John Mitchell (rugby union)John Eric Paul MitchellOBE (born 23 March 1964) is a New Zealand professional rugby union coach and former player who has been coaching the England Women's national team since 2023. His son is New Zealand international cricketer Daryl Mitchell.
Southern Districts Rugby ClubOfficial websitewww.southerndistricts.com.auSouthern Districts Rugby Club is a rugby union club based in southern Sydney. The club currently competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competition the Shute Shield. The club was formed by the amalgamation of the St George and Port Hacking clubs. HistoryFormed in 1989 by the amalgamation of St George and Port Hacking rugby clubs, with headquarters at Forshaw Park, Sylvania Waters, south of Sydney.Shute ShieldThe Shute Shield, currently known as the Blue Crane Capital Shute Shield, is a semi-professional rugby union competition in the Australian city of Sydney. It is the premier club competition in the state of New South Wales. Established in 1874, the competition has been known as the Shute Shield since 1923.
National Rugby ChampionshipThe National Rugby Championship (NRC) was an Australian rugby union competition. It was contested by eight teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji. The tournament ran from 2014 until 2019 before being disbanded in 2020 following the change of the Australian rugby TV broadcasting deal from Fox Sports, who had funded the competition, to Stan Sport. The 2020 competition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rugby unionRugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union or often just rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in England in the first half of the 19th century. Rugby involves running with the ball in hand. In its most common form, the game is played between two teams of 15 players each, using an oval-shaped ball on a rectangular field called a pitch. The pitch has H-shaped goalposts at both ends.
Super RugbySuper Rugby is a men's professional rugby union club competition involving teams from Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, and the Pacific Islands. It has previously included teams from Argentina, Japan, and South Africa. Super Rugby started as the Super 12 in the 1996 season with 12 teams from Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa, building on competitions dating back to the South Pacific Championship in 1986.Gordon RFCGordon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney. The club, known as the Gordon Highlanders, plays out of Chatswood Oval and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.Manly RUFCManly Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Manly, a suburb of Sydney's Northern Beaches. The club was added to the Sydney district clubs competition in 1906 which today competes for the Shute Shield under the New South Wales Rugby Union. They are today known as the Marlins and play their home games at Manly Oval. The new Manly district club was formed in 1906 via an informal merger of the existing Manly clubs, which have roots back to 1883.
Western ForceOfficial websitewesternforce.rugbyThe Western Force is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia, currently competing in Super Rugby Pacific. They previously played in Super Rugby from 2006 until they were axed from the competition in 2017.
Sydney (NRC team)Sydney, formerly the Sydney Rays and North Harbour Rays, was an Australian rugby union team that competed in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). It was one of two sides from New South Wales that played in the final season of NRC in 2019; the other was the NSW Country Eagles.
Japan Rugby League OneJapan Rugby League One (Japanese: ジャパンラグビーリーグワン, romanized: Japanragubīrīguwan), formerly known as the Top League (Japanese: トップリーグ, romanized: Toppurīgu), is a rugby union competition in Japan. It is the highest level of industrial-professional rugby competition in the country. The Japan Rugby Football Union created the competition in 2003, by absorbing the Japan Company Rugby Football Championship.
Kobelco Kobe SteelersOfficial websitewww.kobesteelers.comThe Kobelco Kobe Steelers (Japanese: コベルコ神戸スティーラーズ), commonly referred to as simply the Kobe Steelers, is a professional Japanese rugby union team based in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture and owned by the Kobe Steel company. The team compete in the Japan Rugby League One (JRLO) competition and have been playing under the Kobe Steelers name since the inaugural season in 2022.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.