St Gregory's College Campbelltown (abbreviated as SGC or Greg's or St Greg's) is an

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Catholic single-sex and

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comprehensive and specialist

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and secondary day and

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school, located in Gregory Hills, near , a south-western suburb of

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, New South Wales, Australia. With specialist expertise as an

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, St Gregory's College provides a co-educational environment for students in the

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primary school; and a boys-only environment for students in the

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secondary schools. Founded on 3 February 1926 and conducted by the

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since 1929, St Gregory's has a non-selective enrolment policy and currently caters for approximately 1,100 students, including 180 boarders. The college is located within the Diocese of Wollongong, and is a member of the Association of Heads of Independent Schools of Australia (AHISA), the Australian Boarding Schools' Association, the

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, and is an associate member of the Independent Schools Association (ISA). It is conducted by the Marist Brothers.

History

Early days

St Gregory's College commenced operations in 1926. The property on which the college is located was owned by Thomas Donovan. In the early 1920s he contacted the Marist Brothers about starting a school for boys to help them learn the skills to have careers. Stgregscollege1932

St Gregory's commenced operations as a boarding school on 3 February 1926 with five Marist Brothers as staff, and two students (The Cuskelly Brothers). By the end of the year the student numbers had risen to ten. In 1929 the estate was handed over to the

by Thomas Donovan. Donovan intended that St Gregory's College should exist for country boys whom he would endow with bursaries. Much of the early infrastructure was also donated by Mr Donovan, for example the

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s and the first

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. The foundation

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in 1926 was Br Felix. However, before the end of the first year he was recalled to his position at St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill. Br Laurentius who was on the staff took over the position. Br Laurentius was only 27 years old but suffered from ill health. Enrolments climbed to around 50 students despite the college not having main

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or a reliable supply of water. The

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saw enrolments drop to ten students and the college was threatened with closure. Principal Br Laurentius died in 1933 after a long illness. Br Antoninus was appointed the new principal and led the college during the Depression years.

Recent history

The college has hosted the Marist

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and

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Carnival's, Won the

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and Nutri-Grain Cup. In 2008 St Gregory's had a mass in celebration of the "Journey of the

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Cross and Icon" just months before

in which the college was very involved. In 2018, the College became a K–12 school, with the opening of the Junior School on the College grounds. The Junior and Senior schools are administered separately, under the direction of the Headmaster and the Trustees. The Junior School is co-educational, and the Senior School is a single-sex school for boys only. Girls must seek an alternate secondary school at which to complete their senior education.

Sexual abuse allegations

In June, July and August 2014 the

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initiated in 2013 by the

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and supported by all of its

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governments, began an investigation into the response of Marist Brothers to allegations of child sexual abuse in schools in the ACT, NSW and

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. Five former students, one former teacher, a former assistant principal and two former principals, former and current Marist officials and clergy, and one of the clergy at the centre of the allegations gave evidence or made statements before the Royal Commission that the alleged cases of abuse happened during the 1970s, and 1980s at

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, at , Campbelltown and in

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. In March 2015 a former Marist brother was arrested over a number of sex offences allegedly committed at St Joseph's College and St Gregory's College in the 1980s.

Campus

The college is situated on a single

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. Previously, the land owned by the College once exceeded before most of it was sold to create the Gregory Hills housing sub-division, located in the suburb of Gregory Hills (a suburb located within Camden Council) and approximately from the

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. St Gregory's is located on Badgally Hill, the second highest

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between Sydney and the

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Boarding

Boarders of St Gregory's College live in houses named after a significant Brother in the college's history.

List of Headmasters

The following individuals have served as Headmaster of St Gregory's College, Campbelltown:

Co-curriculum

Sport

St Gregory's College has a strong reputation in sport. St Gregory's is known for its success in

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and in the last millennium,

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. In 2008 the First XI winning the MCS competition, 2007 Australasian Marist Carnival and joint premiers in the Combined Catholic College's Downey Trophy, with 22 wins and 0 losses all season. The college has been dubbed "A Nursery for Mens Water Polo Players" and with this Water Polo is very strong culture at the college as St Gregory's compete in the MCS competition and the Arrive Alive Cup and have been champions on a record 9 occasions and Runners Up twice. Strong support from the college community is present at semi-finals and finals in the MCS competition and all Arrive Alive Cup matches. St Gregory's won the 2010 MCS Water Polo Grand Final defeating Patrician Brother's Blacktown in the final 24–10 coached by Lee Addison. They also retained their title in 2011, thus becoming the first team from the college since 1994 to achieve back to back titles.

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is also becoming part of the sporting culture at the college with the boarding community representing the college against teams in the

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and ISA sporting competitions. In 2008, only the second year of "serious" competitive

fixtures, St Gregory's made the semifinals of the Waratah Shield, losing to fellow ISA school St Augustine's College held at St Joseph's College. The college has reached the final of the MCS Soccer competition 4 out of the last 5 years. The college provides facilities for the students with 8 rugby league/union fields, 3 cricket fields, 3 football (

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) fields,

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s, cricket nets, outdoor and indoor

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s and a College

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nasium. Sports played at the college include: Rugby League, Cricket, Football (Soccer),

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, Rugby Union,

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, Touch Football,

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, Cross Country,

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, and

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. St Gregory's College is known as a nursery to the

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(NRL) with some notable players representing several NRL teams along with State and National honours. On Grand Final day 2007 saw each 3 grandfinals Jersey Flegg, Premier League and the NRL

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Premiership had a representative from St Gregory's College. Rugby League is the dominant sport in St Gregory's College.

Debating and public speaking

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and

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has had a long history at St Gregory's College. The college represents itself in the Competition for Public Speaking and Debating. The college also participates in the regular seasons of the named curricula. The CSDA is the debating competition in which St. Gregory's College. Public Speaking is also widely encouraged at St. Gregory's with multiple competitions throughout the school year. The CSDA competition is an outside run competition in which the school selects students to attend, the Gordon Fetterplace Public Speaking Competition which is a school run competition. Finally the Marist Oratary is entered for the best public speakers of the college. Until 2008 the Year 12 debating trophy was named for Douglas Berneville-Claye a former teacher who was a convicted criminal and British traitor.

Agriculture

Once based on and, until 1990, called "St Gregory's Agricultural College" it was home to a commercial dairy, cattle, poultry, piggery and popular

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timed to coincide with the

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Festival. The school began a land cost analysis in the late 1980s, assigning senior Agricultural students the task of identifying value as their major project for the HSC. The school appears to have stepped back from this history and little publicly available evidence remains outside of hardcopy

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. The college still competes in various aspects of

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. As well as running agriculture classes and its reduced College farm, the college participates in show

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and show

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competitions and programs. Most recently the college participated at the annual

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, Camden Show and

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Show.

Notable alumni

Alumni of St Gregory's College are commonly referred to as 'Old Boys' and may choose to join the schools

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, the St Gregory's College Old Boys Association.

Entertainment, media and the arts

* Kerry Casey actor *

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musician *

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n-Australian chef and television presenter * Peter Lloyd

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journalist *

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graduate of the

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and later a Logie-winning TV producer and author

Politics, public service and the law

* Peter Breen former

Member of the NSW Legislative Council * General Angus Campbell, Chief of the Australian Defence Force, previously Chief of the Australian Army and Commander of

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* Steven Chaytor former

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member of the

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, representing

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* Benedict Paul HardmanMember of the

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, representing

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current Director of the Gonski Institute for Education at the

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, former

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member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Murrumbidgee; and former NSW Minister for Education; also attended Catholic High School Griffith * Thomas Gregory Stephens Labor member of the

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, representing Central Kimberley-Pilbara * Dr Vergil Narokobi Justice of the

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* William John Tilley Liberal member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, representing

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; also attended

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& Redden College) * Sir

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* Graham West former Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, representing Campbelltown and former cabinet minister *

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current

member of the

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for the

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(formerly Denison) * Jelta Wong current

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member of the

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representing the Gazelle District and current

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Minister for Health & HIV/AIDS

Sport

* Dylan Addison

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player for the

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- Rugby League player for Western Suburbs Magpies, Parramatta Eels, Newcastle Knights. *

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rugby league coach. Former player for

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and

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cricketer for South Australian Redbacks,

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in T20 and formerly NSW Blues * Peter Cusak rugby league player for South Sydney * Sandor Earl rugby league player for

Penrith Panthers The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Greater Western Sydney suburb of Penrith, New South Wales, Penrith that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The team is based west of the cen ...

and a model *

Adam Elliott Adam Elliott (born 16 October 1994) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a and forward for the Newcastle Knights in the NRL. He previously played for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders in th ...

rugby league player for the

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs are an Australian professional rugby league club based in Belmore, a suburb in the Canterbury-Bankstown region of Sydney. They compete in the NRL Telstra Premiership, as well as competitions facilitated by ...

* Jack Gibson rugby league coach * Matt Groat rugby league player for

Wests Tigers The Wests Tigers is an Australian professional rugby league football team, based in the Inner West of Sydney and South Western Sydney. The Tigers have competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since being formed at the end of the 1999 N ...

* Eric Grothe Jr rugby league player for

Parramatta Eels The Parramatta Eels are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL). The Parramatta District Rugby League Football Club was formed in 1947, and ...

Daniel Heckenberg Daniel Heckenberg (born 27 October 1979) is a former Scotland international rugby league footballer. He played as a at club level in the NRL for the St. George Illawarra Dragons, Parramatta Eels and the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, in the Supe ...

rugby league player for Harlequins RL *

Ivan Henjak Ivan Henjak () (born 9 March 1963)http://broncos.com.au/index.php?page_id=individual_player&player_id=157&team_id=1 Accessed on 23 December 2008. Quote: "Born Croatia 9th Mar 1963" is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer a ...

former head coach of the

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Red Hill, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos compete in the National Rugby League (NRL) and play their home games at ...

and rugby league player for the

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, St George Illawarra Dragons,

Canberra Raiders The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugb ...

and

Western Suburbs Magpies The Western Suburbs Magpies (legal name: Western Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club Ltd) is an Australian rugby league football club based in the western suburbs of Sydney, New South Wales. Formed in 1908, Wests, as the club is commonly ...

. * Ryan Hoffman rugby league player for the

Melbourne Storm The Melbourne Storm is a rugby league football club based in Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia that participates in the National Rugby League (NRL). The club plays its home games at AAMI Park, and wears a purple and navy blu ...

New Zealand Warriors The Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership and is the League's only team from outside Australia. They were formed in 1995 as the Aucklan ...

, NSW and Australia * David Howell

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footballer for the Canberra Raiders and Harlequins RL *

Luke Kelly Luke Kelly (17 November 1940 – 30 January 1984) was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in Dublin city, Kelly moved to England in his late teens and by his early 20s had become ...

rugby league player for the Melbourne Storm * Chris Lawrence rugby league player for the Wests Tigers * Alex McKinnon rugby league player for the

Newcastle Knights The Newcastle Knights are an Australian professional rugby league team based in Newcastle, New South Wales that competes in the National Rugby League (NRL) premiership. Playing in red and blue, the Knights joined the top-tier competition in New ...

Jake Mullaney Jake Mullaney (born 28 May 1990) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2010s and 2020s. He played for English club Bradford Bulls, as a or . He has been described as, "slightly built," and a, "prolific ...

rugby league player for formerly for the Parramatta Eels; currently playing for the

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club the

Bradford Bulls The Bradford Bulls are a professional rugby league club in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, and compete in the Championship, the second tier of British rugby league. The club have won the League Championship six times, the Challenge Cup f ...

Robbie Mears Robert Mears (born 25 September 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. His usual position was as a . Background Mears was born in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. Early years Mears played for Ingleburn Bulld ...

rugby league player * Brendan Oake rugby league player for the Parramatta Eels *

Michael Potter Michael Potter (born 24 September 1963) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach who most recently served as the interim head coach of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs in the National Rugby League (NRL), and a former professi ...

former rugby league coach and rugby league player for the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs, St George Illawarra Dragons and New South Wales. * Luke Quigley rugby league player formerly for the Newcastle Knights; currently playing for the French Super League club

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

* Paul Quinn rugby league player who represented Australia on the Kangaroo tour of 1963-4 * Russell Richardson former rugby league player who represented Australia in the

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against

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and in the 1999 Tri-Nations series against

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. *

Trent Robinson Trent Robinson (born 15 March 1977) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer. He has previously held coa ...

current head coach of the

Sydney Roosters Eastern Suburbs District Rugby League Football Club, known as the Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs. The club competes in the National Rugby Lea ...

and former professional player *

Beau Scott Beau Scott (born 15 May 1984) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 2000s and 2010s in the National Rugby League (NRL). An Australia international and New South Wales State of Origin representative , h ...

former rugby league player who represented Australia in the 2011 ANZAC Test, the

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

and 2014 Four Nations tournaments and New South Wales in the

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

and 2012 State of Origin series. *

Matt Seers Matt Seers (born 28 June 1974) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the North Sydney Bears, Wests Tigers and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, as a or . Club career Seers play ...

former

footballer for the

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, Wests Tigers and

Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby le ...

Tim Sheens Timothy Sheens (born 30 October 1950) is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. Head Coach of the Australia national team between 2009 and 2015, he has also been the head coach of National Rugby League (NRL) c ...

former

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coach for the Wests Tigers and Australia (also attended St Dominic's College, Kingswood) * Jimmy Smith

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rugby league commentator and former rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters, Western Suburbs Magpies and South Sydney Rabbitohs. * Jason Taylor rugby league player for Wests, Norths, the

Northern Eagles The Northern Eagles were a rugby league team that competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) between 2000 and 2002. The club was formed during the rationalisation process of the NRL by forming a joint venture with the North Sydney Bears and th ...

, and

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; a former coach of

South Sydney Rabbitohs The South Sydney District Rugby League Football Club, also known as the South Sydney Rabbitohs, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Sydney suburb of Maroubra, New South Wales, Maroubra that competes in the Nat ...

* Taulima Tautai rugby league player for the

James Tedesco James Tedesco (born 8 January 1993), nicknamed "Teddy", is a professional rugby league footballer who captains and plays as a for the Sydney Roosters in the National Rugby League, NRL. A former Australia national rugby league team, Australia a ...

rugby league player for the

and the

Nic White Nicolas William White (born 13 June 1990) is an Australia professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Super Rugby club Western Force and the Australia national team. Early life White attended St Gregory's College, Cam ...

rugby union player for the

ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses wh ...

and the

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References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saint Gregory's College, Campbelltown Educational institutions established in 1926 1926 establishments in Australia Catholic secondary schools in Sydney Catholic primary schools in Sydney Boarding schools in New South Wales Boys' schools in New South Wales Association of Marist Schools of Australia Catholic boarding schools in Australia

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