The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing

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in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865. Sydney Uni was a member of the inaugural

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club competition in 1874, along with the Balmain Rugby Union Football Club,

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and The King's School. The club currently competes in the

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competition and has the most senior premiership titles of all Sydney clubs. After playing home games at the

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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.

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

Honours

Premiership Titles since 1900 (the

started in 1923): (33) 1901 (shared), 1904, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2001, 2006 to 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2022 The Club has won 29 Shute Shield Major Premierships and has been runners-up 12 times. 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 and 2022 Jack Scott Cup: The Women's XVs team is notable in the Jack Scott Cup, winning 5 of the last 6 titles. In 2020, the Students picked up both Major and Minor Premierships after going through the regular season undefeated for the third year. The Women's team defeated Randwick 22–17 in the Grand Final. *2021 SEASON CANCELLED In response to COVID-19 Sydney University was leading the competition without a loss when NSW Rugby Union (NSWRU) and its affiliate unions jointly made the tough decision to cancel all winter rugby competitions in the Sydney region (and Illawarra). Seven rounds were contested by the Shute Shield teams.

International representatives

To date, 131 Sydney University players have been selected to play for Australia. The first Australian representative was

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in 1899. The club's most famous Wallaby would probably be

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, who had a long representative career (including World Cup success as Captain in 1991). Our most recent Wallabies are Lachlan Swinton and Angus Bell who debut in November 2020 v New Zealand. Wallabies Squad – 2022 Angus Bell, Folau Fainga'a, Bernard Foley, Jake Gordon, Matt Philip, Tom Robertson Will Skelton and Sam Talakai Australia A Squad – 2022 Tom Robertson, Brad Wilkin England Squad – 2022 Guy Porter Fiji Squad – 2022 Ratu Rotuisolia Junior Wallabies Train-on Squad Squad – 2023 Jamie Clark, Oskar Hicks, Clem Haloholo, Henry O'Donnell, Tom Morrisson, --------------------------------------------- Rugby World Cup Winners Bob Egerton and Nick Farr-Jones (Captain) - 1991 Richard Harry - 1999 ---------------------------------------------- Women's Rugby The Club has produced 13 Australian Female Representatives of which 11 are Wallaroos; our most recent debutant is Piper Duck (October 2022 v Scotland during the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand). Wallaroos Squad – 2022 RWC Iliseva Batibasa, Emily Chancellor, Lori Cramer, Piper Duck, Grace Hamilton, Sera Naiqama, Bridie O'Gorman and Adiana Talakai # Denotes Uncapped Wallaroo / Wallaby

Super Rugby players 2023

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– NSW Waratahs *

Jake Gordon Jake Gordon (born 6 July 1993) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Super Rugby franchise New South Wales Waratahs, and the Wallabies. Early life Born in Sydney, Jake grew up in Newtown, New South Wales where he first start ...

– NSW Waratahs *

Harry Johnson-Holmes Harry Johnson-Holmes (born 2 March 1997) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the in the Super Rugby competition, and has been capped for in international rugby. His position of choice is prop A prop, formally known as (thea ...

– NSW Waratahs * Tom Lambert – NSW Waratahs * Lachlan Swinton – NSW Waratahs *

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– NSW Waratahs *

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– NSW Waratahs *

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– Melbourne Rebels *

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– Melbourne Rebels *

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– Melbourne Rebels *

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– Melbourne Rebels *

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– Brumbies * Tom Robertson – Western Force *

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– Western Force

Super W players 2022

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– Waratahs (Captain) *

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– Waratahs *

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– Waratahs * Fi Jones – Waratahs *

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– Waratahs *

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– Waratahs *

Bridie O'Gorman Bridie O’Gorman (born 8 December 1998) is an Australian rugby union player. She plays Prop for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W competition. Biography O'Gorman made her international debut for Australia against Fiji on 6 May 2022 at the Sunco ...

– Waratahs *

Piper Duck Piper Duck (born 2 April 2001) is an Australian rugby union player. She plays at Flanker for the NSW Waratahs in the Super W competition and for Australia at an international level. She was part of the Australian side that competed at the 202 ...

– Waratahs * Brianna Hoy – Waratahs * Penelope Leiataua – Waratahs * Faliki Pohiva – Waratahs * Georgina Tuipulotu – 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 * Tiarah Minns – Melbourne Rebels * Jemima McCalman – Presidents XV * Isia Norman-Bell – Presidents XV * Claudia Nielsen- Presidents XV * Tylah Vailance – Presidents XV # Denotes Uncapped

References

External links

Sydney University Football Club website
{{Authority control Rugby clubs established in 1863

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Club information

History

Honours

International representatives

Super Rugby players 2023

Super W players 2022

See also

References

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