The Knox Rugby Club, formerly known as Knox Old Boys RUFC, is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

football club which plays in Division One of the

New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union The New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union, or NSWSRU, is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union and runs the competition affectionately known as "Subbies" rugby. There are around 7500 players and 55 clubs competing across 6 divisions, makin ...

and is based in Sydney, Australia. The club has won the

Kentwell Cup The Kentwell Cup is the major trophy for the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union (NSWSRU), colloquially known as the "Subbies" competition. It is awarded to the first grade premiers of the first division competition. The Kentwell Cup was origin ...

, among other trophies.

History

The club was founded by and is associated with the ex-students association of

Knox Grammar School , motto_translation = The Manly Thing Is Being Done , established = , founder = John Gilmore, William McIlrath, Robert Gillespie and Andrew Reid , type = Independent, day & boarding ...

, a

Uniting Church The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) was founded on 22 June 1977, when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost all the churches of the Congregational Union ...

day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney. The club won the

in 2005 and 2009.

Notable players

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–

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(1968) Two Knox players became Chairman of the

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; Ross Turnbull and David Clark.

Past Premierships

Club Championships

1st Grade Premierships: 6

2nd Grade Premierships: 7

3rd Grade Premierships: 10

4th Grade Premierships: 2

*Denotes joint premiership with Waverley.

5th Grade Premierships: 1

Colts Premierships: 7

References

External links

* {{NSWSRU Rugby union teams in Sydney Rugby clubs established in 1959 1959 establishments in Australia