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Sydney University Football Club 2015 Annual Report | 3
Office Bearers .......................................................................................4
Achievements ........................................................................................5
2015 SUFC Awards ...............................................................................6
President’s Report ................................................................................7
SUFC Staff Thank You .........................................................................12
General Manager’s Report ..................................................................15
Finance Report ....................................................................................18
Financial Statements ...........................................................................19
SUFC Foundation Report ....................................................................21
Friends of SUFC Report ......................................................................23
SURPASS Report ................................................................................24
Medical Report ....................................................................................25
Club Captain’s Report .........................................................................30
Rugby Program Report .......................................................................33
1st XV Report ............................................................................38
2nd XV Report ..........................................................................43
3rd XV Report ...........................................................................45
4th XV Report ...........................................................................47
1st Colts Report ........................................................................49
2nd Colts Report .......................................................................52
3rd Colts Report .......................................................................54
Juniors’ Report....................................................................................56
Club Statistics .....................................................................................60
Wallabies and Australian Representatives .................................60
SUFC Wins and Loses ..............................................................63
First Grade Records ..................................................................65
Other Records – Lower Grade Records ....................................71
First Grade Highest Point Scorer ............................................... 74
First Grade Final/Grand Final Apperances .................................76
Player Games for 2015 Season .................................................80
Colts Records ...........................................................................83
Contents
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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
President David Mortimer AO
Chairman Phil Harry AM
Vice Presidents Angus Dorney
James Dorney
Conn Droulias
Angus Jackson
Rupert Rosenblum
Andrew Wennerbom
Committee Members Michael Burgess
Tom Carter
Andrew Coorey
Tim Davidson
Dr Andrew Keegan
Club Captains Benn Melrose
Alistair Ryan
COACHING STAFF
Head Coach Chris Malone
Rugby Operations Manager David Haigh
First GradeChris MaloneTim DavidsonPeter Playford
Second GradeGarrick CowleyClint AllardiceJason Grier
Third GradeRay HuddJoe Horn-SmithJohn Rudd
Fourth GradeJames CameronHamish Pope
Colts 1David HaighKolose FeaunatiDan Kelly
Colts 2James CatersonAmbrose Plaister
Colts 3Stuart BrunsdonRick Moore
SUPPORT STAFF
First Grade ManagersEvan HoskinsLuke Campton
Second Grade ManagersStephen BarrowScott Fraser
Third Grade ManagerRoss RyanJohn Furlong
Fourth/Fifth Grade ManagerTroy IsidroSam Fifita
Colts 1 ManagersPaul BlacketGavin Crawford
Colts 2 Manager Peter Harris
Colts 3 Manager Ed Walgien
Gear Steward Ash Miller
Statistician Craig “Fizza” Fear
Sideline SupportBruce ‘China’ LinHelmut Gebels
Club PhotographersAndrew FrazerDale Caterson
Leadership Bill Hovey
MEDICAL STAFF
Club Doctors
Dr Katherine RaeDr Leigh GoldingDr Dane Cole-ClarkDr David SamraDr Nicole Bulman
Club PhysiotherapistsShane KertanegaraDaniella ThrassisStuart Pavely
SUFC ADMINISTRATION STAFF
General Manager Hannah Catchpole
Operations Manager Sarah Dill-Macky
ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT
Strength & ConditioningTom CarterTim LeahyTristan Sharp
Interns
Ed ArnottShane BallGraham BellSebastian MoranJordan Pickard
Rehabilitation Lou Lou Stanley
Movement Coach Henry Mitchell
Office Bearers
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NSWRU PREMIERSHIPS IN 2015
2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield
1st Colts – W.McMahon Memorial Shield
2nd Colts – Shell Trophy
3rd Colts – Bill Simpson Shield
2015 FINAL SERIES
7 out of 7 teams contested the Semi-Finals
4 out of 7 teams contested the Grand Finals
4 Premierships
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Winner of 2015 Club Championship (12th consecutive year)
OTHER CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS
David Brockhoff Cup (vs. Eastern Suburbs)
Cutler / Tooth Trophy (vs. Gordon)
White Ribbon Cup (vs. West Harbour)
John Thornett Cup (vs. Northern Suburbs)
WOMEN’S RUGBY
SUFC Women’s team were Premiers in the 2015 Sydney Clubs Women Rugby Competition
AUSTRALIAN WALLABIES
Sam Carter, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Ben McCalman, Dean Mumm, Nick Phipps and Will Skelton
AUSTRALIAN 7’S
Ed Jenkins (c) and Greg Jeloudev
NSW WARATAHS
Peter Betham, Dave Dennis (c), Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Tolu Latu, Pat McCutcheon, Dean Mumm, Paddy Ryan, Nick Phipps, Will Skelton and Jeremy Tilse
BRUMBIES
Sam Carter and James Dargaville
WESTERN FORCE
Nathan Charles and Ben McCalman
MELBOURNE REBELS
Luke Burgess, Tom English, Mitch Inman, Sam Jefferies, Nic Stirzaker and Laurie Weeks
QUEENSLAND REDS
Matt Mafi, Dave McDuling and Sam Talakai
AUSTRALIAN UNDER 20s
Folau Faingaa, Jack McCalman, Jack Redden, Matthew Sandell, Harrison Williams and Christian Yassmin
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY BLUES
Tom Robertson and Jim Stewart
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY GOLD
Charles Carter and Dr Katherine Rae
SUSF SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR
James Dargaville
Achievements
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2015 SUFC Awards
3rd Colts Best back Sean Cross
3rd Colts Best forward Lisiate Vaihu
2nd Colts Best back Alexander Jackman
2nd Colts Best forward Lachlan Argiris
1st Colts Best back Will Davies
1st Colts Best forward Declan Moore
4th Grade Best back Eddie L’Estrange
4th Grade Best forward Byron Wicken
3rd Grade Best back Sam Barclay
3rd Grade Best forward Elliot Messara
2nd Grade Best back Matt Narracott
2nd Grade Best forward Sam Quinn
1st Grade Best back Jim Stewart
1st Grade Best forward Tom Robertson
1st Grade leading Try Scorer Mitchell Whiteley (8 tries)
1st Grade leading Points Scorer Byron Hodge (108 points)
Wehbe Family Colts Encouragement Award Alex Hutchinson
Craig Fear Grade Encouragement Award Oliver Gresham
Most Improved Colt Jack Bliss
Most Improved Grade Alex Batho
Most Promising Colt Declan Moore
Most Promising Grade Rohan O’Regan
1st Colts Best Fresher Connor O’Shea
Leading try Scorer for the Club Christian Yassmin (25 tries)
Leading points scorer for the Club Christian Kagiassis (260 points)
Player of the Finals Matt Narracott
Club Captain Benn Melrose, Alastair Ryan
Colts Clubman of the Year Jack Blair
Clubman of the Year Tom Carter
Stephen Rowntree Volunteer of the Year Ray Hudd
Stephen Anthony Trophy for Best and Fairest Colt Hamish Dunbar
Best and Fairest David Hickey
Team of the Year 2nd Colts
Michael Griffin Players’ Player of the Year David Hickey
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President’s Report
Members and friends, I am starting this report by
advising you that I will be retiring as President at the
2015 Annual General Meeting after some 15 years in
the role.
During that time there is much we all can be proud
of and we have had a wonderful record of success.
However, like all institutions we need a fresh injection
of blood from time to time. New blood brings
innovation, new ideas, new energy and a commitment
to ensuring that our club’s success continues.
My colleague and head of SURPASS, Angus Stuart,
has indicated he is prepared to take on the role and I
wholeheartedly endorse his candidature. Angus is a
former player and has shown remarkable dedication in
steering, with his former playing colleague SURPASS
to an effective support to the Friends group that has
been so big a contributor over the years.
Traditionally, my annual reports have always led off
with how our club has performed in the Sydney
Grade competition, but this year I’d like to venture
from the Varsity to Twickenham.
Sydney University Football Club provided almost a
quarter of the 31-man Australian squad for the 2015
World Cup where we bowed out to New Zealand in
the final.
Congratulations to second-rowers Dean Mumm and
Will Skelton, backrower Ben McCalman, halfback
Nick Phipps, five-eighth Bernard Foley and fullback
Israel Folau, who were selected in the initial squad,
and to Sam Carter who was added to the squad after
Will sustained an injury. With the exception of Israel,
all came through the SUFC Colts and Grade system.
Being selected for the national team and playing in a
World Cup campaign are the aims of all young players
and SUFC as they come through our ranks. The club
is providing a wonderful pathway for our players.
Which brings me back to the Shute Shield competition.
We can look back on 2015 as yet another successful
season on and off the ground. Although we slipped in
the Shute Shield race in the semi-finals, we still won
four of the seven titles on offer in the Sydney premier
Grade competition, the overall Club Championship
for the 12th consecutive season and the Colts Club
Championship for the 11th year in a row.
The ability for all teams to dig deep and lift again
to higher levels at the end of a long season is why
I remain so proud of our club. Another reason I
applaud the players and coaches is that every player
and coach in the club gained finals experience. That
has been one of the hallmarks of the club’s extended
stay at the helm of the competition.
As Tim Davidson, our most successful captain in
the 152-year history of the club said in a recent Roar
magazine article, winning the Shute Shield tops off
winning the Club Championship. To quote Tim, who
was assistant First Grade coach this season: “Winning
the Club Championship is as important as winning First
Grade. A First Grade title is the icing on the cake for a
club. Looking at the bigger picture, winning four titles is
outstanding. I think 2015 has been an exceptional year.
We should be proud and happy.”
I certainly was after the grand final weekend in
August when all of our teams made it through to the
qualifying finals for the ninth consecutive year.
SUFC President David Mortimer AO speaks at 2015 Season Launch
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First Grade’s tilt at another Shute Shield title came
to an end in the final at windy Manly Oval where the
hosts inflicted a 42-22 result to book a grand final berth
against defending premiers Eastwood, who went on to
win back-to-back titles. Congratulations to the Woodies.
Sydney University Second Grade came from behind
in a gripping Colin Caird Shield decider to defeat
Randwick 35-34 at Concord Oval, setting the scene
for the three Colts grand finals, all against Randwick,
played at Forshaw Rugby Park the following day.
Sydney University Thirds opened proceedings with
a 10-nil result in the Bill Simpson Shield, Seconds
collected the Shell Trophy with a 30-24 win, and Firsts
collected the W. McMahon Memorial Shield with a 35-
26 result. Congratulations to all players and coaches.
It was the fifth time Sydney University Colts have won
three premierships on the one day, emulating their
efforts in 2003, 2008, 2011 and 2012. And Second
Grade Colts made it 10 premierships in a row, starting
in 2006.
The Club Championship again came down to the last
round, with other clubs and Grades competing across
the board, which I think is fantastic for the game.
We used 46 players in First Grade during the season
which made it difficult to maintain team consistency.
But as Tim said, they’re not excuses. That’s the way
the game of rugby goes. It throws up challenges and it
is how we try to mitigate them that matters. The teams
that deserved to be in the grand final made it through.
Those teams now have the experience and depth that we have had for the past 10 years. Eastwood, Manly and Souths are on the rise. Other teams have challenged the standards we set and, again, that’s good for the game.
Following the club rugby competition, SUFC fielded the bulk of the Sydney Stars team, along with Balmain Rugby Club, in the National Rugby Championship. The Stars made it to the semi-finals where they lost 47-32 to Brisbane City, who went on to defeat Canberra Vikings 21-10 in the grand final. Well done to all of the players who donned the blue and gold in the 2015 competition and particularly to head coach Peter Playford and his staff. Peter did a magnificent job and assembled a wonderful support team. Well done Pete!
Reiterating my 2014 report, I’m delighted with the achievements we secured throughout the NSW club rugby competition. We have again been able to demonstrate why we are known as one of the leading rugby clubs in Australia, but we will continue to strive for improvement and 2016 will be no exception.
I must place on record however my disappointment at the continuing efforts by the Sydney Rugby Union and the Suburban Rugby Union to hold back excellence in Sydney rugby. Our competition is the only one I know that has placed restrictions on players enjoying the game by the introduction of both a points system and a salary cap. In addition I am advised that NSW Suburban Rugby is now restricting players from playing in their competition under a variety of circumstances including if they have had a game with
the NRC or the club is affiliated with an NRC club.
SUFC celebrates its 12th straight Club Championship
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After a wonderful display of excellence by the
Wallabies and The All Blacks in the World Cup, our
administrators continue to “dumb down”! It is a
shame.
SUFC’s Junior Program continues to grow and
impress. Our Under 11s had two wins a draw and
two losses at the 2015 State Championships in June.
Our Under 12s just missed a semi-final berth and our
Under 13s were beaten by Manly in grand final.
Congratulations to Rhys Wheneroa on his selection
in the Sydney Junior Rugby Union 2015 Under 18
Representative team. Rhys, while still at school,
played for SUFC Colts after just turning 17. Well done.
ANNUAL AWARDS
Congratulations to David Hickey on being named
Best and Fairest in First Grade for 2015. David was
also named the Michael Griffin Player’s Player of the
year. And he finished fourth in the Catchpole Medal
for Player of the Year across the competition.
David captained the First XV this season and truly led
from the front. His leadership came on in leaps and
bounds and he’ll be better for the experience next
season.
Congratulations also to Jim Stewart, best back in First
Grade, and Tomas Robertson, the best forward in
First Grade, and to all other best and fairest winners
through the Grades.
Congratulations also go to Will Davies and Declan
Moore, the best back and best forward in First Grade
Colts, and to Hamish Dunbar, the Best and Fairest
Colt.
The Awards night also honoured Christian Yassmin,
the leading tryscorer across all teams, with 25 for the
season, and Christian Kagiassis, the club’s leading
pointscorer with 260. Well done the Christians!
I also extend my congratulations to our talented pool
of coaches for getting all teams to the finals.
Sadly, we have had to bid farewell to First Grade
coach Chris Malone, who has taken up a role with
the NSW Waratahs. He was also added to the
Wallabies ranks as kicking coach for the World Cup
and no doubt helped in Bernard Foley’s wonderful
tournament. Thanks for a job well done, Nobby, and
best wishes with the Waratahs.
David Dennis at Stars game with Tony Sukkar from Buildcorp
SUFC’s Leading Try Scorer for 2015, Christian Yassmin
REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS
Having already mentioned our seven World Cup
representatives, I extend congratulations to hooker
Folau Fainga’a and prop Matt Sandell, who were key
members of the Australian squad at the World Under 20
Rugby Union Championships played in Italy, and to Pat
McCutcheon, Ed Jenkins and Greg Jeloudev, who are
members of the Australian Sevens squad to contest the
2015-16 World Rugby Sevens Series. As members of
the squad they will be in line for selection in the team for
the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero.
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SUFC has also provided a host of players to the
Super XV ranks, including Peter Betham, Dave
Dennis, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Tolu Latu, Pat
McCutcheon, Dean Mumm, Nick Phipps, Paddy
Ryan, Will Skelton, Jim Stewart and Jeremy Tilse
with the NSW Waratahs; Tom English, Mitch Inman,
Sam Jeffries, Tom Kingston, Nik Stirzaker and Laurie
Weeks with the Melbourne Rebels; Sam Carter and
James Dargaville with the ACT Brumbies, and Nathan
Charles and Ben McCalman with Western Force.
WOMEN’S RUGBY
While the men’s club collected another four titles,
Sydney University’s women’s club also earned the
First Grade crown in the Sydney women’s premier
division competition.
Sydney University defeated Parramatta 35-17 to
collect the Jack Scott Cup in a high standard grand
final played at Grantham Reserve.
They earned a grand final berth with a comprehensive
45-24 win over defending premiers Warringah in the
semi-final. It was Sydney University’s first title since
2011. Hearty congratulations.
Among those who helped the club to the title were
Ashleigh Hewson, Michelle Bailey, Grace Hamilton
and Sydney University Sport and Fitness Elite Athlete
Program sports scholarship holder Emily Chancellor,
who have been included in an extended Wallaroos
squad for the 2017 World Women’s Rugby Cup, to be
held in Ireland. Our congratulations and best wishes
to the four.
It should be noted that Ashleigh represented Australia
in the 2010 and 2014 Women’s Rugby World Cups,
while Michelle was selected in the extended squad for
the 2014 World Cup.
VOLUNTEERS
Each year I make mention of the wonderful work
our club volunteers do and this year is no exception.
No football club can operate without dedicated
volunteers who give up their time to assist in
our rugby program. Be it coaches, managers,
statisticians, ball boys or water carriers, all are vital
and truly valued by everyone at SUFC.
As an acknowledgement to a former volunteer
Stephen Rowntree, who we sadly lost in 2013,
and the volunteers still at the club, we now hold
“Rounders Day” each year to say thank you for your
efforts.
I would also like to thank Angus Jackson for his
voluntary work on the financial side of the club
assisting our General Manager each month.
SUFC FULL-TIME STAFF
At season’s end Hannah Catchpole our General
Manager took the opportunity to return home to her
native New Zealand where she has taken up a senior
position as Chief Executive Officer of the Otago
Racing Club. Thank you Hannah for your dedication
and loyalty right to your departure. We will miss you.
Sarah Dill-Macky has been a tower of strength
throughout the year and Sarah is a key member of
our team with a bright future.
As I mentioned earlier Chris (Nobby) Malone has
been successfully appointed assistant coach (attack)
of the Waratahs and of course he has served as
kicking coach with the Wallabies on the World Cup
campaign. This reflects the esteem Nobby is held in
by the rugby community. We will miss his wonderful
disposition and knowledge of the game and wish him
continued success in his professional rugby career.
David Haigh takes over as GM from Hannah. David
has had a successful record with the Colts as coach
and now takes on the new role of GM. We wish David
every success.
Our Ball Boys are some of our most dedicated volunteers
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Finally I cannot speak highly enough of our medical
team: Dr Katherine Rae, Dr Stuart Pavely and Shane
Kertanegara. We thank you for the wonderful way you
have managed our player welfare and health.
SPONSORS
During each year of my presidency I have led the
chorus to thank Tony and Josephine Sukkar at
Buildcorp as our major sponsor and this year is no
exception. One of the longest sponsorships in rugby,
Buildcorp has been our club sponsor for 24 years,
a truly wonderful contribution. In their commitment
to the cause, Buildcorp this year also sponsored the
National Rugby Championship.
Last year the club welcomed Urbanest as a Premium
Sponsor of SUFC and we and hope the relationship
continues for many years to come. Our club sponsors
are so important to the program we are able to provide
for our players. Thanks to each of you on behalf of
the club and the players. We do not underestimate
their value at any point. There are too many sponsors
to name individually, but please accept my thanks on
behalf of the club, its players and supporters.
James and Daniel Panebianco (and baby Raffaele) from SUFC sponsors Ralph’s Cafe
TRIVETT FINALS LUNCH
The 2015 SUFC World Cup luncheon, held at Doltone
House, Pyrmont on September 25 was a great
success. Hosted by SUFC alumnus Peter FitzSimons
AM, the afternoon contained its fair share of
esteemed guests including the Chancellor of Sydney
University, Belinda Hutchinson.
An entertaining and intriguing Q and A was one of
the many highlights of the afternoon, with a panel
including All Black Jamie Joseph, Wallaby World
Cup winning second-rower David Giffin and Cricket
Australia’s High Performance Manager Pat Howard,
who chalked up 20 Tests for the Wallabies as well as
playing for SUFC.
A big thank you must go to our lunch sponsors Trivett
and DHL, and SUFC Major Sponsor Buildcorp for a
brilliant day.
IN CLOSING
Clubs don’t win four out of seven premierships
without massive support from our volunteers, support
staff and a strong committee heading up the club.
It has made my job that much more rewarding, so
I again say thank you to everyone who has been
involved at SUFC.
Best wishes to Hannah Catchpole and Chris Malone,
who are moving on to greener pastures.
And vale to Claire Brockhoff, widow of David, and
Nell Corkin, widow of Bill, who both passed away
in July. While David and Bill were two of the great
coaches – and characters – at SUFC in years past,
Claire and Nell were also great contributors in their
own right and very welcome and knowledgeable
spectators when they paid us a visit. Our sympathy
and respect goes to the Brockhoff and Corkin
families.
The 2015 season marked the end of an era when we
hosted Northern Suburbs at No.1 Oval on Saturday,
July 25. It was our last game on the famous oval after
152 years. Next season we will be competing at the
refurbished No.2 Oval, on a football square with a
purpose-built grandstand.
With that in mind, I am excited by the season ahead
and to welcoming more players to our great club.
SUFC has a proud tradition of producing fine young
rugby players and men. And we’ll keep working to
ensure the tradition continues.
David Mortimer AO
President
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SUFC Staff Thank You
Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) is a very
unique environment. Although we as fulltime staff work
on a daily basis to ensure the boys are provided with
the best possible Rugby Program both on and off the
field, our work would simply not be possible without
the assistance of a number of hard working, dedicated
and passionate volunteers and support staff.These
people are the heartbeat of the club and we would be
lost without them, so we would like to thank them all
for their individual contributions this season.
• To our incredibly devoted Club President, David Mortimer AO. His guidance and experience are
truly invaluable to the entire organisation, and each
of us would like to thank him for the remarkable
support he has afforded us in our roles at the club.
He is an extraordinary businessman and a true
gentleman, and the success of the club since his
involvement can be directly attributed to his great
leadership. David, you will always be remembered
as a vital part of the development of SUFC into the
premier rugby club in Australia, so thank you.
• To each of the members of the Executive Committee in 2015.Thank you for your time
and insights into securing the future success
of the club. With special mention to Andrew Wennerbom and Angus Jackson who go
above and beyond in their support of the club.
We are so lucky to have the support from such an
enthusiastic and wise committee.
• To Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness (SUSF), and
in particular their President, Bruce Ross and
Executive Director, Rob Smithies. It is safe to say
that without their significant assistance the amazing
opportunities, facilities and experiences our boys
have whilst at SUFC would not be possible. Thank
you also to Matt Phelps for his work within the
High Performance department, and to Leonie
Lum for her generous support of our scholarship
holders within the Elite Athlete Program.
• To the most amazing Medical team any club could
ask for, led by Dr Katherine Rae and expertly
supported by Dr David Samra, Dr Dane Cole-
Clark, Dr Nicole Bulman and Dr Leigh Golding.
This team of doctors make it their top priority to
ensure each of our players receive the very best
medical attention both on game day and during
the week, and that our injured players have the
best recovery and are able to return play as soon
as possible. A particular thank you must go to Dr
Rae for her incredible efforts during the home game
fixture against Parramatta this year, where she
performed a lifesaving procedure on the rugby field
to an opposition player who did not have a team
doctor. Without her quick thinking medical expertise,
paramedics informed SUFC that the player would
have surely died. This remarkable effort saw her
nominated for a Pride of Australia Bravery Medal
and we are so proud of her. Congratulations Kath!
Christian Kagiassis, Leading Points Scorer for the Club in 2015
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• To the Physiotherapy team, headed by Stuart
Pavely and supported by Shane Kertanegara
in Grade and Daniella Thrassis in Colts. You
truly are one of the most invaluable resources at
our club. Your expertise and commitment within
the program, and yourcompassion for our players
is nothing short of incredible. Thank you also
to all the strappers who have helped out during
the season. Our boys are so lucky to have your
services at their doorstep.
• To all our volunteer Coaches and Managers,
from 1st Grade right down to those at a Juniors
level. It is people like you that keep our great game
of Rugby going. Your inspirational dedication to
trainings, games, events and more does not go
unnoticed. Many may underestimate the role of a
Coach or Manager in sport, but you all are some
of the greatest influences in shaping our boys not
only as players but as men. We cannot thank you
enough for all the hard work and time you put into
the club and our boys.
• To our Strength and Conditioning staff, with Tim
Leahy in Grade and Tristan Sharp in Colts.
Although this year we saw you both move on
to other endeavours, your contribution towards
developing our players athletically has been
second to none. From early mornings in the gym,
to late nights on field, you have been a critical
element of the SUFC Rugby Program . We thank
you for your time at the club and wish you luck
for the future. Thank you also to all our interns
who helped in the process, including Ed Arnott,
Shane Ball, Graham Bell, Sebastian Moran
and Jordan Pickard. On top of this, thank you to
our newest Athletic Performance contributions in
Lou Lou Stanley as Rehabilitation Coordinator
and Henry Mitchell as Movement Coach.
You are both prime examples of how SUFC is
dedicated towards providing the best support
in achieving success in all facets. Your expertise
is greatly appreciated and the boys have loved
having you on board with them this season.
• To the most valuable and passionate Athletic
Performance resource this club has ever seen,
Tom Carter. Not only for his incredible assistance
in taking over the Colts program after Tristan’s
departure mid-season, but also for his unrivalled
contribution and devotion to the whole athletic
program. Tom is usually the first one there in the
morning and the last to leave. His ability to drive
performance and provide the best environment for
our players to excel is exceptional. We must also
thank him for his mentoring and welfare support of
our players, the boys are so lucky to have him at
their side.
• To all involved in the SUFC Juniors Program,
from our Juniors Development Officer, Ivan
Pomare, Juniors President, Tevita Katafono,
and the support of Charles Carter and all
other Coaches and Managers. The progress the
Juniors Program has made over the past few
years has been nothing short of outstanding. We
love seeing our youngest ‘Students’ so eagerly
involved in playing rugby – they are the future of
the game and we are so blessed to have you all
driving their development here at SUFC. We do
not underestimate the importance of you all in
establishing the foundation of the pathway through
which our players progress.
Charles Carter received a Sydney University Gold in 2015 for his contribution to the SUFC Juniors Program
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• To one of the most unbelievably avid and caring Gear Stewards our club, and possibly sport in general, has ever seen, Ash Miller. His unwavering support and unbelievable dedication to the club is instrumental in the smooth execution of all game days. The number of hours Ash puts in to ensuring all kit is ready and in working order for all teams will always be appreciated, and you can always count on Ash to help with almost any request – and done with a smile! Thank you also to our Colts Gear Steward, Ed Walgien. Ed’s eagerness and ongoing contribution to the Colts program will always be remembered. He is never late, will always put his hand up to help and is never afraid to go the extra mile for the better of the club. Ash and Ed, we could not do it without you both.
• To our Ball Kids, led by our senior ball boy Max Miller, and supported by Jackson Campton, Josh Malone, Ethan Allardice, Hamish Malone, Riley Campton and Viki Miller. You are the most professional and well-mannered ball kids in the whole Shute Shield competition. You are the first there every game day up until the final whistle for 1st Grade – an extraordinary commitment, thank you.
• To our club photographers, Andrew Frazer, Dale Caterson and Peter McFadyen. Each and every photo we use at SUFC of our players (including those within this Annual Report) has been taken by one of these men who volunteer their time on game days to provide for the club and the entire competition. It is easy to overlook contributions that may often become an expectation to many people, such as photos on match reports, within publications and used on our website and more, but we really do appreciate all that you do for us, and the whole SUFC community loves seeing your work. You are all incredible contributors to the club.
• To our other incredible volunteers on game days
including the support of Sue and Richard
Dill-Macky, our Ground Announcer, Andrew
Coorey and Sideline Managers, Bruce Lin
and Helmut Gebels. To be blessed with such
amazing volunteers who you can rely on each and
every week is so rare, but you all have been so
remarkable in your efforts throughout the season.
• To Craig “Fizza” Fear, our Club Statistician and so
much more. The time and effort you put into keeping
track of (and adding to) our statistical history at
SUFC is unbelievable. From weekly updates for the
newsletter, the completion of results sheets on game
days, an array of statistics for our players to see at
home games, and the comprehensive statistics
found throughout our SUFC publications, your work
is fundamental to our club. We are so lucky to have
you, and cannot thank you enough.
• To the Grounds Staff at SUSF. Ray Hunt and
Daryl Davidson, and the entire Grounds team
do a phenomenal job, despite all of our protests
and bickering about places to train. The constant
juggle to prepare enough grass for 365 days of
sport is a very difficult one, and we would like to
say thank you for your support this season.
• To Luke and Michelle Mitchell, and all the staff
at The Grandstand. We have loved calling The
Grandstand our Clubroom this season and we
can’t wait to work with you again as we make the
move to Oval No.2.
• To all the support we receive from the Residential
Colleges at Sydney University; Wayne Erickson
(St Andrew’s College), Dr Ivan Head (St Paul’s
College), Lisa Sutherland (Wesley College)
and Adrian Diethelm (St John’s College). It is
not always easy to balance University, Rugby
and College life, but the Colleges here at Sydney
University provide the very best support to our
boys. We must also thank those Colleges that so
kindly allow us to utilise their grounds and facilities,
your help is always appreciated.
Hannah Catchpole, Sarah Dill-Macky, David
Haigh and Chris Malone
SUFC Fulltime Staff
1st Grade after their warm-up before their West Harbour fixture at Concord Oval
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Once again 2015 has been a very positive season for
the club. We won the Club Championship for the 12th
year in a row, 2nd Grade played out of their skin to
win their Grand Final and the entire Colts department
did the club exceptionally proud with a clean sweep
across 1st, 2nd and 3rd Colts. We played Randwick
in each of our finals fixtures and it was delightful to
cross the line victorious in all games after faltering
against them in the earlier round games.
Our preseason to the 2015 Shute Shield year started
off so well at the end of the 2014. The club was so
lucky to have Tom Carter and Tim Leahy in charge
of giving the preseason program a completely new
look and I think it worked exceptionally well. Players
were fitter and stronger going into the start of the
round games but also had tangible results they could
see and work towards from this newly designed
program. It was great to also see Colts giving some
of the Grade players a run for their money in the in
the fitness department! Tristan Sharp must also be
commended for his work with the Colts during this
time. The club said goodbye to both of our Strength
and Conditioning coaches Tim Leahy and Tristan
Sharp this year and I thank them both for their
tremendous efforts during their time at the club – both
will be missed. Tristan has returned to Ireland to take
up a position in professional rugby and Tim is building
his new business here and overseas.
The season was not without the usual challenges but
as to be expected everyone at SUFC; the players,
staff and its many volunteers gave their all and were
rewarded with another Club Championship trophy.
It came right down to the wire and fittingly it was
secured as the teams played their last games on No.1
Oval. It was such a joy to be able to celebrate the
victory with all our supporters, members, and SUFC
family after a long season.
At the end of the season we also said goodbye to
our 1st Grade Head Coach Chris “Nobby” Malone.
What I love about SUFC is that it is not just a stepping
stone to higher honours for our players but also
our coaches and staff. Nobby goes with our best
wishes to the Waratahs to take up at position as
Assistant Coach under Daryl Gibson and as I sit
and write this report Nobby is also currently over in
London as Kicking Coach for the Wallabies during the
Rugby World Cup. We look forward to watching his
continued progress but also having Nobby stop by
the ground to watch a few games and also drop off
his two boys on a Saturday so they can continue as
ball boys for the club.
General Manager’s Report
Boys singing the Club Song to celebrate the 2015 Club Championship
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Just before finals the club was rocked by the sudden
illness of President David Mortimer AO. Missing from
the Grand Final games everyone immediately noticed
his absence. Thankfully David has made it through
and assures me he will be at SUFC games next
year. Personally not having David on call was a major
shock to the system for me. I have learnt so much
from him over the last two years and was determined
not to let anything fall by the wayside whilst he wasn’t
at the helm. I have worked in rugby for over 12 years
now and I can honestly say I have never come across
a better President. SUFC is part of David’s family
and we have been so very lucky to have such a
wonderful man guiding this club. At this point I must
almost make special mention of Andrew Wennerbom.
I cannot thank Andrew enough for stepping into
David’s shoes and ensuring the club continued to run
smoothly.
This year has been a big year in rugby with the 2015
Rugby World Club being played in London. SUFC
continues its tradition of supplying great talent to
the Wallaby pool with 6 players in the team; Israel
Folau, Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps, Ben McCalman,
Will Skelton and Dean Mumm. Each has had great
campaigns both at Super and Wallaby levels and it is
terrific to watch them play. Nick Phipps and Bernard
Foley gave up their time earlier in the year to run a
junior clinic for some lucky winners of an auction prize
from the 2014 Trivett Finals Lunch. In the pouring rain
at No.1 Oval they put three boys through their paces
and then shouted them a coffee at favourite hot spot
Ralph’s Café to thaw out.
In keeping with the Rugby World Cup theme we
decided to get amongst all the action and move the
traditional Trivett Finals Lunch to late September
to become the Trivett Rugby World Cup Lunch.
Six hundred people supported the lunch in a new
location at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf. A
last minute change of guest speaker due to a new
Australian Prime Minister and the pouring rain wasn’t
Chris “Nobby” Malone will be with Nick Phipps next year at the Waratahs
Trivett Rugby World Cup Lunch at Doltone House Darling Island Wharf
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Some of our Staff and Volunteers watching on at the Colts Grand Finals
enough to dampen the spirits of those who attended.
Panellists David Giffin, Jamie Joseph and Pat Howard
were wonderfully received by the audience. MC and
former SUFC player Peter FitzSimons AM provided
much humour to the day and in a moving tribute to
the work of SUFC President David Mortimer AO,
University of Sydney Chancellor Belinda Hutchinson
gave a wonderful speech on David’s behalf.
In its second year in the Buildcorp National Rugby
Championship SUFC along with Balmain Rugby Club
competed under the banner of the Sydney Stars.
2016 was vastly different from its inaugural year and
under the leadership of Head Coach Peter Playford
and assistants Dan Parks, David Lyons and Tim
Davidson the team surprised everyone to finish in
the top four and come ever so close to knocking of
the top placed team in the semi-final. Pete and his
team stuck to the team’s core goal of developing new
talent. It was wonderful to watch new players be given
the opportunity to test their skills against seasoned
Super Rugby players and I know they will be better
for it in their subsequent rugby careers. For Sydney
University Football Club being able to provide the next
stepping stone for its young players is terrific.
Once again my whole hearted thanks must go out to
our many volunteers. Without you this club just could
not operate. Each week you give up so many hours
of your time to ensure SUFC continues to run and
that the boys are provided with the best opportunity
to succeed possible. Rain, hail or shine you are there
at training and on match day and I thank you so very
much. To David Mortimer, Andrew Wennerbom and
Angus Jackson thank you so much for your guidance
of not only the club but of my role also this year. I
continue to learn under your direction.
It is hard to believe I have now completed two
seasons of Shute Shield and Buildcorp NRC. The
time has simply flown by. The decision to leave and
take up a role in NZ was not a decision I made lightly.
I know that my time at the club will stand me in good
stead and I look forward to coming to visit and watch
the boys at their new home at No.2 Oval. The facilities
they will have access to under the guidance of such
great coaches is second to none.
Hannah Catchpole
General Manager
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Finance Report
The Club is reporting modest shortfall of $10,757 for
the year ending 31 October 2015. Given the additional
pressures the budget was subject to this year, this
is still a reasonable outcome. Notwithstanding this
shortfall, the Club remains in a strong financial
position and is debt free.
Total income for the year was $1,305,737 down
1.8% on the previous year. There were decreases
across most income categories: Grants and
Donations (down 12.4% to $387,057); Home Gate
and Sponsorship (down 10.3% to $437,176); Affiliation
income (down 20.0% to $61,761) and Fundraising
Activities (down 16.4% to $262,715). Other income
was materially up as this included amongst other
things, cost recovery from the Sydney Stars’ 2014
season.
Total expenditure for the year was $1,316,488 down
0.4% on the previous year. Increases in expenditure
were incurred in Administration Costs (up 3.3% to
$265,299); Marketing and Promotion (up 27.0%
to $10,137) and Other expenditure (up 150.7% to
$12,880). These increases were offset by decreases
in Rugby Operations (down 8.1% to $657,190);
Development (down 3.3% to $129,569) and
Fundraising Activities (down 12.6% to $177,313).
With the carry forward of net positive retained
surpluses from previous years, the Club remains debt
free and is in a sound financial position.
The Club’s robust financial position is due to the
contribution and efforts of many. The Club is indebted
to the continued support of its major sponsor,
Buildcorp, as well as the long list of associate
sponsors and sponsors. The Club is also grateful for
the support of Sydney University Sport and Fitness,
the Sydney University Football Club Foundation, the
Friends of Sydney University, as well as the Club’s
Gold Members and supporters. The contribution of
these organisations and key stakeholders is greatly
appreciated. This collective support is essential in
ensuring the Club is in a strong financial position to
provide the infrastructure, facilities and programs
necessary to support the players and coaches and
is a key factor in maintaining the Club’s on-field
success.
I also wish to acknowledge the great work and
leadership provided by the Club’s General Manager
Hannah Catchpole. Hannah was well supported
by Operations Manager, Sarah Dill-Macky. Thank
you also to Tony Mulveney for his contribution to
the Finance Sub-Committee and the support of the
finance team at Sydney University Sport and Fitness.
Finally I would like to take this opportunity to thank
the President, David Mortimer for his leadership of the
Club once again this year.
Angus Jackson
Vice President
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SYDNEY UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB
INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT – YEAR ENDING 31 OCTOBER 2014
2015 2014
($) ($)
INCOME
Grants and Donations 387,057 442,071
Home Gate and Sponsorship 437,176 487,563
Affiliation 61,761 77,239
Fundraising Activities 262,715 314,440
Tour 60,000 –
Other 97,028 8,037
TOTAL INCOME 1,305,737 1,329,350
EXPENDITURE
Rugby Operations 657,190 714,925
Administration Costs 265,299 256,779
Marketing and Promotion 10,137 7,982
Development 129,569 133,925
Fundraising Activities 177,313 202,928
Tour 64,100 –
Other 12,880 5,137
TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,316,488 1,321,675
SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) (10,572) 7,674
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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SYDNEY UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB
CASH HELD AT SYDNEY UNIVERSITY (DONATIONS)
($)
Opening balance as at 1 November 2014 0
Add: Deposits for the period 176,700
Interest for the period 859
Less: Withdrawals 177,559
Closing balance as at 31 October 2015 0
BALANCE SHEET
2015 2014
($) ($)
Assets Retained Earnings 4,355 14,927
Petty Cash 1,000 1,000
Inventory – Merchandise 7,600 9,800
Inventory – Wine 0 0
Liabilities Borrowings (SU Sport Trust Account) 0 0
Total Net Assets / (Liabilities) 12,955 25,727
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SUFC Foundation Report
The Sydney University Football Club Foundation
was established in 2003 to ensure the survival
and ongoing prosperity of the Club to the highest
level. To support this objective a donor program
was established and has subsequently run over
the past 12 years. The proceeds from this program
have accumulated into a dedicated capital fund, the
balance of which currently stands at just over $3m.
In accordance with agreed practice a portion of the
Fund’s investment earnings are distributed annually
to the Club for the specific purpose of supporting the
players to achieve the highest levels of success in
both their academic and sporting endeavours.
The Sydney University Football Club Foundation
(SUFCF) is pleased to announce that the capital fund
totalled $3.13m at 30 June 2015 (including franking
credits). The Fund is professionally managed and
invested by Ord Minnett Ltd in accordance with the
approved investment mandate and agreed asset
allocation of Equities and Interest Bearing Securities,
Term Deposits and Cash, under the overall direction
of the SUFCF Investment Committee. Our continued
thanks, not only go to the Investment Committee for
their time and effort during the year, but also to Paul
Reid and Tony Mulveney of KPMG who kindly donate
their time and expertise to the Foundation to manage
and complete the accounts.
The 2015 financial year was mostly positive for stocks,
however volatility did emerge towards the end of
the year predominantly influenced by the potential
increase in US interest rates, continued global debt
and geopolitical issues, low growth levels as well as
elevated company valuations across the market.
The SUFCF fund was up 7.4% (net of fees) for FY15.
The SUFCF fund has now returned 54.0% over the
past 5 years. This amounts to an annual return since
1 July 2010 of 9.2% per annum, a pleasing result
given the balanced asset allocation of the fund and
therefore the lower risk when compared to the ASX
200. The ASX 200 Accumulation Index has returned
9.7% per annum during the same period.
First Grade at their Captain’s Run at the 2015 Season Launch before Round 1
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Net earnings of $361,231 for the year to 30 June 2015
were in line with the strong result achieved in 2014
($365,775). After providing for the reserves necessary
to preserve the capital value of the corpus of the fund,
the Foundation was able to make a final distribution
of $125,000 to the Sydney University Football Club
for the 2015 financial year. The distributions made to
the Club since the Foundation’s inception now totals
approximately $1,015,000.
The Foundation’s ability to distribute such funds to the
Club on an annual basis is made possible by having
a strong capital fund. On behalf of the Foundation,
I would like to thank the generosity of our valued
donors who have played a significant role in growing
the balance of the fund through donations and
Banjo Travers in 2nd Colts against Warringah
bequests pledged over recent years. Despite on-field
success, it is important to note that the needs of the
Sydney University Football Club will continue to grow
and the support of many more donors is still needed.
Please help the Club continue to provide the on and
off field benefits many of you have enjoyed. All funds
raised go a long way towards allowing the Foundation
to continue to support the Club and help it to meet
any challenges that come its way in the future.
Whilst the 2015 year saw no changes at a Foundation
Board level, some additions and retirements can
be expected over the next 12 months as part of the
Board’s renewal program.
In closing, with regret I recently announced to the
Board that I have decided to resign as Chairman
of the Sydney University Football Club Foundation.
Following on from the excellent platform laid by the
late David Clarke, it has been a great honour to have
served the Foundation and the Football Club. I have
been privileged to have had such a capable Board
and I greatly appreciate the efforts in recent years
to raise additional funds to provide greater financial
stability to the Club. I am confident the legacy
we have built will continue to grow to ensure the
Foundation continues to support the broader goals of
the Club.
Cameron Clyne
Chairman, SUFC Foundation
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Friends of SUFC Report
The Friends of Sydney University Football Club
comprises over 40 senior businessmen and
professionals who, because of their interest in
rugby and their desire to assist SUFC, have made a
commitment to mentoring the players of the Club.
In early March the Friends hosted a cocktail party
where SUFC players and Friends mingled and we
discussed how the Friend’s mentor program can
assist players in their chosen career path.
It was a pleasure for me to attend the Annual
Colts Dinner as keynote speaker this year. I was
able to introduce the Friends to the Colts and their
parents and speak about my own rugby career and
experiences whilst also informing the young players
about the value of critical thinking in everything they
do.
At the 19th Annual Dinner of the Friends at St
Andrew’s College our Guest Speaker this year was
Mr Bill Pulver, Chief Executive Officer of the ARU. Bill
spoke of his plans and priorities for Australian Rugby
and his speech certainly provided some healthy
debate and contributed to a successful evening.
It was pleasing to once again see some of our young
players attend the dinner.
The Friends welcomed some new members this year
and also farewelled a few longstanding “Friends“
and I would like to thank them for their support and
commitment to the Friends and contribution to the
Club over the past years.
The Friends is proud of its contribution to the Club
and looks forward to continuing its support of the
Club and its young rugby players.
David Kirk
Chairman, Friends of SUFC
SUFC team at Kiama Sevens led by coach Julian Huxley
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SURPASS Report
Our mission at SURPASS is to ensure our players,
past and present, are successful off the field, not just
on the field. As the hub for learning, development and
networking, and as a valuable mentoring resource
for our players, in 2015 SURPASS has continued to
evolve its interactions and offerings.
As a new initiative, this year SURPASS hosted a
Careers Night one evening after training. Around 30
players took time to consider what they could be
doing now to better set themselves up for success in
careers post rugby. The past player panel addressed
questions ranging from, “how could I best improve my
chances to play representative rugby? If I were to do
this while studying more what would I study?” And,
“is there a career I could start now and still play sport
at a high level?”
Continuing our tradition of bringing past and current
players together in an off-field setting SURPASS
hosted its 5th annual Learning and Development
day at the Grandstand in July. Senior lecturer from
the University of Sydney Business School, David
Oliver, challenged the group to apply various strategic
frameworks to companies and brands such as
Netflix, Uber and Kodak. Many thanks to David for his
generous time and effort.
From a networking and reunion perspective this year
SURPASS focussed its efforts on attracting past
players to the SUFC RWC lunch rather than hosting a
specific match day reunion. We see more scope to do
this in future years as a very natural way to reinforce
our connections to each other and the club, to where
our bonds formed. In 2016 we aim to encourage past
players, especially those now living out of Sydney, to
make a weekend of the Friday lunch and the following
match day.
Each of these events help reinforce the commitment
we have to each other as those wearing or who
have worn the blue and gold hoops. Front of mind
for us always is that we are available to every player,
regardless of Grade. We believe that if all we do is
make one more introduction, then we are participating
in our players’ development and explorations of their
own rugby and career journeys.
SURPASS stands for Sydney University Rugby
Players Association for Securing Success.
Angus Stuart
Chairman, SURPASS
1st Colts winning a line-out against West Harbour SURPASS Careers Night led by Drew Hickey, Tim Davidson and Angus Stuart
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Medical Report
The Sydney University Football Club has a history
of providing comprehensive, high quality and easily
accessible medical services to all of its players.
This policy was continued on in 2015. The Sports
Medicine services were provided by Dr Katherine
Rae, Sports Physician and Dr David Samra, Sports
Medicine Registrar and Dr Leigh Golding. The Sports
Physiotherapy services were provided by Shane
Kertanegara and Daniella Thrassis. Katherine, David,
Shane and Dani all work together at The Sports Clinic
at Sydney University.
Medical Services included having a doctor present
at both Colts and Grade venues every game day. Dr
Rae looked after the 1st and 2nd Grade games, Dr
Golding looked after 3rd and 4th Grade Games and Dr
Samra looked after the Colts games. Physiotherapists,
Shane Kertanegara (Grade), and Daniella Thrassis
(Colts), with the aid of a team of strappers, looked
after the teams at training as well as on the weekend.
Physiotherapy attendance at training continued its
focus on sport specific rehabilitation, with this year
focusing on more injury specific rehab to facilitate
return to play and prevent reinjury. Players were
required to pass a fitness test by the physiotherapists,
followed by strength and conditioning staff, in order to
be cleared for selection by the coaching staff.
The aim of the Club’s medical and physiotherapy
services is to quickly and accurately diagnose and
manage all injuries. This allows players to have the
best management possible for their injury as well as
minimising time off playing and preventing re-injury.
‘Rugby triage’ session continued on in The Sports
Clinic on Mondays mornings. At these sessions the
physiotherapists were available to briefly assess
and begin initial management of all injuries from
Saturday’s game.
Jack Bliss being attended to during Colts Finals Series
Toby Cooke receives medical treatment during the game
Players requiring medical management of their injuries
were seen by Dr Rae and Dr Samra at the Sports
Clinic and bulk billed. Players needing to see a physio
during the week were treated by Shane or Daniella
during specified rugby clinic hours for their private
health insurance rebate only. This clinic service was
well utilised and was able to cater for all players
requiring doctor or physio. The overall result was
that players were again able to access Medical and
Physiotherapy services without any out of pocket
expense (providing they had private health cover)
to them on the day. Carrying on from the previous
season, there was also a panel of specialist surgeons
who players were referred to if players needed an
orthopaedic opinion and/or operation.
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Season 2015 saw a continuation of the successful
Physiotherapy injury prevention program. Screenings
were held regularly through the season with the
intention of preventing injuries before they resulted
in missed game time. The screenings involve
a collection of tests done to obtain objective
measures on specified joints. On a weekly ba sis the
physiotherapists compared players’ screenings to
their baseline. Significant deviations from baseline
gave more information on a player’s body. This
allowed for the modification of training volumes
accordingly as well as the implementation of
specific exercises aiming to change deficits from
the screenings. Effort was made to ensure that
findings from screenings were forwarded on to
relevant training staff as a priority to ensure optimum
management of the players. Pilates and prehabilitation
classes were driven by strength and conditioning staff
this year with the ongoing aim of preventing injuries in
those identified at being most at risk.
The following is a brief analysis of all new injuries
and illnesses from all seven Sydney Uni teams that
came to the attention of the medical staff during the
season, from the start of preseason through until
Grand Final Day. As in past years, all injuries and
illnesses affecting Sydney Uni players and their ability
to train and/or take to the field have been reported,
whether they were sustained training for or playing
in the regular Saturday competition, representative
competitions or even when participating in activities
outside rugby.
Overall the number of injuries reported this year
was over 200 less than was reported last year.
This drop of more than 20 percent from last year is
interesting with the knowledge that the season is the
same length as last years and this therefore can’t
be included as a factor. The areas of injuries that
went against this trend and maintained past levels or
increased levels included the areas of shoulder, neck
and hip and groin.
Number of Injuries based on location:
LOCATION 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Head 104 105 129 129 137 174 163 196 199 146
Shoulder 77 86 76 96 97 91 93 120 106 100
Foot and ankle 65 61 96 97 86 97 113 146 142 96
Thigh 65 51 71 81 71 112 127 111 117 95
Knee 59 61 67 69 53 73 102 101 97 66
Groin 27 15 12 25 38 27 42 68 55 58
Medical 17 23 34 49 44 42 50 63 63 40
Wrist and hand 52 34 60 57 60 63 82 68 56 46
Lower leg 33 21 48 51 47 49 45 71 54 42
Lumbar spine 28 19 29 20 17 33 51 57 45 34
Chest 25 13 30 25 29 29 31 41 29 33
Neck 32 31 38 19 49 42 46 45 39 27
Buttock 14 8 14 29 16 21 20 29 35 20
Elbow 9 11 16 13 14 11 15 23 15 14
Thoracic spine 6 2 2 8 1 8 8 9 7 7
Abdomen 7 11 4
Forearm 9 5 1
Other 4 3 8 9 8 21 14 22 4 3
617 544 730 777 767 893 1002 1186 1079 831
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Dr David Samra takes Jay Spencer from the field
This year there were 63 injuries that kept the Colts
and Grade players off the field for period of 5 weeks
or more (or would have if the season hadn’t ended).
This is compared to 59 last year and 57 the year
before that.
The most significant changes from last year was
the re-emergence of significant hamstring injuries,
doubling from 4 last year to 8 this year and the
increase in shoulder instability injuries, with 7
shoulder instabilities causing significant lost game
time compared to 2 last year. There was also a
rise in serious neck injuries with 4 players having
neurological compromise from bulging discs, and two
requiring surgery.
13 Foot and ankle injuries: Syndesmosis sprains 9, Fibula fracture 2, Lis Franc sprain 1, navicular stress injury 1
12 Shoulder injuries: Shoulder subluxation 4, Shoulder dislocation 3, fractured clavicle 2, Neuropraxia 2, SC Joint dislocation 1
10 Thigh and calf injuries: Hamstring strain 8, Calf strain 2
8 Knee injuries: ACL 2, PCL 2, Patellar subluxation 2, MCL 1, Meniscal tear 1
6 Head injuries: Concussion 4, Jaw fracture 1, Orbital fracture 1
4 Neck injuries: 4 acute disc bulges, (1 also canal stenosis)
5 Hand and wrist injuries: Metacarpal fracture 2, Scaphoid Fracture 1, Radius fracture 1, CMC joint dislocation thumb 1
2 Back pain: Acute disc injury 1, pars stress fracture 1
2 Groin pain: Osteitis Pubis 1, Hip sprain 1
1 knee laceration reopened/infected.
Surgical injuries this year numbered 23. This was similar to last year’s numbers. They included:
6 Shoulder operations: 4 Shoulder reconstructions, 1 SC joint reduction, 1 clavicle fracture
5 Knee operations: 2 ACL, 2 menisectomies, 1 arthroscope
4 Hand and wrist injuries: 1 radius fracture, 1 metacarpal fracture, 1 scaphoid fracture, 1 thumb CMC jt dislocation
2 Foot and ankle injuries: 1 Lis franc, 1 fibula/syndesmosis fracture
2 Head and neck fractures: 1 jaw, 1 orbit
2 Neck Disc Prolapses
2 Lacerations: 1 facial laceration, 1 Knee wound dehiscence.
Dr Katherine Rae after 2nd Grade Grand Final
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The following table is a comparison of this year’s injuries to that of the previous eight years. Most common
injuries seen in 2015:
INJURY 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Hip and groin injuries 27 14 14 24 38 41 50 74 70 (5 OP) 70 (4 OP)
Concussion 40 50 60 (1 subdural) 71 66 71 70 77 90 67
Ankle sprains 41 40 (8 syndy)
70 (14 syndy)
47 (11 sydny)
56 (11 syndy)
69 (12 syndy)
56 (13 syndy)
87 (12 sydny)
78 (10 syndy, 1 dislocation)
61 (12 syndy)
Facial lacerations 24 24 36 (21 sutured)
24 (16 sutured)
36 (25 sutured)
50 (32 sutured)
48 (28 sutured)
60 (36 sutured)
46 (27 sutured)
40 (28 sutured)
AC joint sprains 26 40 27 30 39 35 24 33 35 39
Hamstring strains/tendinopathy 27 25 25 37 28 30 (2 distal rupture) 45 26 (1 prox
ruptures) 32 38
Infections (Resp, gastro, skin, eye) 12 17 22 47 (11 skin) 43 (13 skin) 48 (15 skin) 43 (10 skin) 51 (9 skin,
3 mumps)
54 (8 skin, 4 whooping cough, 3 GF)
35 (2 GF)
Knee sprains 14 (4 ACL, 8 MCL)
32 (5 ACL, 7 MCL)
21 (5 ACL, 4 MCL)
22 (6 ACL, 1 PCL, 8 MCL)
21 (2 ACL, 11 MCL, 1 PCL)
29 (2 ACL, 11 MCL, PCL)
41 (3 ACL, 15 MCL, 2 PCL)
55 (4 ACL, 2 PCL, 27 MCL)
46 (2 ACL, 6 PCL, 13 MCL)
34 (2 ACL, 4 PCL, 7 MCL)
Low back pain 28 18 23 20 17 32 51 (2 surgery)
57 (1 canal stenosis)
45 (1 pars stress fracture) 34
Chest, Rib, SC and CCjt sprains, bruising, fractures 13 10 29 25 29 29 31 36 28 (1 rib
fracture)33 (1 post SC dislocation)
Thigh corks 22 12 25 29 33 57 53 38 58 (1 ossificans) 28
Neck sprains, strains 17 29 (2 CNN) 25 (1 canal stenosis) 19 39 (1 canal
stenosis) 22 (1 canal stenosis)
43 (1 canal stenosis) 38 28 27 (1 canal
stenosis)
Lower leg/ankle bruising 19 29 16 15 18 25 34 24
Stingers/burners 8 15 12 13 31 13 18 23 33 23
Wrist and hand sprains 15 39 (2 PIP jt dislocations) 22 41 (1 SL sep'n) 41 (1 SL sep'n) 37 36 36 (4 PIP jt
dislocations)
22(3 PIP jt disloc, 2 thumb disloc)
Shoulder subluxation/dislocation 11 17 19 (2
dislocations)22(5 dislocations)
17 (5 dislocations)
29 (5 dislocations)
20 (4 dislocations)
30 (4 dislocations)
31 (3 dislocations)
20 (4 dislocations)
Foot Sprains 12 (2 lis franc) 16 6 (2 lis franc) 7 (1 lis franc) 15 (2 lis franc) 13 (1 lis franc) 27 (2 lis franc) 19 (2 lis franc, 9 MTP)
Hamstring and calf cramps/tightness 18 25 16 12 14 16 52 30 18
Head and neck bruising 24 21 32 44 16
Knee Bruising 16 14 16 17 10 14 22 (8 prepatellar bursitis) 11 16 (2 prepatellar
bursitis)14 (7 prepatellar bursitis)
Shin Pain/lower limb stress injuries 6 2 9 2 10 11 (3 fibular
stress fractures) 14
Elbow sprains/dislocations 7 11 4 12 7 (1 dislocation) 8 (1 dislocation) 16 (1 dislocation) 15 (1 dislocation) 12
Wrist and hand fractures 9 8 11 (7 metacarpal) 13 5 9 5 (2 radius
fractures) 8 8 (2 radius)
11 (9 metacarpal, 1 radius, 1 scaphoid)
Patellofemoral complex injuries 15 18 13 (1 patellar fracture) 15 28 17 18 11
Buttock and hip corks 10 5 8 25 11 18 13 19 17 11
Bruised forearm, wrist and hands 20 10 10
Shoulder bruising 18 15 11 16 10 9 8 10
Thoracic back pain 8 1 7 8 9 6 (1 vertebral fractures) 8
Calf strains 9 3 14 12 7 11 7 7
Ear injuries 10 (4 rupt drums) 8 (3 rupt drums) 2 rupt drums 12 (3 rupt
drums) 8 (2 rupt drums) 8 (1 rupt drum) 6 (1 rupt drum) 7
Facial fractures 9 6 6 6 6 4 6 (2 orbital) 8 (3 orbital) 4 (1 jaw) 7
Quad strains 6 3 7 5 7 10 6 4 5 5
Rotator cuff/shoulder m strain 9 5 11 (1 pec repairs) 7 (2 pec repairs) 9 9 3
Eye injuries 12 3 6 6 7 11 3 7 6 (1 scleral abrasion) 3
Lower leg, foot and ankle fractures 6 6 9 (5 ankle) 3 9 (3 ankle) 6 (1 ankle) 4 (2 ankle) 7 (2 ankle) 5 (4 fibula) 3 (2 fibula)
Fractured shoulder/clavicle 4 (2 clavicle, 2 scapula) 0 1 scapula 2 (scapula and
clavicle) 1 1 clavicle 0 3 (2 clavicle, 1 scapula)
Lower leg tendinopathy 8 2
Dental Injuries 8 1 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 1
Gluteal muscle injury/tightness 10 1
Abdominal surgery 3 0 0
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Comparing this season to last year was easier this
year as both seasons were the same length, again
finishing early in August to make way for the National
Rugby Championships. The overall number of
injuries reported dropped again this year, this time by
approximately 20 percent. Our definition of an injury is
a very loose one, being anything reported to medical
staff on game day or during the week. The number
of injuries causing 5 weeks or more of missed game
time or requiring surgery did not significantly change
from last year. Therefore the decrease in injuries might
have been due to less minor injuries or less fastidious
reporting of the lesser injuries and illnesses, particularly
those that did not involve missing game time.
One injury whose incidence can be relied on as
very accurate is concussion. The good news is that
for whatever playing or training reason, concussion
incidence was at its lowest level since 2010.
We document as concussion any head injury or
suspected head injury reported to the medical staff
which causes any symptoms of concussion (including
but not restricted to loss of consciousness, amnesia,
dizziness, blurred vision, headache, confusion) no
matter how long the symptoms lasted, i.e. some of
the 90 concussions documented during the season
may have fully resolved in less than one minute.
Caution has led to over rather than underreporting to
ensure no concussion is missed.
Team doctors review all head injuries during the
following week. Thankfully our players are very good
a reporting concussion when it occurs and this allows
the medical staff to best manage affected players.
Management includes the player resting until
symptom free for at least 24 hours. Once they can
also perform well on concussion tests, they are given
an individualized Graded return to sport plan usually
involving playing the following weekend. There were
23 concussions in Grade players this year which
were deemed more serious in that they took longer
than the usual 2 -3 days to fully recover and therefore
resulted in the player missing 1 or more games in the
subsequent weeks. Number of weeks to return to
play in Colts after concussion was not recorded.
The 67 concussions recorded during the season
occurred in 50 players across both Colts and
Grade, as 15 players had more than one concussion
during the season. 13 of the 15 players with multiple
concussions had only two concussions for the season,
the other 2 had three concussions. Independent of
how long they were rested post concussion, only one
of these players was concussed two weeks in a row.
There were four concussions in four players that resulted
in players missing 5 or more games. In three of these
four players it was because they chose to finish the
season early due to their prior history of concussion
injury, for two of the three it was their second
concussion this season. The fourth took 6 weeks before
he was cleared to return to play. There were 2 days
when 4 players were concussed and 2 days when 5
players were concussed. They were on the days when
we played games against Randwick (5), Southern
Districts (5), Eastern Suburbs (4) and Eastwood (4).
This year an interesting finding to note was that
majority of the injuries that decreased in incidence
were acute injuries – including those directly related to
contact such as concussions, facial lacerations, thigh
haematomas, and shoulder subluxations, as well as
those that may or may not have been related to contact
including ankle sprains and knee sprains. This brings
up questions like whether the number of collisions in a
game, game tactics and/or tackling techniques have
changed this year and this may be responsible.
It is not as good to note that injuries which are for the
most part non-contact and overuse injuries, including
groin and hamstring injuries and lower limb stress
injuries, went against the negative trend by their levels
staying the same or increasing compared to last year. Of
the 26 muscle strains that caused players to miss game
time, 3 were calf injury, 18 were hamstring injuries and
5 were groin strains. 10 of these 26 muscles strains (1
calf, 8 hamstring and 1 groin), or just over 1/3 happened
during training sessions and not during games.
As in previous years, all injuries will be discussed and
evaluated with coaching and training staff in the off
season for possible reasons as to why the rates for
various injuries have changed and what we can do to
address the more serious injuries.
Dr Katherine Rae
SUFC Doctor
Shane Kertanegara
SUFC Physiotherapist
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Club Captain’s Report
After the monstrosity of the McCarthy administration
in 2014 there was much political capital to be
gained in the 2015 SUFC Club Captain election.
When the election was announced for March, the
factional heads of SUFC began to wield power
behind the scenes. It emerged early, by virtue of
a few leaks within the parties that Benn Melrose
and Al Ryan would be the preferred candidates
and the stage was set for one of the most hotly
contested elections since 2011 where Aldy King won
a balance of power by a single vote, that of Jack
Farrer. With rumblings in the caucus throughout
February and much uncertainty over the allegiance
of key factional heads, David Hickey, member for
Newcastle and leader for the Country Party spoke
out in public support of Melrose along with Hugh
Frazer, the member for Wentworth and leader of the
CBD Party. In response, Chris Talakai, leader of the
Poly Pathways Party and Jake Gordon, leader of
the Pencil Party confirmed their support for Ryan,
who pushed firmly ahead in the polls as the election
approached. March 5, 2015 the stage was set. As
expected, the election was impossibly close, with
neither Melrose nor Ryan able to form a majority
government. In a back door deal orchestrated by
Jock Merriman, the member for Hume, to remove
the risk of any potential mid-season coup (never
before experienced by a leader from SUFC) the
deal was done and history was made. It would be
Melrose and Ryan as Co-Club Captains for 2015.
With the Ladies Day budget in a deep deficit after
2014, policy item one for the new government was
to return Ladies Day to surplus (have more ladies
at the event than players). With the outstanding
help of James McMahon (Minister for Girlfriends),
Jonny Vaux (Minister for Colleges), Jock Merriman
(Minister for Country Music), David Hickey (Minister
for Grounds), Dane McCarthy (Minister for Foreign
Affairs) and Chris Ingate (Minister for Alcohol)
and several other members of SUFC the surplus
was delivered and Ladies Day was a resounding
success. A special mention must be made to Ben
Hughes who established himself as a special part
of the furniture of the SUFC Grandstand (with his
musical talents) gaining himself the Music portfolio
for the remainder of the year.
SUFC Ladies Day in 2015 was held in Round 7 against Randwick
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The Players Ball retained its integrity as the greatest
achievement of the McCarthy administration,
receiving special attention in 2015 to ensure its
longevity and legacy as an annual celebration of
the playing group. Members of the Young SUFC
Colts Party, led by Jack McCalman, deserve special
recognition for making up a far larger portion of the
tickets sold this year and firmly integrating into the
wider Parliament with flying colours. All members
made an outstanding contribution to the success of
the night, with the exception of Will McDonnell who
was turned away for failing to comply with dress
regulations by security for attempting to wear bootleg
wrangler jeans, a flannelette shirt and an akubra hat
The 2015 Players Ball held at the Establishment Ballroom
to a black tie function. Attendees were also privileged
to have Tom Coolican, the SUFC Ambassador to the
United States of America present on the evening.
In true Donald Trump style, Tom made a highly
controversial speech which polarised the crowd with
repeated references to his intimate relationship with
the New Zealand Prime Minister Kevin Mealamu.
In a year that was full of fantastic achievements, many
of which deserve attention, it is necessary to highlight
a few specifically. The combined effort of SUFC
players to win the Club Championship for the twelfth
consecutive year will retain a very special place in the
history of the club. Despite popular belief at the half
way point of the season that it could not be achieved,
the resilience of all players to achieve this milestone
under pressure is testament to the character of this
current playing group. Congratulations must go to
all players and all members of staff for the countless
hours of preparation, sacrifice and hard work, all of
which are reflected through this fantastic achievement.
It is popularly advocated that the measure of a club’s
culture is the state of their Second Grade team. By
definition a Second Grade side has a varied mix
of players often with differing mind sets. The team
comprises those who are disappointed to not be
in first grade, young emerging players of the future
waiting for an opportunity and old players like James
Swan, amazed at the end of each of the 80 minutes
SUFC 2nd Grade celebrating after their Grand Final success
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that he hasn’t had a cardiac arrest, it truly is a mixed
bag of skillsets, experience and attitude. Finishing
fourth on the league table in a season of mixed
results, the performance of the Second Grade team
to win the only Grade Grand Final for the club in
2015, having won 3 of the last 4 titles, deserves great
recognition. The win was truly indicative of a playing
group willing to sacrifice selflessly for the success of
the club and all players involved deserve great credit.
Perhaps the greatest achievement of the club in 2015
was the performance of the Colts, returning to the
prosperity of 2011, winning all three premierships.
Having trailed Randwick collectively all season, the
performance from all three Colts teams at Forshaw
on that special Grand Final Sunday will seldom be
forgotten by many and will have a lasting effect on
the future success of SUFC into the next decade. It
should also be noted that the performance of Chris
Ingate during the Colts Grand Finals however, will
seldom be forgotten by many into the next millennia.
As Co-Club Captain’s we are forever indebted to the
work of Hannah Catchpole and Sarah Dill-Macky who
were of invaluable assistance, not only in doing a lot
of the work behind the scenes that we took credit for,
but reconciling our on-going disagreements (many of
which required significant mediation). We would also
like to make special mention of the many volunteers
who truly are the soul of the club. Whilst we pride
ourselves as being at the forefront of professionalism,
rugby at SUFC simply could not function without
the unconditional sacrifice of our volunteers. The
volunteers are the special few who go unnoticed by
many, but make the most important contribution and
on behalf of all players we would like to thank them for
their ongoing service, our club is better a better place
for their involvement.
It would also be remise of us to not finish by making
special mention of the outgoing Tim Leahy from
SUFC. I think we speak for all players in saying that
Tim has been an instrumental part of the success
that SUFC has experienced in recent times. Whilst
Tim is a very understated person who rarely accepts
plaudits for the fruits of his work, his influence on
SUFC is permanent and will not be forgotten. Many
SUFC players who have gone on to representative
honours have Tim to thank for countless hours of
selfless service in forwarding their careers and SUFC
as a community have Tim to thank for his outstanding
contribution to the organisation, his influence will be
forever etched into the stitching of the blue and gold
hoops.
Benn Melrose and Alastair Ryan
Club Captains
Lots of support on the sideline at the 2nd Grade Grand Final
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Rugby Program Report
At the end of season 2015 I am delighted to report
this year’s playing group embraced and contributed
to the proud history of the Club and its jersey. The
Gregor George Cup, awarded to the winner of
the Club Championship was just reward for the
dedication and hard work demonstrated by the
players, coaches, managers, physiotherapists,
doctors, volunteers and, importantly, the friends and
families who supported the Club throughout the year.
The 2015 season saw 204 players take the field,
representative of what has become a challenging
schedule for all club players in recent times. Of these, 56
players represented 1st Grade, 64 for 2nd Grade, 62 for
3rd Grade and 58 players played for our 4th Grade team
resulting in 112 players having played in SUFC’s Grade
teams. Incredibly, three of these players, Chris Chapman,
Tom Koerstz and Chris Talakai exemplified the Club’s
spirit and played in all four Grade teams throughout the
year. Meanwhile in Colts, 1st Colts fielded the most stable
team in the Club this year with 43 players, whilst 2nd
Colts selected 57 players for their standout season and
3rd Colts used a Club-high 65 players. In all, 90 players
represented Sydney University Colts across the three
teams in 2015. Interestingly, 18 players played in all three
Colts teams at some point throughout the season.
SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
Club Championship
Each year, it is the Club’s main goal to finish the
year as the strongest club in the competition.
This year, SUFC secured the Sydney Premier
Rugby Club Championship, although this was
not decided until after the final match on the final
round determined by our 1st Grade team beating
Northern Suburbs at University No. 1 Oval, which
is representative of how difficult the opposition
and the competition has become. This year’s win,
the twelfth successive season SUFC have been
crowned the dominant club, was even sweeter
as the Club hosted Norths at home on a Super
Saturday, meaning the entire Club was present
to cheer home the 1st Grade win required to
secure the championship and celebrate what is
truly a club award together. In addition to this
award, it was a thrill for the Club to again have all
seven teams contesting the semi-finals, with all
four teams who made the Grand Finals winning,
remarkably all against the same opposition club,
Randwick.
Our Ball Boys bowing their heads at the ANZAC Day fixture against Northern Suburbs
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1st Grade
Although it was extremely disappointing not to earn the opportunity to compete in the 2015 1st Grade Grand Final, the promotion of eight Colts players into 1st Grade and four SUFC players into Super Rugby, highlights the focus SUFC places on developing players.
2nd Grade
2nd Grade’s 35-34 Grand Final win over Randwick after being beaten 12-40 two weeks earlier in the Qualifying Finals was a thrilling result for the Club and kick-started the momentum the Colts required the following day to finish off the results.
3rd Grade
Apart from the excellent on field performances by 3rd Grade, seeing them miss the Grand Final by the slightest of margins, they were also leaders on the social front with Ray Hudd and Ross Ryan at the helm. From ‘Wine and Cheese Night’ to team discussions at the Nags Head Hotel about the current Financial Market, they were a big part of the SUFC culture this year.
4th Grade
4th Grade’s season, where they galloped to the Minor Premiership only to be beaten after the bell in the Semi-Final, should be roundly applauded for their impressive performances and, in particular, coach James Cameron’s effort.
1st Colts
1st Colts winning the Grand Final against the heavily favoured Randwick was the culmination of a very special day at Forshaw Rugby Park to clean sweep the Colts Grand Finals and redeem the previous season’s loss.
2nd Colts
2nd Colts following up their Minor Premiership, during which they lost only one match, with a win in the Grand Final and earning themselves SUFC’s Team of the Year Award.
3rd Colts
Building on a season of inexperience and adversity 3rd Colts developed the skills to execute a game plan and then, ultimately, how to grind out a win culminating in Grand Final victory against a team who had beaten them both occasions in which they had previously played.
Australian U20s representatives
Congratulations to Folau Fainga’a, Jack McCalman,
Jack Redden, Matt Sandell (second year of
representation), Harry Williams and Christian Yassmin
for their respective selection in the Australian U20s
squad this year. This is an outstanding achievement
and with continued commitment and development,
these players have the potential and ability to prove
strong performances in the senior football ranks.
USA High Performance Tour
The Club was fortunate to align closely with the
University of Sydney and their International Student
Recruitment department to embark on a two week
tour of in the United States of America. The tour
was built around playing matches against Arizona
State University in Phoenix, Arizona, the University
of California, San Diego and University of Southern
California in Los Angeles, both in California. Although
the on-field competition was of a low standard, the
30 players who toured greatly benefitted from the
experience, whether it be visiting Major League
Baseball and top college athlete facilities, having the
opportunity to train in these facilities or the life-long
bonds the shared experiences will have forged. The
experiences and exposure the tour offered will reap
rewards for the players and the Club for many years
to come.
Australian U20s representative Folau Fainga’a at Hooker in 1st Colts
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SUFC representation in the World Cup
The Club was also proud to watch seven SUFC
players, Sam Carter, Israel Folau, Bernard Foley,
Dean Mumm, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps and Will
Skelton, along with this year’s SUFC 1st Grade Head
Coach, Chris Malone, excel in the recent 2015 Rugby
World Cup in the UK. Having experienced the thrill of
viewing the Final at a pub in the morning in California
and hearing stories of the numerous SUFC alumni
who followed the Wallabies on their campaign and
were present at Twickenham, it was clear how excited
the Club was to be represented on the biggest rugby
stage in the World. Although they missed out on
the ultimate prize, their performances and efforts to
reach the finals were hugely successful and must be
congratulated.
END OF SEASON PRESENTATION NIGHT AWARDS
Colts Encouragement Award - Alex Hutchinson – Alex
was the first player to volunteer at pre-season training
to nominate himself as someone who was willing to
play in the front row. He went on to play almost every
game for 3rd Colts and was one of the team’s first
picked players.
Craig Fear Grade Encouragement Award - Oliver
Gresham – Oli bounced back from a disastrous
season in 2014, where he suffered a serious injury to
his lower leg, to play starring roles in both 2nd and
3rd Grade this year.
Most Improved Colt - Jack Bliss – Jack committed
himself thoroughly to his pre-season following a 2014
season where he played the Grand Final in 3rd Colts.
This resulted in a hugely successful 2015 for Jack
where he played in all but one 1st Colts game and
was a dominant force in our set piece.
Will Ridley, Alex Batho and Jack Jones training on the USA High Performance Tour in San Diego
Our USA High Performance Tour group visiting the Arizona State University Sun Devils Stadium
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Most Improved Grade - Alex Batho – Alex’s story
is similar to Jack Bliss’, with Alex playing in the
premiership winning 4th Grade team in 2014 and
following this up as a “bolted on” 2nd Grader this year
with a number of 1st Grade appearances.
Most Promising Colt - Declan Moore – Declan had an
extremely impressive year, culminating in his Round
13 selection as starting hooker for 1st Grade. In all,
Declan had four appearances in both 1st and 2nd
Grade and was a proven match winner in every team,
including in particular the 1st Colts Grand Final.
Most Promising Grade - Rohan O’Regan – Rohan,
in his first year of Grade after stepping up from 1st
Colts Captain the previous two years, started the
season struggling with a number of injuries. After
fighting back to full fitness, it was not long before he
had played himself into 1st Grade entrenching himself
as a critical member of the Club’s 1st Grade side.
The exciting thing for Rohan is there is still as yet
unrealised potential in his game.
1st Colts Best Fresher - Connor O’Shea – Connor, in
his first year at the Club, was hugely impressive both
on and off the field in what was an extremely difficult
year. His selection in Round 14 as 1st Grade’s starting
flyhalf speaks volumes for his maturity, whilst it was
with great poise with which he led the team around,
whether in 1st, 2nd Grade or 1st Colts.
Leading Try Scorer for the Club - Christian Yassmin –
Christian wins this award for the second successive
year with his 25 tries in 2015 to go with his 32 tries
last year.
Leading Points Scorer for the Club - Christian
Kagiassis – The fact Christian was one of only two
players at the Club to play every game this year
meant he was ideally placed to win this award,
however it was his feat of averaging almost 12 points
a game that secured the award and ensured he was
picked in the top team every week.
Player of the Finals - Matt Narracott – Matt had an
enormous year in his first year of Grade, missing only
two games all year and working his way onto the
wing regularly in 1st Grade by the end of the season.
However it was his performances in the finals, most
notably his performance in the 2nd Grade premiership
winning game, which strengthen his record as a big-
game player.
Club Captain - Benn Melrose, Alastair Ryan,
Alexander Jackman (Colts)
Colts Clubman of the Year - Jack Blair – Not many
people around the Club would be aware of the
selfless work Jack puts into assisting sponsors with
work and his peers with academic support.
Some of our SUFC Waratahs, David Dennis, Pat McCutcheon, Tom Carter and Jeremy Tilse
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Clubman of the Year - Tom Carter – Everyone
knows Tom’s history at the Club, however not
everyone would see the tireless effort he puts in to
the recruitment program, strength and conditioning
program and general player welfare for 12 months of
the year.
Stephen Rowntree Volunteer of the Year - Ray Hudd
– Ray’s involvement at the Club extends back many
years, where he coached at Canterbury Juniors, one
of our juniors clubs. It is Ray’s ongoing commitment
to the Club and associated juniors, along with his
dedication to the success of the Club through his
coaching of various teams, which was celebrated this
year with this prestigious award.
Stephen Anthony Trophy for Best and Fairest Colt
- Hamish Dunbar – Hamish was injured playing a
defining role in the team’s semi-final win and was
ruled out of the 1st Colts Grand Final. It is a mark
of the respect his teammates held for him that the
rallying call during the premiership match amongst
the team when Randwick were pressing was “What
would Hamish Do!?”.
Best and Fairest - David Hickey – David was a
standout performer for SUFC’s 1st Grade team this
year and also carried the weight of captaincy on his
shoulders. The amount of time and effort he spent
off the field preparing his body for what is the most
combative position on the field should be applauded
in a season where he missed only two games.
Team of the Year - 2nd Colts – Simply, 2nd Colts won
both the Minor and Major Premierships, suffering only
one loss all year.
Michael Griffin Players’ Player of the Year - David
Hickey – David doubled up and won the most
prestigious award sought after by the players. This
award represents the regard in which his peers hold
him in.
SPECIAL MENTIONS
A special mention to Nathaniel Deans, Justin Fourie,
Callum Styles, Callum Buckling, Ben Hughes, Dane
McCarthy, James Nonu-Carling, Jonny Vaux, James
Willian and Liam Winton for their contribution and
commitment to the Club throughout the season. All
of these players experienced significant injuries, with
no or limited ability to play this season. Although
sidelined with injury, their positive contribution to team
dynamics and club activities provided an opportunity
for those around them to develop. Thank you for your
selfless contribution to the Club and positive attitude
throughout the 2015 season.
Finally, and most importantly, thank you to all of the
players. By and large, the majority of supporters
do not see the amount of dedicated training and
passion each of you put into your rugby away from
the playing field. It is pleasing to see the level of
commitment each of you put into the Club. Whether
it be the 13 players who reserved for 3rd Colts in
their Grand Final, despite knowing only 10 could take
the field, the colts players stepping up to play grade
as required or the 70 or so players who turned up
to the gym four days a week. The players’ attitude,
enthusiasm and commitment to hard work, whether
it be on the rugby field or in their academic pursuits,
demonstrates the Club is in good hands in 2016 and
beyond. Congratulations to the current custodians
of the SUFC jersey on a successful season and we
thank you for the positive mark you have made to its
celebrated legacy.
Up the Students!
David Haigh
Rugby Operations ManagerDavid Hickey, 1st Grade Best and Fairest and Michael Griffin Players’ Player of the Year
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1st XV Report
HUGELY SUCCESSFUL SEASON
Another big year at Sydney University, another
successful year at Sydney University, and another
Club Championship safely locked away for those
that come after us. We had a year of some
fantastic achievements, not least of which was the
phenomenal performance of our Colts teams to
defeat Randwick in all 3 Colts Grand Finals, it was a
truly remarkable day and capped off a good weekend
with all 4 SUFC teams that contested Grand Finals
winning the major trophy on offer! Our 2nd Grade side
played one of the best Grand Finals you will ever see,
and defeated Randwick with a powerful finish and
some heroic defence.
Was I disappointed that 1st Grade didn’t make the
Grand Final? Yes. Was I disappointed our 3rd and
4th Grade sides that had been very impressive
throughout the year didn’t make the Grand Final? Yes.
But what a special Grand Final weekend it was to
win all 4 that we competed in to send the Club out as
winners.
One very special person was missing for the Grand
Finals, our long-serving patriarchal President, David
Mortimer. I did not know how gravely ill David was at
the time, and typical of David he wasn’t going to let
on, but even as ill as he was he still replied to texts
when I sent him the good news of our victories.
What defines success at Sydney University Football
Club? Winning 1st Grade is the pinnacle, so we
have to be setting out to do that each year, but is
it the only determiner of success? I have always
believed that if you are capable of winning the Club
Championship, you have strong teams and you stand
a chance to contest Grand Finals in all Grade and
Colts sides, and that ensures some level of success.
But winning Grand Finals is never easy, and winning
Club Championships are getting harder and harder
to do with some Clubs really raising their game over
the last couple of years. Should every player that gets
a Super Rugby contract and is promoted to higher
office define success? I think it is something that our
Club needs to promote more.
We set out again this year to ensure that we
continued to promote and develop our players to go
on and play representative football. They have always
come back and really invested in putting back into
the Club, and passing on their respective wisdom to
our Colts and aspiring young players, and they have
always enjoyed a good time around our Club, and this
is the best thing about Club Football.
1ST GRADE 2015
2015 saw the 1st Grade side claim a spot in the top
4 yet fail to make the Grand Final after two semi-final
defeats knocked us out of contention. It was a season
that was punctuated by some fantastic performances,
but we also suffered some defeats that looking back
on, we should never have suffered. You cannot take
any game in the Shute Shield for granted, and teams
are getting more and more competitive each year. 1st
Grade games are hard to win, and it takes incredible
resolve to get up each week and get the job done.
That’s what the champion teams do, and I hope the
boys learned a lot from the season and come back
energised to finally get the job done in 2016.
Highlights of the year were the 1st Half against
Eastwood at TG Milner, where had we been more
clinical we could have and should have put the game 1st Grade celebrating a try by speedster Tom Kingston
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to bed. A 44-0 hiding of Eastern Suburbs at Woolahra
where we played some great rugby. The 29-12
Saturday night rugby game against Randwick at a
sodden University No.1 Oval, racking up 40 points
against Souths down at Forshaw and thumping
Norths on the last weekend of the regular season.
Against Southern Districts in week 1 of the Finals we
faced an interesting conundrum. Having finished 4th
on the ladder, the scenario was Win and we faced
a trip to Eastwood, lose and we went to Manly Oval
to take on the minor premiers. After getting knocked
out by Souths the year before, we were determined
to go down to Forshaw, where we had a great victory
earlier in the season, and get a result which would
put us through to the major semi-final and a shot at
progressing to the Grand Final. Déjà vu unfortunately
occurred, and after a somewhat dubious last minute
penalty, we again had heart break when a long-range
penalty defeated us again. Unfortunately, despite
a great start where David Hickey excelled down at
Manly Oval, they were just very good on the day and
our title hopes were snuffed out.
When you look back on a very long campaign, and
give yourself time to reflect, it really allows you to think
about the good things about the year.
In 2015 we saw David Hickey take on a leadership
role and excel as a footballer. His ball-carrying and
try-scoring was immense and with his typically hard-
nosed defence and resolve, he was certainly one of
our very best.
Tom Robertson was, at 20 years of age, quite simply
the best Tight Head Prop in the competition, and I
am hugely excited at seeing him develop over the
next 5-6 years as he could be a fantastic international
front-row forward. Now at 21 he has a contract with
the Waratahs, and he will go on to bigger and better
things with a year under his belt in 1st Grade.
Tom Carter scores a try to become the leading 1st Grade try scorer in SUFC history against Northern Suburbs, also his 200th Grade game
Tom Coolican at Hooker and Al Ryan at Loose Head Prop in 1st Grade scrum
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5 players were promoted to the Waratahs in 2015, these
being Jake Gordon, Tom Robertson, Matt Sandell,
Henry Clunies-Ross and Jim Stewart. This is something
we need to be very proud of as a Club because so
much has gone into helping these guys to develop.
Fizza Fear has all the Stats and we are fortunate to
have him do such a great job for the Club year on year.
BIG CHANGE
At the end of the season I was fortunate to be asked
to be a member of the Wallabies World Cup Coaching
staff, and the Club was fantastic in allowing me to
take up the opportunity. Having also been asked
to join Daryl Gibson on his coaching staff at the
Waratahs it means that Sydney University will have a
new Head Coach in 2016, and that is so exciting for
the Club as the time is right to allow someone else to
recharge the boys and push the Club to even greater
heights.
Along with Hannah Catchpole taking up a new role
back in New Zealand, Tim Leahy moving into exciting
new business opportunities, Tristan Sharp being
promoted to professional rugby in Ireland, there has
been plenty of changes. We all leave a great place
and one that we will miss. It is an exciting time for the
Club under the stewardship of David Haigh, who will
be fantastically supported by Sarah Dill-Macky and
Rob Taylor, not to mention the phenomenal Tommy
Carter who has been instrumental in driving new
initiatives that we put in place this year.
OFF-FIELD
At the end of 2014 we knew that there was a
drastically changed landscape in Club Rugby and
that we needed to change, not only to continue to
be successful, but to do it in a way that made us
sustainable for the long term. We made significant
changes in how we run the rugby department, and
we wore a fair bit of pain, but I am confident that the
changes were hugely beneficial and we will reap the
rewards if we continue to invest in the right way of
running the Club.
Tom Coolican was a great addition to the playing
group this year and he played so many games
through injury that he deserves special mention here.
Again in 2015 we managed to play a large number
of Colts in Grade, 17 in total, and 7 of them played
in 1st Grade!! These are phenomenal numbers and
testament to the opportunities that exist at SUFC.
It also probably says we had a fair few injuries of which
you can never count on, so our depth was tested and
some young men really rose to the challenge. I need to
make special mention in particular of an outstanding
young man, Conor O’Shea, that played 1st Grade this
year in his 1st year out of school, and in the same year
that he unfortunately lost his Mum to illness also. Not
only that but he has suffered a rare illness himself and
didn’t complain once, and took every chance he could.
He was phenomenal in the Colts Grand Final, well
done Conor on your achievements in a difficult year.
Halfback Jake Gordon was rewarded for his performances this year in 1st Grade with a rookie Waratahs contract
1st Grade Forwards coach Tim Davidson overlooks warm up
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Pat McCutcheon brought some experience to the team on a number of occasions throughout the year
Tommy Carter invested a huge amount of time in getting
our Athletic Development program up to World Class,
and this initiative alone will change how we are trained
and make us much more streamlined and attentive
to detail when it comes to ensuring we are giving our
players every opportunity to be their best. Again, with
the team assembled to run the Club next year I have
every confidence that a huge year and years are ahead.
Bill Hovey ran a Leadership program that I hope will be
continued in years to come, as we produce some of
the finest young men in the country here, and initiatives
such as these will enhance these opportunities for
growth. Thanks Bill for all of your time over the last few
years and particularly in your guidance of this program.
1ST GRADE COACHING/ MANAGEMENT TEAM
Peter Playford, Tim Davidson, Cameron Blades and
Tommy Carter all played huge parts in our coaching
team in 2015.
I have been so fortunate in my time as an SUFC
coach to have the chance to work with some of the
greats of the Club, and we have had really special
teams of coaches. From 4th Grade to Colts 1, David
Haigh and myself worked hard to ensure we had high
quality coaches and people to give the best for and
get the best from our boys.
Pete is a once-in-a-lifetime guy, and I have been
privileged to share so much with you over the last 3
years. You have shown how good you are as a guy
and coach, and I owe you a lot for your dedication to
me in our time together.
Tim Davidson is a legend of the Club and showed this
year how much the Club means to him by dedicating
his time even with a brand new young family and
hectic job in the city now he’s back in the real world
post rugby-retirement! Thanks for all your sound
advice and solid values.
Bladesy was a great addition a couple of years ago,
a fantastic coach and man, and he really helped our
scrums across the Club to dominate this year, even
with 18 year olds in 1st Grade front rows.
The two guys that have made my life so much easier
over the last 3 years have been the two Champion
managers, Evan Hoskins and Luke Campton. Never
a problem too big or too small, these two have just
been the backbone for the team and I can’t thank
them enough for all of the thankless tasks and hours
spent because they love seeing the boys looked after.
I will miss them both a lot.
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STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING
Tommy Carter and his great team of Tim Leahy,
Tristan Sharp, Lou Lou Stanley, Stu Pavely, Ed Arnott,
Shane Ball and Henry Mitchell did a phenomenal job
in driving us to be the fittest and most powerful team
in the comp.
I wish we could have done better in 1st Grade for
you guys, but your work across the Club was a huge
reason for the success we had. Thank you all for your
time and dedication to the process of getting better,
the Club through this program alone will be strong for
a very long time to come.
DAVID MORTIMER, A GREAT PRESIDENT
Everyone at the Club that has been lucky to be
around under the stewardship of David Mortimer
would know just how amazingly fortunate we have
been. Never before has one man had such a huge
influence on a Club, and I have been lucky enough to
share 8 of those seasons with him.
Every step along the way in my time coaching at the
Club, I have always had the support and guidance of
David, and I will be forever grateful for this support.
Chris Malone with his sons and SUFC Ball Boys Hamish and Josh Malone
Just like our players, as a coach the opportunity to be promoted professionally either within the organisation, or to higher office at representative level, is something David has actively supported and encouraged, and he has supported my ambition to become a coach and have the chance to grow in the great environment that is SUFC. I owe you a lot David, I hope you recover well from your setback earlier this year, and I for one will never forget the huge contribution you have made to Sydney University Football Club in you time as our President.
I am going to miss greatly the bond with so many special people that make a great Club tick. And it is my strong belief that at Sydney University we have so many great and special people.
It has been an honour and a privilege to be the Head Coach of Sydney University Football Club. I leave lucky to have both Captained and Coached a 1st Grade winning side for the Club, and I will forever remain grateful for the opportunities presented to me by the Students and Sydney University Football Club.
Up the Students!
Chris Malone 1st Grade Head Coach
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This years’ Sydney Uni Second Grade team showed
great resolve, character and camaraderie to ultimately
become Premiers. This wasn’t always the case.
After punching well above our weight last season
we suffered a Grand Final hangover for large parts
of 2015, where the group slipped into the belief that
turning up was good enough. Some of the tight
losses we endured during the season were a result
of this, however we always maintained the belief that
we had the talent, and if we brought the right attitude,
and were able to execute our game plan, we were title
contenders.
2nd XV Report
Matt Narracott, 2nd Grade Best Back for 2015
2nd celebrates after a try in the Grand Final
Our second loss to Randwick was the turning point
of the season, where the coaching group had to
exhibit some tough love at training to really change the
mindset. Thankfully that tough physical week of training
got us back on track for the remainder of the year.
Over the course of the season Randwick were our
nemesis, and having lost to them 3 times, 28-34
(home), 22-17 (away) and in the first playoff game 40-
12 it was fitting that we met them in the Grand Final.
We had to take the hard road to get there, through
the Minor Premiers; Manly at Manly, but an excellent
performance in that match put us in good stead
for the Grand Final, and our final chance to make
amends against Randwick.
The Final was an absolute heart stopper with the lead
changing several times. After establishing an early
lead, and then surrendering it with just 10 minutes to
go, many teams would have dropped their heads to
a team that had beaten them 3 times previously. It
is a testament to the spirit, courage and pride of the
group that they were able to rise up and take their
physicality to another level for that final 10 minutes of
the Grand Final. Eventually snatching the game by a
single point!
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An amazing and truly inspiring effort, in a
thrilling match.
I would like to make special mention of the forwards
coach Clint Allardice whose technical approach
and analysis of oppositions’ set piece was a
massive factor in our success. Many thanks also to
Jason Grier whom juggled his Riverview coaching
commitments to help out when he could. To captain
James Swan and the other 61 players involved
over the course of Second Grade season this year
I thank you for all your hard work, sacrifice and
commitment. Although only 17 players took the field
during the Grand Final, the title belongs to everyone
who contributed during the season both on and off
the field.
To our long serving management Scotty Fraser and
Steve Barrow thanks again for your help. Thank
you to the medical staff for your tireless work in
getting the boys right to play. Also a big thank you
to Ash and Maxy Miller for their work behind the
scenes every week. All your hard work is very much
appreciated.
Garrick Cowley
2nd Grade Head Coach
SUFC 2nd Grade, Colin Caird Shield winners 2015
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3rd XV Report
I just want to give a huge THANK YOU to all of the
players, including the Coaching & Management Staff
of Joe Horn-Smith, John Rudd, Ross Ryan, John
Furlong and Murray Hudd, for their fantastic effort
throughout the season. I would also like acknowledge
the Team Captains Andrew Hunter and Billy Macklin
for their energy and leadership throughout the year.
Congratulations must go to Elliot Messara, Sam
Barclay and Oliver Gresham in receiving Awards at
the recent Club Presentation night. I shall see you all
at Pre Season training!
Ray Hudd
3rd Grade Head Coach
After some teething problems early in the season,
losing 3 of our first 6 games, 3rd Grade found some
form and produced some excellent rugby through the
middle and back end of the year resulting in a second
place finish on the ladder.
The endless hard work of the young squad was
rewarded not only with ladder placing but with
several players forcing their way into Second Grade
contention and a lucky few managing to make 1st
Grade debuts, Including young front rowers Chris
Talakai and Stewart Nutt, along with Centre Sam
Barclay and returning colts backrower Tom Shaw.
The young group were unlucky to be beaten after the
bell in a Semi-Final against Eastern suburbs who were
in-turn well beaten by deserved winners and season
long front runners Eastwood.
Joe Horn Smith
3rd Grade Forwards Coach
3rd Grade celebrate a victory at home
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Although I had taken coaching sessions for many
different teams, clubs and age groups over the last 15
years, this was my first year as a non-playing coach.
I found the experience to be a bit of an emotional
rollercoaster in a very similar way to I did playing the
game, although waking up on a Sunday morning and
not feeling like a bus had hit me is certainly a positive
aspect to coaching rather than playing. The bulk of
the players involved with the 3rd Grade this year were
lacking in experience as they had come up from Colts
or 4th Grade, but what they lacked in experience they
certainly made up for with enthusiasm and willingness
to improve. The group started the season with an
eagerness to overplay and run from every position
and with a view that pressure can only be applied to
the opposition team whilst we have the ball. I feel that
the biggest difference that the coaching staff made
to the group this year was highlighting that being
better players than the opposition is often not enough
to ensure victory and that playing in the right areas
of the field, often without the ball is a crucial part
to the game. It was highly rewarding watching the
group develop these game management skills and
apply pressure to the opposition with tactical kicking
and astute decision making. The heavy loss away
to Eastwood was a bit of a turning point in the year
and from that point onwards the group embraced
the philosophy and game plan the coaches had put
together. This was exhibited to near perfection in the
1st half of the Parramatta home leg in May and the
Uni against Easts game in the June fixture.
The experience and influence of Harry Marples, Elliot
Messara and Andrew Hunter in the pack combined
provided a solid platform for Tom Koerstz and Billy
Macklin who grew with every game and formed a
solid half back partnership. In the outside backs
Mesake Tagituimua made huge strides and developed
into one of the most exciting and dangerous players
in the back line with Ben Cannon an experienced
campaigner playing consistently well throughout the
whole season. The stand out performer in the back
line this year in my opinion was a new comer to the
club and someone that has gone on to not only play
SUFC 1st Grade but get a call up to the Stars squad
and that is Sam Barclay. Sam had a great 1st season
at the club and his physicality and decision making
in defence combined with his great running lines and
offloads in attack ensured that he was constantly
within the 3 best players on the park every week.
Unfortunately the team missed out on a place in the
final by a drop goal in the last play of the game to
Easts as it would have been great to see the lads
rewarded for all their hard work and efforts. The group
can be proud of the way they conducted themselves
and the skill and efforts they displayed every time they
pulled on a Gold and Blue jersey.
John Rudd
3rd Grade Backs Coach
Sam Barclay, 3rd Grade best back for 2015 Billy Macklin was strong with the boot for 3rd Grade this season
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4th XV Report
Well done to all the 4th Grade players on their season.
We played some good rugby this year and I think
we developed a strong bond as a squad throughout
the season. We were deserved Minor Premiers, but
unfortunately couldn’t turn that into a Premiership as
we lost both our finals matches.
We won 16 from 18 games during the regular season,
most of these by a considerable margin. The best form
of defence is attack as we looked to play with ball in
hand as much as possible, restricting our opponents’
opportunities and forcing them to do all the tackling.
This perhaps could have been a double edged sword:
our dominance in the regular season had not prepared
us for the battle of finals, where games are not so
easily won and we were up against stronger teams
than those we played during the regular season. Of our
four losses this season, we were leading at full time in
every game, only to concede a try or goal in the final
play of the game. The total losing difference in those 4
games was just 9 points.
Some highlights for the season was a very
entertaining 49-10 win over Manly at Number 1 Oval
in Round 3, two comprehensive wins over Randwick
(36-5 and 40-12), and a strong win over Norths in
Round 18 which helped the club win our 12th straight
Club Championship.
I think 4th Grade has become a stepping stone for a
lot of players coming out of Colts and experiencing
Grade rugby for the first time. There were a lot of
talented players in 4th Grade this year and I am sure
that many of them will be playing in higher grades in
the future. While perhaps we didn’t get the end result
that we though we deserved, it’s important that we
learn from our experience and become better players
and better people for it.
Thanks to all the players for their commitment to
training and commitment to the team. Not only are
they top players but top blokes as well, and it was a
privilege to coach this group. Thanks to the players
who put up their hand to play out of position when
we needed them to. In particular Chris O’Donnell
and Nao Suzuki; we had a number of talented scrum
halves this year, and Chris and Nao played most of
their rugby in the back three; both were outstanding
and always gave 100%. Mallachy Mullin also deserves
credit for playing in both the backs and the forwards.
4th Grade shake hands after a dominant win over Gordon
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Congratulations to Byron Wicken as the team’s best
forward whose ball running was fantastic and got us
over the gain line on so many occasions. Byron had
plenty of competition for the award with Tyne Holmes,
Cal McIntosh and Jack Stanford also having strong,
consistent seasons; Jack in particular I thought was
one of our most improved players.
Congratulations to our best back Eddie L’Estrange
who was ever-present at fly half, I think he played
almost every minute of every game. Eddie controlled
the game well and his defence was exceptional.
Thanks to Hamish Pope for his coaching support and
to Daniel Simpson for his coaching when he couldn’t
play due to injury. Thanks to Troy Isidro and Sam
Fifita as team managers, Ed Arnott for his excellent
conditioning both at training and warm up on game
days. Thanks to Ash Miller not only for his excellent
job as Gear Steward but also his encouragement, and
to Max for running the water and fetching the balls.
Thanks Helmut for being our linesman every week
and for the pizzas on the hill in Round 18. Thanks
to Kath Rae, Shane Kertanegara, and our match
day doctor Leigh Golding for keeping the players in
one piece. Thanks to all the parents who come to
support our games each week, and to the wives and
girlfriends who understand that rugby takes priority
between March and August.
I hope all the players are proud of their efforts this
season and I hope they all enjoyed their rugby.
Up the Students
James Cameron
4th Grade Head Coach
Callum McIntosh fends off a Parramatta player
Chris O’Donnell on a break down the side line
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The season started positively with two comprehensive
wins before encountering a vastly improved Gordon
outfit on a dewy Tuesday night on St Andrew’s
College Oval. The Highlanders pushed all the way,
however ultimately we came away with a one-point
victory. The next tough match was against Northern
Suburbs, a team SUFC’s 1st Colts had not beaten in
the regular round games for a number of years. This
Round 6 game was no different to previous years
as we stumbled to our first loss of the season. The
very next week was the Grand Final rematch against
Randwick, scheduled to be played on Saturday night
as a curtain raiser to the 1st Grade evening match.
However, appalling weather forced the game to be
rescheduled for mid-week where we played our
strongest game to-date, winning by two points. Only
five weeks later we faced the reigning premiers again,
this time on their home ground. Randwick displayed
a comprehensive performance to run away with the
match and administer our 2nd loss for the season. We
went into the following week’s game against Eastern
Suburbs hoping to right our season, only to be
ambushed by rugged defence on the back ovals of
Woollahra. This left us sitting on three defeats for the
year and with some imperative soul searching to do.
1st Colts Report
The 1st Colts team selected 43 players throughout the
season, 31 of whom were debutants and a remarkable
27 of whom were in their first year at the Club. During
the season, seven Colts players made their 1st Grade
debut, whilst 17 Colts players were promoted into
Grade, an increasing trend that will more likely than not
continue as SUFC develop quality young footballers
and in turn they are selected for representative
honours. The National Rugby Championship presents
an opportunity, not available in past years, for talented
Colts eligible players to play at a higher level, testing
themselves against quality opposition, which will only
strengthen the Club in the years to come.
Another challenge this year’s Colts group and the Club
as a whole was presented with was the structure of
the season, with the season proper consisting of 18
round games and three games during the finals series,
with only one bye. The length of the season is regularly
underestimated by players in their first year of Colts
club rugby, with a number of new players coming from
a much shorter schoolboy rugby calendar. The season
was one of the toughest in memory due to the increase
in focus on the Colts rugby programs by opposition
clubs and, therefore, the performance of the opposition
clubs was strong across the competition.
There were a number of games which stood out as
season defining games for the Club’s 1st Colts team
keen to go one better than last year and win the
premiership.
1st Colts team for Round 1 presented by John Langford at the 2015 Season Launch
Hamish Dunbar, SUFC Best and Fairest Colt for 2015
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The lead-up to finals included facing Norths in the
final regular round where we hoped to even the ledger
for this season and break the habit of losing to the
Shoremen in round games. A big victory buoyed the
team as we headed into the finals where we would
face three teams that we had struggled against earlier
in the season, Gordon, Easts and Randwick.
The Qualifying final against Gordon again went all
the way down until the final minutes where we were
ultimately successful and won our way into the semi-
finals. The competition’s penultimate final against
Eastern Suburbs saw us play some of our finest rugby
of the season in the final 30 minutes of the match,
during which we scored almost 40-points to earn our
spot in the Grand Final and a shot at redemption.
The 1st Colts team’s performance in the Grand Final
was one of the best performances I have ever seen in
Colts. Our 1st half was almost flawless in both attack
and defence and set us up for what would be an
extremely rewarding win. The statistics tell the story
of the game, with us forced to make 223 tackles to
Randwick’s 112, of which Siaosi Halaifonua made 30
of these alone. This was particularly impressive as
Siaosi had replaced the desperately unlucky Hamish
Dunbar who was injured the previous week. On top
of our huge defensive effort, we had to overcome
two yellow cards, a penalty try and a fast finishing
Randwick team, however ultimately the Students
were too good and were worthy victors on Grand
Final day. Congratulations to all 43 members would
contributed to the 1st Colts premiership and I look
forward to seeing you all back at the Club next year!
Up the Students!
Declan Moore, 1st Colts best forward for 2015
THANK YOU
A special thank you must go to Dan Kelly and Kolose Feaunati for their assistance this season. DK and I have a long history of playing together and it was a personal highlight of mine to coach with him this year. His commitment to the team, despite his heavy work obligations, were second to none and rarely a day would pass without a phone call to talk tactics, suggest new plays or structures or just to celebrate the play from the previous weekend. K has an overwhelming appetite for game analysis and provided valuable feedback each week. Although DK and K were volunteers, they continually went above and beyond with their input to the team and to individuals. The success of the team should be just reward for your efforts this year DK and K.
Colts volunteers and coaches look on at 1st Colts Grand Final
The efforts of our team of managers, including Gavin Crawford and Paul Blackett, cannot be overstated enough. It can be a thankless task, however the energy, enthusiasm and clear passion for Colts rugby shared by these two were a huge benefit to the team. Their assistance was invaluable on game day, from running water, organising jersey presentations, keeping track of the score and substitutions and packing down the field at the end of a long day, made the coaching job a breeze and allowed the players to focus on playing and only playing. Thank you Gavin and Paul, we are truly fortunate to have such selfless volunteers at the Club. This leads me to Ed Walgien, who spends more time helping around the Club than almost any other. He is always the first person to arrive and the last person to leave on both training days and, more importantly, game days. The work and commitment he provides to the Club, and the Colts in particular, is without peer and I want to personally thank you Ed for everything you do.
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Watching the 1st Colts team play on Saturdays was
always a favourite part of the week for DK, K and me
for they play an exhilarating, attacking style of rugby.
Further, it was not only the style of play that was
satisfying, it was also being around a group of people
of good character. Without exception, every player
who played in the 1st Colts 2015 team was a good
bloke and I want to thank them all for their enthusiasm
and positive attitude at every training session, game
and every other time we saw each other.
I feel a number of players deserve special mention,
beginning with our premiership winning captain,
Jack McCalman. Jack’s experience, in particular
leading both the 2015 NSW U20s and 2013 Australian
Schoolboys teams, and the high level of respect in
which he was held by his team mates, made him a
stand out choice as captain. It was this leadership
experience that made the difference when it mattered
most, making crucial decisions in the final moments of
the Grand Final that ultimately assured victory for the
team. Jack’s backrow partner, the damaging Hamish
Dunbar, also deserves special mention. Hamish, the
Club’s 2015 recipient of the Steve Anthony Trophy
for the Best and Fairest Colt, was injured playing a
defining role in the team’s semi-final win and was
ruled out of the premiership match. It is a mark of the
respect his teammates held for him that the rallying
call during the Grand Final amongst the team when
Randwick were pressing was “What would Hamish
Do!?”. Will Davies and Declan Moore, 1st Colts’
Best Back and Best Forward respectively, each had
excellent seasons, with both earning their 1st Grade
debut and playing central roles in the Grand Final win.
Declan’s performance was all the more impressive
given that he has another year of Colts eligibility. Also
worth a mention is Christian Yassmin, who backed
up an impressive debut year for the Club last year
finishing his second consecutive year as highest try
scorer at the Club with 25 tries in 2015 to go with his
32 tries last year. The Club is in truly good hands.
David Haigh
1st Colts Head Coach
SUFC 1st Colts, W.McMahon Memorial Shield winners 2015
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2nd Colts Report
The 2015 season for 2nd Colts was full of enjoyment, excitement, improvement, courage, determination, learning, mateship and success. As coaches we could not have asked for a more committed group of players that developed a great bond throughout the season, playing not only for themselves but for their team mates.
The first six rounds saw us put some good performances together extending our lead on the rest of the pack. This came to an end when we played Randwick in Round 7 on a Tuesday night due to wet weather. The ‘Wicks bought us back to reality on a soggy St John’s College Oval where they turned up hungrier than ever to knock the mighty Students off, and indeed they did taking the win 20-13. The playing group pledged after that game that it would never happen again and they kept to it. This was helped by the leadership of Xander Jackman, who kept the boys in line from day one.
The culture that the whole Colts program had was unbreakable. Across the program the boys would eat together, drink together and train together and that put us in the perfect position to take the three from
three against Randwick in the Grand Finals.
The 3rd Colts team participated in Dry July this year
and raised close to $4000 for various charities, I must
admit this was a very long month. I would like to thank
everyone who donated to the cause.
SUFC 2nd Colts, Shell Trophy winners 2015
Lachlan Argiris, 2nd Colts best forward for 2015
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PLAYER MENTIONS
Lachlan Argiris: Lachy who took a couple of rounds
to come out of his shell, but once full of confidence
put in top performances week in, week out. His
barnstorming ball carries and aggressive defence
saw him rewarded with player points most week, as a
result he was rewarded Best Forward for 2015.
Austin Black: Austin had an unlucky season
with injury but once on the field put in 110%. His
aggressive ball carries caused damage to the
opposition. A tough young lad who played the grand
final with a fractured in his shoulder shows how
committed he is the Sydney University Football Club.
Xander Jackman: Xander is more a mate than a
player, someone who has developed into a great
young man throughout the season. He has the ability
to control the game distribute the ball with ease
from the rucks. His leadership and culture building
abilities will certainly see this young fellow take higher
leadership roles throughout his career. All of this saw
Xander awarded the Best Back for 2015.
Ambrose Plaister, James Caterson and Peter Harris with the Shell Trophy
Xander Jackman, 2nd Colts captain and best back for 2015
Charlie Friend: Charlie spent 2014 wrestling cattle in
the territory and this saw him join Sydney University
in 2015 a good 18kgs lighter than his school playing
days in 2013. His easy going nature saw him play at
both inside centre and flyhalf excelling in both rolls.
His ability to make quick decisions on the run saw the
team very well organised throughout the season.
Special thanks must go to Peter Harris and his wife
Anne for their support throughout the season. Pete
had the boys running like clockwork and we could not
have done it without him.
Ambrose and I would personally like to thank
everyone that has helped out throughout the season
to reach our goal of the 2nd Colts Champions and the
SUFC Team of the Year.
Three from Three. Go Uni!
James Caterson
2nd Colts Head Coach
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Yet through adversity, comes opportunity. What was
inspiring to see was the players’ reaction to such a
situation. Players approached training with far greater
determination, commitment and integrity. As the great
Ed Walgien astutely pointed out, one could really
sense an increased hunger and focus. The team had
turned a corner mentally, and began to put on some
dominating and impressive displays of running rugby.
They also began to respond to challenges in a
superior manner. For example, when the team was
docked competition points for an innocent admin mix-
up, the path to the finals all of a sudden had a little
extra pressure. The team faced Norths (whom they
had only just managed to scrape out an unconvincing
one point win earlier in the season), but rather than
panic, the team looked to control what they could
control and focus on their job. The response? A 60-13
victory, where Uni completely ran Norths off the park.
3rd Colts Report
3rd Colts often presents unique challenges for rugby
players. Players are asked to back up for other Colts
teams (sometimes for entire matches) the extensive
numbers of the squad often means many don’t get as
much game time, while many struggle with the tag of
being “dropped”. In 2015, the 3rd Colts team faced all
of these challenges.
Yet there is something unique about the game of
rugby that either allows you to become a better
person, or forces you to. Those players who fully
committed themselves to the team, and indeed the
entire club, found themselves improving not only as
rugby players but also as people. They also had a lot
of fun along the way.
The season began solidly, with a convincing win over
Penrith (58-0), a delightful road trip down to Bowral
for Easts (35-7) and then back home for Parramatta
(60-7). On the back of these performances, many
players rose up to second grade, and the team
moved into new and unfamiliar territory with regards
to leadership, positions and player combinations.
The team then became quite exposed in
performances. An early loss at home to Gordon (0-
10), brought many back down to reality, followed by a
second loss at home, this time to Randwick (23-28).
A few weeks later, the team would again lose to the
men in green (17-21).
3rd Colts Head Coach Stuart Brunsdon leads the team song
Patrick Muller was the 3rd Colts highest try scorer for 2015
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3rd Colts line up against Eastwood
SUFC 3rd Colts, Bill Simpson Shield winners 2015
The team carried this momentum into the finals with
convincing wins over Norths (43-5) and Southern
Disctricts (52-14). The Grand final against Randwick
was always going to be close, as the opponent had
beaten us twice in the season. Yet Uni showed far
more commitment in defence and greater composure
in key moments of the game. That, and a fantastic
runaway try from Tim McCutcheon. A 10-0 victory
was a deserved and sweet way to finish the season.
Many players stood out over the season.
Stuey Mill and Sean Cross really grew into their
leadership roles, solidified their positions and guided
the team with sound conviction. Lisiate Vaihu’s
ball carrying was exceptional, constantly providing
valuable go-forward for the team. Patrick Muller
consistently found ways to score from anywhere
over the park with his impressive pace, while Jaydon
Faavae-Eli added skills and composure to the
backline.
Alex Hutchinson improved into a solid scrummager
while Ollie Maxwell made the second row position
his own with many impressive performances. Ben
Halmerick also had a special knack of constantly
burrowing his way over the try line. Both Sam Docking
and Solomona Iosefa showed tremendous dedication
in returning from serious injuries towards the end of
the season, and their impact was immediately felt and
appreciated by the team.
Some thank you’s.
To all of the players for putting in a huge effort
throughout the season and successfully growing
through all the ups and downs.
To those players who deserved more game time in
the finals, your efforts through the season brought the
team to the final and were appreciated by all.
To Dave Haigh, when you speak the lads listen. Thanks
for coming over and giving the odd skills session, and
for successfully leading the whole shebang.
The coaching and managing staff:
– Rick Moore - your video analysis skills are
second to none, as is your never ending depth of
knowledge around rugby (and beer!)
– Phil Bird - You were a great addition and valuable
team member
– Ed Walgien - Rugby clubs would not exist without
legends such as yourself. Your punctuality is
second to none (I swear you sleep at away games
the night before), and your commitment to team
management and the overall club is outstanding
– To Turtle and Shano (the fitness team) a huge thank you
for your hard work and help throughout the season.
Stuart Brunsdon
3rd Colts Head Coach
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Juniors Report
The season of 2015 was kicked off with the
completion of our 10 week Sydney University Junior
Development Program in February which started in
November 2014. This program had over 60 players
registered from ages 9 to 13 years. A huge thank you
to Ivan Pomare, our Junior Development Officer for a
stupendous effort in both the planning and execution
of this pilot program for the Juniors, his experience
and expertise in rugby development truly was evident
in the participation rate from week to week. I would
like to thank also all the coaches who participated
during this development program for their help and
contributions.
As a follow on from the Development Program, our
Rep coaches were able assess potential players from
all 3 feeder clubs (Canterbury/Balmain/Petersham)
and identify potential Rep players for the State
Championships later in June. After internal trials with
the 3 feeder clubs we selected our U11, U12 and
U13 squads to take part in trials against competition
Districts such as Southern Districts and West Harbour
to finalise our Rep team selections. Our U10’s were
selected by their respective club coaches with
each club nominating 6 players to participate in the
Tournament.
The NSW State Championship players for 2015 are as
follows:
Under 10’s:
1. Henry Volkman Canterbury
2. Helal Mehrez Canterbury
3. Nepote Christian Tafiti Canterbury
4. Jerome Joseph-Riogi Canterbury
5. Liam Clayton Canterbury
6. Masse Masae Canterbury
7. Kian Edmed Balmain
8. Keturah Matoe Balmain
9. Hunter Goldsbrough Balmain
10. Jaii Robertson Balmain
11. Nelson McEnallay Mino Balmain
12. Archie Campbell Balmain
13. Tommy Treharne Petersham
14. Lipina Ata Petersham
15. Oscar Greville Petersham
16. Frankie Davies Petersham
17. Mitchell Cope Petersham
18. Eric Carney Petersham
2014/15 Juniors Development Camp group photo
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Under 11’s;
1. Manus Baily Balmain
2. Benjamin Clarke Balmain
3. William Hopper Balmain
4. Max Jorgensen Balmain
5. Darcy Mooney Balmain
6. Oscar Ortolani Balmain
7. Nathan Vasiliou Balmain
8. Thomas Yarrow Balmain
9. Jonas Cook Petersham
10. Connor Dunn Petersham
11. Thomas Maclean Petersham
12. James McGregor Petersham
13. Sebastian Natoli Petersham
14. Reuben Palmer Petersham
15. Sam Roediger Petersham
16. Malcolm Butt Canterbury
17. Adam Mehrez Canterbury
18. Lee-Edward Moala Canterbury
Under 12’s
1. Bilal Abdelwahab Canterbury
2. Aonga Tusi-Alofa Canterbury
3. Jonathan Chan Kum Tong Canterbury
4. Edmond McDonagh Canterbury
5. Wilkinson Papali’I Afoa Canterbury
6. Troy Paranihi Canterbury
7. Kiarn Piua Canterbury
8. Angus Sutherland Canterbury
9. Jay Jay Taetuli Canterbury
10. William Taliai Canterbury
11. Xander Tavita Canterbury
12. Siale Toetu’u Canterbury
13. Jaylen Tuitama Canterbury
14. Henry Collins Balmain
15. Sam Eagleton Balmain
16. Oliver Gajda Balmain
17. Tyson Jackson Balmain
18. Theo Kidd Balmain
19. Jett Whaite Balmain
20. Oliver White Balmain
21. Albert Alcock Petersham
22. William Burraston Petersham
23. Hugo Hobbs Petersham
Under 13’s
1. Adam Acherkouk Canterbury
2. Jayoiyakim Afoa Canterbury
3. Saohong Duncan Canterbury
4. Sione Lea’aetoa Canterbury
5. Douglas Levi Canterbury
6. Malachi Matoe Canterbury
7. Nepote Moala Canterbury
8. Trey Mooney Canterbury
9. Brandon Ngata Canterbury
10. Dante Patelo Canterbury
11. Jurrado Smith Canterbury
12. Jordan Swan Canterbury
13. Joshua Taliai Canterbury
14. Vaiala Tamati Canterbury
15. Nuku Utoikamanu Canterbury
16. Ronald Volkman Canterbury
17. Benjamin Anderson Hunters Hill
18. Darcy Creagh Hunters Hill
19. Jake Jorgensen Balmain
20. Jake Tonna Balmain
21. Oliver Maclean Petersham
22. Patrick Musillo Drummoyne
23. Mathew Madgwick Chatswood
SUFC Under 11’s at State Championships at Blackman Park, Lane Cove
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UNDER 10’S
The Under 10’s had the weather gods smiling down
on them at Pittwater Rugby Park, North Narrabeen
on Sunday 28th June. With such a beautiful day, the
crowd were rewarded with some spectacular rugby
from our baby juniors, the level of skills at this age is
quite impressive and if this is a sign of things to come
then the game is heading in the right direction.
The Sydney Uni team played exceptionally well
throughout the tournament, and besides their
outstanding performances our team would perhaps
be the most unique on the day, featuring our first
female Rep player in Keturah Matoe (Balmain Juniors)
and our first female coach Ms. Marboona Volkman
– who certainly from what I was able to see, was the
only female coach in the tournament.
Our team had a dominant forward pack, impressive
carries throughout the tournament by the front rowers
and dominating in the scrums – 8 scrum turnovers
over 4 matches! We also had speed in the backs but
more impressive was our defence conceding a low
average of 2 tries per match. Unfortunately our team
faced the tournament gun team Parramatta in our last
match when fatigue stared to creep in and the scores
reflected that. For a team that only had 3 training
sessions and no trial matches before the tournament,
I am very proud of their performance.
Thank you Head Coach: Boony Volkman (Canterbury
Juniors), Forwards Coach: Tas Volkman (Canterbury
Juniors) and Team Manager: Karl Cope (Petersham
Juniors).
Results:
Uni (15) vs Eastwood Blue (5) – Win
Uni (29) vs Easts Red (0) – Win
Uni (29) vs Warringah White (17) – Win
Uni (5) vs Parramatta Sky (31) – Loss
UNDER 11’S
The U11’s had a successful State Championships
at Blackman Park, Lane Cove – under the expert
guidance of coaches – Dave Alagna, Adam Dunn
and Manager Gary Hooper. Our young ones were
very competitive all throughout their Matches. With
an unfortunate draw placing most of their matches in
the afternoons ending under lights, our U11’s drew 1,
lost 2 and won 2. From all accounts the young lads
and parents had fun filled weekend. Special mention
should go to the Petersham Junior parents that
provided hot dogs and a tent for the families, such
generosity is what so special in grass roots rugby.
UNDER 12’S
Despite a shaky start and just losing their first game
against our arch rivals Manly, they continued to
dominate their other opponents for most part of the
Championships. The forwards were outstanding
making lots of line breaks down the centre of the
park, however North’s team stopped our hopes for
Semi Finals with an exceptional display of structured
play and organised defence. The U12’s were able to
finish off strong beating Illawarra convincingly to end
their campaign. The teams’ vast improvement from
last year is credited to the dedication of Coaches
Charles Carter, James Caterson and Hani Elbatoori,
and to Manager Alexis Tasker for keeping the group
together at Camden Rugby Club.
Kerutah Matoe our first female SUFC Junior Rep player with Tom Carter at Juniors Presentation Night
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UNDER 13’S
With an under prepared side leading up to this
Championships due to external diversions – our
U13’s achievement of Grand Finalists is nothing short
brilliance. The side comprised of a few exceptional
talents in the backline, also carrying a few big units
in the forwards. The U13’s dominated most of their
opponents throughout the pool games and did very
well to get to the Grand Final, as on the second day of
competition the team were missing 5 key players due
to commitments elsewhere. The U13’s were defeated
in the Grand Finals by a well drilled and structured
side in Manly, who again have proven to be our
nemesis in these tournaments – the prolonged wait
between the semi’s and G.F. on the last day may have
contributed somewhat – but we only went down to
Manly by 7 points.
Congratulations to Peter Jorgenson, Fergus Duncan,
Tas Volkman and Jeff Afoa for their hard work in
holding the boys together under the most trying of
circumstances for it resulted in a Sydney Uni Grand
Finalist for the first time since Ray Hudd’s U16 team in
2006.
In conclusion I would like to thank the following
individuals for their tireless dedication to Sydney
University Juniors: Charles Carter who has been the
backbone of all things Juniors since its inception
to this present date, he has been the ballast of our
Juniors Committee, steadying the boat with his
experience and knowledge both on the field and
off. Alexis Tasker is a name that most players and
parents of the U12’s Rep side would know but her
contribution to Junior rugby both in Sydney University
Juniors and in Canterbury Juniors going back about
10 years and she continues her volunteer work to
date despite the fact that her twin sons played their
last Rep rugby for Uni in the U16’s three years ago.
I would like also to acknowledge all the support
we have got from Hannah Catchpole and Sarah
Dill-Macky – nothing seems to too hard for this
pair at SUFC Admin, including the organisation
of our Juniors’ Rep Jersey Presentation Dinner at
No.1 Oval, which was such a success this year
from all accounts. To Ivan Pomare, our Juniors
Development Officer, my greatest appreciation for
his professionalism and exceptional work ethics in
carrying out his role. We have in place a Juniors
program that is well placed to produces well
developed players looking into the future.
Finally I would like to thank the SUFC Committee for
their unwavering support throughout the seasons to
date, the Juniors would not have flourished in to what
it is today without the commitment SUFC has pledged
for us, I would like to make special mention to David
Mortimer AO – SUFC President, for personally taking
keen interest and supporting our Juniors.
Tevita Katafono
SUFC Junior’s President
Some of our Under 12’s at State Championships
Our U13’s side after securing their place in the Grand Final at the State Championships
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WALLABIES AND AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES 1899-2015
YEAR NAMETESTS
AT SUFCTOTAL TESTS
WALLABY NO.
SUFC WALLABY NO.
1899 Marks, H.A. 2 2 10 1
1904 Futter, F.C. 1 1 30 2
1904 Verge,C. A. 2 2 50 3
1904 Manning, J. 1 1 55 4
1905 Penman, A.P. 1 1 69 5
1907 Hughes, J.C. 2 2 78 6
1908-09 Hammand, C.A. 2 2 95 7
1910 Reynolds, L.J. 2 2 114 8
1912 Adamson, R.W. 1 1 116 9
1914 Beith, B. McN 1 1 145 10
1919# Gregg, A. 0 0 11
1919# Gwynne, F.W. 0 0 12
1919# Loudon, D.B. 0 4 174 11
1919# Sheppard, E. MacA 0 0 14
1920 Lawton, T. 2 14 154 12
1920-22 Raymond, R.L. 11 13 158 13
1920 Farquhar, C.R. 1 1 159 14
1921-23 Fowles, D.G. 8 8 167 15
1921-24 Nothling, O.E. 19 19 170 16
1921-27 Sheehan, W.B.J. 18 18 171 17
1921-24 Stanley, R.G. 14 14 175 18
1921 Wallace, A.C. 1 8 176 19
1923-25 Erby, A.B. 5 5 189 20
1923-24 Taylor, H.C. 4 4 199 21
1923 Crakanthorp, J.S. 1 1 202 22
1924 Hoskins, A.E.R. (Roy) 3 3 204 23
1924-26 Foote, R.H. 3 3 206 24
1925-30 Ross, A.W. 13 20 211 25
1926-28 Finlay, A.N. 9 12 227 26
1926-30 Storey, G.P. 6 2 238 27
1927-28# Mann, W.H. 0 0 31
1928 Burge, R. 4 4 245 28
1928 Rosenblum, M.E. 4 4 250 29
1928-32 Hemingway, W.H. 5 5 254 30
1928 Phipps, W.J.F. 1 1 256 31
1929# Gibson, J.M. 0 0 36
1929# Lamport, N.K. (Butts) 0 0 37
1932 Love, E.W. 3 3 279 32
Club Statistics
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YEAR NAMETESTS
AT SUFCTOTAL TESTS
WALLABY NO.
SUFC WALLABY NO.
1933# Morton, M.F. 0 0 39
1933-36 White, W.G.S. 10 10 286 33
1936-38 Hutchinson, F.E. 4 4 294 34
1937 Hutchinson, E.E. 2 2 304 35
1939# Oxenham, B.B. 0 0 43
1946 Buchan, A.J. 2 10 324 36
1946 Hardcastle, P.A. 3 5 328 37
1946 Johnson, A.P. 2 2 329 38
1946 MacBride, J.W.T. 3 10 331 39
1946 Piper, B.J.C. 2 12 334 40
1947# Fuller, J.G. 0 0 49
1947# Stenmark, J.T.O 0 0 50
1947-49 Emery, N.A. 10 10 350 41
1947-48 Kraefft, D.F. 6 6 351 42
1949-50 Blomley, J. 7 7 357 43
1949-51 Brockhoff, J.D. 8 8 364 44
1949-55 Solomon, H.J. 14 14 366 45
1949 Garner, R.L. 2 2 368 46
1951 Gudsell, K.E. 3 3 379 47
1951-57 Tooth, R.M. 10 10 383 48
1953-58 1952#
Hughes, N.McL. Elliott, F.M.
14 0
14 1
398 420
49 50
1955-56 Thornett, J.E. 5 37 410 51
1955-58 Phelps, R. 15 23 412 52
1956-58 White, S.W. 7 7 416 53
1957-59 Potts, J.M. 5 5 423 54
1961 Magrath, E. 3 3 461 55
1961-62 O.Gorman, J.F. 5 18 462 56
1962-67 Boyce, E.S. 13 13 469 57
1962-65 Boyce, J.S. 12 12 475 58
1962 1962#
Chapman, G.A. Spence, J.S.
3 0
3 0
476 59
1962-67 Crittle, C.P. 15 15 482 60
1967-69 Abrahams, A.M.F. 3 3 506 61
1968-70 Roxburgh, J.R. 9 9 516 62
1968-69 Forman, T.R. 7 7 522 63
1969 Darveniza, P. 4 4 525 64
1969-70 Rosenblum, R.G. 3 3 529 65
1969-70 McDonald, B.S. 2 2 532 66
1970-73 Howard, J.L.P 7 7 534 67
1971 McLean, R.A. 5 5 535 68
1971-72 Taylor, J.I. 4 4 539 69
1973-76 Carberry, C.M. 7 13 563 70
1974 Davis, R.A. 3 3 568 71
1974# O’Hara, K.J. 0 0 83
1976-79 Crowe, P.J. 6 6 592 72
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YEAR NAMETESTS
AT SUFCTOTAL TESTS
WALLABY NO.
SUFC WALLABY NO.
1980-83 Curran, D.J. 5 5 618 73
1980-87 Hawker, M.J. 25 25 611 74
1982-83 Coolican, J.E. 4 4 624 75
1984-86# Burrow, G.H. 0 0 88
1984-93 1986#
Farr-Jones, N.C. McInerney, J.L.
63 0
63 0
645 76C 90
1987-88 Frawley, D.J. 10 10 655 77
1989-90 FitzSimons, P.J. 7 7 682 78C
1989-92# Dix, D.P.A. 0 0 93
1991 Egerton, R.H. 9 9 695 79C
1996-00 Harry, R.L.L. 37 37 725 80
1999-00 Williams, R. W. (Jim) 14 14 753 81
2000-07 Lyons, D.J. 44 44 760 82C
2000-09 Waugh, P.R. 79 79 766 83C
2001-06 Cannon, B.J. 36 42 769 84
2002-11 Vickerman, D.J. 63 63 777 85
2005 Campbell, A.M. 4 4 798 86C
2005 Kanaar, A. 1 1 802 87C
2005 Fitter, D.E.S. 2 2 807 88
2007 Huxley, J.L. 9 9 816 89
2009-14 Burgess, L. 27 39 821 90C
2008-15^ Mumm, D.W. 43 43 823 91C
2009-13 Dennis, D.A. 18 18 854 92C
2010-13 Barnes, B.S. 34 51 820 93
2010-15^ McCalman, B.J. 47 47 845 94C
2010-15^ Phipps, N.J. 39 39 850 95C
2010# McCutcheon, P.J. 0 0 96C
2012-14 Ryan, P.J. 3 3 866 97C
2012# Inman, M.B. 0 0 98C
2013-15^ Folau, I. 36 36 867 99
2013-14 Betham, P.J. 2 2 878 100C
2013-15^ Foley, B. 27 27 877 101C
2014-15^ Carter, S. 12 12 879 102C
2014 Charles, N. 4 4 881 103C
2014 Weeks, L. 2 2 882 104C
2014-15^ Skelton, W. 13 13 883 105C
2014 Latu, T. 0 0 106C
2014 English, T. 0 0 107C
Total Tests 1123 1265
* Played for Australia versus AIF (non-Test)
# Players listed with no Tests were selected as reserves in Test sides but did not take the field, or on Wallaby tours but did not play Tests and are not listed as Wallabies. This list includes them as Australian representatives.
^ Denotes current Wallabies/Australian representatives (Tests to 1/11/2015)
Updated 1/11/2015, Sydney University has 101 Wallabies and 21 Australian representatives.
C Denotes Wallabies/Australian representatives that have come through the Colts system since 1984, 23, N.Farr-Jones, P.Fitzsimons, R.Egerton, D.Lyons, P.Waugh, A.Campbell, A.Kanaar, L.Burgess, D.Mumm, D.Dennis, B.McCalman, N.Phipps, P.McCutcheon, P.Ryan, M.Inman, B.Foley, P.Betham, S.Carter, N.Charles, L.Weeks, W.Skelton, T.Latu, T.English.
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SUFC WINS AND LOSSESFIRST DIVISION
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Easts 2015 44-0 1994 3-42
Eastwood 2009 81-7 1975 3-43
Gordon 2013 95-7 1995 13-82
Manly 1962 46-15 1993 13-51
Norths 2009 69-3 1995 15-47
Parramatta 2011 65-7 1977 6-33
Penrith 2004 89-5 1996 6-20
Randwick 2013 78-0 1995 17-65
Southern Districts 2007 82-0 1995 29-59
Warringah 1972 57-6 1995 13-76
West Harbour 2006 87-0 2003 12-36
LAST NIL WIN AND NIL LOSS
CLUB YEAR WIN YEAR LOST
Easts 1993 39-0 1957 0-6
Eastwood 1973 9-0 1982 0-6
Gordon 2010 24-0 1956 0-19
Manly 1969 9-0 2004 0-35
Norths 2006 29-0 1997 0-22
Parramatta 2010 47-0 Never
Penrith 2009 67-0 Never
Randwick 2013 78-0 1984 0-17
Southern Districts 2008 40-0 1998 0-17
Warringah 2012 12-0 1989 0-19
West Harbour 2006 87-0 1992 0-3
LAST DRAWN GAME IN SHUTE SHIELD
CLUB YEAR SCORE PLAYED AT
Easts 1970 14-14 Woollahra Oval
Eastwood 2006 34-34 Uni No.1 Oval
Gordon 1977 18-18 Chatswood Oval
Manly 1954 6-6 Uni No.1 Oval
Norths 1964 13-13 North Sydney Oval
Parramatta 1990 16-16 Granville Park
Penrith Never –
Randwick 2014 23-23 Uni No.1 Oval
Southern Districts 1991 18-18 Forshaw Oval
Warringah 1982 17-17 Uni No.1 Oval
West Harbour 1990 19-19 Uni No.1 Oval
SECOND DIVISION
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Campbelltown 1979 67-4 Never
Canterbury 1983 67-3 Never
Hornsby 1976 46-3 1981 18-23
Liverpool 1983 26-3 Never
Macquarie University 1978 52-6 1975 4-6
Mosman 1983 37-0 Never
Nepean 1979 27-4 Never
Smithfield 1979 41-4 Never
UNSW 1966 41-6 1970 3-25
EX-FIRST DIVISION
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Canberra Kookaburras 4.7.1998 31-22 31.8.1996 10-67
Canberra Vikings 19.9.2004 44-14 14.8.2004 6-31
Drummoyne 1951 46-0 1969 11-37
Drummoyne UTS 1994 68-17 Never
Illawarra 2007 79-10 Never
Newcastle 1997 36-6 25.8.1877 0-23
North Sydney 14.7.1923 52-28 23.5.1925 3-28
Port Hacking 1972 42-12 1974 9-19
St George 1942 46-0 1951 14-39
Western Suburbs 1926 50-9 1993 13-63
Also vs Wests Subs 1985 48-7
INTERNATIONAL TEAMS
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
British Lions 11.8.1888 4-8
Samoa 17.2.2012 35-12
New Zealand 12.6.1884 10-23***
***Note Uni was joined by Wallaroo as a combined side Vs New Zealand for this game.
New Zealand Natives 1889 7-17
EARLY CLUBS
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Albion – Maitland 30.8.1879 16-5
Albion – Petersham 12.6.1886 6-2
Australian Club 1865 ?
Arforma 7.7.1888 14-0 14.8.1886 5-9
Bath 24.5.1889 7-3 24.8.1891 14-15
Balmain 27.7.1901 42-7 7.7.1906 6-14
Balmain – Wellington 16.7.1887 19-0
Brisbane Easts (Tigers) 2008 38-31
Brisbane Past Grammar 1889 11-6
Brothers Brisbane 2009 26-36
Buccaneer 1.7.1889 18-12 15.7.1899 0-6
Burwood 26.6.1880 42-0 12.7.1884 lost
Calder House 20.7.1872 1-0
Cambridge-Stanmore 9.6.1919 24-9
Camden College 1874 ?
Cammeray 21.5.1887 20-2
Chancellor’s XV 1983 lost
Civil Service 1874 ?
Combined High Schools 1947 28-3
Combined GPS 1st & 2nd 19.8.1925 23-9 13.6.1911 5-18
Combined Metro 12.7.1913 17-11 8.7.1911 11-15
Combined Sydney Clubs 1919 14-9
Cumberland College 1996 31-0
Duntroon Military Clge 11.9.1919 11-23
Eglinton School ? ? ? ?
Glebe-Balmain 14.6.1924 41-12 1925 8-19
Glebe 30.5.1886 39-0 24.5.1902 9-31
Glenhead 27.5.1882 20-0
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EARLY CLUBS
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
G.P.S.Old Boys 11.8.1923 60-19 26.8.1922 9-23
H.M.S. Rosaria 14.8.1869 1-0
Lindfield 1959 15-3
Lyndhurst College ? ? ? ?
Marrickville 23.9.1899 18-0 13.5.1899 3-19
Military Civil Cricket Club 4.8.1866 2-0 10.8.1867 1-2
and on the 6.7.1867 2-0
Newington College 1869 won
Newtown 26.6.1920 39-0 31.5.1913 3-21
NSW 2nd XV ? won
North Shore 1874 ?
Oxford (Sydney) 1888 53-0
Paddington Elect 11.8.1894 30-6
Petersham 17.6.1922 51-11
Police 1929 23-6
Queensland 15.8.1882 14-2
Redfern 10.7.1886 30-0
Rosedale 7.7.1888 15-0
and on the 28.7.1888 15-0
South Sydney 25.4.1908 24-0 6.6.1914 8-23
Strathfield 30.8.1890 31-6
St.Leonards 1870 ?
Sunnybank Brisbane 2007 24-0
Sydney F.C. 6.6.1891 35-4 6.8.1898 0-19
and on the 16.5.1908 34-3
Sydney Grammar School ? ? ? ?
The Armidale School 16.9.1945 24-6
The Kings School 1894 48-0
The World 1874 ?
Toxteth 14.6.1879 30-0
United Services 22.4.1950 52-9 19.5.1951 16-27
Victoria 20.3.1911 31-12 6.6.1909 0-6
YMCA 14.6.1919 40-0 31.6.1928 3-18
Wallaroo 6.7.1889 54-0 11.7.1896 10-30
Waratah 21.6.1879 13-0
Wentworth 15.7.1893 20-0 8.5.1897 8-14
West Brisbane B’dogs 2005 36-5
Western Districts 7.6.1910 44-11 16.7.1894 3-12
Zealandia 8.8.1891 28-8
50th Queens own Regiment 4.7.1868 3-6
TOUR GAMES
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Auckland City 25.9.1909 6-27
Bathurst 19.6.1880 41- 5 24.8.1891 14-15
Boomerangs (QLD) 22.9.1894 11-17
Brisbane C’bined Sch 15.9.1894 51-6
Cabbg’s U/23’s (Fra) 1995 38-34
Califorian Bears 1971 17-8
Canterbury (NZ) 20.9.1906 26-0
TOUR GAMES
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Castricum Amsterdam (Neth)
1987 ?
Christchurch High Old Boys
2010 11-3
Club El Nationale (Arg) 2010 31-0
C’bined Melbourne XV 22.3.1998 54-18
C’bined Public Sch 3.9.1888 ?
Combined South California 1974 0-0
Cooma 21.7.1890 29-0
Crusaders Development XV 2009 17-54
Dunedin (NZ) 12.9.1906 3-6
Elche Selection (Spn) 1995 76-0
Glen Innes 1905 34-6
Goulburn 26.8.1911 31-14 1.6.1901 3-3
Hartepool Rovers (Eng) 1976 8-0
Hawaii XV 1974 13-6
Highfield R.F.C. (Ire) 1982 22-4
Inverell 1905 3-11
Jnr. Grizzlies, San Diego 1987 ?
Leinster Development XV 2004 14-12
Lormont-Cenon (Fra) 1995 7-8
Madrid Selection (Spn) 1995 ?
Mackay (Qld) 1.6.1925 17-5
New York Aliens XV 1994 28-35
New York Selection XV 1999 84-14
Otago Development XV 2009 12-36
Otago Province 1906 0-3
Santa Rosa (Arg) 2010 51-0
Socredad (Arg)
South Californian (All Stars)
2010
1999
?
24-6
Sportiva (Arg) 2010 43-0
Townsville 7.6.1923 10-5
United Hospitals XV 10.12.2013 59-7
Walgett (NSW) 20.6.1964 19-11
Wasp’s U/23’s (Eng) 1987 ?
OTHER UNIVERSITIES
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Adelaide Uni 3.6.1953 43-3
American Combined Uni 3.7.1910 11-6
ANU 1976 33-0 1996 5-7
Auckland-Massey Uni (NZ) 1954 20-8 1964 11-21
Auckland Uni (NZ) 1922 20-9 22.9.1978 14-24
Brisbane Uni 13.8.1919 30-10
Bristol Uni (Eng) 1995 32-7
Cambridge Uni (Eng) 1982 15-6 3.12.2013 17-38
Canterbury College (NZ) 1906 26-0 1954 8-24
Cardiff Uni (Wales) 1.12.2013 48-0 1987 16-24
Club Universitario (Arg) 2010 17-0
Columbia Uni (USA) 1999 95-0
Combined Cardiff Uni’s 1976 ?
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OTHER UNIVERSITIES
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
UWSH Hawkesbury 1996 7-10
Victoria College (NZ) 1906 31-3
Victoria Uni (Aust) 1996 55-13
Waseda Uni (Jpn) 1927 17-3
Western Australia Uni 1971 26-6
World University Barbarians
2013 34-20
Note: University Teams played against but have no results of games as follows.
1969 Club Tour: Eight match tour to California/Hawaii (no scores all games) ?
1987 Club Tour: Junior Grizzlies/San Diego, Paris Uni, Castricum/Amsterdam, Wasp’s U/23’s, Oxford Uni, Uni College/Cardiff, Uni College/Dublin, Cambridge Uni
1909: Otago Uni Won ? Auckland Uni College Won ? Otago Province Lost ? Canterbury Uni lost ? Auckland City Lost ?
1920: Victoria College Won ?
FIRST GRADE RECORDSWHAT SCORING WAS WORTH:
YEAR TRIES GOALS P.GOALS F.GOALSGOALS FROM A MARK (GFM)
1878-1886 1 2 2 3 3
1887-1893 2 3 3 4 4
1894-1905 3 2 3 4 4
1906-1948 3 2 3 4 3
1949-1971 3 2 3 3 3
1972-1977 4 2 3 3 3
1978-1992 4 2 3 3 –
1993 onwards 5 2 3 3 –
PRE 1900 SEASON
NO. 1 OVAL:
Was prepared in 1858 for the Cricket Club, SUFC first played on it in 1863.
Our last game on No.1 Oval was verses Northern Suburbs on 25.7.2015, 152 years of Rugby on this ground.
THE LAST PLAYER TO RUN ONTO NO.1 OVAL IN 1ST GRADE:
Jack Macklin (reserve No. 22) on 25.7.2015
THE LAST TRY SCORED ON NO.1 OVAL IN 1ST GRADE:
Jim Stewart vs Norths 25.7.2015
THE LAST GOAL SCORED ON NO.1 OVAL IN 1ST GRADE:
Angus Roberts vs Norths 25.7.2015
FIRST SUFC 1ST XV CAPTAIN:
Micheal O’Meara 1865 (known)
FIRST TRY FOR SUFC PRE 1900’S:
George Gordon vs Military and Civil Cricket Club 4.8.1866
FIRST TEAM ‘SELECTION COMMITTEE’ TO PICK BEST XV:
Was in 1876
FIRST UNIVERSITY PLAYER TO SCORE AGAINST TOURING BRITISH LIONS:
Percy Colquhoun a drop goal (4 pts) 11.8.1888 at Sydney Showground lost 4-8
OTHER UNIVERSITIES
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Combined NZ Uni’s 1923 37-11 1924 5-22
Combined Southern
Californian (All Stars) 1974 0-0
Cork Uni (Ire) 1991 21-6 1982 7-13
C.U.B.A.Uni (Arg) 2010 19-7
Doshisha Uni (Jpn) 13.4.1966 21-16
Dublin Uni F.C. (Ire) 27.11.2013 26-5
Edinburgh Academicals 4.12.2013 34-12
Edinburgh Uni (Sco) 1976 ?
Galway Uni (Ire) 1991 19-7
Hosei Uni (Jpn) 1983 12-14
Irish Universities 1997 ?
James Cook Uni 1985 24-0
Kanto Uni (Jpn) 21.4.1982 39-32
Keio Uni (Jpn) 15.3.1979 37-7
Korea University 1996 ?
Longbeach State Uni (USA) 1975 48-16
Loughborough College (ENG) 1976 26-10
Madrid Uni (Spn) 1995 31-15
Meiji Uni (Jpn) 2.4.1973 63-10
Melbourne Uni (VIC) 1996 65-0
Newcastle Uni (NSW) 1990 66-0
Newcastle Uni (Eng) 1976 ? 24.5.1966 14-27
New England (NSW) 1964 25-11 1996 0-17
Otago Uni (NZ) 1906 21-0 1922 9-35
Oxbridge (Eng) 30.7.1989 13-30
Oxford Uni (Eng) 13.9.1996 38-5 25.11.2013 24-34
Paris Uni (Fra) 1995 31-5 10.8.1988 6-16
Queens College Uni (Ire) 1.9.1984 60-13
Queensland Uni 24.3.2013 43-7 26.8.1936 0-27
San Jose State Uni 1974 22-3
Stanford Uni (USA) 1999 36-0
Swansea Uni (Wales) 1976 23-14
Tasmania Uni 1964 70-5
Trinity College Uni (Ire) 1991 25-15 1976 10-12
Uni of Arizona (USA) 1999 75-12
Uni of Beunos Aires (Arg) 2010 21-7
Uni College Cardiff (Wales) 1987 ?
Uni College Dublin (Ire) 1987 ?
University College (Ire) 1991 12-10
Uni of California, Berkley 1982 42-0 1965 3-5
Uni of California, Santa Barbara
1974 37-16
Uni of California, Long Beach
1975 48-16
Uni of California, Los Angeles
1974 22-9
Uni of Los Vegas (USA) 1999 88-5
USA Combined Uni’s 1996 41-13
UWA 1985 9-6
UWS 1996 0-15
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SYDNEY DISTRICT COMPETITIONTHE FIRST SYDNEY UNIVERSITY 1ST XV, 19.5.1900 VS SOUTH SYDNEY, LOST 6-11 AT THE AGRICULTURE GROUND:
H.D.Wood (Capt), A.W.L. McDowall, C.C. Futter, H.P. Blaney, D.B. Corfe, A.B.S. White, J. Manning, H. Marks, G.B. Thomas, A.I. Blue, CC. Dight, C.S.Browne, H.A. Jones, M.C. Corlette and J.J. Garry
FIRST TRY FOR SYDNEY UNI:
J.J.Garry verses South Sydney 19.5.1900 at Agriculture Ground
FIRST GOAL FOR SYDNEY UNI:
G.B.Thomas verses North Sydney 2.6.1900 at Agriculture Ground
FIRST PENALTY GOAL FOR SYDNEY UNI:
G.B.Thomas verses North Sydney 7.7.1900 at North Sydney Oval
FIRST FIELD GOAL FOR SYDNEY UNI:
H.P.Blaney verses Western Suburbs 18.8.1900 at Sydney Cricket Ground
OUR OLDEST LIVING WALLABY:
Arthur J. Buchan 1946, 69 years ago (born 28.9.1924) Wallaby No. 324. Played 2 Tests for SUFC, and a total of 10 with us, Randwick and St. George
WALLABY TOURISTS:
Of the 70 odd Wallaby tours overseas since 1899 only on six occasions has SUFC not had a player on tour. Those years being 1913, 1925, 1975, 1984, 1994 and 1995
MOST WALLABIES IN A WORLD CUP SQUAD, 2015 AND 2011 SEASONS:
7 Bernard Foley, Israel Folua, Dean Mumm, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Will Skelton and Sam Carter
5 Berrick Barnes, Luke Burgess, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Dan Vickerman
MOST UNI PLAYERS ON A WALLABY TOUR:
7 South African Tour 1969, Paul Darveniza, Jim Roxburgh, Tony Abrahams, Barry McDonald, John Howard, Terry Forman and Rupert Rosenbulm
7 Spring tour to Britain, Ireland and Italy 2013, Dave Dennis, Paddy Ryan, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham and Israel Folau
7 Spring tour to Britain, Ireland and France 2014, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Tom Kingston, Sam Carter and Will Skelton
6 South African tour 1953, Jack Blomley, David Brockoff, Max Elliott, Mac Hughes, John Solomon (Capt) and Saxon White
MOST SUFC PLAYERS IN A WALLABY 32 MAN SQUAD:
August 2014 13 Tolu Latu, Laurie Weeks, Nathan Charles, Sam Carter, Will Skelton, Ben McCalman, Luke Burgess, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Paddy Ryan, Tom English and Israel Folau
Note: Tolu Latu and Laurie Weeks pulled out due to injury.
MOST SUFC WALLABIES IN A TEST MATCH, AT THE SAME TIME:
6 Ben McCalman, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Laurie Weeks, Nathan Charles and Nick Phipps, vs France 2nd Test Etihad Stadium, Melbourne 14.6.2014
Note: Laurie became our 1000th test match player for SUFC, when he ran on as replacement at 74.44 minute just before Nathan Charles at the 74.49 minute.
6 Same six as above 3rd Test Allianz Stadium 21.6.2014
6 Sam Carter, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham and Israel Folau, vs Argentina 1st Test CBus Super Stadium, Gold Coast, Queensland 13.9.2014.
Note: all 6 players started this Test match.
MOST SUFC WALLABIES PICKED IN 23 MAN TEAM FOR A TEST MATCH:
7 Will Skelton, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Laurie Weeks(res), Nathan Charles(res),Ben McCalman (res) and Nick Phipps (res). Verses France 2nd Test 21.6.2014 at Allianz Stadium
7 Nathan Charles, Sam Carter, Israel Folau, Will Skelton(res), Ben McCalman(res), Nick Phipps(res) and Bernard Foley(res) Verses New Zealand 1st Test 16.8.2014 at ANZ Stadium
MOST POINTS SCORED BY SUFC PLAYERS IN A TEST MATCH:
34 Israel Folau 2 tries, Will Skelton try, Nick Phipps try and Bernard Foley 4 goals and 2 pen goals. Score 39-13 vs France 2nd Test 21.6.2014 at Allianz Stadium
28 Israel Folua 2 tries, Bernard Foley, 3 goals, 3 pen goals and 1 field goal. Score 28-33 vs Wales 8.11.2014 at Millennium Stadium
28 Bernard Foley 2 tries, 3 goals, 4 pen goals. Score 33-13 vs England 3.10.2015 at Twickenham Stadium
27 Bernard Foley try, Nick Phipps try, Dean Mumm try, Bernard Foley 6 goals. Score 42-10 vs USA 5.9.2015 at Soldiers Field, Chicago
23 Nick Phipps 2 tries, Bernard Foley try and 1 goal, 2 pen goals. Score 23-26 vs Ireland 22.11.2014 at Lansdowne Road
BROTHERS WHO HAVE PLAYED FOR NSW AGAINST BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS:
5 sets – Bill and Fred Belbridge 1888, Frank and Victor Futter 1904, James and John Hughes 1908, Ed and Tom Carter 2001/2013 and Luke and Mitch Inman (Melbourne Rebels) 2001/2013. Uni players have scored 4 tries, 7 goals and a field goal in the 20 games Uni players have played in
SUFC TOTAL AMOUNT OF PLAYERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS:
53 from 1888 to 2013, 12 tours in 125 years.
In 1966, Peter Crittle was selected to play the Lions but withdrew with injury. That has been the only time Uni haven’t had a player in a NSW team from those 12 tours
SUFC PLAYERS WHO HAVE CAPTAIN NSW AGAINST THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS:
Charles Tange 1888 3 times, Wally Matthews 1908 twice, James Hughes 1908 once, Nick Farr-Jones 1989 once, Phil Waugh 2001 once, Dave Dennis 2013 once
MOST PLAYERS FROM ANY SHUTE SHIELD CLUB, NSW TEAM VERSES BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS 2013:
9 Paddy Ryan, Jeremy Tilse, Ollie Atkins, Will Skelton, Pat McCutcheon, Bernard Foley, Tom Carter, Peter Betham, Tom Kingston
MOST SUFC PLAYERS IN A WARATAHS TOURING TEAM (ARGENTINA):
11 Peter Betham, Berrick Barnes, Dave Dennis, Bernard Foley, Pat McCutcheon, Paddy Ryan, Jeremy Tilse, Will Skelton, Tolu Latu, Sam Talakai, Liam Winton
MOST WARATAHS IN A 23 MAN TEAM:
10 verses Highlanders 10.3.2012 in Dunedin. Bernard Foley, Tom Kingston, Berrick Barnes, Daniel Halangahu (Capt), Pat McCutcheon, Dave Dennis, Dean Mumm, Paddy Ryan (Res), Jono Jenkins (Res) and Tom Carter (Res)
10 verses Rebels 20.2.2015 in AAMI Park, Melbourne. Dave Dennis (Capt), Will Skelton, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Jeremy Tilse (Res), Tolu Latu (Res), Paddy Ryan (Res), Patrick McCutcheon (Res) and Peter Betham (Res)
10 verses Hurricanes 18.4.2015 at Cake Tin, Wellington. Dave Dennis (Capt), Tolu Lato, Will Skelton, Pat McCutcheon, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Bethem, Israel Folau, Paddy Ryan (Res) and Jeremy Tilse (Res)
MOST POINTS SCORED IN A SUPER 15 GAME, BY UNIVERSITY PLAYERS:
33 Waratahs verses Cheetahs 7.6.2015 at Free State Stadium, Israel Folua 3 tries, Bernard Foley 1 try, 5 goals and 1 pen goals, score 58-33
29 Waratahs verses Hurricanes 18.4.2015 at Cake Tin, Wellington, Peter Betham 2 tries, Will Skelton try, Israel Folau try, Bernard Foley 3 goals and 1 pen goal, score 29-24
25 Waratahs verses Brumbies 22.3.2015 in Sydney Allianz Stadium, Israel Folua try, Bernard Foley try, Tolu Latu try, Bernard Foley 2 goals, 2 pen goals, score 28-13
23 Waratahs verses Auckland 28.3.2.2015 in Sydney Allianz Stadium, Nick Phipps try, Peter Betham try, Bernard Foley 2 goals, 3 pen goals, score 23-11
23 Waratahs verses Sharks 16.5.2015 in Sydney Allianz Stadium, Bernard Foley 1 try, 3 goals and 4 pen goals, score 33-18
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MOST FIRST GRADE GAMES BY A BACK:
Rupert Rosenblum 256 (1962-77)
ONLY PLAYED 1ST GRADE FOR UNI (100 GAMES OR MORE):
Paul Daveniza (100) 1966 to 1970 and Ed Carter (101) 1997 to 2004
SUFC HIGHEST POINT SCORER IN CLUB HISTORY:
Nathan Trist 1064 (2003-2013) Grade only
(1st Grade) 475 points – 76 tries, 28 goals, 13 p.goals (Lower Grades) 589 points – 68 tries, 90 goals, 23 p.goals
SUFC HIGHEST POINTS SCORER IN CLUB HISTORY, INCLUDING COLTS POINTS:
Byron Hodge 1098 (2010-2015) Colts, Lower Grade and 1st Grade points
(1st Grade) 205 points – 1 try, 55 goals, 30 p.goals (Lower Grade) 342 points – 5 tries, 118 goals, 27 p.goals (Colts) 551 points – 7 tries, 180 goals, 52 p.goals TOTAL 1098 points – 13 tries, 353 goals, 109 p.goals
MOST CAREER POINTS:
Daniel Halangahu964 – (2003-2012) 38 tries, 249 goals, 90 p.goals, 2 f.goals (Daniel also has 69 points in 2nd Grade in 2003 which puts his total to 1033)
David Croft 933 – (1982-1991) (includes Second Division)
Stu Boland 750 – (1964-1969) No break down records
Dan P.Kelly
639 – (2003-2014) 20 tries, 161 goals, 67 p.goals, 2 f.goals (Dan also has 105 pts in 2nd grade 7 tries, 29 goals 4 p.goals which puts his total to 734)
Chris Malone 584 – (1999-2011) 9 tries, 133 goals, 90 p.goals, 1 f.goal
Rupert Rosenblum 553 – (1962-1977) Very incomplete records for Rupert, only cover 9 of his 17 seasons at Uni
Nathan Trist 475 – (2003-2013) 76 tries, 28 goals, 13 p.goals
Tom Carter
455 – (2003-2015) 90 tries, 1 goal, 1 f.goal (Tom also has 97 pts 17 tries, 6 goals in 2nd Grade in 2002/03/04 and 112 pts in Colts in 2002 14 tries, 15 goals, 4 p.goals in 2001 Colts, only have record of 5 tries in a game for that season another 25 points. Which is a grand total of 689 points)
Michael Griffin 445 – (1996-2006) 89 tries
Norm H.Rutledge 403 – (1940-1942) No breakdown record
Mal Stuart 377 – (1957-1961) No breakdown record
Brock James 377 – (2001-2003) 8 tries, 116 goals, 34 p.goals, 1 f.goal
Scott Stumbles 357 – (2003-2012) 40 tries, 56 goals, 15 p.goals
William P.Nicholas 304 – (1935 -1936) No breakdown record
H.P.Blaney 205 – (1898 – 1902) No breakdown record
Byron Hodge 205 – (2013-2015) 1 try, 55 goals and 30 p.goals
MOST CAREER TRIES:
Tom Carter (Centre)90 tries in 177 First grade games (2003-2015)
Michael Griffin (Winger)89 tries in 206 First grade games (1996-2006)
Nathan Trist (Winger/Fullback)76 tries in 119 First grade games (2005-2013)
Ted Magrath (Winger)74 tries in 76 First grade games (1957-1963)
Tim Davidson (No. 8)65 tries in 166 First grade games (2003-2013)
Peter Playford (Winger)57 tries in 54 First grade games (2003-2009)
MOST SUPER 15 PLAYERS ON FIELD AT ONE TIME:
12 Waratahs verses Rebels 24.5.2013 (2nd Half) Dave Dennis, Berrick Barnes, Paddy Ryan, Will Skelton, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Israel Folau, Lachlan Mitchell, Nick Phipps, Jarrod Saffy, Tom English, Mitch Inman
12 Waratahs verses Rebels 21.3.2014 (Run on) Paddy Ryan, Will Skelton, Dave Dennis, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Israel Folau, Luke Burgess, Tom English, Mitch Inman, Lachlan Mitchell, Angus Roberts
12 Waratahs verses Rebels 20.2.2015 (1st half) Dave Dennis, Will Skelton, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Tolu Latu, Paddy Ryan, Peter Betham, Laurie Weeks, Luke Burgess, Tom English, Mitch Inman
MOST SUFC WARATAHS ON FIELD AT SAME TIME:
9 verses Western Force 9.6.2013 (2nd Half) Tom Carter (Capt), Tom Kingston, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Paddy Ryan, Will Skelton, Jeremy Tilse, Ollie Atkins, Liam Winton
Note: Pat McCutcheon pulled out of this game, just before kick off.
9 verses Western Force 9.5.2015 Tolo Latu, Dave Dennis (Capt), Will Skelton, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Israel Folau and two replacements, Paddy Ryan and Pat McCutcheon.
Note: Jeremy Tilse never got onto the field as a reserve.
MOST SUFC PLAYERS IN A SUPER 15 BACKLINE AT THE SAME TIME:
5 Melbourne Rebels vs Brumbies 22.2.2013 at Bruce Stadium (2nd Half) Nick Stirzaker, Tom English, Lachlan Mitchell, Mitch Inman, Alex Rokobaro
5 Melbourne Rebels vs Waratahs 21.3.2014 at Allianz Stadium, (Run on) Luke Burgess, Tom English, Mitch Inman, Lachlan Mitchell, Angus Roberts, (Reserve) Tom Kingston
MOST SUFC PLAYERS IN A SUPER 15 FORWARD PACK AT THE SAME TIME:
6 Waratahs vs Sharks 29.3.2014 at Kings Park, Durban S.A. (2nd Half) Paddy Ryan, Tolu Latu, Jeremy Tilse, Will Skelton, Dave Dennis, Pat McCutheon
6 Waratahs vs Bulls 19.4.2014 at Allianz Stadium (2nd Half) Same 6 as above
MOST SUFC BACKS ON THE FIELD IN A SUPER 15 GAME AT THE SAME TIME:
9 Waratahs Vs Rebels 21.3.2014 at Alliance Stadium, (Run on) Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Peter Betham, Israel Folau, Luke Burgess, Tom English, Mitch Inman, Lachlan Mitchell, Angus Roberts, (Reserve) Tom Kingston
MOST SUPER 15 SUFC PLAYERS IN A SHUTE SHIELD GAME:
12 verses Norths 27.7.2013, Jeremy Tilse, Tolu Latu, Sam Talakai, Ollie Atkins, Will Skelton, Dave Dennis, Tim Davidson, Nick Phipps, Tom Carter, Tom English, Peter Betham, Tom Kingston
Note: In 1968 you could now play on at Uni after Graduation, but only if you had 80 or more Grade games at SUFC. Failing this rule you had to play with another club.
MOST CLUB GAMES:
Rupert Rosenblum 302 (1961-77) Last game 20.8.1977 vs Port Hacking at Uni No.1 Oval, 17 seasons
MOST FIRST GRADE GAMES:
Rupert Rosenblum 256 (1962-77)
MOST CONSECUTIVE 1ST GRADE GAMES:
Micheal Griffin 101 (1999-2004)
MOST FIRST GRADE GAMES BY A FORWARD:
Tim Davidson 166 (2003 -2013)
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MOST CAREER TRIES ALL GRADES, 3RD GRADE COLTS TO 1ST GRADE SENIOR:
Nathan Trist 144 (No Colts tries in this total)
Tom Carter 126
Nick Edwards 79
Nick Hagen 75 (All Grade tries)
Cameron Lawrence 64
Hugo Dessens 60
James Dargaville 59
Bernard Foley 58
Tom Shaw 58
James McMahon 58
James Swan 57
Josh Koops 56
Michael Hodge 55
Willie Du Plessis 55
Ben Cannon 51
Matthew Hood 51
Julian James 50
MOST CAREER GOALS:
Danial Halangahu (2003-2012) 341 goals (774 points)
David Croft (1982-1991) goals unknown (669 points)
Stuart Boland (1964-1969) goals unknown (668 points)
Dan P. Kelly (2005-2014) 230 goals (629 points)
Chris Malone (1999-2011) 224 goals (584points)
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A CAREER:
85 Rupert Rosenblum (17 seasons 1962-1977)
MOST POINTS IN A GAME:
David Loxton *** 36 vs Acorn University Japan (5 tries, 8 goals) on 2.5.1984***
Peter H. Knibbs 31 (2 tries, 5 goals, 5 p.goals) vs Drummoyne 25.4.1951
Peter H. Knibbs *** 29 vs Tasmania University 1950, pts break down unsure***
David Croft28 (2 tries, 4 goals, 4 p.goals) vs Easts at Woollahra Oval on 11.4.1987, tries worth 4 pts this year.
Berrick Barnes27 (1 try, 5 goals, 4 p.goals) vs Norths at North Sydney Oval 30.7.2011
Berrick Barnes 26 (2 tries, 8 goals) vs Gordon at Uni No.1 Oval 13.8.2011
Berrick Barnes26 (1 try, 3 goals, 5 p.goals), Grand Final vs Randwick at Concord Oval on 2.10.10
Drew Hickey 25 (5 tries) vs Penrith at Uni No.1 Oval on 6.7.2002
Daniel Halangahu25 (1 try, 10 goals) vs West Harbour at Uni No.1 Oval 8.7.2006
Daniel Halangahu 25 (1 try, 10 goals) vs Souths at Forshaw Field 2.6.2007
Angus Roberts25 (3 tries, 2 goals, 2 p.goals) vs Randwick at No.1 Oval 28.4.2012
Greg Jeloudev 25 (5 tries) vs Randwick at Coogee Oval 17.8.2013
Byron Hodge25 (2 goals, 7 pen goals) vs Souths at Forshaw Rugby Park 18.4.2015
Micheal Hawker24 (2 tries, 5 goals, 2 p.goals) vs Macquarie Uni at Macquarie Uni Oval 22.7.1978, tries worth 4 pts this year
Mark Burgess24 (1 try, 4 goals, 4 p.goals) vs Campbelltown at Campbelltown Oval 19.5.1979, tries worth 4 pts this year
Bill Wileman *** 24 (12 goals ) vs Tasmania University 30.5.1948***
Chris Malone24 (6 goals, 4 p.goals) vs Warringah at Uni No.1 Oval 29.7.00
Ben Martin24 (1 try, 2 goals, 5 p.goals) vs Norths at North Sydney Oval 28.6.2002
Chris Malone 23 (1 goal, 7 p.goals) vs Easts at T.G.Millner Fld 12.8.00
Bernard Foley 23 (1 try, 9 goals) vs Randwick at Coogee Oval 17.8.2013
MOST POINTS IN A GAME:
Berrick Barnes 22 (2 tries, 8 goals) vs Randwick at Coogee Oval 20.8.2011
David Croft21 (6 p.goals, 1 fld goal) vs Wests at Uni No.1 Oval 18.4.1987
Mark Burgess21 (2 tries, 2 goals, 3 p.goals) vs Eastwood at T.G.Millner Field 7.6.1980, tries worth 4 pts this year
Berrick Barnes 21 (1 try, 8 goals) vs Gordon at Uni No.1 Oval 13.8.2011
Dan Kelly21 (1 try, 5 goals, 2 p.goals) vs Gordon at Chatswood Oval 10.5.2014
***denotes not competition matches
Note: Next 13 players scored tries when worth 3 points only.
H.P.Blaney 24 (4 tries, 6 goals) vs Balmain at Uni No.1 Oval 27.7.1901
Otto E.Nothling 22 (5 tries, 2 goals, 1 pen goal) vs G.P.S Old.Boys 11.8.1923
John Dowse*** 21 (6 goals, 3 pen goals) vs Queensland
at North Sydney Oval 14.5.1961
G.Connor21 (2 tries, 3 goals, 3 pen goals) vs Parramatta at No.1 Oval 24.4.1940
John Taylor 21 (7 tries) vs Parramatta at Uni No.1 Oval 24.4.1971
R.G.Stanley 21 (3 tries, 6 goals) 14.7.1923 vs North Sydney at No.1 Oval
George Cummins 21 (4 tries, 3 goals, pen goals) 22.4.1944, Opponent not sure
Bruce McFarlane 20 (2 tries, 7 goals) vs Tasmania Uni 25.5.1964***
Norm Rutledge 20 (6 pen goals, 1 goal) 18.7.1942, Opponent not sure
William Nicholas 19 (5 tries, 2 goals) vs Merewether-Carlton 20.4.1935***
John Dowse19 (1 try, 5 goals, 2 pen goals) vs Drummoyne at Drum Oval 16.4.1955
Dick Tooth19 (2 tries, 2 goals, 3 pen goals) vs Randwick at No.1 Oval 3.7.1954
Otto E.Nothling 15 (5 tries) vs Randwick at No.1 Oval 30.6.1922
***Non Competition Club Game, but mention in this section
Note: In 1948 kicking rules changed to (The run for placed kicks,went from 7 to 8 paces and must start off with left foot). Also must measure from the centre.
MOST TRIES IN A GAME:
John Taylor 7 vs Parramatta 24.4.1971 at No.1 Oval
William H. Hemingway 6 vs Opponent not sure, 1932
Stewart Boyce 6 vs Wairarapa N.Z tour of Aust 1964***
Ralph Garner 5 vs Melbourne Uni 3.7.1948 at No.1 Oval***
Otto E. Nothling 5 vs Randwick 30.6.1923 at No.1 Oval
Otto E. Nothling 5 vs GPS Old Boys 11.8.1923 at No.1 Oval
William Nicholas 5 vs Merewether-Carlton 20.4.1935 at Newcastle***
Drew Hickey 5 vs Penrith 6.7.2002 at No.1 Oval
Dave Loxton 5 vs Liverpool 22.7.1983 at No.1 Oval (2nd Div)
Lachlan Mitchell 5 vs Penrith 23.6.2007 at Nepean Rugby Park
Greg Jeloudev 5 vs Randwick 17.8.2013 at Coogee Oval
Ted Raper ***4 vs Queensland 12.8.1882 at SCG
H.P.Blaney 4 vs Balmain 27.7.1901 at No.1 Oval
N.G. Sutton ***4 vs The Kings School 29.4.1914 (Ground, not sure)
V.S.Futter ***4 vs Canterbury College/Uni 19.9.1906 in NZ
Hamish Munro ***4 vs Tasmania Uni 25.5.1966 in Queensland
Hamish Munro ***4 vs Queensland Uni 26.5.1966 in Queensland
***Non Club Competition game, but mentioned in this section.
MOST GOALS IN A GAME:
Bill Wileman*** 12 vs Tasmania Uni 30.5.1948
Peter H. Knibbs 10 vs Drummoyne 25.4.1951
Chris Malone 10 vs Warringah 29.7.2000
Daniel Halangahu 10 vs West Harbour 8.7.2006
Daniel Halangahu 10 vs Souths 2.6.2007
***Non Club Competition game, but mentioned in this section
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MOST FIELD GOALS IN A GAME:
P.Flynn 2 verses Newtown at ASG 30.7.1887
H.P.Abbott 2 verses Wallaroo at ASG 13.8.1892
H.P.Abbott 2 verses Strathfield at ASG 25.6.1892
H.P.Abbott 2 verses Parramatta at Uni No.1 Oval 19.5.1894
Alec W.Ross 2 verses YMCA at No.1 Oval 2.7.1927
B.J.Sheehan 2 verses Glebe.Balmain at No.1 Oval 23.7.1927
Gary Smoker 2 verses Manly at No.1 Oval 20.4.1968
Paul Wansey 2 verses Norths at No.1 Oval 19.8.1961
Paul Wansey 2 verses Randwick at No.1 Oval 29.7.1961
Rupert Rosenbulm 2 verses Gordon at No.1 Oval 5.4.1969
Rupert Rosenbulm 2 verses Randwick at Coogee Oval 7.4.1969
Rupert Rosenblum 2 verses Easts at Woollahra Oval 10.5.1969
Rupert Rosenbulm 2 verses Randwick at No.1 Oval 11.4.1970
Rupert Rosenbulm 2 verses Parramatta at No.1 Oval 25.7.1970
Micheal Hawker 2 verses Eastwood at T.G.Millner Field 7.6.1980
Micheal Hawker 2 verses Randwick at No.1 Oval 13.6.1981
Micheal Hawker 2 verses Hornsby at No.1 Oval 29.8.1981
FIELD GOALS SCORED IN 1ST GRADE BY BROTHERS:
Ed Carter vs Wests at No.1 Oval 30.6.2001
Tom Carter vs Wests at No.1 Oval 28.6.2014
MOST GOALS FROM A MARK:
Roland J. Pope 2 in 1894 vs Wallaroo at ASG 9.8.1884 (worth 3 points)
L.J. Reynolds 2 in 1911 season (worth 3 points)
MOST TEAM TRIES IN A GAME:
18 verses Tasmania Uni 25.5.1964 (Ground not sure)***
17 verses Melbourne Uni 3.7.1948 (University Oval)***
15 verses Burwood 17.7.1881(Burwood Ground)
15 verses Penrith 21.8.2004 (Nepean Rugby Park)
15 verses Tasmania Uni 30.5.1948 (University Oval)***
15 verses Gordon 10.8.2013 (University Oval)
14 verses Randwick 30.6.1923 (University Oval)
13 verses Easts 26.7.2014 (University Oval)
13 verses Gordon 13.8.2011 (University Oval)
13 verses Wests 12.6.1920 (University Oval)
13 verses Parramatta 12.6.1954 (Parramatta Oval)
13 verses West Harbour 8.7.2006 (University Oval)
13 verses Illawarra 6.4.2007 (WIN Stadium)
12 verses Burwood 26.6.1880 (Burwood Ground)
12 verses Easts 29.7.1933 (Woollarha Oval)
12 verses North Sydney 14.7.1923 (University Oval)
12 verses St.George 2.5.1942 (Kogarah Oval)
12 verses Canterbury 10.6.1983 (Second Division)
12 verses United Services 22.4.1950 (University Oval)***
12 verses Randwick 17.8.2013 (Coogee Oval)
***Non Club Competition game, but mentioned in this section.
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON:
Dave Loxton 238 (1983 – 2nd Div) 14 tries, 37 goals, 35 p.goals, 1 f.goal
Chris Malone 221 (2001) – 4 tries, 51 goals, 33 p.goals
Daniel Halangahu 210 (2009) – 5 tries, 58 goals, 22 p.goals, 1 f.goal*****
Brock James 209 (2003) – 2 tries, 65 goals, 23 p.goals
David Croft 204 (1987) – 4 tries, 19 goals, 49 p.goals,1 f.goal
David Croft 203 (1985) – Break down not found yet
Stuart Boland 196 (1967) – Break down not found yet
Chris Malone 193 (2000) – 2 tries, 48 goals, 28 p.goals, 1 f.goal
*****Daniel’s 210 pts scored in 15 Games, Avg 14 pts per game.
MOST TRIES IN A SEASON BY BROTHERS:
Farr-Jones brothers 40 in 1983 (2nd Div) Peter 22, Nick 13 and Simon 5
MOST TRIES IN A SEASON:
Peter Playford 29 (2005 – SUFC and NSW club rugby record)
Peter Farr-Jones 22 (1983 – Second Division)
Nathan Trist 21 (2009)
Greg Jeloudev 21 (2013)
Otto.E.Nothling 20 (1923)
Ted Magrath 20 (1959)
Ted Magrath 20 (1962)
Stuart Boyce 20 (1962)
Bob Egerton 20 (1985)
Tim Davidson 19 (2005)
Michael Griffin 19 (2005)
James Dargaville 19 (2014)
Otto Nothling 17 (1923)
W.P.Nicholas 17 (1936)
John Taylor 17 (1971)
Andrew Perkins 17 (1979)
Nathan Trist 17 (2010)
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON:
Brock James 88-209 pts for season (2003)
Chris Malone 84-201 pts for season (2001)
Daniel Halangahu 81-210 pts for season (2009)
Chris Malone 77-183 pts for season (2000)
Daniel Halangahu 74-172 pts for season (2008)
Dave Loxton 73-238 pts for season (1983) – (Second Division)
David Croft 70-204 pts for season (1987)
Scott Stumbles 68-151 pts for season (2005)
Stuart Boland ?-166 pts for season (1966) goals not known ?
Stuart Boland ?-196 pts for season (1967) goals not known ?
Stuart Boland ?-188 pts for season (1968) goals not known ?
David Croft ?-203 pts for season (1985) goals not known ?
Dan P. Kelly 58-129 pts for season (2014)
Kevin O’Hara 54-175 pts for season (1974)
William P. Nicholls ?-198 pts for season (1936) goals not known ?
Norm H. Rutledge ?-189 pts for season (1942) goals not known ?
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON:
8 Rupert Rosenbulm 1965 and 1970
7 Paul Wansey 1961
5 Michael Hawker 1984 and 1985
TRIPLE TRIES ON FIRST GRADE DEBUT:
Tom Carter 3 versus Penrith 5.4.2003 University Oval
Andrew Logan3 versus Souths 1.9.2007 University Oval (Trevor Allen Competition)
BROTHERS SCORING TRIES – FIRST GRADE:
The Farr.Jones brothers – Nick, Peter and Simon – each scored a try in a match against Wests at Concord Oval 14.6.1985, Uni won 48-7
The Carter brothers – Ed and Tom scored 3 tries each vs Penrith at No.1 Oval on the 5.4.2003, Uni won 48-28
The Boyce brothers ?
QUICKEST TRY IN A GAME:
Ted Magrath(Winger) from the kick off, of approximately 8-9 seconds vs Norths at No.1 Oval, 30.4.1960
Matt Narracott (Winger) vs Manly at Manly Oval 8.8.2015 – 29 seconds
Matt Narracott (Winger) vs Gordon at No.1 Oval 11.7.2015 – 32 seconds
Greg Jeloudev (Winger) vs Easts at Woollahra Oval 20.4.2013 – 35 seconds
David Dillon (Fullback) vs Warringah at No.1 Oval 18.6.2011 – 46 seconds
DIFFERENT JERSEYS:
SUFC wore white jerseys in 1933, reverted back to Gold and Blue stripes the following season. The reason, not sure ?
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LONGEST HOME GROUND WINNING SEQUENCE:
Last loss 13-22 vs Warringah Round 8, 7.5.2005 to Round 1 vs Randwick 10.4.10, 7-37, 42 wins in a row or 1746 days.
FIRST TIME ALL SUFC TEAMS PLAYED ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE SAME GROUND AND A SEWN COAT OF ARMS WAS INTRODUCED ON THE JERSEYS:
The year was 1929
MOST WINS AS FIRST GRADE CAPTAIN:
John A. K.Shaw 28 games, 27 wins, 1 loss 96.42% success rate, (1887-1889)
Tim Davidson 124 games, 111 wins 13 losses 89.51% success rate, (2005-2013)
MOST GRAND FINALS CAPTAINED BY A 1ST GRADE PLAYER:
9 Tim Davidson (2005-2013), 8 wins
NUMBER CHANGE:
Note: In 1969 the numbers on the jersey were swapped about, 15 to 1, so No.1 was now prop and No.15 now the fullback.
MOST GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES:
Tom Carter 11, eight 1st grade, two 2nd grade, one Colts (2002-2013)
Tim Davidson 10, nine 1st grade, one Colts (2002-2013)
Nathan Trist 10, four 1st grade, four 2nd grade and two Colts (2001-2013)
Scott Cameron9, one 1st grade, five 2nd grade, one 4th grade & two Colts (2000-2013)
Dean Mumm 8, seven 1st grade and one Colts (2004-2011)
Phil Waugh 7, all 1st grade (1998-2011)
Al Campbell 7, all 1st grade (1999-2008)
Scott Stumbles7, five in 1st grade, one in 2nd grade, one in 3rd grade (1998-2011)
Daniel Halangahu 7, six 1st grade, one 2nd grade (2003-2011)
Dave Dennis 7, five 1st grade, two Colts (2004-2013)
Jeremy Tilse 7, six 1st grade, one Colts (2005-2013)
Dan P.Kelly 7, four 1st grade, three 2nd grade (2005-2012)
Nigel Staniforth6, three 1st grade, one 2nd grade, one 3rd grade, one Colts (2000-2006)
Nick Haydon 6, three 1st grade, two 2nd grade, one Colts (2001-2008)
Rupert Rosenbulm 5, four 1st grade, one 3rd grade (1961-1977)
Micheal Griffin 5, all 1st grade (1998-2006)
Luke Inman 5, four 1st grade, one Colts (1997-2006)
Will Caldwell 5, four 1st grade one Colts (2001-2008
Paddy Ryan 5, all 1st grade (2009-2013)
Nathan Charles 4, all 1st grade (2008-2012)
Mitch Inman 4, all 1st grade (2008-2012)
Laurie Weeks 4, all 1st grade (2007-2013)
Stuart Boyce 4, all 1st grade (1961-1964)
H.C.Hingst 4, all 1st grade (1919-1926)
B.Windeyer 4, all 1st grade (1923-1927)
W.B.Sheehan 4, all 1st grade (1923-1927)
A.W.Ross 4, all 1st grade (1924-1928)
MOST GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES BY BROTHERS:
Carter brothers 18 Charles, Colts 1995, 1997 and Grade 1998
Ed, Colts 1997 and Grade 1999, 2000 and 2001
Tom, Colts 2002, 2003, Grade 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013
MOST TEAM TRIES SCORED IN A GRAND FINAL:
1919 team 9 tries vs Glebe-Balmain
1953 team 7 tries vs Easts
2005 team 7 tries vs Eastwood
2013 team 7 tries vs Eastwood
BIGGEST GRAND FINAL (WIN) AND (SCORE) BY A SUFC 1ST XV:
Verses Eastwood 14/9/2013 at Concord Oval 51-6 (7 tries, 5 goals and 2 p.goals)
BIGGEST GRAND FINAL (WIN) AND (SCORE) BY ANY SHUTE SHIELD CLUB EVER:
Verses Eastwood 14/9/2013 at Concord Oval 51-6.
MOST POINTS IN A GRAND FINAL:
26 Berrick Barnes 2010, 1 try, 3 goals and 5 p.goals
ONLY 1ST GRADE GRAND FINAL TO GO INTO EXTRA TIME:
Sydney Uni vs Eastwood 16-16 after 80 mins, 24-9-2011 at Concord Oval
Note: has happen on 5 occasions in lower grades but never in 1st Grade.
ONLY TWO CLUBS IN GRAND FINALS:
In 2013, University and Eastwood were the first clubs to play all 4 grades on Grand Final day. Uni won three of these and Eastwood won one
MOST TRIES BY A PLAYER IN A GRAND FINAL APPEARANCE:
Mick Best (Centre) 4 tries vs Easts 26.9.1953 at Sydney Show Ground
Ralph Garner (Winger) 3 tries vs Easts 1951 at Sydney Sports Ground
YOUNGEST UNIVERSITY 1ST XV IN CLUB HISTORY:
The 1901 1st grade Premiers were all Undergraduates
The 1945 Grand Final side average age was 20 years 6 months
The 1960 side average age was 21 years 4 months
FIRST FULLBACK TO SCORE A TRY IN CLUB COMPETITION SINCE 1900:
B.W.Cameron Vs Gordon at Chatswood Oval 30.5.1942
LONGEST PERIOD OF UNI TEAMS MAKING THE SEMI FINALS (GRADE AND COLTS):
From 1995 till 2015 season (21 years in a row) a Grade or Colts side made semis
From 1932 till 1951 season (20 years in a row) a Grade side made the semis
From 1958 till 1970 season (13 years in a row) a Grade side made the semis
Note: Uni never made semi finals in any grade in 1925, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1952, 1957, 1971, 1973, 1978, 1982, 1991
LONGEST PERIOD OF UNI TEAMS CONTINUOUS APPEARANCES IN GRAND FINALS (GRADE AND COLTS):
From 1997 till 2015, 19 years in a row
From 1885 till 1893, 9 years in a row
From 1960 till 1965, 6 years in a row
From 1953 till 1956, 4 years in a row
LAST TIME LOST ALL GRADES ON SAME DAY:
Verses Eastwood round 8, 9.5.2015 at T.G.Millner Field .
Prior to the above date we go back 5 years vs Wests 23.4.2010 round 4 at No.1 Oval, and before that it was 1996. Therefore have lost all grades on same day only three times in the past 19 seasons.
LONGEST LOSING SEQUENCE BY UNI 1ST XV:
Eight in a row, Round 9 1982 vs Randwick till Round 16 vs Easts
Note: Still researching above Stat.
LONGEST WINNING SEQUENCE BY UNI 1ST XV:
First game 1887 till Game 8 1892 (6 years, 56 wins in a row)
Round 2 1983 Vs Canterbury thru to Round 3 Vs St.George 1984 (21 wins in a row)
Note: Still researching above Stat.
MOST CONSECUTIVE WINS OVER 50 POINTS:
2011 season, 5 in a row. Penrith 62-7, Norths 57-20, Souths 52-20, Gordon 81-12 and Randwick 65-17
Note: Still researching above Stat.
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OTHER RECORDS – LOWER GRADES MOST CONSECUTIVE LOWER GRADE GAMES:
Dane Cole-Clarke 88 (2008 to 2011)
MOST POINTS IN A GAME:
Nathan Trist (Fullback)
64 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 21.8.2004 (at Nepean Rugby Park – 8 tries, 12 goals)
Ben Lenehan (Winger)
44 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 20.7.2013 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 4 tries, 12 goals)
Chris Mitchell (Position?)
33 – Third Grade vs Campbelltown 2.7.1983 (at Campbelltown Showground) **Not sure of break down**
Hayden Bushell (Winger)
31 – Third Grade vs Parramatta 27.6.2009 (at UniNo. 1 Oval 3 tries,8 goals)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
30 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 4.5.2013 (at Nepean Rugby Park 4 tries and 5 goals)
Willie Du Plessis (Winger)
30 – 3rd Grade v Penrith 13.5.2013 (at Nepean Rugby Park 4 tries the went on in 2nd Grade and scored a further 2 tries, 6 for the afternoon)
Matt Brecht (Five-Eighth)
29 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 13.5.2006 (at Nepean Rugby Park – 1 try, 12 goals)
Ben Lenehan (Winger)
28 – Fourth Grade vs Gordon 25.5.2013 (at Chatswood Oval – 2 tries, 9 goals)
Bernard Foley (Five-Eighth)
28 – Second Grade vs Parramatta 10.7.2010 (at UniNo.1 Oval – 2 tries, 9 goals)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
28 – Fourth Grade vs Manly 21.4.2012 (at Keirle Park – 2 tries, 3 goals, 4 p.goals)
David Fong (Halfback)
28 – Second Grade vs Gordon Round 4, 2012 (at Chatswood Oval – 2 tries, 4 goals, 1 pen goal. David then went onto 1st Grade as a replacement and scored a try and a goal for 28 points for the afternoon)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
27 – Third Grade vs Penrith 26.5.2012 (at Nepean Rugby Park – 3 tries, 6 goals)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
27 – Third Grade vs Eastwood 4.8.2012 (at T.G.Millner Field – 3 tries, 6 goals)
David Fong (Halfback)
26 – Third Grade vs Penrith 17.5.2014 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 2 tries, 8 goals)
Dan C.W.Kelly (Five-Eighth)
26 – Third Grade vs Wests 4.8.2007 (at Concord Oval – 2 tries, 5 goals, 2 p.goals)
Ben Hughes (Five-Eighth)
25 – Second Grade v Souths 4.7.2015 (at No.1 Oval – 3 tries and 5 goals)
Byron Hodge (2nd Row)
25 – Second Grade vs Penrith 17.5.2014 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 1 try, 10 goals)
Tim Mornane (Fullback)
25 – Third Grade vs Penrith 13.8.2005 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 1 try, 10 goals)
Jeremy Atkins (Five-Eighth)
25 – Second Grade vs Souths 30.8.2008 (at Forshaw Rugby Park – 1 try, 10 goals – also came on in First Grade and scored 2 tries – 35 points for the afternoon)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
25 – Third Grade vs Penrith 20.7.2013 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 5 tries)
Jack Leger-Ryan (No.8)
25 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 29.3.2014 (at Nepean Rugby Park – 4 tries then came on in Third Grade game to score another try, 5 for the afternoon).
Ben Lenehan (Winger)
24 – Fourth Grade vs Norths 11.5.2013 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 2 tries, 7 goals)
B.Finlay (Position ?)
24 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 1.8.1998 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 1 try, 8 goals, 1 p.goal)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
24 – Fourth Grade vs Souths 18.8.2012 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 2 tries, 7 goals)
Josh Munro (Halfback)
24 – Fourth Grade vs Gordon 8.8.2009 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 1 try, 8 goals, 1 p.goal)
Bernard Foley (Five-Eighth)
24 – Second Grade vs Souths 17.7.2010 (at University No.1 Oval – 1 try, 5 goals and 3 p.goals)
Justin Bosilkovski (Five-Eighth)
24 – Second Grade vs Manly 28.8.2010 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 9 goals, 2 p.goals )
Eddie Bredenhann (Halfback)
24 – Second Grade vs Wests 23.4.2011 (at UniNo.1 Oval 2 tries and 7 goals)
MOST POINTS IN A GAME:
Eddie Bredenhann (Halfback)
24 – Second Grade vs Penrith 23.7 (at Uni No.1 Oval 2 tries and 7 goals)
P.Stewart (Position?)
24 – Second Grade vs Hornsby 29.7.1978 (at Waitara Oval 2 tries and 8 goals) 4 pts a try 1978
Andrew Hendry (Fullback/Winger/Five-Eighth)
23 – Third Grade vs Warringah 24.7.1999 (at Uni No.1 Oval 3 tries, 4 goals)
Note: next three players scored when tries were worth 3 points only
B.McFarland (Unknown)
20 – Inter-Varsity vs Tasmania 25.5.1964 (In Melbourne – 2 tries, 7 goals)
John Dowse (Winger)
19 – Second Grade vs Randwick 3.7.1954 (at Uni No.1 Oval – 1 try, 2 goals, 3 p.goals, 1 f.goal)
William Nicholas (Unknown)
19 – Second Grade vs Gordon 31.7.1937 (at Chatswood Oval – 3 tries, 5 goals)
MOST TRIES IN A GAME:
Nathan Trist (Fullback)
8 4th grade (v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Park – 21.8.2004)
Willie Du Plessis (Winger)
6 3rd grade (v Penrith scored 4 tries then went on in 2nd grade and scored a further 2 tries Nepean Rugby Park 4.5.2013)
? Wesley (Unknown)
6 2nd grade (v Glebe, Uni No.1 Oval – 22.7.1911)
? Richardson (Unknown)
5 2nd grade (v Glebe, Uni No.1 Oval – 22.7.1911)
Brian Green (Winger)
5 3rd grade (v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Pk – 23.6.2007)
Peter Egan (Unknown)
5 4th grade (v Smithfield 2nd Div 1983 – Ground Unknown
K.Chisholm (Unknown)
5 2nd grade (v St.George, Uni No.1 Oval – 12.8.1939)
B.A.Oxenham (Winger)
5 2nd grade (v Aust Garrison Hospital, No.1 Oval – 28.6.1939)
E.B. Riley (Unknown)
5 2nd grade (v St.George,Eskinville Oval – 19.5.1906)
Levi Dodd (Winger)
5 2nd grade (v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Park – 4.5.2013)
Cameron Lawrence (Fullback)
5 3rd grade (v Penrith, Uni No.1 Oval – 20.7.2013)
Jack Leger-Ryan (No.8)
5 4th grade (v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Park 29.3.2014) four tries in 4th grade and another when he went onto 3rds as a replacement
MOST GOALS IN A GAME:
Justin Bosilkovski 14 (Third Grade v Penrith, University No.1 Oval 7.5.2008)
Nathan Trist 12 (Fourth Grade v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Park 21.8.2004)
Matt Brecht 12 (Fourth Grade v Penrith, Nepean Rugby Park 13.5.2006)
Ben Lenehan 12 (Fourth Grade v Penrith, Uni No.1 Oval 20.7.2013)
David Fong 11 (Third Grade v Penrith, Uni No.1 Oval 20.7.2013)
Will Stow11 (Fourth Grade v Eastwood, T.G.Millner Field No.2 13.6.2009)
Tim Mornane 10 (Third Grade v Penrith, University No.1 Oval 13.8.2005)
Jeremy Atkin10 (Second Grade v Southern Districts, Forshaw Rugby Field 3.8.2008)
Dan C Kelly10 (Second Grade v Penrith, University No.1 Oval 10.5.2008)
Dan C Kelly 10 (Third Grade v Penrith, Weekender Park 2.8.2008)
Angus Roberts10 (Second Grade vs Gordon, University No.1 Oval 25.6. 2011)
Bill Macklin 10 (Fourth Grade vs Gordon, Chatswood Oval 10.5.2014)
Byron Hodge 10 (Second Grade vs Penrith, Uni No.1 Oval 17.5.2014)
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A GAME:
David Kearney 3 vs Gordon at No.1 Oval 1.8.1987
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MOST CAREER POINTS FROM 5TH GRADE TO 2ND GRADE:
Greg Thompson613 points (1998-2004) 17 tries, 156 goals, 70 p.goals, 2 f.goals
Nathan Trist589 points (2003-2013) 68 tries, 90 goals, 23 p.goals
David Dillon568 points (2003-2014) 32 tries, 144 goals, 39 p.goals, 1 f.goal
Jack Macklin532 points (2011-2015) 21 tries, 134 goals, 53 p.goals
Justin Bosilkovski529 points (2008-2010) 22 tries, 151 goals, 39 p.goals
Dan C.Kelly (Snr)528 points (2005-2008) 15 tries, 126 goals, 67 p.goals
Cameron Lawrence501 points (2010-2013) 64 tries, 70 goals, 13 p.goals
David Fong452 points (2012-2014) 21 tries, 139 goals, 23 p.goals
Andrew Hendry447 points (1998-2004) 26 tries, 88 goals, 45 p.goals, 2 f.goals
Nick Hagen375 points (2000-2006) 75 tries
Byron Hodge342 points (2012-2015) 5 tries, 118 goals, 27 p.goals
Steve Harding337 points (1999-2002) 19 tries, 91 goals, 20 p.goals
MOST CAREER TRIES:
Nick Hagen 75 in 122 games (2000-2006)
Nathan Trist 68 in 83 games (2003-2013)
Cameron Lawrence 64 in 71 games (2010-2013)
Hugo Dessens 60 in 118 games (2008-2014)
Julian James 50 in 104 games (2005-2013)
Nick Edwards 48 in 79 games (2003-2012)
Willie De Plessis 42 in 61 games (2010-2014)
MOST TRIES BY A TEAM IN A GAME:
Second Grade 20 vs Glebe, 22.7.1911 at Uni No.1 Oval (3 pts a try)
Third Grade 23 vs Penrith, 20.7.2013 at Uni No. 1 Oval
Fourth Grade 23 vs Penrith, 21.8.2004 at Nepean Rugby Park
Fifth Grade 14 vs Penrith, 19.5.2001 at St. John’s No.2 Oval
Subbies (Meldrum Cup)
15 vs Bronte Savers, 22.4.2006 at St. Pauls Oval.
MOST TRIES ON DEBUT GAME:
Tom Tombleson 4 vs Penrith 8.3.2009 4th grade (Emu Rugby Park)
Micheal Beleinacere 4 vs Norths 7.5.2011 4th grade (Uni No.1 Oval)
Joe Kavoa 4 vs Souths 12.5.2012 5th grade (Forshaw Rugby Park)
Jack Leger-Ryan4 vs Penrith 29.3.2014 4th grade (Nepean Rugby Park) (Jack scored a fifth try same day when he went onto 3rd Grade as a replacement)
QUICKEST TRY IN A GAME:
Sam English11 seconds, Fourth Grade v Parramatta 6.4.2013 (Merrylands RSL Park)
Micheal Pollastri12 seconds, Third Grade v Gordon 10.8.2013 (Uni No.1 Oval)
Matt Durrant15 seconds, Fourth Grade v Penrith 21.8.2004 (Nepean Rugby Park)
Harry Marples15 seconds,Third Grade v Penrith 4.5.2013 (Nepean Rugby Park)
Micheal Pollistri15 seconds, Third Grade v Penrith 4.5.2013 (Nepean Rugby Park)
Jack Leger-Ryan15 seconds, Fourth grade vs Norths 25.4.2015 (Bon Andrews Oval)
QUICKEST CENTURY IN A SEASON:
Cameron Lawrence5 games, 104 points Vs Souths at Forshaw Rugby Park on 12.5.2012 10 tries, 18 goals, 6 p.goals
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON:
Justin Bosilkovski 295 (2010)
David Dillon 254 (2004)
Cameron Lawrence 246 (2012)
Matt Brecht 240 (2006-Meldrum Cup-Subbies)
Hayden Bushell 228 (2009)
Ben Lenehan 209 (2013)
Hugh Darwell 174 (1983)
Nathan Trist 174 (2004)
Nathan Trist 168 (2005)
David Fong 166 (2012)
Jack Macklin 160 (2012)
Steve Harding 158 (2000)
Dan C. Kelly (Snr.) 158 (2005)
Byron Hodge 157 (2013)
Jamie Ross 156 (1983)
Eddie Brenenhan 156 (2011)
David Fong 155 (2013)
W.P.Nicholas 152 (1937)
Byron Hodge 152 (2014)
Greg Thompson 149 (2003)
Dan C.Kelly (Snr.) 147 (2008)
Andrew Hendry 141 (2001)
Sione Kaivelata 140 (2012) (All Tries)
Bill Macklin 140 (2014)
Jack Macklin 139 (2011)
Al Hayes 137 (1964) (First lower grade player to reach a century)
David Fong 135 (2014)
Jamie Ross 134 (1983) 2nd Div
Tom Wilson 134 (2015)
Greg Thompson 132 (2001)
Cameron Lawrence 128 (2013)
Lindsay Rimes 125 (2000)
Dan C. Kelly (Snr.) 120 (2006)
James Cameron 117 (2011)
Jack Macklin 114 (2013)
Rennie Field 110 (2000)
Sam English 110 (2013)
Jason Hofmeyr 106 (2014)
David Dillon 105 (2014)
Steve Harding 104 (2001)
Bill Macklin 104 (2015)
Dan C. Kelly (Snr.) 103 (2007)
Peter Horrobin 102 (1966)
Rennie Field 101 (2003)
Nick Edwards 100 (2007)
Andrew Hendry 100 (2003)
Ben Cannon 100 (2013)
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MOST TRIES IN A SEASON:
Sione Kaivelata 28 (2012) in 16 games
Cameron Lawrence 25 (2012) in 18 games
John Reid 22 (1964) in 18 games
Sam English 22 (2013) in 21 games
Nick Edwards 20 (2007) in 19 games
Cameron Lawrence 20 (2013) in 16 games
Willie Du Plessis 19 (2013) in 19 games
Ben Lenehan 19 (2013) in 15 games
Matt Narracott 19 (2015) in 15 games
Zumbayr Abrahams 18 (2011) in 23 games
Josh Koops 17 (2011) in 21 games
Nick Hagen 17 (2003) in 21 games
Tom Tombelson 17 (2009) in 16 games
Darren Amituania 17 (2008) in 18 games
Fadi Saad 17 (2014) in 18 games
Luke van der Rijt 16 (2005) in 25 games
Mark O’Dare 16 (2012) in 18 games
Paul Gresham 15 (1983) in 17 games 2nd Div
Nathan Trist 15 (2004) in 13 games
Nathan Trist 15 (2005) in 22 games
Levi Dodd 15 (2011) in 20 games
Levi Dodd 15 (2013) in 20 games
Jack Sullivan 15 (2014) in 16 games
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON:
Justin Bosilkovski 112 (2010)
Matt Brecht 90 (2006 Meldrum Cup)
David Dillon 86 (2004)
Hayden Bushell 74 (2009)
Byron Hodge 70 (2013)
MOST GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES IN LOWER GRADES:
Scott Cameron7, Colts II 2000, 2001, 2nd Grade 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 4th Grade 2013
James McMahon7, Colts I 2007, 2008, 2nd Grade 2012, 2014, 2015, 3rd Grade 2009, 2013
Aldy King6, Colts II 2007, 2nd Grade 2010, 2012, 2013, 3rd Grade 2011, 2014
James Swan6, Colts III 2008, 2009, Colts II 2010, 4th Grade 2013, 2nd Grade 2014, 2015
Byron Hodge6, Colts II 2010, Colts I 2011, 2nd Grade 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Jake Gordon 5, Colts III 2011, 2012, Colts I 2013, 2nd Grade 2014, 2015
Alistar Boyd 5, Colts III 1998, 1999, 2000, Colts II 2001, 4th Grade 2002
Hugo Dessens5, 2nd Grade 2012, 2013, 2014, 3rd Grade 2011, 4th Grade 2010
Chris Ingate 5, Colts I 2011, 2012, 2013, 2nd Grade 2014, 2015
James Nonu-Carling5, Colts III 2010, Colts II 2011, Colts I 2012, 3rd Grade 2013, 2014
Benn Melrose 5, Colts I 2011, 2012, 2nd Grade 2013, 2014, 2015
Jack Macklin 5, 3rd Grade 2011, 2012, 2013, 2nd Grade 2014, 2015
BIGGEST WIN:
Second Grade 109-0 verses Parramatta, 4.4.2009 (Two Blues Oval)
Third Grade 153-0 versus Penrith, 20.7.2013 (Uni No.1 Oval)
Fourth Grade 139-0 versus Penrith, 21.8.2004 (Nepean Rugby Park)
Fifth Grade 84-0 versus Penrith, 26.5.2001 (St. John’s Oval)
Meldrum Cup 98-15 versus Bronte, 22.7.2006 (St. Pauls Oval)
Note: Second Grade Vs Glebe, 22.7.1911 scored 20 tries and 4 conversions, by today scoring would have been 108-0. There score was 68-0.
Note: The 2006 Meldrum Cup side lost to Bronte in Grand Final same year, 15-18.
BIGGEST LOSS:
Second Grade 12-71 versus Eastwood, 23.8.1997 (T.G.Millner Field)
Third Grade 0-36 verses Norths, 22.8.1964 (North Sydney Oval)
Fourth Grade 7-43 versus Randwick, 5.8.2000 (Coogee Oval)
Fifth Grade 0-58 versus Randwick, 21.8.1982 (St. John’s Oval)
Kentwell Cup 0-52 verses AMP, 9.5.1964 (Ground unknown)
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Before 1880, 1 point for try
1880: tries worth 2 points
1881-1971: tries worth 3 points
1972-1992 tries worth 4 points
1993- tries worth 5 points
HIGHEST 1ST GRADE POINTS SCORER
LEADING TRY SCORER
From 1866 to 1932 no century was reached.
1866 Michael O’Meara 3 1866 Michael O’Meara 1
Note: Only have records from one game in 1866 season.
1877 G.C.Waldron 3 1877 ?.Fitzpatrick 2
Note: Only have records from one game in 1877 season.
1878 R.Bowman 4 1878 E.J.Raper 1
1879 R.Bowman 15 1879 E.J.Raper 4
1880 R.Bowman 39 1880 E.J.Raper 5
1881 W.Flynn 18 1881 E.J.Raper eq 5
C. Rygate eq 5
1882 W.Flynn 34 1882 W.Flynn eq 5
1883 P.Bayliss 18 1883 E.J.Raper 6
1884 P.Bayliss 25 1884 C.L.Tange eq 4
J.R.Wood eq 4
1885 J.R.Wood 21 1885 L.E.F. Neill 4
1886 J.R.Wood 53 1886 J.R.Wood 7
1887 J.R.Wood 18 1887 C.L.Tange 6
1888 H.M.Bayliss 16 1888 L.E.F.Neill eq 2
C.L.Tange eq 2
1889 P.Flynn 34 1889 P.B.Colquhoun eq 2
W.Bellridge eq 2
P.Flynn eq 2
T.P.Moloney eq 2
1890 P.B.Colquhoun 56 1890 P.B.Colquhoun 7
1891 H.P.Abbott 27 1891 H.P.Abbott 7
1892 J.E.Moulton 72 1892 J.E.Moulton 9
1893 H.P.Abbott 40 1893 H.P.Abbott eq 2
H.Cox eq 2
? Sawyer eq 2
1894 H.Rowlands 26 1894 W.L.Walker 6
1895 H.P.Abbott 25 1895 W.A.Shortland 8
1896 P.B.Colquhoun 18 1896 P.B.Colquhoun 4
1897 W.A.Shortland 16 1897 W.A.Shortland 4
1898 H.P.Blaney 21 1898 H.P.Blaney 7
1899 G.B.Thomas 18 1899 H.D.Braund 4
1900 H.P.Blaney 68 1900 H.P.Blaney 12***
1901 H.P.Blaney 67 1901 S.McDowall 12***
1902 H.P.Blaney 49 1902 N.Barker 9
1903 R.Harris 27 1903 V.S.Futter 5
1904 C.A.Verge 24 1904 V.S.Futter eq 8***
A.D.W.Fisher eq 8***
HIGHEST 1ST GRADE POINTS SCORER
LEADING TRY SCORER
1905 V.S.Futter 30 1905 V.S.Futter 10
1906 A.J.McKenzie 35 1906 A.D.W.Fisher 6***
1907 H.Waddell 36 1907 N.G.Barker 6
1908 C.A.Verge 33 1908 James C.Hughes eq 9***
W.F.Matthews eq 9***
1909 C.A.Verge 25 1909 C.A.Pockley 6
1910 E.M.Fisher 39 1910 R.Adamson eq 6
C.A.Pockley eq 6
1911 L.S.Reynolds 52 1911 C.A.Pockley 9
1912 E.A. Southee 56 1912 E.A. Southee 14***
1913 R.Aspinall 29 1913 G.Harden 4
1914 N.G.Sutton 27 1914 N.G.Sutton 9
1915 J.Morgan 18 1915 J.Morgan 6
No games due to WW1
1919 E.M.Shepherd 36 1919 E.M.Shepherd 12
1920 T.Lawton 69 1920 C.R.Farquhar 11
1921 O.Nothling 31 1921 J.R.Black 8
1922 R.G.Stanley 43 1922 Otto Nothling 17***
1923 R.G.Stanley 74 1923 Otto Nothling 20***
1924 M.Hesslein 70^^ 1924 Otto Nothling 10
1925 A.W.Ross 42 1925 R.H.Foote 8
1926 A.W.Ross 60 1926 A.M Johnstone 14***
1927 W.B.J.Sheehan 55 1927 W.H.Mann 11
1928 I.M.Edwards 37 1928 W.H.Mann eq 7
W.H.Hemingway eq 7
1929 J.M.Gibson 19 1929 W.H.Mann eq 4
J.M.Gibson eq 4
1930 W.H.Hemingway 53 1930 W.H.Hemingway 13
1931 W.H.Hemingway 59 1931 W.H.Hemingway 8
1932 S.K.Kennedy 23 1932 A.K.Kennedy 5
1933 A.K.Kennedy 44 1933 D.I. Burfitt 14***
1934 R.Westfield 89^^ 1934 A.K.Kennedy 7
1935 William P. Nicholas 106++^^ 1935 William P.Nicholas 9
1936 William P. Nicholas 198++^^ 1936 William P.Nicholas 17
1937 F.Gray 71 1937 John Hardcastle 11
1938 W.H.Travers 51 1938 B.A.Taylor 7
1939 H.Denning 100 1939 Doug. McCloskey 16***
1940 Norm H. Rutledge 73 1940 Phil Hardcastle 8
1941 Norm H. Rutledge 141^^ 1941 Norm H.Rutledge 10
1942 Norm H. Rutledge 189++^^ 1942 Norm H.Rutledge 11
1943 George Cummins Jr. 58 1943 George Cummins Jr. 7
FIRST GRADE HIGHEST POINT SCORER AND HIGHEST TRY SCORER SINCE 1866
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HIGHEST 1ST GRADE POINTS SCORER
LEADING TRY SCORER
1944 George Cummins Jr.130 ^^ 1944 George Cummins Jr. 12
1945 Brian Piper 84 1945 Ted Barton 16
1946 J.Stenmark 51 1946 T.McBride eq 5
Jack Devery eq 5
Elliott Masters eq 5
1947 J.Stenmark 41 1947 Elliott Masters 7
1948 W(Bill) Wileman 55 1948 Ralph Garner 9
1949 W(Bill) Wileman 100 1949 Ralph Garner 10
1950 Peter Knibbs 77 1950 Ralph Garner 9
1951 Peter Knibbs 45 1951 John Solomon 8
Note: Only have records for 5 games in 1951 season.
1952 John.D.Brockoff 51 1952 John.D.Brockoff 8
1953 John Solomon 16 1953 Mick Best eq 7
Peter Barnard eq 7
Note: Only have records for 6 games in 1953.
1954 John Dowse 31 1954 Peter Barnard 11
Note: Only have records for 3 games for John in 1954.
1955 John Dowse 130^^ 1955 Rod Phelps 11
1956 John Dowse 78 1956 Deery Hill 11
1957 Mal Stuart 100 1957 Lloyd Hughes 9
1958 Mal Stuart 107 1958 Lloyd Hughes 15***
1959 Mal Stuart 107 1959 Ted Magrath 20***
1960 Geoff Chapman 34 1960 Stewart Boyce 9
1961 Mal Stuart 63 1961 Stewart Boyce 14
1962 Geoff Chapman 110 1962 Ted.Magrath 20
1963 Geoff Chapman 103 1963 Rupert Rosenbulm 6
1964 Paul Wansey 113 1964 Jim Boyce 14
1965 Paul Wansey 83 1965 Rupert Rosenblum 11
1966 Stuart Boland 169 1966 Hamish Munro 11
1967 Stuart Boland 196 1967 Stewart Boyce 20
1968 Stuart Boland 188 1968 Terry Forman ?
1969 Stuart Boland 115 1969 Gary Smoker eq 5
John Winchester eq 5
Geoff Hodgkinson eq 5
1970 Gary Smoker 97 1970 Terry Forman 12
1971 Rupert Rosenblum 146 1971 John Taylor 17
1972 Rupert Rosenblum 109 1972 John Taylor 12
1973 Rupert Rosenbulm 87 1973 Garry Foster 9
1974 Kevin O’Hara 175 1974 Garry Foster 10
1975 Phil Crowe 42 1975 Tony Freestone eq 4
Jim L’Estrange eq 4
1976 Phil Crowe 126 1976 Phil Crowe 8
1977 Kevin O’Hara 119 1977 Bruce Clements 4
1978 Micheal Hawker 92 1978 Tom Jenkins eq 6
Hugh Wolfenden eq 6
Phil Tuck eq 6
1979 Mark Burgess 84 1979 Andrew Perkins 17
1980 Mark Burgess 123 1980 Mark Burgess eq 4
Phil Crowe eq 4
Bill Meagher eq 4
HIGHEST 1ST GRADE POINTS SCORER
LEADING TRY SCORER
1981 Dave Gallagher 42 1981 Micheal Hawker eq 4
David Vaux eq 4
1982 David Loxton 99 1982 Damien Brown 9
1983 David Loxton 238 1983 Peter Farr-Jones 22
1984 David Croft 60 1984 Nick Farr-Jones 7
1985 David Croft 203 1985 Bob Egerton 20
1986 David Croft 140 1986 Rob McEwan 4
1987 David Croft 204 1987 David Croft eq 4
Richard Dowsett eq 4
Damian Frawley eq 4
1988 David Croft 80 1988 David James 6
1989 David Croft 81 1989 Jim Fenwicke 6
1990 Anthony Merlo 118 1990 Bob Egerton 10
1991 David Croft 124 1991 Richie Maher 10
1992 Dave Kearney 128 1992 Michael Forsythe eq 6
Dave Kearney eq 6
Brad Pillinger eq 6
1993 John Taylor 103 1993 Craig Dean eq 8
Nick Hill eq 8
1994 Jason Thompson 72 1994 Nick Hill 11
1995 Ollie Harvey 141 1995 Matt Duffy 6
1996 Joe Robinson 55 1996 Richie Maher 8
1997 Tim Kelaher 91 1997 Andrew Harding 10
1998 Mark Catchpole 65 1998 Mark Catchpole 13
1999 Chris Malone 160 1999 Mark Catchpole eq 11
Ed Carter eq 11
2000 Chris Malone 193 2000 Scott Stumbles 8
2001 Chris Malone 221 2001 Matt Nethery 13
2002 Ben Martin 183 2002 Ben Martin 14
Brock James 160
2003 Brock James 209 2003 Lenny Beckett 15
2004 Daniel Halangahu 156 2004 Peter Playford 16
2005 Scott Stumbles 166 2005 Peter Playford 29***
2006 Daniel Halangahu 109 2006 Tom Carter 10
2007 Daniel Halangahu 117 2007 Tom Carter 12
2008 Daniel Halangahu 197 2008 Jerry Yanuyanutawa eq 11
2008 Dan P Kelly 120 Nathan Trist eq 11
2009 Daniel Halangahu 210 2009 Nathan Trist 21
Nathan Trist 172
2010 Dan P Kelly 108 2010 Nathan Trist 17
2011 Berrick Barnes 104 2011 Bernard Foley 13
2012 Dan P Kelly 100 2012 Angus Roberts 11
2013 Greg Jeloudev 111 2013 Greg Jeloudev 21***
2014 Dan P Kelly 139 2014 James Dargaville 19
2015 Byron Hodge 108 2015 Mitchell Whiteley 8
^^ Denotes Leading point scorer that season (all clubs)
++ Denotes Semi Final, Final and Grand Final Points included
*** Denotes highest try scorer in 1st Grade Competition (all Clubs)
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YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP
No semi finals, finals etc just first past the post system
1865 Sydney Uni and Sydney F.C. Joint Premiers
1866 * Sydney Uni
1867 * Sydney Uni
1868 * Sydney Uni andThe 50th Queen's Own Regiment
Joint Premiers
1869 * Sydney Uni
1870 * Wallaroo
1871 * Sydney Uni and Wallaroo F.C. Joint Premiers
1872 * Wallaroo Sydney Uni
1873 * Sydney Uni and Wallaroo F.C. Joint Premiers
7 Comps 1 R/Up
UNDER SOUTHERN RUGBY UNION 1874-1891
YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP
1874 * Wallaroo
1875 Sydney Uni and Waratah Joint Premiers
1876 Wallaroo
1877 Sydney Uni
1878 Wallaroo and *Waratah Joint Premiers
1879 Wallaroo
1880 Wallaroo
1881 Sydney Uni
1882 Sydney Uni
1883 Redfern Gardiner Challenge Cup 1883-1889
In 1883, The 'Gardiners Cup' was introduced for the premiership of the Senior Rugby Competition in Sydney.
Under the rules of the competition, if a club won it three times you kept the cup. Sydney University holds the cup due to its success in 1885, 1887 and 1888 and still resides in our Grandstand Trophy cabinet today.
1884 Burwood
1885 Sydney Uni
1886 Gordon Sydney Uni
1887 * Sydney Uni 12-0 ArformaWon the Southern Rugby Football Union Title. 2nd Grade also Undefeated Premiers this season
1888 * Sydney Uni
1889 * Sydney Uni Strathfield
1890 * Sydney Uni 31-6 Strathfield Won the RAS Trophy RAS Sheild 1890-1893
1891 * Sydney Uni 26-8 Zealander 2nd Grade also Undefeated Premiers this season
1892 * Wallaroo 3-0 Sydney Uni 2nd grade Premiers this season under NSW Rugby Football Union 1892-1896
1893 Sydney Uni 3-0 Randwick
1894 Randwick 8-0 Wallaroo Union Medal Competition 1894 to 1896
1895 Randwick 13-8 Wallaroo Balmain in for Wentworth this year
1896 Randwick 12-3 Wentworth6 clubs Randwick, Paddington, Sydney Uni, Wallaroo and Wentworth. (Paddington dropped out of comp, Rd 4)
1897 Randwick 17-6 Pirates6 clubs Randwick, Paddington, Sydney Uni, Wallaroo and Pirate and Sydney (Paddington dropped out of comp, Rd 3)
1898 Pirates 9-3 Sydney Nash Cup from 1897-1899 – 6 clubs same as above
1899 Wallaroo 16-8 Sydney
11 Comps 2 R/Up
FIRST GRADE FINAL/GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES FROM 1865
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UNDER METROPOLITAN RUGBY UNION 1900-1914
YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP
First past the post if not equal after normal rounds.
1900 Glebe Sydney Uni Glebe Undefeated Premiers in 2nd and 3rd grade competitions also in 1900
1901 Sydney Uni and GlebeJoint Premiers 8 clubs in Comp Easts, Wests, Souths, Norths, Syd Uni, Balmain, Glebe and Newtown
1902 Wests 4-3 Sydney Uni
1903 Easts Glebe at Uni No.1 Oval on the 26.8.1902
1904 Sydney Uni North Syd Joint Premiers with Glebe in 2nd Grade this season
1905 South Sydney Glebe
1906 Glebe 16-8 Newtownat Uni No.1 Oval on the 8.9.1906 Sydney/Easts in top four. Sydney Uni withdrew from comp to go to New Zealand
1907 Glebe 13-0 Sydney Uni at the S.C.G on the 31.8.1907
1908 Newtown 17-0 Sydney Uni at the S.C.G on the 3.8.1908
1909 Glebe 17-6 South Sydney at the S.C.G. on the ?
1910 * Newtown 14-5 Glebe
1911 Newtown 27-10 Sydney Uni At Uni No.1 Oval on ?
1912 Glebe 6-5 Wests At Uni No.1 Oval on 7.9.1912
1913 Easts Glebe
1914 Glebe 29-11 South Sydneyat Uni No.1 on 29.8.1914 (11 teams in Comp) Randwick, North Sydney, Balmain, St. George, South Sydney, Wests, Easts, Manly, SU, Newtown and Glebe
1915-18 No Comp WS,ES,Manly,S.U.,Newt and Glebe. (1915, 10 teams no Wests but a Mosman instead)
1919 Sydney Uni 39-25 Glebe-Balmainat Sydney Sports Ground, Referee Mr. T.H.Bosward (Only six clubs in comp, Sydney Uni, Glebe, Manly, Easts, YMCA and Cambridge
Under the NSWRU 1919-1965, 1987-1988, 1992-2010
1920 Sydney Uni Easts
1921 Easts 9-6 Manly at Manly Oval
1922 Manly 6-6 Glebe-Balmain at Manly Oval. Manly being in front on Competition points take the premiership in 1922
4 Comps 5 R/Up
SHUTE SHIELD COMPETITION FROM 1923
YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP
1923 Sydney Uni 23-14 Glebe-Balmain at St. Lukes Oval, Concord on 15.9.1923
1924 Sydney Uni 19-10 Wests at The Grammar Ground on 6.9.1924
1925 Glebe-Balmain Wests Last round 15.8.1925 (No Final)
1926 Sydney Uni 19-15 Randwick at Sydney Sports Ground on 28.9.1926
1927 Sydney Uni 21-11 Manly at University No.1 Oval on the 6.8.1927
1928 Sydney Uni 38-11 YMCA at University No.1 Oval on the 1.9.1928
1929 Wests 18-9 Norths at Sydney Cricket Ground 31.9.1929
1930 Randwick Glebe-Balmain No Final
1931 Easts 16-9 Manly At the S.C.G. On the 8.8.1931 – 1932 the year semi finals, finals and grand finals were introduced
1932 Manly 12-9 Drummoyne At the S.C.G. on the 3.9.1932 – Norths/Sydney Uni other semi finalists
1933 Norths 8-6 Manly At the S.C.G on the 16.9.1933 – Randwick/Wests other semi finalists
1934 Randwick 13-12 Manly At the S.C.G. On the 15.9.1934 – Sydney Uni/Norths other semi finalists
1935 Norths 22-5 Manly At North Sydney Oval on the 14.9.1935 – Randwick/Drummoyne other semi finalists
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1936 Drummoyne 19-18 Sydney Uni At North Sydney Oval – Randwick/Wests other semi finalists
1937 Sydney Uni 14-3 Wests At North Sydney Oval – Drummoyne/Easts other semi finalists
1938 Randwick 26-12 Wests Sydney Sports Ground – Drummoyne/Manly other semi finalists
1939 Sydney Uni 25-17 Randwick North Sydney Oval – Gordon/Norths other semi finalists
1940 Randwick 20-10 Manly St.George/Drummoyne other semi finalists
1941 Easts 9-6 Sydney Uni Randwick/Manly other semi finalists
1942 Manly 22-6 Sydney Uni Easts/Parramatta other semi finalists (Semi finals played at Uni No.1) though the 1940's
1943 Manly 5-0 Easts Randwick/Wests other semi finalists
1944 Easts 7-3 Sydney Uni Randwick//Wests other semi finalists
1945 Sydney Uni 11-3 Parramatta Randwick/Easts other semi finalists
1946 Easts 23-12 Randwick Parramatta/Drummoyne other semi finalists
1947 Easts 32-6 Manly Gordon/Randwick other semi finalists
1948 Randwick 27-14 Manly Gordon/Easts other semi finalists
1949 Gordon 12-3 Sydney Uni Randwick/Easts other semi finalists
1950 Manly 21-15 Gordon Easts/Norths other semi finalists
1951 Sydney Uni 22-16 Easts at RAS Manly/Norths other semi finalists
1952 Gordon 19-6 Manly Easts/Eastwood other semi finalists
1953 Sydney Uni 29-6 Easts at RAS Eastwood/Manly other semi finalists
1954 Sydney Uni 22-17 St.George at RAS Eastwood/Easts other semi finalists
1955 Sydney Uni 21-8 Gordon at RAS Easts/St.George other semi finalists
1956 Gordon 13-11 St.George Randwick/Easts other semi finalists
1957 St.George 21-3 Gordon Randwick/Manly other semi finalists
1958 Gordon 13-3 Manly St.George/Easts other semi finalists
1959 Randwick 16-0 Norths Manly/St.George other semi finalists
1960 Norths 21-3 Manly at Sydney Sports Ground 17.9.1960, Gordon/Randwick other semi finalists
1961 Sydney Uni 6-0 Drummoyne at Sydney Sports Ground, St.George/Gordon other semi finalists
1962 Sydney Uni 14-0 Randwick First Division 1962-1992 at Sydney Sports Ground, Easts/Gordon other semi finalists
1963 Norths 21-12 Sydney Uni at Sydney Sports Ground, St.George/Randwick other semi finalists
1964 Norths 27-13 Sydney Uni at Sydney Sports Ground, Drummoyne/Randwick other semi finalists
1965 Randwick 26-5 Norths at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Uni/ Easts other semi finalists
1966 Randwick 30-11 EastwoodUnder the SRU 1966-1986, 1989-1991, 2011 – Sydney Sports Ground Norths/Manly other semi finalists
1967 Randwick 19-16 Gordon at Sydney Sports ground, Sydney Uni/Manly other semi finalists
1968 Sydney Uni 22-6 Manly (Lost one game all season) at Sydney Sports Ground, Drummoyne/Randwick other semi finalists
1969 Easts 16-12 Gordon at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Uni/Manly other semi finalists
1970 Sydney Uni 24-14 Easts at Sydney Sports Ground, Gordon/Drummoyne other semi finalists
1971 Randwick 21-3 Manly at Sydney Sports Ground, Gordon/Easts other semi finalists
1972 Sydney Uni 10-6 Gordon at Sydney Sports Ground, Eastwood/Randwick other semi finalists
1973 Randwick 15-12 Wests Gordon/Norths other semi finalists
1974 Randwick 10-9 Parramatta Eastwood/Gordon/Sydney Uni/Drummoyne other semi finalists (6) in Semis now
1975 Norths 9-6 Parramatta Randwick/Eastwood/Gordon/Wests other semi finalists
1976 Gordon 33-4 Eastwood Easts/Parramatta/Sydney Uni/Norths other semi finalists 25.9.1976
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YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP
1977 Parramatta 17-9 Randwick
1978 Randwick 22-10 Easts
1979 Randwick 34-3 Parramatta
1980 Randwick 41-3 Gordon
1981 Randwick 33-15 Manly
1982 Randwick 21-12 Warringah
1983 Manly 12-10 Randwick Sydney Uni won 2nd Division Competition 1983 vs Norths 28-6 at David Phillips Field
1984 Randwick 21-9 Parramatta
1985 Parramatta 19-12 Randwick
1986 Parramatta 30-12 Randwick
1987 Randwick 19-16 Warringah NSW Championship Clubs 1987-1988
1988 Randwick 26-13 Warringah Under the Sydney Rugby Union 1989-1991
1989 Randwick 19-6 Eastwood Sydney Uni won 2nd Division Competition 1983 vs Norths 28-6 at David Phillips Field
1990 Randwick 32-9 Easts
1991 Randwick 28-9 Easts
1992 Randwick 28-14 Gordon Under the NSWRU 1992-2001
1993 Gordon 23-19 Warringah
1994 Randwick 36-16 Warringah
1995 Gordon 24-11 Canberra
1996 Randwick 28-6 Warringah
1997 Manly 34-19 Eastwood
1998 Gordon 40-17 Norths
1999 Eastwood 34-17 Sydney Uni at Sydney Football Stadium
2000 Randwick 36-33 Sydney Uni
2001 Sydney Uni 27-20 Eastwood
2002 Eastwood 19-15 Sydney Uni Premier Rugby, (Tooheys New Cup)
2003 Eastwood 29-14 Randwick
2004 Randwick 35-22 Eastwood
2005 Sydney Uni 41-5 Eastwood
2006 Sydney Uni 16-10 Randwick
2007 Sydney Uni 34-11 Easts Tooheys New Shute Shield
2008 Sydney Uni 45-20 Randwick
2009 Sydney Uni 24-19 Randwick
2010 Sydney Uni 46-6 Randwick at Concord Oval
2011 Eastwood 19-16 Sydney Uni at Concord Oval
2012 Sydney Uni 15-14 Souths at Concord Oval
2013 Sydney Uni 51-6 Eastwood at Concord Oval
2014 Eastwood 33-13 Souths Sydney Uni/Warringah/Manly/? other semi finalist at Concord Oval
2015 Eastwood 15-12 Manly Souths/Sydney Uni/Randwick/Warringah other semi finalist at Concord Oval
30 Comps 11 R/Up
GRAND TOTAL
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NAME 1sts 2nds 3rds 4thsTOTAL GAMES FOR SEASON
TOTAL FIRST GRADE GAMES
TOTAL CLUB GAMES
Ball, Andy 3 3 7
Barclay, Sam 3 4 14 21 3 21
Batho, Alex 3 16 19 3 32
Betham, Peter 1 1 47 61
Black, Austin 1 4 5 5
Brown, Francis 1 2 3 1 3
Buckling, Callum 1 6 7 1 7
Cannon, Ben 1 16 17 60
Carter, Tom 9 9 177 202
Chapman Chris 2 4 1 1 8 2 36
Chapman, Jordan 3 12 2 9 45
Close, Eddie 4 4 4
Clunies-Ross, Henry 11 11 27 30
Coaldrake, Nick 1 16 3 20 25
Coe, Liam 2 2 2
Coolican, Tom 14 1 15 14 36
Dariche, M 1 1 1
Davies, Will 2 2 2 2
Deans, Nathaniel 3 1 4 3 7
Dennis, Dave 3 3 68 70
Draper, Richard 6 5 10 21 10 46
Dunbar, Stuart 11 1 12 38 63
Elbatoory, Bibal 5 3 8 8
English, Sam 5 5 47
Fainga'a Folau 2 1 3 2 3
Falconer-Adams, Lachlan 1 1 1
Finaungao, V 1 1 1
Foley, Connor 3 3 29
Follington, Brendan 10 10 10
Frazer, Hugh 7 9 16 1 75
Friend, Josh 7 8 15 15
Gilbert, Tom 17 17 17
Gordon, Jake 14 2 16 42 54
Gresham, Oliver 8 7 15 97
Griffiths, Rhys 8 10 18 33
Halaifonua, Tevita 4 4 4
Heslop, Tom 2 10 3 15 48 99
Hickey, David 18 18 74 78
Hillman, A 2 2 2
Hodge, Byron 16 7 23 30 78
PLAYER GAMES FOR 2015 SEASON
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NAME 1sts 2nds 3rds 4thsTOTAL GAMES FOR SEASON
TOTAL FIRST GRADE GAMES
TOTAL CLUB GAMES
Hood, Matthew 10 10 11
Holmes, Tyne 1 11 12 12
Hudd, George 5 12 17 24
Hughes, Ben 2 1 3 2 3
Hunter, Andrew 16 16 59
Ingate, Chris 2 10 1 13 13 31
Jeloudev, Greg 8 8 41 55
Jones, Jack 4 4 26
King, Aldy 2 2 42 127
King, Josh 9 6 15 15
Kingston, Tom 8 8 41 51
Koerstz, Tom 1 7 8 2 18 1 18
Koops, Josh 5 8 13 39
Latu, Tolu 4 4 20 35
Leatigaga, Joey 3 3 3
Ledger-Ryan, Jack 1 12 13 16
L'Estrange, Eddie 20 20 20
L'Estrange, Ollie 21 21 85
Lolo, George 1 3 1 5 5
Loseli, John 2 10 1 13 20
Macklin, Bill 18 18 42
Macklin, Jack 11 6 17 24 97
Marples, Harry 10 2 12 11 110
Mason, Cameron 5 5 44
Melrose, Ben 2 16 18 18 62
Merriman, Jack 8 12 20 29 61
Messara, Elliott 9 9 2 43
Mitra, Fergus 1 1 7
Mokofisi, John 16 16 24
Moore, Declan 4 2 6 2 6
Mose, Jorden 3 5 1 9 3 9
McCarthy, Dane 3 7 1 11 7 61
McCutcheon, Patrick 5 5 86 96
McIntosh, Callum 2 14 16 16
McLaughlin, Dougal 4 4 4
McMahon, James 7 11 18 49 131
Mulipola, Calvin 1 1 1
Mullin, Mal 8 8 8
Narracott, Matt 7 13 2 22 7 22
Nichol, John 9 9 27
Nonu-Carling, James 2 2 6 27
Nutt, Stewart 1 15 7 23 1 31
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NAME 1sts 2nds 3rds 4thsTOTAL GAMES FOR SEASON
TOTAL FIRST GRADE GAMES
TOTAL CLUB GAMES
O'Dare, Mark 15 6 21 16 40
O'Donnell, Chris 14 14 14
O'Regan, Rohan 8 5 13 8 16
O'Shea, Connor 4 2 6 4 6
Parker, Jack 2 2 5
Philip. Matt 14 8 22 14 22
Pohlen, David 1 8 9 35
Quinn, Sam 5 19 24 14 40
Randall, Harry 3 3 4
Redden, Jack 1 1 1
Ridley, Will 1 1 1
Roberts, Angus 16 3 19 35 52
Robertson, Tom 17 1 18 24 33
Ryan, Alistair 15 3 18 24 60
Ryan, Paddy 4 1 5 72 98
Sailosi, Favia 2 2 57
Sandell, Matthew 4 3 2 9 9 17
Shaw, Tom 4 7 2 13 4 13
Simpson. Dan 3 3 53
Spencer, Jay 1 1 1
Stanford, Jack 18 18 21
Stamp, Alex 4 4 27
Stewart, James 17 17 31 31
Sukkar, Jordan
Suzuki, Nao 7 7 13
Swan, James 18 18 81
Tagituimua, Mesake 14 6 20 20
Takeuschi, Yoki 2 7 9 9
Tilse, Jeremy 5 5 109 142
Talakai, Chris 1 4 11 1 17 1 17
Talanoa, Sione 7 10 17 17
Tamatesasa, Elijah 1 4 5 5
Tave'a, Daniel 1 1 1
Tripp, Arthur 1 1 1
Vieira, Dylan 1 7 8 8
Wainwright, Jake 19 19 19 19
Whiteley, Mitchell 14 3 17 16 31
Wicken, Byron 1 18 19 19
Willan, James 5 3 8 30 70
Wilson, Tom 4 13 17 29
Winton, Liam 7 7 43 43
Yassmin, Christian 2 2 2 2
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COLTS RECORDSMOST POINTS IN A GAME:
Bernard Foley (Five Eighth)
54 points (Colts 1 v Penrith 10.5.2008 at Nepean Rugby Park – 2 tries, 22 goals)
Hayden Bushell (Winger)
53 points (Colts 2 v Penrith 13.5.2006 at Nepean Rugby Park – 5 tries, 14 goals) Bushell then went on in Colts 1 and scored a try and a goal – 60 points for the afternoon
Jack Freeman (Five Eighth)
40 points (Colts 1 v Parramatta 3.4.2010 at St. Pauls Oval – 4 tries, 10 goals)
Mitch Inman (Centre)
35 points (Colts 1 v Parramatta 11.8.2007 at Two Blues Park – 7 tries)
Justin Fourie (Winger)
33 points (Colts 1 v Penrith 21.3.2015 at St. Pauls Oval – 5 tries, 4 goals)
Jack Freeman (Winger)
32 points (Colts 2 v Parramatta 10.7.2010 at St. Pauls Oval – 6 tries, 1 goal)
Tom McColl (Fullback)
31 points (Colts 1 v Penrith 21.8.2004 at St. Pauls Oval – 3 tries, 8 goals)
Jack Howard (Fullback)
31 points (Colts 2 v Penrith 20.6.2009 at Nepean Rugby Park – 1 try, 13 goals)
David (Jock) Kearney31 points (Colts 1 v Manly 1984 at Manly Oval – 2 goals, 6 p.goals, 3 field goals)
Justin Fourie (Winger)
31 points (Colts 2 v Wests 28.6.2014 at St. Pauls Oval – 3 tries, 8 goals)
MOST TRIES IN A GAME:
Mitch Inman (Centre)
7 (Colts 1 v Parramatta at Two Blues Park 11.8.2007)
Harrison Brown (Winger)
6 (Colts 1 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 26.5.2007)
Jack Sullivan (Winger)
6 (Colts 2 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 10.7.2010)
Nick Burden (Centre)
6 (Colts 2 v Warringah at St. Pauls Oval 13.7.2013)
David Loxton 5 (Colts 1 v Not sure, 1981)
Tom Carter (Centre)
5 (Colts 1 v West Harbour at St Lukes Oval – 2001)
Laurie Weeks (Prop)
5 (Colts 2 v Randwick at University Oval 26.6.2005)
Haydon Bushell (Winger)
5 (Colts 2 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 13.5.2006)
Clinton Sills (Fullback)
5 (Colts 1 v Norths at St. Pauls Oval 24.7.2009)
Jack Sullivan (Centre)
5 (Colts 2 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 25.6.2010)
Daniel Potts (Winger)
5 (Colts 2 v Gordon at St. Pauls Oval 5.5.2012)
Matt Narracott (Winger)
5 (Colts 1 v Souths at St. Pauls Oval 18.5.2013)
Fadi Saad (Fullback)
5 (Colts 2 v Souths at Forshaw Rugby Park 3.8.2013)
Dylan Vieira (Fullback)
5 (Colts 2 v Parramatta at Merrylands Oval 12.7.2014)
Justin Fourie (Winger)
5 (Colts 1 v Penrith at St. Pauls Oval 21.3.2015)
MOST TRIES IN A SEASON:
Christian Yassmin (Winger)
32 Colts 1 & 2 2014
Anthony Lembke (Winger)
31 Colts 2 & 1 2nd Division 1983
Ben Hughes (Five-Eighth)
28 Colts 1 2014
Tom Shaw (No.8)
25 Colts 3 & 2 2012
MOST TRIES IN A SEASON CONTINUED:
Christian Yassmin (Winger)
25 Colts 1 & 2 2015
Luke Burgess (Halfback)
24 Colts 1 2003
Patrick Muller (Winger)
24 Colts 2 & 3 2015
Clinton Sills (Fullback)
23 Colts 1 2009
Matthew Hood (Fullback)
22 Colts 1 2013
Andrew Myles (Winger)
22 Colts 1 2nd Division 1983
Justin Fourie (Winger)
22 Colts 1 & 2 2014
Liam Brannigan (Not Sure)
21 Colts 1 & 2 1986
Ed Jenkins (Winger)
20 Colts 1 2006
Michael Hodge (Centre)
20 Colts 1 & 2 2008
John Stapleton (Winger)
20 Colts 2 & 3 2010
Matthew Hood (Fullback)
20 Colts 1 2014
BIGGEST WIN:
Colts 1 189-0 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 10.5.2008
Colts 2 123-0 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 13.5.2006
Colts 3 95-0 v Penrith at St Pauls Oval 28.3.2009
Colts 3 95-0 v Penrith at St Pauls Oval 2004
Colts 4 66-7 v Manly at St Pauls Oval 2002
Under 19’s 99-0 v Penrith at Weekender Park
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON:
Bernard Foley (Five-Eighth) Colts 1
435 points (19 tries, 125 goals, 30 penalty goals in 2008)
Byron Hodge (Lock) Colts 1 & 2
270 points (2 tries, 85 goals, 30 penalty goals in 2011)
Jack Freeman (Fullback) Colts 1
261 points (15 tries, 88 goals, 3 penalty goals in 2015)
Christian Kagiassis (Winger) Colts 1
260 points (14 tries, 57 goals, 6 penalty goals in 2014)
Ben Martin (Winger) Colts 1
253 points (No breakdown of Ben’s feat in 2001)
Tianua Poto (Five-Eighth) Colts 1 & 2
249 points (9 tries, 87 goals, 10 penalty goals in 2013)
Bernard Foley (Five-Eighth) Colts 1
242 points (11tries, 80 goals, 8 penalty goals, 1 f/g in 2009)
Ryan Matthews (Five-Eighth) Colts 2
242 points (7 tries, 78 goals, 17 penalty goals in 2008)
Christian Kagiassis (Fullback) Colts 1 & 2
202 points (14 tries, 57 goals, 6 penalty goals in 2014)
Hayden Bushell (Winger) Colts 1
201 points (9 tries, 66 goals, 8 penalty goals in 2007)
Tom McColl (Fullback) Colts 1
199 points (18 tries, 44 goals, 7 penalty goals in 2004)
Wayne Irwin Colts 1
189 points (8 tries, 41 goals, 25 penalty goals in 1985)
Jack Howard (Fullback) Colts 2 & 3
188 points (8 tries, 70 goals, 1 penalty goal in 2009)
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MOST POINTS IN A SEASON CONTINUED:
Rob McEwan Colts 1 & 2
182 points (13 tries, 34 goals, 23 penalty goals in 1983) 2nd Div
Justin Fourie (Winger) Colts 1 & 2
176 points (22 tries, 33 goals in 2014)
Ben Hughes (Five-Eighth) Colts 1 & 2
174 points (28 tries, 17 goals in 2014)
David Kearney Colts 1
169 points (4 tries, 18 goals, 33 penalty goals, 6 f/goals in 1984)
Nick Charnwood (Five-Eighth) Colts 2 & 3
168 points (14 tries, 43 goals, 4 penalty goals in 2010)
Jeremy Atkins (Centre) Colts 1 & 2
167 points (8 tries, 53 goals, 7 penalty goals in 2004)
Hayden Bushell (Winger) Colts 2
163 points (17 tries, 36 goals, 2 penalty goals in 2006)
Byron Hodge (Lock) Colts 1
163 points (3 tries, 50 goals, 16 penalty goals in 2012)
Christian Yassmin (Winger) Colts 1 & 2
162 points (32 tries, 1 goal in 2014)
Jamie Wills (not sure) Colts 1 & 2
161 points (5 tries, 56 goals, 8 penalty goals in 2004)
Tom Wilson (Hooker) Colts 1
161 points (2 tries, 68 goals, 5 penalty goals in 2013)
James Kane (Winger) Colts 2 & 3
159 points (18 tries, 30 goals, 2 penalty goals in 2015)
Tianua Poto (Five-Eighth) Colts 2 & 3
151 points (6 tries, 47 goals, 9 penalty goals in 2012)
Matt Brecht (Five eighth) Colts 2 & 3
125 points (8 tries, 32 goals, 7 penalty Goals in 2004)
Tom Shaw (No.8) Colts 2 & 3
125 points (25 tries in 2012)
Christian Yassmin (Winger) Colts 1 & 2
125 points (25 tries in 2015)
Anthony Lembke (Winger) Colts 1 & 2
124 points (31 tries in 1983) 2nd Division
Matt Armour (Fullback) Colts 1 & 2
124 points (7 tries, 34 goals, 7 penalty goals in 2010)
Sam Renton (Centre) Colts 2 & 3
124 points (5 tries, 42 goals, 5 penalty goals in 2015)
Tom Coupland (Winger) Colts 2 &3
123 points (12 tries, 30 goals, 1 penalty goal in 2009)
Luke Burgess (Half Back) Colts 1
120 points (24 tries in 2003)
Patrick Muller (Winger) Colts 1 & 2
120 points (24 tries in 2015)
Byron Hodge (Lock) Colts 2
118 points (2 Tries, 45 Goals, 6 Penalty goals in 2010)
Adam Fitzpatrick (Fullback) Colts 2 & 3
117 points (6 tries, 42 goals in 2009)
Clinton Sills (Fullback) Colts 1
115 points (23 tries in 2009)
Stu Dunbar (Five-Eighth) Colts 1
115 points (12 tries, 20 goals, 4 p.goals, 1 field goal in 2011)
Tom Carter (Centre) Colts 1
112 points (14 tries, 15 goals, 4 penalty goals in 2002)
Jon Vaux (Five-Eighth) Colts 1 & 2
110 points (12 tries, 19 goals, 4 penalty goals in 2012)
Matthew Hood (Fullback) Colts 1
110 points (22 Tries in 2013)
Jack O’Connor (Centre) Colts 2
108 points (12 tries, 24 goals in 2012)
Challis Potoi (Winger) Colts 2 & 3
107 points (3 tries, 25 goals, 14 penalty goals in 2007)
Jack Freeman (Fullback) Colts 1 & 2
106 points (20 tries, 3 goals in 2009)
Jack Warfield (No.8)
105 points (17 tries, 10 goals in 2009)
MOST POINTS IN A SEASON CONTINUED:
Duncan Boyd-Jones (Halfback) Colts 1 & 2
104 points (8 tries, 29 goals, 2 penalty goals in 2011)
Josh Friend (Winger) Colts 2 & 3
104 points (4 tries, 39 goals, 2 penalty goals in 2014)
Chris O’Donnell (Halfback) Colts 1, 2 & 3
103 points (5 tries, 36 goals, 2 penalty goals in 2014)
Ed Jenkins (Winger) Colts 1
100 points (20 tries in 2006)
Micheal Hodge (Centre) Colts 1 & 2
100 points (20 tries in 2008)
John Stapleton (Winger) Colts 2 & 3
100 points (20 in 2010)
Matthew Hood (Fullback) Colts 1
100 points (20 tries in 2014)
MOST GOALS IN A SEASON:
Bernard Foley 155 goals, 340 points in 2008
Byron Hodge 115 goals, 260 points in 2011
Tianua Poto 97 goals, 204 points in 2013
Ryan Matthews 95 goals, 207 points in 2008
Christian Kagiassis 91 goals, 185 points in 2015
Bernard Foley 89 goals, 187 points in 2009
Jack Freeman 75 goals, 166 points in 2010
Hayden Bushell 74 goals, 156 points in 2007
Tom Wilson 73 goals, 151 points in 2013
Jack Howard 71 goals, 143 points in 2009
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A GAME:
David Kearney (Colts 1)
3 v Manly at Manly Oval in 1984
MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON:
David Kearney (Colts 1)
6 in 1984 season
MOST TEAM TRIES IN A GAME:
Colts 1 29 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 10.5.2008
Colts 2 20 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 13.5.2006
Colts 3 14 v Campbelltown 1983 (2nd Division)
Colts 4 9 v Manly at St Pauls Oval 29.5.2004
Under 19’s 17 v Penrith at Weekender Park 2.8.2008
MOST GOALS IN A GAME:
Bernard Foley (Colts 1)
22 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 10.5.2008
Ryan Matthews (Colts 2)
14 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 5.7.2008
Hayden Bushell (Colts 2)
14 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 13.5.2006
Jack Howard (Colts 2)
13 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 20.6.2009
Tom Wilson (Colts 1)
13 v Penrith at St. Pauls Oval 4.5.2013
Tianua Poto (Colts 2)
12 v Warringah at St. Pauls Oval 13.7.2013
Michael Kennedy (Colts 1)
12 v Penrith at St. Johns Oval 17.5.2014
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MOST GOALS IN A GAME CONTINUED:
David Kearney (Colts 1)
11 v Manly at Manly Oval 1984
Ryan Matthews (Colts 2)
11 v Norths at Tunks Park 12.7.2008
Byron Hodge (Colts 1)
11 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 25.6.2011
Jacob Taylor (Colts 2)
10 v Parramatta at St. Pauls Oval 26.5.2007
Jack Freeman (Colts 1)
10 v Penrith at St. Pauls Oval 3.4.2010
Byron Hodge (Colts 1)
10 v Souths at Forshaw Rugby Park 6.8.2011
Byron Hodge (Colts 1)
10 v Penrith at St. Pauls Oval 26.5.2012
Jack O’Connor (Colts 2)
10 v Gordon at St. Pauls Oval 5.5.2012
Tianua Poto (Colts 2)
10 v Warringah at Rat Rugby Park 27.4.2013
LAST TIME UNI LOST ALL GRADES ON THE SAME DAY:
On the 3rd June 2006, round 8 versus Eastwood at T.G. Millner Field
MOST 1ST GRADE COLTS GRAND FINALS WINS:
Nick Edwards 2002, 2003 and 2004 (all 1st grade Colts)
Clay Brodie 2008, 2009 and 2010 (all 1st grade Colts)
Chris Ingate 2011, 2012 and 2013 (all 1st grade Colts)
MOST ALL TEAMS GRAND FINAL WINS:
(All have 3 Grand final wins)
Francis Raikadroka, Tom Boidin, James Swan, Tom Shaw, James Nonu-Carling, Jake Gordon and Tianua Poto
MOST EX-COLTS TO MAKE A WALLABY SQUAD AT THE SAME TIME:
12 Nathan Charles, Will Skelton, Sam Carter, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps, Bernard Foley, Luke Burgess, Peter Betham, Laurie Weeks, Paddy Ryan, Tom English and Lotu Latu, August 2014
FIRST (JUNIOR CLUB COLT) TO GO TO GRADE:
Tolu Latu 2011 (Petersham Club)
Jake Gordon 2013 (Canterbury Club)
FIRST (JUNIOR CLUB COLT) TO PLAY REP RUGBY:
Tolu Latu (Petersham Club) 2014 signed with Waratahs
Jake Gordon (Canterbury Club) 23.8.2015 signed with Waratahs
FIRST (JUNIOR CLUB COLT) TO REACH A WALLABY SQUAD:
Tolu Latu (Petersham Club) 4.8.2014 brought into the Wallaby squad
BIGGEST WINS AND LOSSES 1ST GRADE COLTS:
FIRST DIVISION
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Easts 2002 54-20 1974 0-42
and 1975 4-46
Eastwood 2003 72-23 1977 7-81
Gordon 2004 53-0 1977 6-56
Manly 2004 52-7 2011 31-44
BIGGEST WINS AND LOSSES 1ST GRADE COLTS CONTINUED:
Norths 2008 73-6 1977 0-86
Parramatta 2007 133-0 1977 0-45
Penrith 2008 189-0 1989 12-12
Randwick 2013 103-5 1976 3-56
Souths 2008 102-0 1989 0-30
Warringah 2013 84-5 2001 3-35
Wests 2008 72-29 1976 4-45
Canberra – – 1996 7-43
Newcastle 1998 34-3 – –
SECOND DIVISION
YEARBIGGEST WIN
YEARBIGGEST LOSS
Campbelltown 1983 64-0 – –
Canterbury – – 1979 0-22
Drummoyne 1988 37-7 – –
Hornsby 1983 46-9 1978 6-14
Port Hacking 1975 25-0 1979 6-40
Macquarie Uni 1976 50-3 1978 15-18
Mosman 1988 36-0 1988 0-13
Nepean – – 1979 13-19
U.N.S.W. 1983 28-3 1977 8-28
Smithfield 1983 45-0 – –
St George 1984 30-9 1979 6-63
LONGEST WINNING SEQUENCE 1ST GRADE:
Round 12 versus Easts at St Pauls Oval 18.8.2007 (lost 27-45) till Round 7 versus Wests 15.5.2011 (lost 20-33) at Concord Oval, 60 wins in a row
PREMIERSHIPS BY YEAR AND GRADE:
1st GRADE
2nd GRADE
3rd GRADE
4th GRADE
UNDER 19’s
CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1980 1983* 1983* 1986 1998 1983*
1983* 2001 1985 2002 2007 1997
1985 2003 1990 2003 2002
2002 2004 1997 2003
2003 2006 2001 2005
2004 2007 2002 2006
2005 2008 2003 2007
2007 2009 2005 2008
2008 2010 2008 2009
2009 2011 2011 2010
2010 2012 2012 2011
2011 2013 2014 2012
2012 2014 2015 2013
2013 2015 2014
2015
* Denotes 2nd Division season
** All Colts records were started to be kept in 2004
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1st XV – 2015
2nd XV Premiers – 2015
Back Row: AI Ryan, Tom Coolican, Matt Sandell, Mark O’Dare, Tom Kingston, Jim Stewart, Jake Gordon
2nd Row: Dr. Katherine Rae (Doctor), Tim Leahy (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Jake Wainwright, Rohan O’Regan, Byron Hodge, Matthew Philip, Mitchell Whiteley, Jack Macklin, Evan Hoskins (Manager)
Front Row: Angus Roberts, Tomas Robertson, Chris Malone (Head Coach), Tom Carter, David Mortimer (SUFC President), David Hickey (Captain), Tim Davidson (Forwards Coach), Stuart Dunbar, Greg Jeloudev
Absent: Henry Clunies-Ross, David Dennis, Tolu Latu, Pat McCutcheon, Paddy Ryan, Jeremy Tilse, Luke Campton (Manager), Peter Playford (Backs Coach)
Back Row: Matt Narracott, George Hudd, Chris Ingate, Oliver Gresham, Jordan Chapman, Tom Shaw, Jorden Mose, Richard Draper
2nd Row: Jason Grier (Forwards Coach), Oliver L’Estrange, Stewart Nutt, Chris Talakai, Byron Hodge, Tom Heslop, Jack Macklin, Alex Batho, Scott Fraser (Manager), Bruce Lin (Manager)
Front Row: James McMahon, Matt Hood, Dr. Katherine Rae (Doctor), James Swan (Captain), Garrick Cowley (Head Coach), Benn Melrose, Clint Allardice (Forwards Coach), Ben Hughes, Hugh Frazer
Absent: Jock Merriman, Sam Quinn, Stephen Barrow (Manager)
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3rd XV – 2015
4th XV – 2015
Back Row: Tom Shaw, Oliver Gresham, Nick Coaldrake, George Hudd, John Mokofisi
2nd Row: Ray Hudd (Head Coach), Mesake Tagituimua, Chris Talakai, Stewart Nutt, Josh Friend, Fergus Mitra, Jonny Loseli, Murray Hudd Jnr (Manager)
Front Row: Sam Barclay, Ben Cannon, Billy Macklin, Ross Ryan (Manager), Andrew Hunter (Captain), Joe Horn-Smith (Forwards Coach), Harry Marples, Richard Draper, Tom Koerstz
Absent: Chris Chapman, Sam English, Jack Jones, Dane McCarthy, Elliot Messara, James Nonu-Carling, John Rudd (Backs Coach)
Back Row: Josh King, Sione Talanoa, Brendon Follington, Jack Leger-Ryan, Cameron Mason
2nd Row: Tom Gilbert, Isaiah Tamata, Youki Takeuchi, Bilal Elbatoory, Mesake Tagituimua, Malachy Mullin, Eddie L’Estrange, Nao Suzuki
Front Row: Andy Ball, Byron Wicken, Tom Wilson (Captain), Troy Isidro (Manager), Josh Friend, John Nichol
Absent: Eddie Close, Rhys Griffiths, Tevita Halaifonua, Tyne Holmes, Aldi King, Nick Lyall, Callum Mcintosh, Dougal McLaughlan, Chris O’Donnell, David Pohlen, Faiva Sailosi, Alexander Stamp, Jack Stanford, Jordan Sukkar, Dylan Vieira, James Cameron (Head Coach)
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1st Colts XV Premiers – 2015
2nd Colts XV Minor Premiers & Premiers – 2015
Back Row: Gavin Crawford (Manager), Hamish Dunbar, James Kane, Connor O’Shea, Folau Fainga’a, Will Ridley, Declan Moore, Jack Bliss
2nd Row: Paul Blacket (Manager), Alex Masima, Linc Whiteley, Christian Yassmin, Matt Sandell, Harry Williams, Nick Champion de Champion, Jack Redden, Siaosi Halaifonua, Shane Ball (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Front Row: Christian Kagiassis, Nick Duffy, Josh Schwager, David Haigh (Head Coach), Jack McCalman (Captain), Daniel Kelly (Backs Coach), Will Davies, Will McDonnell, Jorden Mose
Absent: Cillian Burke, Guy Porter, Kolose Feaunati, Tristan Sharp (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Back Row: Sam Nery, Ahmad Elbatoory, Siaosi Halaifonua, Sam Harris, Linc Whiteley, George Lehmann, Will Ridley, Alex Masima, Jaydon Fa’avae-Eli
2nd Row: David Haigh (Head Coach - Colts), Peter Fenwicke, Charlie Friend, Lachlan Argiris, Dylan Oldfield, Jack Blair, Tom Willson, Austin Black, Hugh Summerhayes, Toby Cooke, Shane Ball (Strength and Conditioning Coach)
Front Row: Justin Fish, Conor O’Doherty, James Margan, James Caterson (Head Coach), Alexander Jackman (Captain), Ambrose Plaister (Backs Coach), Lewis Oswald, Daniel Calavassy, Jay Spencer
Absent: Aidan Brown, Justin Fourie, Banjo Travers, Peter Harris (Manager)
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3rd Colts XV Premiers – 2015
Sydney University Football Club Staff – 2015
Back Row: Oliver Maxwell, Ahmad Elbatoory, Tom McFadyen, Stuart Mill (Captain), Alex Messara, Aidan Moore, Sam Nery
2nd Row: David Haigh (Head Coach - Colts), Lewis Oswald, Calvin Mulipola, Dylan Oldfield, Jack Blair, Tom Willson, Tom Pavitt, Billy-Jacob O’Connor, Shane Ball (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Ed Walgien (Manager)
Front Row: Jaydon Fa’avae-Eli, Charlie Hayes, Sam Docking, Stuart Brunsdon (Head Coach), Conor O’Doherty, Rick Moore (Forwards Coach), Sean Cross, Thomas Del Vecchio, Ben Halmarick
Absent: Matthew Boustred, Francis Brown, George Corias, Paula Hafoka, Alex Hutchinson, Monty losefa, Sam Johnston, Tim McCutcheon, Jacob Miller, Wayne Nevili, Sean O’Byrne, Sam Renton, Brae Roebuck, Callum Styles, Lisiate Vaihu
Back Row: Ambrose Plaister, James Caterson, Ed Arnott, Murray Hudd, Rick Moore, EI Walgien, Lou Lou Stanley, Shane Ball, Stuart Brunsdon
2nd Row: Max Miller, Ray Hudd, Clint Allardice, Troy Isidro, Joe Horn-Smith, Gavin Crawford, Tim Leahy, Jason Grier, Paul Blackett, Evan Hoskins, Garrick Cowley, Ash Miller
Front Row: Katherine Rae, Ross Ryan, Sarah Dill-Macky, Hannah Catchpole, David Mortimer AO (President), Chris Malone, Tim Davidson, Scott Fraser, Bruce Lin
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