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and also Brothers

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. Brothers are also affiliated to the Marist Rugby Federation in

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, Fiji and

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, numbering approximately 40 clubs in all.

Recent seasons

In the 2011 season, Brothers Rugby won both first and second grade grand finals and the Division 4 club championship, granting them promotion to Division 3 of Subbies. Brothers won the first grade Grand Final in 2012, and narrowly lost Grand Finals in Second Grade and Colts. All this while winning the Club Championship and promotion to Division 2 of Subbies. In 2015 Brothers played in Division 1, but were relegated for the 2016 season.

Roll Of Honour

Life Members

There are 23 life members of the club: * Terry Mico * David Mico* * Bob Towers * Brian Hadlee* * Ian Meers * John Sullivan * John Andrews * Michael Lowry * John Waugh * Martin Nichols * Barry Williams * Brian McElvogue * John Punch (Snr) * Paul Muller * Steve Jaques * Michael Williams * Tony Padovan * Adrian Brannan * Robert Bruce * Damian Henry * Tom Burns * Andy Losurdo * Michael “Pickle” Wren (Founding Member of the 400 Club)

Presidents

References

External links

* {{NSWSRU Rugby clubs established in 1947 1947 establishments in Australia Rugby union teams in Sydney Roseville, New South Wales