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2017ANNUALREPORT

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Sydney University Football Club 2017 Annual Report | 3

Offi ce Bearers .......................................................................................4

Achievements ........................................................................................6

2017 SUFC Awards ...............................................................................7

President’s Report ................................................................................8

Executive General Manager’s Report ..................................................16

SUFC Staff Thank You .........................................................................19

Finance Report ....................................................................................23

Financial Statements ...........................................................................24

SUFC Foundation Report ....................................................................25

Friends of SUFC Report ......................................................................27

Club Captain’s Report .........................................................................28

Head Coach’s Report ..........................................................................30

1st Grade Report ......................................................................33

2nd Grade Report .....................................................................34

3rd Grade Report ......................................................................37

4th Grade Report ......................................................................39

2017 Colts Report ...............................................................................42

1st Colts Report ........................................................................47

2nd Colts Report .......................................................................50

3rd Colts Report .......................................................................53

SUWRC President’s Report.................................................................55

Juniors’ Report....................................................................................58

Club Statistics 2017 .............................................................................62

2017 Results .............................................................................62

Grade Player Games for 2017 Season.......................................65

Club Records ......................................................................................68

Wallabies and Australian Representatives .................................68

SUFC Wins and Losses ............................................................71

Club Records ............................................................................ 74

1st Grade Records ....................................................................77

1st Grade Highest Point Scorer .................................................79

1st Grade Final/Grand Final Appearances .................................81

Lower Grade Records ...............................................................85

Colts Records ...........................................................................86

Club Championships .................................................................88

Appendix ............................................................................................93

Contents

4 | Sydney University Football Club 2017 Annual Report

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

President Angus Stuart

Vice Presidents

Jude Bolton

James Dorney

Angus Jackson

Alison Keller

Jane Neale

Mark Schembri

Committee Members Dr Andrew Keegan

Club CaptainsXander Jackman

and Jack Blair

COACHING STAFF

Head Coach Tim Davidson

Colts Head Coach Rob Taylor

1st Grade

Tim Davidson

Garrick Cowley

Ben Roberts

2nd Grade

Ray Hudd

Gary Whitaker

Tom Boidin

Tom Koerstz

3rd GradeTom Heslop

Jack Leary

4th GradeWill Davies

Mitch Dansey

1st ColtsRob Taylor

Joe Horn-Smith

2nd ColtsJames Caterson

Charles Cater

3rd ColtsGabriel Enright

Rick Moore

Offi ce Bearers


SUPPORT STAFF

1st Grade Managers

Evan Hoskins

Luke Campton

Scott Fraser

2nd Grade Managers

Ross Ryan

Murray Hudd

Tom Gilmore

Greg Smyth

3rd Grade Manager Dane McCarthy

4th Grade ManagersTroy Isidro

Sam Fifi ta

1st Colts Manager Gareth Reynolds

2nd Colts Manager Ed Walgien

3rd Colts Manager Ed Walgien

Gear Steward Ash Miller

Statistician Craig Fear

Sideline Support

Bruce Lin

Helmut Gebels

Gavin Crawford

Club Photographers

Andrew Frazer

Dale Caterson

Tony McFadyen

MEDICAL STAFF

Club Doctors

(Club Doctor)

Dr Nathan Gibbs

(Grade)

Dr Luke Dan

(Colts)

Dr Mohammad Jomaa

Club Physiotherapists

Stuart Pavely

Daniella Thrassis

George Guyatt

SUFC ADMINISTRATION STAFF

General Manager David Haigh

Events Manager Kirsty Stevens

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE

High Performance

ManagerTom Carter

Strength & ConditioningNicolai Morris

Shane Ball

Rehabilitation

CoordinatorLou Lou Stanley


SRU PREMIERSHIPS IN 2017

2nd Grade – Colin Caird Shield

4th Grade – Henderson Cup

1st Colts – W.McMahon Memorial Shield

3rd Colts – Shell Trophy

2017 FINAL SERIES

6 out of 7 contested in Semi-Finals

5 out of 7 contested in Grand Finals

4 Premierships

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Winner of 2017 Club Championship

(14th consecutive year)

Winner of 2017 Colts Club Championship

OTHER CLUB ACHIEVEMENTS

Buildcorp Cup (vs. University of Queensland)

David Brockhoff Cup (vs. Eastern Suburbs)

Culter / Tooth Trophy (vs. Gordon)

John Thornett Cup (vs. Northern Suburbs)

WOMEN’S RUGBY

SUFC Women’s team were Minor Premiers in the

2017 Sydney Clubs Women Rugby Competition

AUSTRALIA WALLABIES

Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Tolu Latu,

Ben McCalman, Matt Philip, Nick Phipps,

Tom Robertson

AUSTRALIA WALLAROOS

Grace Hamilton & Ashleigh Hewson

AUSTRALIAN 7’s

Tom Kingston & Ed Jenkins

AUSTRALIAN U20s

Harry Johnson-Holmes, Lachlan Swinton, Theo Strang

NSW WARATAHS

Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Jake Gordon,

Tolu Latu, Dave McDuling, Dean Mumm,

Nick Phipps, Tom Robertson, Paddy Ryan,

Matt Sandell, Will Skelton & Brad Wilkin

ACT BRUMBIES

Sam Carter & James Dargaville

WESTERN FORCE

Ben McCalman & Matt Philip

MELBOURNE REBELS

Tom English, Mitch Inman, Sam Jeffries,

Nic Stirzaker & Laurie Weeks

QUEENSLAND REDS

Sam Talakai

BARBARIANS

Sam Carter, Matt Philip, Theo Strang

OVERSEAS REPRESENTATIVES

Oliver Atkin, Fred Burdon, Dave Dennis,

Nathan Charles, Peter Betham, Byron Hodge

SYDNEY UNIVERSITY BLUES

Nick Phipps – Blue of the Year,

Wayne Borsak, Matthew Hood

Achievements


2017 SUFC Awards

3rd Colts XV Best Back Will Wennerbom

3rd Colts XV Best Forward Aidan Moore

2nd Colts XV Best Back Sean Anese

2nd Colts XV Best Forward Josh Sheridan

1st Colts XV Best Back Eddy King

1st Colts XV Best Forward Josh Kemeny

4th XV Best Back Adam Perri

4th XV Best Forward Josh Schwager

3rd XV Best Back Ben Stanton

3rd XV Best Forward Hugh Summerhayes

2nd XV Best Back James Kane

2nd XV Best Forward Jackson McCalman

1st XV Best Back Tom Kingston

1st XV Best Forward Rohan O’Regan

1st XV Leading Try Scorer Christian Kagiassis (9)

1st XV Leading Points Scorer Christian Kagiassis (219)

Wehbe Family Colts Encouragement Award Mitieli Tuinakauvadra

Craig Fear Grade Encouragement Award Declan Moore

Most Improved Colts Player Daniel Calavassy

Most Improved Grade Player Byron Wicken

Most Promising Colt Player Ratu Rotuisolia

Most Promising Grade Player Harry Potter

1st Colts XV Best Fresher James Armstrong

Club Leading Try Scorer Eddy King (30)

Club Leading Points Scorer James Kane (287)

Player of the Finals Harry Johnson-Holmes

Club Captain Alexander Jackman & Jack Blair

Colts Clubman of the Year Pete Fenwicke

Clubman of the Year Banjo Travers

Stephen Rowntree Trophy – Volunteer of the Year Tom Heslop

Stephen Anthony Trophy – Best and Fairest Colt James Armstrong

Best and Fairest Tom Carter

Team of the Year 1st Colts

Michael Griffi n Cup – Players’ Player Rohan O’Regan


President’s Report

Most annual reports start on a positive note with

highlights of the previous 12 months. But this year I have

to start on a sad note, lamenting the loss in February of

one of our favourite sons in Daniel Vickerman.

Dan made SUFC his Australian club (following a stint

at Queensland Uni) on arriving from South Africa

in 2000 to study at the institution and to further his

football career.

In his fi rst year with SUFC he scored seven tries – not

bad for a 204cm second-rower – and was named

best forward. His SUFC career continued until the

end of the 2011 season and included three grand

fi nals. He might have played more than 49 1st Grade

games, but he was snapped up by the ACT Brumbies

for whom he played 20 games between 2001-03 and

then NSW Waratahs, where he made 58 appearances

between 2004-2011.

He also represented Australia U21s and Australia

A before his celebrated a 63-test career with the

Wallabies. And he captained Cambridge University

to a 31-27 win over Oxford University in their annual

Varsity Match in 2009.

We are proud to claim Dan as an SUFC great. The

Club was not only the foundation of his Australian

rugby career, but it’s where many of his Australian

mateships were formed. On retirement Dan became

part of the coaching team from 2012-14.

Many of us will either have worn the blue and gold

jersey with him, cheered him on from the stand, or in

time have been coached by him and even mentored

by him in his work with SURPASS. In our disbelief

and pain on hearing the sad news, we drew together,

around each other and around Dan’s family. It was

a mateship we never expected to lose. It hurt and it

still hurts. And it reminds us how much we mean to

each other and how important it is to cherish our

moments together.

The Club retired Dan’s No.5 jersey for the season

and replaced it with a V. Dan played tough and hard

without compromise. He stood just as tall as a mate

and a gentleman. We’re ever grateful to have had him

in our lives.

We were also saddened at the news in October of the

passing of Gil Viciulis, who had been battling illness

for some time.

SUFC President Angus Stuart

We celebrated the life of Dan Vickerman by replacing jersey no.5

with a V during 2017


Gil was SUFC’s 1st Grade manager for 10 seasons

between 1996 and 2005 working with coaches Bill

Eddy, Peter Maddox, Anthony Eddy, Ross Reynolds,

Bob Egerton, Greg Marr, Jake Howard, Billy Millard

and Steve Surridge.

During his time at the Club, Gil saw nine Students

become Wallabies: Richard Harry, Jim Williams, David

Lyons, Phil Waugh, Brendan Cannon, the late Dan

Vickerman, Al Campbell, Al Kannar and David Fitter.

Gil was awarded a Sydney University Gold blazer in

2001 for his services to the Club and game.

THE SEASON

Despite missing a 1st Grade fi nals berth for the fi rst

time since 1997, SUFC still had six teams in the 2017

fi nals of Sydney’s Premier rugby union competition.

Come Grand Final weekend, SUFC contested fi ve of

the seven titles and ended the Shute Shield season

with four premierships. 2nd and 4th Grades won titles

at North Sydney Oval on the Saturday, and 1st and

2nd Colts won titles at Concord Oval on the Sunday.

2nd Grade ran in eight tries to two in their 51-14 win

over minor premiers Eastwood for the Colin Caird

Shield, with winger Henry Clunies-Ross and fullback

James Kane each bagging two. Centre Harry Potter,

winger Matthew Dowsett, and fl ankers Jackson

McCalman and Declan Moore also crossed for

the Students.

The boot of halfback Scott Stumbles helped 4th Grade

to a 17-14 win over Northern Suburbs in the Henderson

Cup grand fi nal. Scott converted tries by Ben Stanton

and William Tuitupou and added a penalty goal to seal

the win. He had also landed three penalty goals in the

tryless 9-6 semi-fi nal win over Gordon.

Sunday’s Colts Grand Finals started on a diffi cult note

for Sydney University, with 3rd Colts losing 29-12 to

Randwick in the Bill Simpson Shield.

SUFC’s 2nd Colts righted the ship with a 27-10 win

over Eastern Suburbs to claim the Shell Trophy. 1st

Colts then topped off SUFC’s efforts for 2017 with a

runaway 63-15 win over Eastern Suburbs to claim the

W. McMahon Memorial Shield. Prop Harry Johnson-

Holmes and centre James Armstrong each scored

two tries in the 11-try romp as the team fi nished the

season undefeated.

1st Colts posted 860 points (and 16 bonus points)

during the 18 competition rounds while conceding

241. They then defeated Warringah 50-12 in the

qualifying fi nal and Eastwood 48-5 in the semi-fi nal.

Adding the grand fi nal scoreline, they fi nished the

season with 1021 points from 21 outings, while

conceding 273. That’s a wonderful effort.

SUFC also won the Club Championship for the

Gregor George Cup for a 14th consecutive year and

the Colts Club Championship for the Eric Spilsted

Shield for a 14th time in the past 16 years.

Congratulations go to all players, coaches and

managers for another wonderful season. Once

again the bulk of our players gained valuable fi nals

experience, something that has helped to keep the

Club at the helm of Sydney rugby for a decade and

a half.

Despite missing the fi nals of the Shute Shield, 1st

Grade did come away with a title in 2017 – the

Buildcorp Cup, which is contested with the University

of Queensland, who were minor premiers of the

Brisbane competition.

Sydney University got off to a fl ying start at Crosby

Park in Brisbane to take a 35-14 lead at halftime

thanks to three tries from winger Matt Narracott and

one each to props Alex Batho and Wayne Borsak and

Christian Kagiassis’s fi ve conversions.

The Queenslanders came out fi ghting in the second

half with an early try, however two tries in quick

succession from centre Harry Potter and replacement

halfback Tom Koerstz sealed the 47-26 win for the

Blue and Gold.

Player of the Finals, Harry Johnson-Holmes with a big hit in the

Grand Final


As the major sponsor for both rugby clubs, Buildcorp

CEO Tony Sukkar was on hand to present SUFC

captain Jake Wainwright with the Buildcorp Cup.

SUFC had opened the football year with a match

against the visiting Argentinian Hindu Rugby Club

who were on a tour of Australia and New Zealand.

We were joined throughout the afternoon by SUFC’s

1989 tour party. Some 28 years earlier their trip to

South America had included a match against the

famous Hindu Club in Buenos Aires. With over 20 of

the tourists in attendance it was a day and night of

reminiscing for many. The evening was particularly

special for some of the 1989 tourists, Jim Fenwicke,

Andrew Wennerbom and Dac Croker, who as SUFC

team-mates played together against the Hindu Club

all those years ago. The past players stood proudly

watching on as their sons, Peter Fenwicke, William

Wennerbom and Harry Croker all ran out on the fi eld

together in the 1st Colts fi xture. Special thanks to Jim

Fenwicke for organising the reunion.

In other pre-season trial games, SUFC defeated both

the Waratahs U20 and Victorian U20 teams within

24 hours.

SUFC accounted for the Waratahs U20s 17-7 and

backed up the following morning with a trip to Albury

where they defeated Victoria U20s 35-28.

The pre-season also saw our Colts travel to Ourimbah

Rugby Park on the Central Coast to go head-to-head

with the CCRU representative teams in the lead-up to

them competing in the top tiers of the NSW Country

Championships.

Meanwhile, a 1st Grade squad travelled to Canberra

to face the Brumby Runners at Viking Park, the last

pre-season fi xture before full club trials against West

Harbour/Penrith at Concord Oval and Eastwood at

T.G Millner

During the season we took our Round 4 home games

to Eridge Park at Bowral, home of the Bowral Blacks,

where we met Northern Suburbs in all grades. The

Grand Final rematch fell within school and University

holidays and just before Anzac Day, providing us

with the opportunity to take a fi xture out to the bush,

giving local supporters a terrifi c chance to watch a

live game which they ordinarily would be unable to

attend, as well giving our city folk the prefect excuse

to escape to the country.

We were represented in the Rugby Sevens at the

Australian University Games at Bond University in

September. After a solid start to the tournament

with four wins in the fi rst two days, injuries took their

toll and we ended up fi nishing sixth. With our player

numbers seriously reduced, a number of players had

to play gut-wrenching full games throughout the fi ve-

day tournament.

JUNIORS

We talk a lot about connection at this Club. On

the fi eld, if we are connected in defence we are

unbreakable. As a Club with a 155-year history, acting

with connection to history adds meaning and impact.

Our connection starts with our Juniors. Our

players help coach at Balmain, Canterbury and

Petersham junior rugby clubs and in the annual

state championships those juniors wear the Sydney

University jersey. At their presentation night in June

three 1st Graders who originally played for Canterbury

junior rugby union club, Folau Fainga’a, Christian

Kagiassis and Rohan O’Regan, presented the jerseys

to these young players aged 10 to 15. Seeing the size

of the 13-year-olds gave me a great feeling about the

future of rugby with many of them towering over me

(and Kaggy).

As these young players looked these 1st Graders

in the eye there was knowledge passing to the

youngsters and their families, that it’s not too long a

pathway from local Under 11s to SUFC 1st Grade.

Indeed, some of our latest Wallabies and Waratahs,

Tolu Latu and Jake Gordon, came through

Canterbury Juniors to Sydney University and have

gone on to represent their state and country. The

connection these youngsters have to a pathway

to play at the highest level is very real. Balmain,

Canterbury, Petersham and the Sydney University

representatives had a wonderful year.

Our Junior Clubs competed in their respected Grand

Finals at the end of August. Balmain secured three

junior premierships (Under 10, Under 11 and Under

14), and were runners-up in another premiership

and in one plate decider. Canterbury won two

premierships (Under 12 and Under 16), while

Petersham had no joy in their two attempts in

Plate Finals.


The Canterbury 16Bs have won their past fi ve grand

fi nals (including last year’s 15Bs, instead of playing

14As) and is the nucleus of the similarly successful

Sydney University representative team that has made

the past three State Championship Grand Finals.

Boys of this team have been heavily rewarded with

Southern Zone and Barbarian representation and this

in turn saw four players selected for Sydney U15s.

Sydney University U15s made their 3rd consecutive

Age Group Grand Final narrowly missing out to

Eastwood 21-20. Three of those players went on

to play for the Sydney U15 side that beat Country

in the annual City v Country clash in Bathurst.

Subsequently, one player is now playing for the

Greater Western Sydney Rams 15s and 10 for the

Sydney Rays 15s teams in the Southern Conference

of the Junior Gold Cup.

Thanks to all players, coaches, managers and parents

for another wonderful season in the junior ranks.

As I said at the outset of this section, the connections

have meaning and impact now and for the future.

AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES

Once again SUFC provided a host of players to

representative teams and my congratulations go to

all who went beyond the Football Ground to higher

honours.

Hooker Tolu Latu became our 103rd capped Wallaby

when he came off the bench with 10 minutes remaining

in the First Test of the 2016 Spring Tour of the British

Isles against Wales in Cardiff on November 5, 2016.

Since then the club has been regularly represented in

the Test arena by fi ve-eighth Bernard Foley, fullback

Israel Folau, halfback Nick Phipps, second-rower

Sam Carter, prop Tom Robertson and fl anker Ben

McCalman, who made a comeback in the recent

Barbarians match after a long injury layoff. Ben,

Bernard, Nick and Tom have been selected for the

2017 Spring Tour of Japan and the British Isles,

along with our newest Wallaby, Matt Philip who made

his debut vs. Japan on November 4 this year. Matt

becomes the 104th SUFC player to pull on the green

and gold.

It was a case of Student v Student in the Wallabies v

Barbarian match in October prior to the spring tour.

Regulars in the Wallabies squad Israel Folau, Ben

McCalman, Nick Phipps and Tom Robertson went

head to head with Sam Carter, Matt Philip and young

halfback Theo Strang in the Barbarians squad that

was coached by Alan Jones.

AUSTRALIAN U20s

Congratulations go to SUFC’s two representatives

in the Australian U20 squad that contested the 2017

World Championship, held in Georgia in May and June.

Prop Harry Johnson-Holmes, a product of

Merewether High School in Newcastle and

second-rower Lachlan Swinton, a product of

Knox Grammar School, were named in the 28-man

squad to contest the World Championship against

teams from host nation Georgia, Ireland, New

Zealand, Wales England, Italy, Scotland, Argentina,

France, Samoa and South Africa.

Harry and Lachlan came off the bench in Australia’s

24-17 loss to Scotland for fi fth place. They also came

off the bench in Australia’s tantalising 78th minute 20-

19 semi-fi nal loss to England, which relegated them to

a fi fth-placed play-off.

Prior to the World Championship, SUFC had four

players in the U20 squad contesting the Oceania

Rugby Championships against Samoa, Fiji and New

Zealand. Harry and Lachlan were joined by hooker

Tom Horton and halfback Theo Strang for the

Championships at Bond University on the Gold Coast

in April and May.

WORLD SEVENS

SUFC was also well represented in the 2016-17

Australian Men’s team competing in the World Series.

Congratulations to Ed Jenkins, a former Sevens

captain and Australia’s most capped player and Tom

Kingston who both turned out for the green and gold

during the series.

SUPER RUGBY

On the Super Rugby front we were represented by

Sam Carter and James Dargaville at the Brumbies,

Israel Folau, Bernard Foley, Jake Gordon, Tolu Latu,

Dave McDuling, Dean Mumm, Nick Phipps, Tom

Robertson, Paddy Ryan, Matt Sandell, Will Skelton


and Brad Wilkin at the Waratahs, Ben McCalman and

Matt Philip at the Western Force, Tom English, Mitch

Inman, Sam Jeffries, Laurie Weeks and Nic Stirzaker

at the Melbourne Rebels and Sam Talakai and the

Queensland Reds.

Sam Carter was co-captain of the Brumbies for 2017,

while Laurie Weeks and Mitch Inman both played their

100th Super game for the Rebels.

NATIONAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP

On the NRC front we’ve been represented by Henry

Clunies-Ross, Jake Gordon, Harry Johnson-Holmes,

Christian Kagiassis, Tolu Latu, Pat McCutcheon,

Rohan O’Regan, Paddy Ryan (Captain), Lachlan

Swinton in the NSW Country Eagles squad, Folau

Fainga’a and James Dargaville in the Canberra

Vikings squad, Wayne Borsak and Dave McDuling for

the Sydney Rays and Daniel Calavassy, Stuart Dunbar

and David Hickey for the Greater Sydney Rams.

Congratulations to all players involved in the Super

Rugby and NRC competitions.

ANNUAL AWARDS

With four titles from six teams in the fi nals, there were

plenty of players in the running for annual awards.

Congratulations to all recipients, including Rohan

O’Regan (Michael Griffi n Cup for the Players’ Player

award), Tom Carter (Best and Fairest), James

Armstrong (Steve Anthony Trophy for Best and Fairest

Colt), Tom Heslop (Stephen Rowntree Trophy for

Volunteer of the Year), Banjo Travers (Clubman of the

Year) and Peter Fenwicke (Colts Clubman of the Year).

Congratulations also to Eddy King, the club’s leading

try scorer with 30, James Kane, the leading points

scorer with 287, Tom Kingston (Best First XV Back),

Rohan O’Regan (Best First XV forward) and Christian

Kagiassis (Leading First XV try scorer with nine and

Leading First XV points scorer with 219).

Special thanks to Alexander Jackman and Jack

Blair (Club Captains) and Peter Fenwicke and Josh

Kemeny (Colts Club Captains) for their input during

the season.

At this point I should also thank Head Coach, Tim

Davidson and Colts Head Coach, Robert Taylor for

their commitment during the year. We were fortunate

to have them guiding the ranks and the results

speak for themselves with four titles and two Club

Championships.

While we are unfortunately losing Tim, we wish him

well for the future and say thanks to a true club

legend. Following an unsurpassed career for the

Club as a player, Tim turned his efforts to coaching.

I’d like to take this opportunity to thank him for his

efforts as Head Coach over the past two years. Tim

provided endless hours of encouragement, guidance,

inspiration and motivation during his coaching role

with the Club which helped secure back-to-back

Club Championships and set the Club up for a bright

future. We are sure this won’t be the last we see of

him at SUFC.

We are pleased to have appointed Robert Taylor as

Tim’s successor for the 2018 season. Rob joined

SUFC at the start of the 2016 season from Auckland

University Rugby Football Club in New Zealand as the

Rugby Performance Manger and Colts Head Coach.

He has a remarkable record as Colts Head Coach,

since he came on board 1st Colts have remained

undefeated for two straight seasons (42 games),

the Colts group have won back-to-back Colts Club

Championships and won four out of 6 Premierships

between them.

Major Sponsors Tony and Josephine Sukkar from Buildcorp

presented Banjo Travers with the Clubman of the Year Award

WOMEN’S SEASON

Meanwhile, Sydney University Women’s Rugby Club

went through the 2017 season undefeated – until their

Grand Final meeting with Warringah.


In a titanic battle at Boronia Park, the Rats prevailed

21-17 to collect the Jack Scott Cup for Sydney

premier women’s rugby competition. The portent

for a close Grand Final struggle came from the only

contest between the two teams during the season –

the fi nal round of the competition proper.

Sydney University prevailed 18-14 on that occasion

thanks to the boot of Ashleigh Hewson who landed

two penalty goals after the teams each scored two

tries. Hewson wasn’t available for the Grand Final

when two conversions separated the sides after each

scored three tries.

Tasmin Sheppard, Brittany Le’Auanae and Iliseva

Batibasaga crossed for Sydney University’s tries, with

Lope Leiataua landing one goal.

Commiserations to the team on losing the Grand

Final, but congratulations on a wonderful season to

fi nish minor premiers.

SUWRC was represented by two players in the

Wallaroos squad at the 2017 Women’s Rugby World

Cup in Ireland.

Number eight Grace Hamilton and utility back

Ashleigh Hewson were selected in the 28-woman

Australian squad after touring New Zealand with the

Wallaroos for the Four Nations tournament in June.

Grace was in the starting line-up in all of the

Wallaroos matches, while Ash injured a hamstring in

the opening pool match against Ireland and returned

on the bench for the playoff match against Canada for

fi fth position. Canada ran our 43-12 winners.

PLAYERS

Best wishes to club stalwart Dean Mumm, who

retired from the playing ranks at the end of the season

with 57 Test caps and 101 appearances for NSW

Waratahs. He also captained the Wallabies in a Test

against Uruguay in the 2015 World Cup.

Dean is planning to hike to the North Pole in 2018 in

a quest to raise funds for Borne, a premature birth

research charity. It’s a cause close to the heart of

Dean, his wife Sarah and their son Alfi e.

Dean is retaining involvement in the game as the new

President of the Rugby Union Players’ Association.

Another retiree is Pat McCutcheon, who took over

duties as mentor of the Waratahs Elite Development

Program and coach of the NSW U20 after

representing Australia in Sevens at the Rio Olympic

Games. We thank Pat for his efforts at SUFC and

wish him well with his coaching career.

Congratulations also to Scott Stumbles who played

his 200th Grade game for SUFC during the season,

becoming only the eight player to reach the milestone.

VOLUNTEERS

Thanks again to the tireless efforts of our volunteers

in 2017. Whether running the water, sourcing auction

prizes for the Finals lunch, contributing written

materials for communication and records, managing

teams, equipment and events, volunteers are integral

to functioning of this club over its long history.

It’s not just in execution of the tasks, it’s in the spirit of

community and the giving without seeking recognition

that I’m especially grateful for the work our volunteers

have done again this year.

As a celebration of the efforts of all our volunteers we

celebrated “Rounders Day” with passion. Stephen

Rowntree’s daughter Catriona made special mention

of the impact his work had on our community in her

article this year on volunteering which is included in

the appendix of this report.

I would also like to thank Angus Jackson for his

voluntary work on the fi nancial side of the Club

assisting our General Manager and the Committee.

Heather Rowntree joins Tom Carter and the rest of 1st Grade on

the fi eld to celebrate Rounders Day


INJURY MANAGEMENT

The safety and well-being of our players is always

paramount. Under Dr Nathan Gibbs our team

of match day doctors, physios, strength and

conditioning and rehabilitation worked to uphold

the high standards maintained by this team over the

years. New initiatives such as concussion baseline

testing ensured we remain at the forefront in club

rugby in both our levels of care and investment.

FULL-TIME STAFF

After completing his role as High Performance

Manager at SUFC for the past 3 years, Tom Carter

has decided to pursue his passion of developing high

performance programs and systems centred around

GPS data analytics.

Initially this will mean completing his Masters of

Education (Sports Coaching), and then into a specifi c

PhD project in collaboration with elite sporting

organisations.

Sadly for SUFC this means Tom fi nishes his

employment after 18 years of service to the club as a

player and high performance manager.

At the end of 2015 Tim Davidson and Tom Carter

undertook the task to transition the club to a new

head coach in 2018. Over this two-year period the

Club has achieved several milestones, including Club

Champions in 2016-17; seven minor premierships,

including 1st Grade for the fi rst time in seven years;

and eight premierships from 11 of 14 grand fi nal

appearances. During this time 84 players represented

1st Grade, including 35 making their debuts.

Ultimately, our club is committed to creating an

environment where our players can be the best

versions of themselves, on and off the fi eld, and

the athletic performance training systems are a key

part of that. The training and recruitment processes

developed over the years position SUFC well for

the future.

I’m extremely grateful for Tom’s commitment,

dedication and contribution to SUFC throughout his

time and wish him every success in the next phase of

his career.

Once again General Manager David Haigh has been

superb in running the Club in 2017. The breadth

of issues and range of stakeholders Dave covers

is demanding and comes with its share of the

unexpected, but I can rely on Dave to handle all

with composure and care. Thanks again for your

stewardship, fi nancial management and operational

fl air.

We welcomed back Kirsty Stevens as Events

Manager this year. Kirsty didn’t skip a beat and

delivered match day innovations, strengthened

sponsor relations, supported the players and ran a

very successful Finals Lunch. Thanks again for your

drive and tireless effort Kirsty.

SUFC 2017 full-time staff - Kirsty Stevens, David Haigh,

Tim Davidson, Tom Carter and Robert Taylor

SPONSORS

The sponsors remain our lifeblood and we have

appreciated the engagement and contribution they

have made again this year. Special thanks to Tony,

Josephine and Jordan Sukkar and the Buildcorp

team in their 26th year of sponsorship.

Thanks also to Urbanest, Ralph’s Café and all our

sponsors.

SUFC was thrilled to announce Kaplan Professional

as our new premium sponsor for 2017-18.

Brian Knight, CEO Kaplan Professional stated

“We are delighted to be on board as a sponsor for the

2017 season. As a leading provider of professional

education and training in Australia, Kaplan

Professional is looking forward to supporting the

Club, players and supporters to achieve their goals on

and off the fi eld.”


For the fi rst time in many years we announced a new

naming sponsor for the fi nals lunch this year, KPMG.

KPMG has maintained a long relationship with the

Club both formally in guidance on accounts and tax,

and through the long standing relationships of many

of its stalwarts. To extend that to branding of the lunch

was a great honour for us and hopefully the beginning

of a long tradition. Many thanks Tony Mulveney, Simon

Thorpe, Angus Wilson, David Linke and David Willis

amongst others who made this happen.

We were also pleased to have leading sports clothing

brand Canterbury of New Zealand as our apparel

sponsor for 2017.

a long tradition of donating part of his salary to the

SUFC Foundation so that the development of the next

generation can be underwritten.

So perhaps if we paid attention to the moments and

retold more stories like these, the belief from this club

could expand and grow our game, our businesses,

and our country and we can all punch above our

weight.

So my thanks go to everyone who helps keep us

connected, including our spiritual leaders who

create the celebrations and storytelling sessions.

My invitation to you all is to enrich your connection

to each other and to SUFC. We celebrate the lion on

our crest and think of ourselves as a pride. Thank

you for helping us celebrate the moments, retell the

stories and inspire the next generation together.

I close in again saying thank you to everyone who

has been involved at SUFC and in making my second

year in the job such a rewarding experience.

Up the Students!

Angus Stuart

SUFC President

Over 700 people attended the 2017 KPMG Finals Lunch at

the Westin

IN CLOSING

I wrote earlier in the report about the importance of

connection to the Club, through juniors, Colts, Grade

players, representative players, coaches, managers,

supporters, parents and SUFC alumni.

Connections were made at the ’80s reunion, the

annual Friends of SUFC gathering and the SURPASS

past players event at Back to Uni day. For this club

connection is as simple as that, cherishing the

moments, retelling the stories, and inspiring the

next generation.

Inspiring stories likes those of Nathanial Tamwoy

from Badu, population 780, who is the indigenous

University representative to the PM and who wants

to translate learnings from here to Badu and Badu to

here; or netballer Grace Hamilton who, while studying

in the US found no netball, but some rugby, and now

plays for the Wallaroos; or Tolu Latu who has followed Nathaniel Tamwoy picked up a try in the Grand Final


Executive General Manager’s Report

At the end of the season, 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 hard

work applied by the players, the coaches, managers,

physiotherapists, doctors, volunteers and, importantly,

the friends and families who supported the Club

throughout the year.

Although the season was cut short for 1st Grade

for the fi rst time in 19 years, we continue to be the

benchmark club within the Sydney Rugby Union

competition, winning our 14th consecutive Club

Championship title in addition to the Colts Club

Championship, 4 Major Premierships and 3 Minor

Premierships in 2017.

Season 2017 saw 195 different players take the

fi eld in a match this year, representative of what has

become a challenging schedule for all club players

in recent times. Of these, 54 players represented 1st

Grade, 67 for 2nd Grade (Major Premiers), a Club-

high 83 for 3rd Grade and 74 players played for our

4th Grade team (Minor and Major Premiers) for a total

of 135 players in SUFC’s Grade teams. Incredibly,

six of these players, Jack Bliss, Hugh Frazer, Alex

Masima, Jock Merriman, Stewart Nutt and Will Ridley

exemplifi ed the Club’s spirit and played in all four

Grade teams throughout the year. Meanwhile in Colts,

1st Colts (Minor and Major Premiers) fi elded the most

stable team in the Club this year with 44 players, while

2nd Colts (Major Premiers) selected 48 players for

their standout season and 3rd Colts (Minor Premiers)

used 53 players. In all, 79 players represented Sydney

University Colts across the three teams in 2017.

Interestingly, 16 players played in all three Colts teams

at some point throughout the season.

The current group of SUFC players have made a

solid start to the off-season training program and are

showing a strong work ethic. It is very pleasing to see

standards of the group are being driven internally by

our senior players. Many of our Colts from 2017 will

be progressing into Grade, our retention has been

excellent, and we have recruited some quality school

leavers who have committed to the Club as they see

an opportunity to develop their education, rugby and

life skills in our environment.

FAREWELL TIM DAVIDSON

AND TOM CARTER

Following their illustrious rugby careers for the

Students (with both continuing to represent the

Club on-fi eld throughout the year), Tim and Tom

have called time on their respective tenures as Head

Coach and High-Performance Manager. At the end

of 2015, Tim Davidson and Tom Carter undertook

the task to transition the Club to a new head coach

in 2018 following Chris Malone’s promotion to the

Waratahs. Their work over the past two years has

led to Rob Taylor’s appointment to the full-time Head

Coach role at the end of 2017, demonstrating the

success of this transition period.

Much has been said and written about Tim and Tom’s

contribution to SUFC. For me, Tim’s clarity of thought,

supported by conviction in his values, stands out

as his greatest strength. Through working closely

alongside Tom daily, it is his vast capacity to work and

care for the players on an individual basis, in addition

to his brilliant rugby brain, that set him apart.

Although both Tim and Tom will be terribly missed,

I know they will continue to be involved at the Club

and infl uential in the success of SUFC and this can

only be good for the future of the Club. On behalf of

the Club, thank you Tim and Tom for your enormous

contribution to the Club we wish you all the best for

your future opportunities.

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

Each year, it is the Club’s primary goal to fi nish the

year as the strongest club in the competition. This

year, SUFC secured the Sydney Premier Rugby Club

Championship during the fi nal round, with six of

our seven teams defeating Parramatta at Granville,

representative of how diffi cult the opposition and the


competition have become. In addition to this award, it

was a thrill for the Club to have six teams contesting

the semi-fi nals, fi ve teams playing in grand fi nals and

four teams winning their respective premierships.

DEVELOPMENT OF PLAYERS

The promotion of nine Colts players into 1st Grade

and four SUFC players into professional rugby

programs around the world highlights the focus SUFC

places on developing players.

Folau Fainga’a has signed a contract with the

Brumbies and relocated to Canberra at the end of the

Shute Shield season.

Lachlan Swinton and Harry Johnson-Holmes

capped of a huge 2017 (where they were both selected

in the Australian team at this year’s U20s World

Championship), signing contracts with the Waratahs.

Matthew Hood has signed a contract with the

Australian 7s program and has represented Australia

at the Oktoberfest 7s held in Munich and a number

of preseason 7s competitions throughout Australia

– Henry Clunies-Ross, Greg Jeloudev and James

Armstrong have also participated in the Australian

7s set-up, joining Matt Hood at the Central Coast 7s

in October in the Australian Green team (competing

against Ed Jenkins’ Australian Gold team).

Jake Wainwright is heading to Spain to play for Club

de Rugby El Salvador. Jake, our 1st Grade captain

for most of the year, is recovering well from his badly

injured ankle and his (and fi ancé Alana’s) departure

is imminent

THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY

SPORTING BLUES

Australian Wallaby and NSW Waratah Nick Phipps,

Australian 7s representative Matthew Hood and 1st

Grade’s Wayne Borsak were all awarded University

of Sydney sporting Blues for their sporting and

academic achievements. Nick, Matthew and Wayne

join a storied group, including recent Wallaby and

Medical student, Tom Robertson and current

Wallabies Bernard Foley and Sam Carter, amongst

many others.

Speedster, Matthew Hood slides in for a try against Souths

Wayne Borsak was presented with a Sydney Uni Blue in 2017 after

playing in every 1st Grade game


SPECIAL MENTIONS

Every week, there are 47 volunteers, coaches,

managers, gear stewards, doctors, physios,

strength and conditioning coaches and staff whom

all contribute to ensure the Club runs smoothly

and professionally. This simply cannot be achieved

without all the work of these people. Well done and

thank you all!

The Senior Management Team of Angus Stuart,

Tim Davidson, Tom Carter, Rob Taylor and Kirsty

Stevens were a great team to work with. Angus,

Tim, Tom, Rob and I all entered our second year

working together with the benefi t of the experience of

2016, whilst Kirsty hit the ground running when she

arrived at the beginning of this year. Angus provided

me with superb guidance, advice and assistance,

whilst his self-assured nature always instilled me with

confi dence. Tim and Tom’s infl uence on the Club

was mentioned earlier, however their capacity for

work and love of the Club were a huge asset to me

over the past two years. Rob’s development at the

Club has been underpinned by his love of coaching

and of rugby in general. His passion is obvious to

all - players, volunteers and parents alike - and is a

strength for the Club. Kirsty possesses an enormous

work ethic; an infectiously positive personality and

an expertise is rugby operations borne from a lifetime

growing up as the daughter of a rugby administrator.

Thank you to all SMT members for your assistance

throughout the year.

SUFC claimed the Club Championship for the 14th consecutive year

A special mention to Sam Barclay, Xander Jackman,

Tom Koerstz, Anthony McDougall and Linc Whiteley

for their contribution and commitment to the Club

throughout the season. These players experienced

signifi cant injuries, with limited or no 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 to each for your selfl ess attitude

and your sturdy contribution to the Club throughout

the 2017 season.

Finally, and most importantly, thank you to all the

players. By and large, many supporters do not see

the amount of dedicated training and passion each

of you put into your rugby away from the playing fi eld.

It is pleasing to see the level of commitment each of

you put into the Club. Whether it be the players who

reserved for 3rd Colts in their Grand Final, 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

fi eld or in their academic pursuits, demonstrates the

Club is in good hands. For the players, the current

custodians of the SUFC jersey, have added to its

celebrated legacy.

Up the Students!

David Haigh

Executive General Manager


SUFC Staff Thank You

Behind every great sporting club is a great team

of support staff and SUFC is so fortunate to have

such an excellent group of volunteers who give up

their time to assist the Club. These people are the

heartbeat of our Club and we would be lost without

them. Their passion dedication and ability to pitch

in does not go unnoticed, so we would like to thank

them all for their individual contributions this season.

• To our President, Angus Stuart who has fi rmly

cemented his mark at SUFC in his second year.

We cannot thank you enough for the support and

encouragement you give to us all. Since taking

on the role as President, Angus has brought an

injection of new ideas, energy and passion to

the Club, we look forward to seeing this develop

further in 2018.

• To each of the members of the Executive

Committee in 2017. Thank you for your time

and constructive contributions into securing the

future success of the Club. With special mention

to James Dorney and Jude Bolton who went

above and beyond to help drive the success of

the KPMG Finals Lunch. We are lucky to have

the support from such an enthusiastic and wise

committee.

• To all our Coaches and Managers from 1st

Grade right down to 3rd Colts. It is people like you

that keep our Club and this great game going.

Your incredible dedication to training, match days

and club functions is not overlooked. Many may

underestimate the role of a Coach or Manager in

sport, but you are some of the greatest infl uences

in shaping our players and providing them with

experiences they will remember for a lifetime. We

cannot thank you enough for all your passion and

hard work throughout the season. In particular

we must acknowledge Ross Ryan who has

dedicated 20 years to SUFC, your enthusiasm of

the teams and the game is an incredible asset

to SUFC.

• To our amazing Medical team, led by Dr Nathan

Gibbs and expertly supported by Dr Luke

Dan, Dr Mohammed Jomma and Dr Harry

Constantin. 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. They execute everything with

the highest professionalism and have built a great

rapport with the playing group ensuring that our

injured boys have the best recovery and are able

to return to play as soon as possible.

Dr Luke Dan patches up Dylan Oldfi eld

• To the Physiotherapy team, guided by Stuart

Pavely and supported by Daniella Thrassis in

Grade and George Guyatt in Colts. You truly

are one of the most invaluable resources at our

club. Your expertise and commitment within the

program and your compassion 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 our Strength and Conditioning staff, led by

Tom Carter and supported by Nicolai Morris in

Grade and Shane Ball in Colts, your contributions

towards developing our players athletically has

been second to none. From early mornings in

the gym to late nights on the fi eld, you have been

a critical element of the SUFC rugby program.

Thank you also to all our interns James So and

Emily Partridge who helped in the process. To

Lou Lou Stanley our Rehabilitation Coordinator,

who is the most passionate and enthusiastic

contributor to our High Performance program.

Your commitment, expertise and sincerity towards

the players are truly remarkable and are a key

component towards their return to play and the

Club’s success.

• To Craig Fear our Club Statistician for the past

20 years. The time and effort you put into

compiling and maintain our club statistics and

milestones is exceptional. With its rich and long

history, keeping the Club records up to date is

a huge task and one Fizza takes great pride in.

These statistics allow us to share milestones and

records with the players and supporters through

our newsletters, match day programs and SUFC

publications. Your role is fundamental to the Club

and we are very lucky to have you, we can’t thank

you enough.

• To the most avid and caring Gear Steward,

Ash Miller who continually goes above and

beyond to ensure our players, coaches and

managers have everything they need. Ash is the

fi rst to arrive and the last to leave on game days,

as well as spending countless hours down at

Rounders shed organising kit to ensure everything

is in working order for the teams ahead of game

days. Your work ethic and passion is instrumental

in the smooth running of the Club, no job is too big

and it is always done with a smile. Thank you also

to Greg Smyth who assists Ash with the late night

jersey organisation, the early morning set-ups and

the late night pack downs, your eagerness and

passion is admired. To Ed Walgien our Colts Gear

Steward who has dedicated so many years to the

Colts program. He is always the fi rst to volunteer

his time and will always go the extra mile to

help the Club. Ash, Greg and Ed, thank you

for your ongoing assistance, we could not do it

without you.

Strength and Conditioning Coach, Nicolai Morris warms up

2nd Grade

Gear Steward, Ash Miller won the 2017 NSW Volunteer of the Year

Award in September

• To all involved in the SUFC Juniors Program, from

our Junior Development Offi cer, Chris Talakai,

Juniors President, Fergus Duncan and all the

Coaches and Managers involved. The juniors

program has gone from strength to strength this

year and it is great to see so many youngsters

getting involved in the game. To have three SUFC

junior representatives play in 1st Grade this

season was amazing and shows the opportunities

we are providing for kids. Your commitment to

establishing this pathway for players to progress is

not underestimated.


• To our Ball boys – Jackson and Riley Campton,

Josh and Hamish Malone, Simon Fifi ta, Will and

Jack Allen. You are the most professional and

well-mannered ball kids and we are so proud of

you. It is an extraordinary commitment for you to

dedicate your Saturday to the Club every week,

thank you.

• To our club Photographers, Andrew Fraser, Dale

Caterson and Tony McFadyen. Each photo we

use of our players has been taken by one of these

men who volunteer their time to provide lasting

memories for our players, parents and supporters.

It is easy to overlook contributions that may often

become an expectation to many people, but we

really do appreciate all that you do for us, you are

incredible contributors to the Club and the whole

SUFC community loves seeing your work.

• To all our other wonderful game day volunteers,

Bruce Lin and Helmut Gebels our sideline

managers, Bruce who also writes our witty match

reports each week, Digby Dill-Macky on the

scoreboard, Ian Cameron and Andrew Coorey

our ground announcers, Sue Dill-Macky who

manages the merchandise and bakes up a mean

treat for the players post game, thank you all

for your contributions. To be blessed with such

passionate volunteers who you can rely on each

and every week is so rare and we are extremely

lucky to have you.

• To all the support we receive from Sydney Uni

Sport & Fitness (SUSF) and in particular retiring

President, Bruce Ross, new President, James

Flynn and Executive Director, Rob Smithies.

It is safe to say that without their signifi cant 2017 Ball kids - Hamish, Riley, Will, Jackson and Josh

We acknowledged our dedicated volunteers on the fi eld at Rounders Day


assistance the amazing opportunities, facilities

and experiences our players have whilst at SUFC

would not exist. Thank you also to Tristan Liles

and the High Performance team and to Leonie

Lum for her generous support and guidance to

our scholarship holders within the Elite Athlete

Program.

• To SUSF Operations, Property & Projects

Manager, Ed Smith and the SUSF Grounds Staff

led by Daryl Davidson, you do a exceptional

job to ensure we have fi elds to train and play on

each week. Thank you for your support again this

season.

• To Luke and Michelle Mitchell and all the

wonderful staff at The Grandstand. Your

professionalism and endeavour to provide the

very best food and service to our supporters is

invaluable. We are very lucky to have a wonderful

team to support us on game days and with club

functions throughout the year, thank you.

• To the Sydney University Colleges, Adrian

Diethelm (St John’s College), Wayne Erickson

(St Andrew’s College), Dr Ivan Head (St Paul’s

College) and Lisa Sutherland (Wesley College)

the support you provide the Club as our players

try to balance University, rugby and college life is

exceptional and a huge help. We must also thank

the Colleges that so kindly allow us to utilise their

grounds and facilities.

• Thank you lastly to all parents, partners, members,

past players, supporters near and far and anyone

who has been involved this year. We cannot

operate without the support, generosity and

dedication of you all – at SUFC our successes

and achievements are shared between so many

people. Thank you all for the 2017 season, we

cannot wait to see you again in 2018!

David Haigh, Tim Davidson, Rob Taylor,

Tom Carter & Kirsty Stevens

SUFC Staff


Finance Report

The Club is reporting modest surplus of $10,606 for

the year ending 31 October 2017. This is a pleasing

outcome given the additional pressures the budget

was subject to this year. The Club remains in a strong

fi nancial position and is debt free.

Total income for the year was $1,222,894 up 4.8%

on the previous year. There were increases across a

number of income categories: Grants and Donations

(up 11.6% to $416,281); Affi liation income (up 19.2%

to $109,906); Fundraising Activities (up 45.4% to

$389,329) and Other Income (up 100.9% to $37,135).

These increases were partially offset by lower Home

Gate and Sponsorship income (down 35.0% to

$270,243.

Total expenditure for the year was $1,212,288 up

4.7% on the previous year. Increases in expenditure

were incurred in Rugby Operations (up 2.1% to

$590,124); and Fundraising Activities (up 57.4% to

$275,383). These increases were offset by decreases

in Administration Costs (down 6.4% to $220,792);

Marketing & Promotion (down 45.2% to $6,393);

Development expenses (down 10.4% to $116,150)

and Other expenses (down 87.7% to $3,446).

With the carry forward of net positive retained

surpluses from prior years, the Club remains debt free

and is in a sound fi nancial position.

The Club’s robust fi nancial 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 fi nancial 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-fi eld

success.

I also wish to acknowledge the great work and

leadership provided by the Club’s Executive General

Manager David Haigh. David was well supported by

Events Manager, Kirsty Stevens. Thank you also to

fi nance team at Sydney University Sport and Fitness

for their support. Finally I would like to take this

opportunity to thank the President, Angus Stuart for

his leadership of the Club this year.

Angus Jackson

Vice President


FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSYDNEY UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL CLUB

INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT – YEAR ENDING 31 OCTOBER 2017

2017 2016

($) ($)

INCOME

Grants and Donations 416,281 372,933

Home Gate and Sponsorship 270,243 415,906

Affi liation 109,906 92,189

Fundraising Activities 389,329 267,735

Other 37,135 18,485

TOTAL INCOME 1,222,894 1,167,248

EXPENDITURE

Rugby Operations 590,124 578,244

Administration Costs 220,792 235,932

Marketing and Promotion 6,393 11,658

Development 116,150 129,598

Fundraising Activities 275,383 175,004

Other 3,446 27,962

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 1,212,288 1,158,398

SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) 10,606 8,850


SUFC Foundation Report

The Sydney University Football Club Foundation

(SUFCF) was established in 2003 to ensure the

survival and ongoing prosperity of the Club and to

enable it to compete at the highest level. To support

this objective a donor program was established

and has subsequently run over the past 14 years.

The proceeds from the program have accumulated

a dedicated capital fund, the balance of which

currently stands at over $3m. In accordance with

agreed practice a portion of the Fund’s investment

earnings are distributed annually to the Club for

the specifi c purpose of supporting the Club and its

players achieving the highest levels of success in both

academic and sporting endeavours.

SUFCF is pleased to announce that the capital

fund totalled $3.3m at 30 June 2017. 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 fi nancial

accounts.

Financial Year 2017 was a good year on markets

globally and saw equities take the mantle of best-

returning asset class. In particular, global equities

have led the surge – mainly in Asia and Europe

(excluding the UK). The Australian market has lagged,

but gains across the fi nancials, materials and utilities

sectors have still helped the local index post mid-teen

percentage returns.

Looking ahead, we continue to expect equities to

outperform defensive assets such as fi xed income

and cash, although our view is that global equities

should continue to outpace local equities.

For Australian equities, we see the market trading

between our bear and base cases, and therefore

accumulating on the dips. Having navigated some key

event risks this year, our base case sees the S&P/ASX

200 Index trading around 5,800 over the next few

months. A more bullish scenario could see the index

reach 6,300, but this would require more earnings

momentum driven by iron ore prices recovering back

towards US$80 a tonne, pressures on the banks

easing and tailwinds if the Australian dollar breaks

below its recent trading range of US$0.72–0.78.

Overall, a balanced portfolio with a focus on quality

equites remains attractive for the Foundation, which

has a long-term investment horizon and the ability to

endure some volatility whilst earning good income

from the investments.

The SUFCF fund was up 9.2% (net of fees) for FY17

compared to the ASX 100 Accumulation Index for

the same period of 14.6% and a balanced fund

benchmark of 9.8%. The SUFCF fund has now

returned 59.0% over the past 5 years. This amounts

to an annual return since 1 July 2012 of 9.6% per

annum, a pleasing result given the balanced asset

allocation of the fund and therefore the lower risk

when compared to the ASX 100. The ASX 100

Accumulation Index has returned 12.2% per annum

(SUFCF Australian Equities have returned 13.5% pa)

and the balanced fund benchmark has returned 8.7%

during the same period. Over the 5 year period the

Fund has beaten the long term performance target of Will McDonnell off-loads to Henry Clunies-Ross for a try in the

2nd Grade Grand Final


CPI plus 4%, which amounts to 6.0%, by 3.6%

per annum.

Net earnings of $357,504 for the year to 30 June

2017 continues the strong results achieved in 2016

($205,801), 2015 ($361,085) and 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 fi nal distribution of

$125,000 to the Sydney University Football Club for

the 2017 fi nancial year. The distributions made to

the Club since the Foundation’s inception now totals

approximately $1,265,000.

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 signifi cant role in growing

the balance of the fund through donations and

bequests pledged over recent years. Despite on-fi eld

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 fi eld benefi ts 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.

The 2017 year has once more seen changes at a

Foundation Board level. After serving his maximum

term on the Board, Andrew Murray announced

his retirement this year. The Board acknowledges

and thanks Andrew for his valuable contribution

over the last 15 years. The Board especially thanks

Andrew for his tireless efforts as the Chairman of the

Foundation Appeal Committee for the fi ve years from

2004-09. The highly successful Appeal, thanks to

the generosity of our past players and supporters,

was the foundation of today’s capital fund. Andrew

remains on the Foundation Investment Committee.

David Kirk also decided to retire as Director having

served the Foundation with distinction over the past

3 years. The Board acknowledges and thanks David

for his valuable contribution to the Foundation. A new

addition to the Foundation Board as a Director in 2017

was Mr David Lyons. David is a distinguished Wallaby

and former Club player of distinction and is currently

a member of the Blue Sky Investment group.

Further additions and retirements can be expected

over the next 12 months as part of the Board’s

renewal program.

Following on from the excellent platform laid by the

late David Clarke and Cameron Clyne, it is a great

honour to continue to serve as Chairman of SUFCF.

I am privileged to have such a capable Board and I

greatly appreciate the efforts in recent years to raise

additional funds to provide greater fi nancial stability to

the Club. I am confi dent the legacy we have built will

continue to grow to ensure the Foundation continues

to support the broader goals of the Club.

David Mortimer AO

Chairman, SUFC Foundation

2nd Colts Joe Schwager and Jock Capel celebrate a late try to

secure their spot in the Grand Final


Friends of SUFC Report

The Friends of Sydney University Football Club (the

“Friends”) was founded in 1996 by Peter Hemming

and a number of staunch supporters of the Club.

This was at a time when rugby was moving towards

professionalism. It was also a time when Sydney

University Football Club was at serious risk of

relegation.

An infl uential coterie of senior businessmen and

professionals were approached with a plan to establish

a specialised mentoring group. This group, the Friends,

has since grown to have over 40 Members all of whom

are committed to supporting the Club, mentoring

players and assisting them to further their business and

professional careers.

The Friends has made a critical contribution to what is

now one of the most successful and sustainable rugby

clubs in the world, Sydney University Football Club.

This year, the Friends held the 21st Annual Dinner

at St Andrew’s College and the members were

welcomed by the Dinner Chairman, David Mortimer

AO. The guest speaker, John Eales AM, a two

time Rugby World Cup winner, former Captain of

the Wallabies and current ARU Director, gave an

outstanding address. The vote of thanks was made

by myself as Chairman.

We were also honored to have as a special guest, the

Chancellor of Sydney University, Belinda Hutchinson

AM, who replied to Ian Jackman SC’s toast to the

University. Angus Stuart, President of SUFC, replied

to current Wallaby, Bernard Foley’s toast to the Club.

All addresses were amusing and insightful and made

for a very enjoyable evening.

We farewelled a few longstanding Friends in 2017 and

we thank them for their support and commitment to the

Friends and their contribution to the Club over many

years. We also welcomed back two former Members

and welcomed nine new Members. This year, in

addition to the mentoring role, the Friends donated over

$50,000 to the ongoing support of the Club.

I am stepping down as Chairman at the end of the

year and David Mortimer AO has kindly agreed to

take on the position from next year. During my time as

Chairman, I have enjoyed seeing so many young men

progress their careers on and off the fi eld through

the Sydney University Football Club. I would like to

thank all Members of the Friends for their valuable

contributions and encourage them to continue the

good work. I look forward to a continuing involvement

with the Friends.

The Friends is proud of its contribution to SUFC and

looks forward to continuing its support of the Club

and its young rugby players.

David Kirk MBE

Chairman

Friends of SUFC

Byron Wicken on the charge against EastwoodSUFC beat University of Queensland 47-26 in Brisbane during

pre-season


Club Captain’s Report

The 2017 season refl ected an appreciation of the

Club’s rich past and an engagement with its bright

future. At its core, the playing group founded itself

upon ‘lion behaviours’, building upon the character-

based program that was nurtured last year and

creating a ‘pride’ of team-mates willing to do battle

together. Through an emphasis on standards both

on and off the fi eld, SUFC asserted its role as much

more than a rugby club. Therefore, while the playing

group has much to celebrate, it looks forward to

building upon its successes in the coming years.

On the fi eld, the Students wore the blue and gold

hoops admirably, retaining the Club Championship in

what was one of the most competitive years in recent

memory. While the Students have had signifi cant

success in this department for the last decade and a

half, everyone was able to appreciate fully the special

nature of the Club Championship this year, and the

gutsy club-round efforts towards the back-end of

the season – and the subsequent celebrations –

highlighted how SUFC is far from a one-team club.

Winning four out of a possible seven premierships

was a similar indication of the Club’s depth. Special

mention must be made to 2nd and 4th Grade, as well

as 1st and 2nd Colts, who all danced the best on the

fi nal stage and gave the Club even more memories

to cherish.

It was a big year of learning for the playing group.

There were an incredible number of debutants in

the higher grades this year, many of them still being

eligible for Colts, so it was extremely promising to

see the next wave of talent step up and not just

hold their own, but stand out. The experience of the

fl agship teams will only grow from here, and the Club

community has reason to be excited as these players

develop in the Students’ colours. This also fostered a

heightened degree of intermingling between the Colts

and Grade teams, and the cohesiveness of the whole

club benefi ted a great deal as a result.

The Colts also came together very effectively,

coining the phrase ‘colture’ and securing the Colts

Club Championship in emphatic fashion with 1

round to spare. 1st Colts secured their back-to-

back undefeated seasons and the fact that all three

teams made their respective Grand Finals evokes

the immense depth of the younger playing group,

especially in light of the number of twenty-year olds

who were snapped up for Grade appearances.

Considering the quality of the Colties, the current

Grade cohort have a lot to worry about!

This year also saw an emphasis on integration with the

Women’s rugby team, both in terms of support on the

sideline and at social events. The Presentation night at

Colts led the way for the Club in 2017


the conclusion of the season capped off a great year

for what we consider to be one all-inclusive club, we

look forward to consolidating the bonds created this

year as the game grows for both genders.

The playing group’s development also came in the

form of off-fi eld events. The Cultural Night at the start

of the year celebrated the diversity within the Club

and the vast backgrounds from which the playing and

supporting group has emerged. The success of that

night was reinforced by the annual Ladies Day, which

similarly celebrated the involvement of the opposite

sex in the game. Of special note, the 1st Grade team

would like to thank all of those ladies who attended

the day. While there is still an ongoing investigation as

to how they managed to pull off a four-try come-back

victory against the eventual Shute Shield winners,

Warringah, we have it on good authority that the

overwhelming presence of the opposite sex may have

played a part.

Cultural Night was a Club highlight on the events calendar

Great turnout for our annual ladies day fi xture Scott Stumbles celebrated his 200th Grade game with the other

members of the ‘200 Club’

Of course, it would be wrong to characterise the entire

season by reminiscing on that Round 7 fairy-tale, and

the playing group had a lot to refl ect upon after the

Player’s Ball. Being an event independent of the Club

and organised purely by the players, for the past few

years it has offered an opportunity for those players to

consolidate some energy and love for the Club going

into the last few rounds and fi nals. While the event

was not without its hiccups, it certainly sparked a

social shift within the Club, the response of the playing

group was predominantly positive in its outlook about

where the Club wants to go and how it is going to get

there. The ability of the group to eliminate distractions

and bring home the Club Championship – an effort

which entailed an almost clean-sweep against

Eastwood (six wins and one draw) – served as an

indication of the newfound maturity of the group

and its determination to respect what the Club has

represented for the past 154 years. As we begin to

sink our teeth into the off-season, the pride seems

determined to learn from their mistakes and nurture

an environment that will not let them happen again.

The 2017 season should be recorded as a success.

The young playing group has been exposed to the

immense happiness that one garners from SUFC,

whether that is through the celebrations of Tom

Carter’s, 200th 1st Grade Game, Scott Stumbles’,

200th Grade game, Ash Miller’s reception of the NSW

Volunteer of the Year or the dedication that the Senior

Management Team, the coaches, the medical staff

and the volunteers give for the entire season. The

challenge of the playing group is now to take those

examples and build upon them; to create a legacy

of one’s own and prop the Club onto an even higher

rung of achievement.

There is no doubt that exciting times lay ahead.

Up the students!

Xander Jackman and Jack Blair

2017 Co-Club Captains


Head Coach’s Report

It was another hugely successful year at Sydney

University in 2017 with another Club Championship

safely locked away in what was the most closely

contested Club Championship in a very long time,

with the result coming down to the fi nal round against

Parramatta.

We had a year full of fantastic achievements, not

least of which was the phenomenal performance

of our Colts teams to win 1st and 2nd Colts Grand

Finals in emphatic style and narrowly losing 3rd Colts

to Randwick after being Minor Premiers. Our 2nd

Grade side played one of the best Grand Finals you

will ever see and defeated Eastwood with a dominant

performance, displaying sharp skills in attack and

physicality in defence that was a feature of their

whole fi nals campaign. Mighty 4th Grade won a very

tight Grand Final game against Northern Suburbs

and capped off a stellar season after fi nishing Minor

Premiers and was one of the most consistent teams

all year.

I have always believed that if you are capable of

winning the Club Championship, then the Club

possesses strong teams that stand to contest the

Finals series in all Grades and that ensures some level

of success. Winning Grand Finals is never easy, and

winning the Club Championship is getting harder and

harder to do with some Clubs really raising their game

over the last couple of years.

Whilst it was incredibly disappointing to not contest

the fi nals series in 1st Grade, to fi nish in equal 6th

and not go through on For and Against made it even

tougher to handle. Ultimately we were not quite able

to play as consistently as we would have liked and

it is heart breaking to look back at the opportunities

throughout the season where we could have scraped

together the single point required to enable us to play

at the business end of the season. Unfortunately,

it was not meant to be in 2017 and I am fully

accountable for every team’s results and whilst we

performed well across the whole club we are judged

at the pointy end.

However, whilst 1st Grades fi nish wasn’t to the high

standards we set at SUFC, the player’s effort was

exceptional all year. As a coach it is the one indicator

of a team that you are exposed to every week and I

was proud of how the players played for each other

the whole season. As a coaching group we have

worked hard on instilling the values and standards

within the players that will hold them in good stead

for whatever direction they choose to go in after

their time at SUFC. It was incredibly pleasing to see

the growth in this particular area and one example

stands out from the season where the whole Club

was challenged. The Clubs character was well and

truly exemplifi ed when facing our arch rival Eastwood

in round 16 at the SUFG (No.2 Oval) on a Super

Saturday with the Club Championship well and truly

on the line (Eastwood were 36 points ahead with two

rounds to go). To win 6.5/7 (3rd Grade drew) was a

fantastic achievement and a day that I will never forget

as everything good about the Club shone through

that day – most notably the players character and

what playing for the Club meant to them.

Jake Wainwright lead by example as 1st Grade Captain

Nick Champion de Crespigny scoring the winning try in the

memorable Round 16 victory over Eastwood


HIGHLIGHTS

I have so many highlights from my two seasons as

coach, notable;

• Club Champions 2016 & 2017

• 7 minor premierships across the Club including

1st Grade being minor premiers in 2016 for the

fi rst time in 7 years

• 8 Premierships (11 from 14 Grand Final

Appearances)

• 8 Players received professional contracts

• 1 Player received a 7s contract with 4 more trialling

at present

• 35 Players made their 1st Grade debut

• 84 Players represented 1st Grade

THANK YOU

1st Grade Coaching and Management Team

I would like to extend a personal thank you to the

1st Grade Assistant Coaches Garrick Cowely and

Ben Roberts, who I was lucky enough to play with

and now coach with, they have both been incredible

support over the past two seasons. Both worked full

time jobs and sacrifi ced so much time and energy to

our great club and playing group.

Garrick’s positive attitude and energy at training was

so crucial to how we performed on a weekly basis.

I was heavily reliant on his council and knowledge of

backs play and I learnt quickly to trust his judgment

in relation to our team attack. I thoroughly enjoyed

catching up every Monday to review and select the

team and will miss your honesty, guidance and sound

advice.

Benny took great pride in the performance of the

forwards and his passion is unparalleled. He was

often seen at University on a Monday and Wednesday

taking extra sessions and providing the playing group

with additional support so that they could prepare to

the best of their ability. Always a good judge of energy

before a game, Benny wore his heart on his sleeve

and I wish him all the very best with his coaching

career.

1st Grade Coaches, Tim Davidson, Garrick Cowley and

Ben Roberts watch on

Rohan O’Regan picked up the Best Forward and Players Player

award for 2017

1st Grade highest points scorer Christian Kagiassis was impressive

with the boot all season


The three men that I will be forever indebted to and

who made coaching so much easier over the last two

years have been the three 1st XV managers, Evan

Hoskins, Luke Campton and Scott Fraser. Again, I

was lucky enough to have them as managers when

I played and to work side by side with them as a

coach gave me a whole new perspective of what they

sacrifi ce on a weekly basis for our great club.

Never a problem too big or too small, these three have

been the backbone for the team and I can’t thank

them enough for all of the thankless tasks and hours

they spent because they loved seeing the boys looked

after. They pour their hearts and souls into everything

they do and do not ask for a single thing in return

and I would like to thank them for being the absolute

perfect role models for our younger players, they have

taught them so many life lessons through their actions

not words. I will miss catching up with them a lot but

long may the weekly tips and banter continue.

Lastly I would like to thank Bill Hovey who selfl essly

donated his time to meet me on a weekly basis and

provide guidance and advice on my approach and

coaching methodology. His mentoring and council

was extremely helpful and I will be forever indebted to

him for giving so much of his own time to support the

Club and myself.

Off-fi eld

I’d like to thank David Haigh and Kirsty Stevens

for their support this year and congratulate them

on organising so many wonderful events including

Ladies Day and the Finals Lunch, which were a

huge success and a great celebration of the 2001

Premiership Winning Team. David and Kirsty worked

tirelessly all season and especially on game days to

ensure the programed matches ran smoothly and all

of our stakeholders were looked after. I wish them all

the best for 2018 and beyond.

Strength and Conditioning

Fitness and Athletic Performance being the point of

difference for our teams at SUFC and I would like to

thank Tom Carter, Nicolai Morris, Shane Ball and

Lou Lou Stanley for all of their hard work and

dedication to preparing our players to compete to

the best of their ability each and every week. I have

to make a special mention of Tom, who has been

the biggest support to the program and myself this

season. Tom’s commitment to the players and his

work ethic are unmatched and his ability to manage

so many elements of the program whilst still playing

is a credit to him. It was an incredibly selfl ess act for

him to take on the role to support me as a part-time

Coach but one he did with incredible dedication and

loyalty. His standards and intrinsic drive to want the

best for every player is why this club has been so

successful for such a sustained period of time.

President

When I fi rst met Angus back in August 2015, I made

the commitment to coach for two seasons to allow

the Club to succession plan successfully and also

realign our budget in a constantly changing and

challenging landscape. I have done this to the best

of my ability, whilst juggling a full time job in the City

and a young family, I believe that giving Rob Taylor

the time to understand our program, whilst doing

a tremendous job in Colts, is testament to that

commitment. It has been a great experience to work

with people who have such dedication to the greater

good of the sport, the boys, the Club, the community

and its been a privilege to impart those values, ethics

and standards, whatever the outcome. As the fi rst

part-time Coach in over 15 years, I am proud of what

the Club has achieved during the past two seasons.

I would like to thank Angus for the opportunity and for

supporting me as a young, novice Coach throughout

the past two seasons. Without his support and

dedication, the achievements listed above would

not be possible. I wish him all the very best and look

forward to supporting the Club from the Grandstand

for many years to come.

Up the Students!

Tim Davidson

Head Coach

Will Skelton and Dean Mumm brought some experience to the 1st

Grade team


1st Grade Report

2017 saw the 1st Grade side miss the Finals for the

fi rst time in 19 years, it was made more diffi cult to

digest after we fi nished equal 6th however failed to

progress after missing out on for and against. 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, as 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.

Highlights of the year were the fantastic wins at home

against Warringah in Round 7 and Southern Districts

in Round 9 and the memorable win against a fast

fi nishing North’s at North Sydney Oval after Dave

McDulings infamous “Burn the Ships” speech! As

mentioned, the fi nal home game against Eastwood,

with everything on the line, will be a game I will never

forget.

Unfortunately, we were plagued with inconsistency

this year and will look back on matches that were

there for the taking, however errors in our control in

crucial moments let teams off the hook and mounted

pressure back on ourselves which at 1st Grade

level catches up with you eventually. The wonderful

thing about rugby is that the players will benefi t from

the experience and from the suffering of defeat or

disappointment sparks the fl ame of desire and I know

it will burn brightly in the playing group to want to go

all the way in 2018.

I would like to thank all of the players who took the

fi eld in 1st Grade this season, in particular the two

Captains Jake Wainwright and Tom Carter – thanks

for your support and dedication to the playing group

and for leading the team incredibly well. To all of the

Super Rugby players who returned to contribute to

the season, I would like to personally thank you for

your contribution and for being fantastic role models

for our younger players. It is what sets our club apart

and we are so fortunate that you all want to come

back and contribute in the fashion that you do and

long may SUFC continue to develop players to go on

to higher honours.

Finally, I would like to thank and commend all of our

supporters including parents, sponsors, volunteers,

wives and girlfriends who have given so much of their

own time to turn up week in week out to cheer on our

teams and support our players. Long has this been

the point of difference for the achievements of this

great club and without your support SUFC does not

exist and I will look forward to watching on from the

sidelines with you for many years to come.

Tim Davidson

1st Grade Head Coach

Tom Carter played his 200th 1st Grade game and scored his 100th

try during the season

The boys celebrate a late try to steal the win against Gordon


What a great year! – 2nd Grade Colin Caird Shield

Premiership Winners.

We started the season off well and then we had a few

losses mid-way, only to fi ght our way back to fi nish

second on the ladder and make the semi-fi nals.

The 2nd Grade road to the Grand Final consisted of:

• 18 competition rounds played with 13 wins, 1 draw

and 4 losses

• 761 points scored For / 417 points scored Against

• Finished second on the competition ladder

• Preliminary Finals at Pittwater Rugby Park –

Sydney University 28 def. Warringah 15

• Semi Finals at Pittwater Rugby Park –

Sydney University 45 def. Eastern Suburbs 14

• Grand Final at North Sydney Oval –

Sydney University 51 def. Eastwood 14

2nd Grade Report

2nd Grade Grand Final Squad

1. Alex Batho

2. Stewart Nutt

3. Chris Talakai

4. Jordan Chapman

5. Nick Champion de Crespigny

6. Declan Moore

7. Jackson McCalman (C)

8. Mitchell Whiteley

9. Daniel Calavassy

10. Theo Strang

11. Matthew Dowsett

12. William O’Donnell

13. Harry Potter

14. Henry Clunies-Ross

15. James Kane

16. Will Ridley

17. Ezrah Amituanai

18. Alistair Ryan

19. Nick Coaldrake

20. Callum McIntosh

21. Saosi Halaifounua

22. Sam Renton

23. Josh King

24. Byron Wicken

For the record the Grand Final Man of the Match

Points where as follows:

• 3 Points – William O’Donnell (12)

• 2 Point – James Kane (15)

• 1 Points – Jackson McCalman (7)Captain, Jack McCalman lifts the Colin Caird trophy


I would also like to acknowledge and extend

my personal thanks to ALL of the players who

represented 2nd Grade throughout the 2017 season.

Many thanks must go to the players and the team

captain. I must admit that I have the best support

staff at the Club, the team and I could not have

achieved so much without their help:

• Captain – Jackson McCalman

• Assistant Coach – Gary Whittaker

• Assistant Coach – Tom Boidin

• Assistant Coach – Tom Koerstz

• Manager – Ross Ryan

• Manager – Murray Hudd

• Manager – Greg Smyth

• Manager – Thomas Gilmore

• Club Specialist Skills Coach – Ben Roberts

• Team mentor and advisor – David Mortimer

• All the Coaches Managers and Volunteer staff

Congratulations to all the players who won awards at

the Club Presentation night:

2nd Grade award winners

• Best Forward – Jackson McCalman

• Best Back – James Kane

• Most Improved Colts Player – Daniel Calavassy

• Most Improved Grade Player – Byron Wicken

• Most Promising Grade Player – Harry Potter

• Craig Fear Grade Encouragement Award

– Declan Moore

Declan Moore was awarded the Craig Fear Encouragement Award

for 2017

2nd Grade 2017 Premiers with a record Grand Final win


The 2nd Grade players also showed their generosity

by passing around the hat and making a donation to

the – Matt Laffan Scholarship at St John’s College

within the University of Sydney.

As always there are many people behind the scenes

who make it possible for us to play and enjoy rugby

each week, 2nd Grade is very appreciative for the

tremendous support we receive from them all.

• Major Sponsors Buildcorp – Tony & Josephine

Sukkar

• Sponsor Pub – Toxteth Hotel

• Grade Parents and their families

• The Club Committee led by our President,

Mr. Angus Stuart

• Club Operations & Event Staff – David Haigh and

Kirsty Stevens

• Club Doctor – Nathan Gibbs

• Club Physiotherapist – Stu Pavely and

Daniella Thrassis

• Strength and Conditioning Coaches – Tom Carter

and Nicolai Morris

• 1st Grade Coaches – Tim Davidson and

Garrick Cowley

• Club Captains – Xander Jackman and Jack Blair

• Club Statistician – Craig Fear

A special mention must go to the 2nd Grade Team

Manager, Mr Ross Ryan for his continuous support

and generosity to all the players and coaching staff.

Finally, congratulations to all the Grade and Colts

players with their successful 2017 campaigns.

Up the Students!

Raymond Hudd

Head Coach

2nd Grade Premiers 2017

Alex Batho & Jack McCalman approve of the referees decision in

their Quarter-Final

2nd Grade listen on at half time to Coach, Ray Hudd


3rd Grade Report

The 2017 season was fi lled with ups and downs

and many games in the balance right until the fi nal

whistle. Although we weren’t able to make it to the

big dance, fi nishing third overall was an outstanding

effort. The year commenced with some close games

and tight loses including Manly at Manly and Gordon

at home but the team managed to rally under the

leadership of Jack Blair, Ed L’Estrange, Ben Carolan

and the incredible ticker of the Doherty brothers

(AKA Dohers), to topple both of these teams in

the second round. The level of commitment, talent

and outstanding character in the lower grades at

University made Jack Leary and I extremely proud to

coach the team.

As always, 3rd Grade had a number of misfi ts and

rare-bears which made for an interesting season.

From the Super Sub Koni through to Big Dog Stanton

and Partay Boy Stanford, there was never a dull

moment and I know the team genuinely enjoyed the

year together.

We ended the season on 13 Wins, 4 Loses and

1 draw.

The game which really stood out for me from this

year was Manly. Playing Manly at Manly is never an

easy task and in the fi rst round we weren’t prepared

for what was thrown at us, going down 36-14.

Coming up against Manly in the second round, Uni

were up for redemption. The game was fought with

many penalties and injuries leading to a last minute

substitution in the dying minutes of the second half

with Manly just in front. Kazuki Takakura took the fi eld

at scrum half, having joined the Club this year from

Japan, with quick and ruthless decision making Kazu

quick tapped the ball from 5m out, mustering the fi ght

of an army he carried three Manly forwards over the

line to equal the score allowing Sam Renton to easily

convert and win the game 34-32.

3rd Grade bowed out of the competition in the semi-fi nal


PLAYER MENTIONS

Ed L’Estrange, for his leadership, professionalism,

love of the Club and his team mates. Ed always saw

a way to improve no matter the situation and backed

it up with his actions, most obvious in his unwavering

courage in the path of men much larger than he is.

THANK YOU

Jack Leary (3rd Grade Coach), for being a sound

board and keeping the team together. His passion

for the sport and the boys in the team was second to

none. I couldn’t have done it without him.

Tom Carter (High Performance Manager and Ben

Roberts (Scrum Coach), for all the coaching support

and guidance throughout the year.

Tim Davidson (Head Coach), for all the coaching

support, guidance and personal development in

rugby and beyond.

David Haigh and Kirsty Stevens (Off-fi eld staff), for

looking after us and making sure we had everything

we needed!

Dane (Train) McCarthy (Team Manager) for turning

up week in week out, for the culture, the chat and

support for the team

Tom Heslop

3rd Grade Coach Ed L’Estrange was a stand out all season for 3rd Grade

Kazuki Takura in action against West Harbour

Ben Carolan ran the length of the fi eld to score in the 73-0 victory

over Gordon

It took two Randwick defenders to bring down Hugh Summerhayes

Hugh Summerhayes, for always giving 100%,

pushing his limits and leading by example.

Conor and Pat O’Doherty, for their relentless ticker

and courage, they put their body on the line and did

whatever they were asked, which more than once

meant playing two full games to help with injuries and

player availability.


4th Grade Report

The 4th Grade team this year comprised of a mixed

group of players with some playing for the love of the

game and others who are aspiring 1st Graders. The

energetic 4th Grade environment provided not only

players but coaches the ability to get the best out of

each training sessions as each week we developed

as a group. The 4th Grade team can be volatile at

points, however the way the team adjusted to weekly

changes prevailed week in, week out with only 3 loses

we ended the regular season as Minor Premiers.

The team was privileged to involve two stalwarts of

the game with Tim Davidson and Scott Stumbles

strapping the boots up for another extraordinary

season. Throughout the season the captaincy was

held by Josh Schwager and Lachlan Argiris who lead

the boys weekly whilst also dictating the game from

the palm of their hand.

Best back went to Adam Perri, who’s weekly

attendance at training was limited due to work but

made up for it on the fi eld by characterising a brand

of rugby some can only dream of. Josh “Groper”

Schwager was named best forward for 2017 as he

provided the team with consistent hard line running

who some would compare to a late Robert Frost

poem. Another mention goes to the O’Doherty twins,

Conor and Pat who both epitomise the behaviours

associated with SUFC.

The mighty 4th Grade side began the fi nals campaign

with a strong start but learnt their lesson with only a

narrow semi-fi nal win over Warringah. This ability to

adapt to fi nals football was a major focus at training

throughout the week. Funnily enough we landed

Norths in the fi nal who defeated us twice throughout

the season, however we were well prepared for the

battle that faced. A gruelling match of rugby was

being showcased at North Sydney Oval, however a

few tactical subs on the 45’ by Coach Mitch Dansey

and the tactician provided the team some strength in

the back end of the half. Sydney University 4th Grade

were Premiers for 2017!

4th Grade 2017 Premiers defeating Norths in the Grand Final at North Sydney Oval


Some key achievements and memorable moments

for the team this year include;

• Winning the Henderson Cup

• When “Man in the Mirror” was read at the away

semi-fi nal against the Rats. A moment which

resonated amongst the playing group which

ended in success.

• Josh Schwager and Adam Perri taking away best

forward and best back.

• Mitch Dansey showcasing his second Henderson

Cup trophy in the downstairs pool room.

• Will Davies transferring his rugby mind to his fi rst

year coaching and prevailing with a memory.

• Scott Stumbles reaching his 200th game

• Putting on a showcase at Chatswood Oval against

Gordon after they had beaten us in round one.

George Lehmann charges on against Eastwood

Scott Stumbles ran out for his 200th Game vs. Souths with daughter, Chloe


William ‘Koni’ Tuitupou with his famous hand off on a Randwick defender

PLAYER MENTIONS

Josh Schwager, a captain who lead his team weekly

with hard running lines and supporting behaviour.

Adam Perri, a hard hitter who leads by his actions

and a country boy at heart.

Tim Davidson, a hard runner and strong tackler,

but mostly Davo brought experience when the team

needed it the most, a player who the team respected

highly and hung of every word.

Scott Stumbles presented well on and off the fi eld.

Stumbo provided the team with direction and secured

wins with his golden boot.

THANK YOU

A huge thank you to all the staff and managers who

were involved in the team’s success this year, the

role you play towards the players is paramount and

doesn’t go unrecognised.

Special mention to Daniella Thrassis, for keeping

the boys on the fi eld every week, we appreciate your

efforts.

To the Team Managers, Troy Isidro, Sammy Fifi ta

and Greg Smyth, thank you all your hard work and

commitment this year.

And fi nally to Ash Miller, Ash doesn’t need an

introduction; he is a great man, the team benefi ted

from his presence each week, thank you Ash.

Will Davies and Mitch Dansey

4th Grade Coaches

Best Back, Adam Perri, Coaches Will Davies and Mitch Dansey and Best Forward Josh Schwager at Presentation Night


2017 Colts Report

Last year I felt like a 1st year Colt joining SUFC,

wondering what it is all about, what the competition

is like, how are we going to perform and so on. This

year I was a 2nd year Colt, knowing what was ahead

and what we needed to do. As a 2nd year Colt you

approach the season with that extra clarity and

confi dence to strategize to be better than before.

Whilst being part of the 2016 Colts campaign was

extremely memorable, the job for the 2017 group was

to better it. We ended up winning the same amount of

trophies but the quality of performances, the attitude

and the number of eligible Colts players who played

Grade this year and played very well exceeded that

of the previous year. I would say the 2017 group

achieved their ultimate goal.

Highlights for 2017:

• Colts Club Championship - Eric Splisted Shield

• 2 Minor Premierships (1st Colts & 3rd Colts)

• All three teams made the Grand Final

• 2 Championship wins (1st & 2nd Colts)

• 13 consecutive rounds of three from three wins

One of the main aims for the Colts tier for the Club is

development and promotion of talent and no fewer

than nine eligible Colts played 1st Grade this year,

being:

• James Armstrong

• Daniel Calavassy

• Tim Clements

• Tom Horton

• Harry Johnson-Holmes

• Guy Porter

• Theo Strang

• Lachlan Swinton

• Banjo Travers

1st Colts Coaches Robert Taylor and Joe Horn-Smith celebrate

with the W.McMahon Memorial Shield

Guy Porter was one of many Colts to make his 1st Grade debut in 2017


A number of others played 2nd to 4th Grade rugby

as well; Sean Anese, Harry Croker, Connor Grindal,

Josh Hardie, Ed King, Harry Potter, Tom Osborne, Jay

Spencer, Will Wennerbom, Lepani Tuirara and a few

others.

The attitude of players this year had an exceptional

thirst to get better and play for a big common cause.

They wore the jersey with great pride every weekend

and have set a high bench mark for the 2018 group to

beat. As a Club, we will be doing everything possible

to make that happen.

Number of players used:

1st Colts – 44

2nd Colts – 48

3rd Colts – 58

(79 players played for all three grades across the

season)

3RD COLTS SUMMARY

Teams win/lose summary:

Played 18 regular season games, won 16, lost 2. In

fi nals, played 3 won 2 (lost Grand Final)

For and Against: (Regular season)

Points for: 587 points – 197 Against

Top Try Scorer: 10 – Sydney Malifa

Most Conversions: 20 – Josh Hardie

Coaches: Rick Moore and Gabriel Enright

Captain: Aidan Moore

For 95% of the season the 3rd Colts were excellent.

They were always fi nding a way to win, no matter

what the circumstances were, at one stage winning

seventeen games straight. There were many new

players to the team and some were still at school,

making for an exciting 2018 for the Colts.

The team was lead extremely well by Aidan Moore,

who set a consistently high level of effort at every

training session and game, they faulted in the Grand

Final.

Notable Performance of the regular season –

Round 15 v Warringah – Away

This is my favorite 3rd Colts game of the season, they

had put in some impressive performances and wins

against the likes of Randwick and Eastwood but this

one was full of character and determination by our

3rd Colts reserves.

It was late in the season when it was University

holidays, the injury list was piling up, the weather was

dour and a number of players were up in Grade. The

bench and fringe Colts were called to front up and

keep the dynasty going. It wasn’t a pretty game but

fresh troops got the job done in the last minutes of

the game. The character and belief from our regular

reserve 3rd Colts came through to ensure the Club

secured the Championship points and our 3rd Colts

stayed top of the table, it was a memorable win.

Winger, Eddy King was the Clubs leading try scorer in 2017


Finals:

Preliminary Final: v Parramatta 41 – 5 (Win)

Semi Final: v Eastern Suburbs 34 – 7 (Win)

Grand Final: v Ranwick 29-12 (Lost)

In the big dance at Concord Oval, we got off to a slow

start against Randwick letting in the fi rst two tries but

we soon sorted ourselves out and scored the next try,

which was an excellent team try. Unfortunately one

of our players earned himself a red card during the

try celebrations, forcing his team into playing the next

fi fty minutes as fourteen men. Captain, Aidan Moore

lead from the front and the team gave it all they had,

but Randwick were just too good with the one man

advantage.

Notable performers:

Raymond ‘Razor Ray’ Taufui was a mainstay for the

3rd Colts throughout the season, every game he lead

with his actions with his big tackles and bumping

runs. Others to catch the eye were; Sofi lino ‘Ringo’

Latu, Oliver Young, Bati Koroisau and Luke Austin to

name a few.

There were also a number of players still in school;

Silas Lawther, Riley Alcorn, Nigel Zhang and a couple

of year 11s in Said Halbouni and Hayden Pomare, who

would fi nish the season as a starter for 2nd Colts.

2ND COLTS SUMMARY


Played 18 regular season games, won 15.

In fi nals, played 3 won 2 (lost QF)


Points For: 707 points – 212 Against

Top Try Scorer: 12 – Ethan Miller

Most Conversions: 22 – Josh Hardie & Sean Anese

Coaches: James Caterson and Charles Carter

Captain: Jock Capel

The 2nd Colts had a slow start to the season and

then found there identity and combinations in

Round 5 against Gordon. From there they would not

lose a game again until the preliminary fi nal where

they lost to Northern Suburbs. This could have

been fatal for their season; however with Eastern

Suburbs knocking out Southern Districts they were

given another chance. That reality check served as a

catalyst to do everything possible to get the job done.

Notable Performance of the regular season –

Round 5 v Gordon – Away

At Round 5 the 2nd Colts had only one win from four

games after losing to Easts, Norths and Randwick.

Gordon were undefeated at the time and were going

to be formidable at home. This was a critical moment

in our season for a number of reasons.

For the team to walk away with a 40 – 0 win set them

up for the rest of the season. The players really took

ownership of the performance and lead from the front

for the rest of the season. A number of combinations

blossomed post that game to form the spine of the

Championship winning team.

Finals:

Preliminary Final: v Northern Suburbs 24 – 27 (Lost)

Semi Final: v Randwick 22 – 20 (Won)

Grand Final: v Easts 27 – 10 (Won)13 Colts tried out for the NSW U20s


One of the greatest Semi Finals… ever:

The opposition, Minor Premiers Randwick. On a

beautiful sunny day at Chatswood Oval our team

knew that against a very good Randwick team they

would need to produce their best performance. Up

until the end of the fi rst half, the team produced just

that to be leading 12 – 0. They then let in a try just

before halftime and straight after the half to give

Randwick a huge boast in confi dence.

The game came down to the last few minutes where

Randwick took a drop goal to put them three points

clear. What I love most about this game, while the

referee signaled a successful kick, our guys were

already running to halfway to kick off with two minutes

left to play. They knew they would fi nd a way.

Randwick secured the kick-off but fatally missed

touch when clearing for touch, Connor Farnell saved

the ball from going out by an inch and then set up

Will Terry for a burst down the sideline to take the

team from halfway to deep into the Randwick 22m.

From there the forwards took over and bulldozed their

way other to seal the win after the fulltime hooter had

sounded.

I’ve seen it before but great to see a new group of

SUFC Colts have that belief and desire to win.

After the heroics against Randwick in the semi-fi nal it

gave the team a huge amount of belief going into the

Grand Final. It was a dominant display and were in

control throughout the game.

Key Performers

The young forward pack included players like Connor

Grindal, Tim Lilomaiava, Sean Hasegawa, Tom

Osborne and the backrow Josh Sheridan, Patrick

Calavassy and Milan Basson.

In the backs; Hayden Pomare, the ever improving fl y

halves of Josh Hardie and Joe Schwager. Will Terry

and Sean Anese were destructive in the centres and

Strath Yeo was a stand-out winger and will be one to

watch out for in 2018. The backs were rounded off

by fellow back three 2nd year Colts Ethan Miller and

Connor Farnell.

1ST COLTS SUMMARY


1st Colts played 18 regular season games, won 18. In

fi nals, played 3 won 3


1st Colts: For 860 points – 241 Against

Top Try Scorer: 22 – Ed King. Which was the

highest amount at any level for Colts and Grade for

the 2017 regular season.

Most Conversions: 77 – Daniel Poletto

Dan Poletto scored 166 points from the boot during 2017

It was another outstanding season for 1st Colts. What

can you say, another 21 games unbeaten. This is a

special group coming through the Club and to think

many of the key 1st Colts players have already played

1st Grade as well.

What made it a very good year, was fi nishing the

way we did compared to the 2016 Grand Final

performance. This year, we just kept getting better

and better, fi nishing it off with a decisive win against a

highly confi dent Eastern Suburbs team.


Finals Results:

Preliminary Final: v Warringah 50 – 12 (Win)

Semi Final: v Eastwood 48 – 5 (Win)

Grand Final: v Eastern Suburbs 63 – 15 (Win)

I will cover 1st Colts in greater detail in the specifi c

team report.

Colts Club Captain and 1st Colts Captain Peter Fenwicke

Milan Basson on the run against Warringah during round 15s

Super Saturday

THANK YOU

The Club greatly appreciates the support of the Colts

program by St Andrew’s and St Paul’s Colleges,

who provide access to training and playing facilities

throughout the year. Nothing happens without a fi eld

and we are extremely grateful to both Colleges.

Tom Carter, Shane Ball and the strength and

conditioning staff, much is often said about the fast,

physical and fi t style of play the Students exhibit and

the overall superior strength and conditioning of our

players, this can be attributed to Tom and Shane.

They are the backbone of the Colts performance. If

you saw the Colts Grand Finals, you would have seen

the athletes they have created.

The management of Ed Walgien and substitute

managers make Saturdays seem a lot easier then

they truly are with the amount of administration. A true

behind the scenes job but done with great pride and

attention. Ed running the fi eld set up and logistics,

those little tasks that don’t look like much but make a

world of difference to a coach.

To the supporters and parents who made it the

games throughout the season, it means a lot to

the players and I to see you there. Special mention

to Megan Bartlett who played a big role keeping our

supporters and parents connected to the Club

and team.

Craig Fear for keeping us up to date with key

milestones and statistics.

The medical and physiotherapy support the Club

provides to the players is unmatched in the Sydney

Club Rugby competition and is one of the foundations

on which the Club has built its success. Thank you to

George Guyatt and Mohammed ‘Mo’ Jomaa for your

contribution.

The support and leadership of President, Angus

Stuart and off-fi eld staff David Haigh and Kirsty

Stevens who shape the environment of the Club

continually to let everyone else maximise their time

coaching or playing in the jersey.

Robert Taylor

1st Colts Head Coach


1st Grade. In 2nd Grade, Harry Potter and Daniel

Calavassy were infl uential in to the team’s success.

In total 16 Colts stepped up to Grade throughout the

season and they weren’t just there to make up the

numbers or play the last few minutes in games, they

were rightfully there in a starting role and at times

winning the ‘player of the day’ award.

During the season, there were a number of games

which stood out as season defi ning games for the

1st Colts team. In particular the round 2 battle with

Manly at home, the round 3 demolishing of Randwick

69 – 5 and the grind against Parramatta under lights,

but the game that really stood out for me was against

Eastwood in round 10 at T.G Millner.

In that game, we suffered a few setbacks, fi rst we

had our starting tight head prop injured late in the

warm up and had to drag a prop from the 2nd Colts

match who had already played a full game, we then

had our outside centre, James Armstrong red carded

halfway through the fi rst half and received a further

yellow card in the second half. While many teams

would use this as an excuse for a poor performance,

1st Colts Report

The 2016 Colts set an extremely high standard for

the 2017 1st Colts to chase down. At the start of the

season we had two goals; continual improvement

each week and to better the 2016 Colts season in

every aspect.

With around 60% of the squad returning from 2016

characters were put to the test, it says a lot about

them as people and about SUFC as a club for them

to come back and perform even better, no one

wanted to settle for past glories or were intimated by

lofty goals, simply, they wanted to better it. In my eyes

they certainly surpassed 2016, not by the results but

by the performances and effort to get better every

week, at times in 2016 our focus waived, this year I

felt we were highly aware of those potential lows and

responded to them by attacking them.

The other mark of growth from 2016 was the

promotion of talent; many players were playing

signifi cant roles in 1st Grade or other Grade teams.

There were the established eligible Colts playing

1st Grade like Lachlan Swinton and Theo Strang,

with another seven players who would go onto play

1st Colts 2017 Premiers defeating Easts in the Grand Final


we thrived on the challenge. We weren’t fl ustered, we

just adapted to the problem and continually came up

with solutions, it was an ice cold performance and to

win 22–0 against a team that was 2nd on the table at

the time, in their own backyard was something really

special. I knew from there we would be able to recall

that challenge in the future.

By the end of the round robin play, we had matched

2016 and remained undefeated. From there we played

and beat Warringah 50-12, Eastwood 48-5 in the

semi-fi nal and won 63-12 against Eastern Suburbs in

the Grand Final.

Last year we easily beat Eastwood in the Preliminary

Final, then played a fi nal like game against Randwick

in the Semi and played extremely well. The 2016

Grand Final was an amazing feeling to win in extra

time after coming from behind in the last few minutes,

but when I met with the returning Colts early in 2017

we felt we had not fi nished the year in a way that

refl ected our season. When planning this season,

we really locked onto the commitment to just keep

getting better and if we are lucky to get into the fi nals,

we would stay true to that as well. No taking our foot

off, we wanted to leave an impression that this was

one very good Colts team, no questions asked.

The Grand Final was a fi tting performance for our

vision, it was a masterful display, we had the ability

to score from anywhere and no matter what from.

There were a number of tries created from scrums,

lineouts, turnover, attacking kicks, power plays and

set plays, that is what we had been working on all

season, working towards an ultimate vision that our

supporters would be proud of.

I am looking forward to seeing the continual growth

of the graduating Colts of 2017 as they progress onto

Grade, what they have achieved is memorable but

now is the time to replicate that effort at the next level

in club rugby. I am also looking forward to assisting

the 2018 returning Colts in every way possible to

surpass the 2017 group.

Three very important acknowledgements must go to

my Assistant Coach, Joe Horn-Smith and Captain of

the troops, Peter Fenwicke and a special thank you to

the Colts Manager, Ed Walgien for his unconditional

support for SUFC Colts rugby, we could not do what

we love without his time and passion to serve.

Rob Taylor

1st Colts Head Coach

1st Colts half-time team talk


Best Fresher, James Armstrong fends off an Eastwood defender

Ratu Rotuisolia was very impressive in his fi rst year at the Club picking up the Most Promising Colt Award for 2017


2nd Colts Report

The fi rst four rounds saw 2nd Colts produce some

ordinary results, suffering defeats to Eastern Suburbs,

Randwick and Northern Suburbs, going into round

5 our record was 1 from 4. Some words of wisdom

from Ray Hudd and Charles Carter (who returned to

the coaching team), triggered something in the young

group and they knew that a huge performance was

required to instill their presence on the competition.

That afternoon the boys managed to pile on 40

unanswered points against the then competition

leaders Gordon, after that convincing victory 2nd

Colts went on a 14 game winning streak not losing

another game in the regular season to fi nish in 3rd

position.

Our winning streak came to an abrupt end in week

1 of the fi nals as we suffered our fi rst defeat in

14 rounds at the hands of Northern Suburbs; we

thought our season was over. However, we were

gifted a lifeline when Eastern Suburbs defeated

Southern Districts later that afternoon meaning we

went through to the Semi-fi nals as the highest placed

loser. This meant facing old rivals and minor premiers,

Randwick for a spot in the big dance.

The semi-fi nal match was one Charles and I will never

forget. It was extremely close for the 70 minutes with

neither team gaining any strong leads, with three

minutes to go the scores were locked at 17 apiece.

Randwick had the attacking position in our 22 and

they were applying immense pressure. They slotted

a fi eld goal that took the game to 20-17 with just

two minutes left on the clock. The re-start saw the

Galloping Greens return kick the footy, Will Terry took

it on the full and carried hard down the far touchline

towards the posts at Chatswood Oval, a cynical

penalty by a desperate Randwick defender resulted

in a yellow card after the buzzer. The boys had one

fi nal chance, they remained cool, calm and collected,

taking a quick tap to score a fi ve pointer and steal a

narrow 22-20 win, booking their place in the Grand

Final at Concord Oval.

The following week saw us play Eastern Suburbs

in the decider, the team trained well throughout the

week and never took their foot off the accelerator until

presentation night the following Friday. The end result,

a 27-10 victory and the 2017 trophy.

2nd Colts celebrate their 27-10 Grand Final win


It was a season where we had players relieved of their

duties in 2nds Colts and sent back to 3rd Colts to

develop their skills while also providing opportunities

for some players to prove themselves to the coaching

staff, in doing so earning them promotion to 1st

Colts. In particular, Josh Sheridan, Tim Lilomaiava

and Josh Hardie who were all stand outs and ended

up performing above and beyond in all three Colts

teams. Josh Sheridan was rewarded for his efforts

with the 2nd Colts Best Forward award at the 2017

Presentation Night.

It was great to see the individual development and

growth of such young players, many fresh out of

school and some still in school. Throughout the

season there was a player in the backline that

consistently performed week in, week out. Sean

Anese, never took a backward step, he constantly

carried the ball with intent, breaking the line on

many occasions to score some special tries. Sean’s

performance throughout the season saw him make

his Grade debut and collect the Best Back award for

2017.

2nd Colts Coaches, Charles Carter and James Caterson

Best Back, Sean Anese breaks free from his opposition

Hooker, Tim Lilomaiva celebrates a try


Special mention must go to Josh Hardie and Connor

Grindal (Captain) who played major parts in the team

throughout the year and unfortunately were unable to

take the fi eld due to injury.

I’d like to personally thank Charles Carter for his

support, for a bloke who has been involved in the

Club for 20 plus years at all levels, to come back and

help me coach the 2nd Colts throughout the year has

been absolutely tremendous honour.

2nd Colts 2017 Premiers defeating Easts in the Grand Final

Best forward, Josh Sheridan dives over the line

Also, a huge thank you to Rob Taylor, all the other

coaches, volunteers and staff that have contributed to

the Club, especially to the Colts program throughout

the year.

Up the Students!

James Caterson

2nd Colts Coach


Aidan Moore was the team captain and had a

mercurial season refi ning his leadership skills by

setting a great example both on and off the fi eld and

with true passion for the Club. Aidan also won Best

Forward by virtue of accruing the highest number

of best and fairest points. Will Wennerbom won the

Best Back award in a season that saw him start with

a bang for 1st Grade against the NSW U20 Blue Gen

team, incur a major ACL Injury, rehabilitate back to

full strength and then steer many Grade and Colts

teams to victories that eventually secured the Club

Championship - Well done Will.

3rd Colts Report

It was a stellar season for the SUFC Colts as they

became the pride of the Club with a monumental

contribution that saw 12 plus Colts playing in the

Senior Grades as the curtain came down on the 14th

consecutive Club Championship for SUFC in the fi nal

round of the competition.

For 3rd Colts, a 16 game winning streak in the

regular season would reward the team with a hard

fought Minor Premiership and a relatively easy path

to the Grand Final playing Parramatta (6th) and

Eastern Suburbs (4th) in the quarter and semi fi nal

respectively.

Hindsight is a very valuable tool and in losing the

Grand Final to Randwick it was potentially that

fact that Randwick had a very consistent line up

for the last third of the season and throughout the

fi nal series that gave them the edge on the big

day. Sydney University 3rd Colts had to deal with a

considerable amount of player movements through

the same period and never quite bedded down vital

combinations with consistency and continuity of

selection. That being said Randwick were the better

and more disciplined team on the day and deserve

their victory.

3rd Colts celebrate a win with the club song

Aidan Moore and Sofi lino Latu prepare for a scrum


3rd Colts Best Back, Will Wennerbom was a stand out throughout the season

Over the season the team scored 674 points and

conceded 238 points for a difference of 436 across

the entire season. The team fi nished Minor Premiers

on 79 competition points with the nearest rival

Eastwood accumulating 65 points, the difference of

14 points being the biggest winning margin for any

team in the SRU premier competition.

The team scored a total of 71 tries across the season

and the top try scorers were Sydney Malifa (10), Toby

Dickinson (9) and Joshua Hardie (6).

The goal kickers were able to convert 44 of the 71 tries

with Joshua Hardie (20), Edward Renton (12) and Will

Wennerbom (6) doing the lion’s share of the kicking.

The team only kicked 4 penalty goals all season with

two for Will Wennerbom and two for Joshua Hardie.

As 3rd Colts is usually comprised of the new

players to the Club they have the additional task of

learning and integrating with the club culture and

adjusting their young lives to the expectations of the

SUFC rugby program, University curriculum and the

workforce. In this regard the 3rd Colts team climbed

an enormous mountain and grew very quickly into

exceptional young men and adults along the way.

Gabriel Enright

3rd Colts Coach Josh Hardie on the attack against West Harbour

Sydney Malifa was 3rd Colts top try scorer of the season


SUWRC President’s Report

I speak on behalf of all our SUWRC community when

I say thank you to the SUFC for the greater inclusion

in your culture, training and game day activities. It

has been a very big year for the Sydney University

Women’s Rugby Club and the passion has really been

shown by our players.

SUWRC has absolutely loved the opportunity to

participate in pre-season training, attend events

together, buy into the lion behaviours (lioness

behaviours in our case) and support each other on

game days.

The on-fi eld success during that period is evidenced

by the success of the Club in the 2017 season and

the number of players playing representative rugby

for the Wallaroos, Sydney XVs, Barbarians, Greater

Sydney Rams, New South Wales 7s, as well as the

AON Macquarie University 7s and University of New

England team.

We started our 22nd year ready to get the job done,

in the hope to retain our premiership title for the third

year in a row. We were very grateful to be able to play

a number of our round games in the 2017 season at

the SUFG (No. 2 Oval), including our semi-fi nal. It was

fi tting to play our fi rst home game on the main fi eld

against Campbelltown clocking in a 93-0 victory and

show we meant business.

We did well to make the grand fi nal losing three of our

starting players the week before, but the Warringah

Ratettes were too good on the day, running out 21-17

winners. Congratulations Warringah.

With a new season came some new faces; a new

coach and new players. New training opportunities

from pre-season with SUFC to strength &

conditioning sessions at the David Mortimer HP

Facilities, Saturday morning identity hills and a new

respect for the training that SUFC participated in.

I feel our club culture has grown immensely as a

Women’s team, as well as across the two clubs as

both the men and women grew respect for the effort

and commitment both groups put in almost all year

round. A highlight of the off-fi eld culture for me was

witnessing “Culture Night” where some of the men

and women were able to share stories, language,

food and dance that is traditional to their heritage.

What a fabulous celebration!

SUWRC ended the Season as Minor Premiers


REPRESENTATIVE PLAYERS

SUWRC saw a large number of representative

honours across 2017:

• Wallaroos World Cup and NZ Tests:

Grace Hamilton, Ashleigh Hewson (captain in NZ)

• Wallaroos extended squad: Michelle Bailey,

Iliseva Batibasaga, Emily Chancellor,

Grace Hamilton, Ashleigh Hewson

• Sydney XVs (2017 Premiers): Iliseva Batibasaga,

Kimberley Davey, Emily Chancellor,

Grace Hamilton, Ashleigh Hewson, Fiona Jones,

Kirrily Laws, Penelope Leiataua, Sera Naiqama,

Tasmin Sheppard

• Barbarians: Barbara Waddell

• Great Sydney Rams in the Chikarovski Cup:

Iliseva Batibasaga, Natalie Crow, Jade Fonua,

Kirrily Laws, Brittany Leauane, Penelope Leiataua,

Isabella Parkman, Tasmin Sheppard,

Bronte Stutchbury, Haruka Takahashi, Celine Tan,

Claire Zanotti, Barbara Waddell

• Aussie 7s extended squad: Darcie Morisson

• Aussie 7s youth: Natalie Crow, Montanta Walters

• AON University 7s squad (Macquarie University):

Emily Chancellor (captain), Claudia Bell,

Freya Clayhills, Sarah Halvorsen, Darcie Morisson,

Montana Walters

• AON University 7s squad (UNE):

Natalie Crow, Grace Hamilton

• NSW 7s Blue team (Runners Up):

Emily Chancellor, Sarah Halvorsen,

Darcie Morisson

• NSW 7s White team (Plate Winners):

Kirrily Laws, Barbara Waddell, Montana Walters

• NSW 7s Youth Blue team (Runners Up):

Tamyka Laws

• NSW 7s Youth White team (Plate Winners):

Natalie CrowSUWRC Representatives joined by Josephine and Tony Sukkar at

the National Championships

Ash Hewson and Grace Hamilton representated Australia in the

Women’s World Cup in August

A special mention must go to Josephine and

Tony Sukkar and all of Buildcorp for continuing

to be our greatest supporters and always fi ghting

for women’s rugby. Thanks to Ralph’s Café and the

Panebianco family for coming on board as a sponsor.

To Angus Stuart, Kirsty Stevens, Dave Haigh, Tom

Carter, Nicolai Morris and the SUFC team; thanks for

investing your time into our club and welcoming us as

part of the one family for 2017. We hope to continue to

grow and develop as one club into 2018 and beyond.

Barbara Waddell

SUWRC President


SUWRC team at Presentation Night

Players’ Player Taz Sheppard putting in a huge hit on a Campelltown defender


Juniors’ Report

2017 was again a very successful year for Sydney Uni

juniors. Our success is not just measured on the fi eld

but by the advances we have made off the fi eld in

putting in place some structures to take the Districts

Juniors going forward. Grassroots rugby is a term

bandied about by seemingly all and sundry involved

in this great game but talk is invariably cheap and

players and parents care more about what is actually

happening than what is being discussed in the press

and by those who are numerous pay grades higher

than us mere volunteers. Plenty has been said about

what should be done but in the meantime Junior

rugby continues apace and we continue to try and

facilitate the process of turning mini rugby players into

junior rugby players and then into seniors and to instil

in them a spirit and a passion for the game. Whether

it be for your club, your district, your Shute Shield

team, your Super Rugby Franchise or the Wallabies. It

starts from the bottom, not from the top.

REP RUGBY

In terms of on fi eld performance Uni Juniors had

teams competing in every age group from Under 11s

to Under 15s in this year’s State Club Championships

on the June long weekend.

We also had a 10s team in the NSW 10s Gala day

held on the 23rd July and they had a very enjoyable

experience whilst also having their eyes opened to the

standard (& size) of some of the other districts 10yr

olds. A big thanks to Balmain’s Mick Roche & Greg

Peacocke for their help with this promising crew.

The 11s made the step up from a one day carnival to

a two day carnival and again it’s a learning experience

for players and coaches alike to the endurance

needed for these occasions but the team spirit that

grew in such a short time will stand this team in good

stead going forward. Petersham’s Ben Stephens,

Sydney Uni Juniors Representatives


Richard Chen & Balmain’s Ant Prior directed this team

superbly and I’m sure are preparing an assault on the

Under 12’s in 2018.

The 12s had an arduous weekend due to the awful

weather with their carnival which was played at three

different venues over the three days as the SJRU did

a great job in not only putting the tournament on but

managing to fi nish all age groups. Despite the travel

involved the 12’s made it through to the semi-fi nals

which was a fantastic performance and of which

all parents and coaching staff should be extremely

proud given the high standard of play on display.

Boony Volkman continues the fi ne tradition of the

Volkman family involvement in Canterbury & Sydney

Uni Junior rugby with a stellar coaching performance

while Sandy Palmer was a terrifi c manager. Mention

should also be made of Boony winning the NSW

Rugby’s Female Community Coach of the year,

accepted gratefully by her sister at a fancy Waratah’s

function while Boony was coaching her Canterbury

12s to a Friday night Grand Final win!

The 13s came together as a group in a way of which

all involved at Uni rugby could be extremely proud.

The morning after the tragic news of the sudden

death of Warringah senior player Lachie Ward our

boys were due to play the Warringah 13s fi rst up.

Our players of their own volition approached the

Warringah management, offered their condolences

and asked if at the end of the game, regardless of

the result, if their team might join in a group prayer

for their friend. I received several letters from parents

and offi cials as to the gesture and to the impact it had

made on them and wanting to pass on their thanks.

These are the moments that rugby offers up every

now and again that reinforces all that we believe is

great about this game. The 13’s on fi eld performance

could best be described as fair to middling but they

have started something and are looking to go forward

as a team. They are even just about to start their off-

season! This team is going places and Adam Dunn

is the major reason behind this. His commitment

is infectious and the boys hang on his every word

because of it. Throw in a passionate manager, Karyn

Ortolani, and a terrifi c bunch of parents and this is a

team to watch.

The 14s was a successful joint venture with our

good friends from West Harbour as both districts

didn’t have enough players to form their own teams.

To deny these boys the opportunity for a long

weekend in Orange would have been a tragedy as

the 14s comp up there is almost a rite of passage

for Junior Rep players and is a terrifi c weekend

away for all involved. Again the results on the fi eld

weren’t great but I also received letters from parents

and locals commending our team’s behaviour and

sportsmanship on and off the fi eld which is reward

enough. Mention fi rstly must be made of Siobhan

Seiuli, Jason Lacey and Marcus Wuromus Hilzinger

from West Harbour who initiated and then facilitated

an extremely successful joint venture that allowed 23

boys the opportunity to have a great weekend of footy

in Orange. Canterbury’s Stephen McDonagh, whose

logistical expertise managed to feed, accommodate

and transport the team and Dan Tevita for his help in

preparing and coaching the boys. We also managed

to get a player (Jamie Clarke) into the Sydney 14s

team to play country, especially satisfying as Jamie

hadn’t been selected by Gordon and the opportunity

we gave him allowed the chance to achieve higher

honour.

The 15s is perhaps our signature side with the core

group of players having played all the way up through

the age groups for Uni. They again made the Grand

Final (3rd year in a row) but yet again fell just short,

this time by a point to a very well drilled Eastwood

team. Their performance was rewarded with all

players gaining selection in either the 15s Southern

Zone or Barbarians for the Zone carnival (the next

step up after the State Champs). Three players

(Tyler Afoa, Jordan Swann & Jarome Williams) then

went onto represent Sydney V Country and fi nally

ten players made the Rays team and two the Rams

for the NSW 15 Junior Gold Cup. The Sydney Rays

won the Southern conference and are headed up to

the Gold Coast to play the winners of the Northern

Conference in the Cup Final. A big thanks here to Jeff

Afoa & Tas Volkman for their continued support and

preparation of this team and to Mike Green for the

thankless task of managing 23 x 15yr olds! Also a big

thank you to the parents that make this team so much

fun to be involved with and who have ferried them all

over the place this year as the boys went through four

layers of rep footy. Who knows, maybe next year?


These rep teams wouldn’t function without all the

support staff behind the scenes and these coaches

and managers are more often than not those who are

already volunteering for their clubs so the extra effort

they put in for the rep season is greatly appreciated.

We also managed to get some senior players

down to help out and the value of this cannot be

underestimated. Paddy Ryan in particular was a hit

and we thank him for giving up his Monday evenings

to help out. To the other senior players and talented

athletes who gave up their time during the season

you probably don’t fully appreciate the impact you

have on these young impressionable rugby players

but its huge and we would only like more next year.

You don’t need to be a 1st Grader (at fi rst they didn’t

know who Paddy Ryan was! Or Jake Gordon or Tolu

Latu), just that they were “real” Sydney Uni players

who turned up and cared.

DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

This was the most satisfying aspect of the 2017.

Building on the excellent ground work of Ivan Pomare

we were extremely fortunate to pick up the services

of Uni Senior player, Chris Talakai as our Junior

Development Offi cer for the season. It’s hard to

quantify just how much of a positive effect Chris has

had this year. His enthusiasm, knowledge and ability

have been a huge asset to call upon. He has worked

tirelessly with our feeder clubs (Balmain, Canterbury

& Petersham) whether by hands on coaching or

organising the Uni talented athlete players to come

along and assist with all age groups. He also got

players and parent’s tickets for the senior games and

it was great to see so many juniors attending senior

games and growing that “tribalism”. He got very

involved with the coaching of our rep sides and late

in the season organised our fi rst coach the coaches’

session under the NSW Rugby initiative which was

held at Camperdown. These are all programs we are

very keen to continue and develop to improve the

product we can offer to new aspiring rugby players

within our district. It has become apparent that any

top level (read ARU) assistance with our grassroots

development might be some time coming so it’s

up to us here within the University district to drive

these development programs ourselves. Sydney

Juniors recognise this as well and going forward

more emphasis will be put on them dealing with the

Districts rather than the individual clubs. To this end

we hope that the work of Chris will just be the start

of the Sydney University Clubs involvement with the

juniors as we look to build a genuine pathway from

Under 10s (& even the minis) through to the very

successful Uni Colts program. It’s not just a great

opportunity it’s almost an obligation for us to invest in

this great pool of keen, growing rugby players.

Canterbury were crowned u15 NSW State Champions in October


Juniors from Canterbury and Petersham lead 1st Grade out for

their clash against Southern Districts

THANK YOU

In conclusion I would like to thank the following

individuals for their tireless dedication to Sydney

University Juniors: Adam Dunn & Dan Waterworth,

who as President & Club coach at Petersham juniors

have been amazing supporters of what we have been

trying to achieve at Uni Juniors and have backed

our initiatives to the hilt. Matt Purcell, who has done

a terrifi c job as the new Balmain Juniors President

and welcomed us into their club and built on our

connection, Paul Dagarin, another new junior club

President at Canterbury, who despite all sorts of

internal speedbumps was 110% committed to our

UNI juniors endeavours, providing us access to their

ground, equipment, and clubhouse as well as sound

counsel when needed.

It would be remiss of me not to acknowledge all

the support we have got from Kirsty Stevens in the

SUFC Admin offi ce, including the organisation of our

Juniors’ Rep Jersey Presentation Dinner at No.1 Oval,

the online registration process, helping out with all our

player merchandise and our funding efforts.

Finally I would like to thank David Haigh in particular

as well as Angus Stuart and the SUFC Committee for

their unwavering continued support of our program

without which the Juniors would not have fl ourished

in to what it is today. The SUFC heavily subsidises

Chris Talakai providing some additional coaching to the Petersham Juniors

our juniors thus enabling us to provide rep rugby

that is the cheapest in Sydney. This commitment

along with a fantastic group of passionate volunteers

allows us to offer up an opportunity for these young

club footballers to develop and grow and hopefully

become the best they can be, as players and young

men, Juniors, we never give up.

Fergus Duncan

Sydney University Juniors President


2017 RESULTS

ROUND 1

SUFC vs. Eastern Suburbs

1st Grade 25 vs. 16

2nd Grade 48 vs. 38

3rd Grade 14 vs. 10

4th Grade 31 vs. 3

Eastern Suburbs vs. SUFC

1st Colts 24 vs. 33

2nd Colts 31 vs. 25

3rd Colts 19 vs. 17

ROUND 2

Manly vs. SUFC

1st Grade 36 vs. 10

2nd Grade 24 vs. 41

3rd Grade 36 vs. 14

4th Grade 15 vs. 17

SUFC vs. Manly

1st Colts 22 vs. 21

2nd Colts 47 vs. 7

3rd Colts 54 vs. 5

ROUND 3

Randwick vs. SUFC

1st Grade 28 vs. 27

2nd Grade 19 vs. 57

3rd Grade 12 vs. 19

4th Grade 10 vs. 31

SUFC vs. Randwick

1st Colts 69 vs. 5

2nd Colts 7 vs. 17

3rd Colts 32 vs. 14

ROUND 4

SUFC vs. Northern Suburbs

1st Grade 24 vs. 41

2nd Grade 15 vs. 15

3rd Grade 40 vs. 34

4th Grade 26 vs. 14

Northern Suburbs vs. SUFC

1st Colts 20 vs. 41

2nd Colts 15 vs. 7

3rd Colts 0 vs. 34

ROUND 5

SUFC vs. Gordon

1st Grade 47 vs. 21

2nd Grade 12 vs. 28

3rd Grade 20 vs. 22

4th Grade 24 vs. 33

Gordon vs. SUFC

1st Colts 17 vs. 33

2nd Colts 0 vs. 40

3rd Colts 19 vs. 32

ROUND 6

Penrith vs. SUFC

1st Grade 21 vs. 52

2nd Grade 7 vs. 83

3rd Grade 19 vs. 46 *

4th Grade 0 vs. 28 *

SUFC vs. Penrith

1st Colts 95 vs. 10

2nd Colts 62 vs. 0

3rd Colts 48 vs. 17 *

ROUND 7

SUFC vs. Warringah

1st Grade 33 vs. 29

2nd Grade 24 vs. 31

3rd Grade 20 vs. 24

4th Grade 38 vs. 17

1st Colts 60 vs. 22

2nd Colts 37 vs. 10

3rd Colts 34 vs. 15

ROUND 8

West Harbour vs. SUFC

1st Grade 40 vs. 38

2nd Grade 14 vs. 55

3rd Grade 12 vs. 21

4th Grade 14 vs. 27

1st Colts 0 vs. 78

2nd Colts 0 vs. 46

3rd Colts 12 vs. 45

Club Statistics 2017


ROUND 9

SUFC vs. Southern Districts

1st Grade 54 vs. 36

2nd Grade 19 vs. 26

3rd Grade 33 vs. 3

4th Grade 43 vs. 5

Southern Districts vs. SUFC

1st Colts 14 vs. 47

2nd Colts 22 vs. 57

3rd Colts 12 vs. 45

ROUND 10

Eastwood vs. SUFC

1st Grade 29 vs. 15

2nd Grade 36 vs. 43

3rd Grade 17 vs. 24

4th Grade 12 vs. 14

1st Colts 3 vs. 22

2nd Colts 19 vs. 26

3rd Colts 7 vs. 19

ROUND 11

SUFC vs. Parramatta

1st Grade 42 vs. 12

2nd Grade 64 vs. 20

3rd Grade 31 vs. 10

4th Grade 37 vs. 14

1st Colts 22 vs. 0

2nd Colts 50 vs. 10

3rd Colts 19 vs. 7

ROUND 12

SUFC vs. West Harbour

1st Grade 31 vs. 40

2nd Grade 47 vs. 24

3rd Grade 66 vs. 5

4th Grade 31 vs. 0

1st Colts 69 vs. 19

2nd Colts 51 vs. 5

3rd Colts 63 vs. 0

ROUND 13

Northern Suburbs vs. SUFC

1st Grade 35 vs. 37

2nd Grade 18 vs. 48

3rd Grade 10 vs. 22

4th Grade 25 vs. 24


1st Colts 51 vs. 5

2nd Colts 17 vs. 5

3rd Colts 33 vs. 25

ROUND 14

SUFC vs. Manly

1st Grade 30 vs. 30

2nd Grade 17 vs. 25

3rd Grade 34 vs. 32

4th Grade 43 vs. 12

Manly vs. SUFC

1st Colts 5 vs. 33

2nd Colts 12 vs. 78

3rd Colts 0 vs. 28 *

ROUND 15

Warringah vs. SUFC

1st Grade 35 vs. 20

2nd Grade 36 vs. 22

3rd Grade 35 vs. 19

4th Grade 8 vs. 14

1st Colts 27 vs. 33

2nd Colts 0 vs. 43

3rd Colts 17 vs. 22

ROUND 16

SUFC vs. Eastwood

1st Grade 32 vs. 22

2nd Grade 58 vs. 23

3rd Grade 29 vs. 29

4th Grade 8 vs. 5

1st Colts 38 vs. 20

2nd Colts 45 vs. 34

3rd Colts 34 vs. 12

ROUND 17

Gordon vs. SUFC

1st Grade 25 vs. 27

2nd Grade 7 vs. 40

3rd Grade 0 vs. 73

4th Grade 7 vs. 60

SUFC vs. Gordon

1st Colts 48 vs. 12

2nd Colts 33 vs. 7

3rd Colts 36 vs. 7

ROUND 18

Parramatta vs. SUFC

1st Grade 31 vs. 80

2nd Grade 26 vs. 68

3rd Grade 14 vs. 65

4th Grade 14 vs. 64

1st Colts 17 vs. 66

2nd Colts 18 vs. 36

3rd Colts 26 vs. 12


PRELIMINARY FINALS

SUFC vs. Warringah

2nd Grade 28 vs. 15

SUFC vs. Manly

3rd Grade 20 vs. 18

SUFC vs. Randwick

4th Grade 21 vs. 12

SUFC vs. Warringah

1st Colts 50 vs. 12


2nd Colts 24 vs. 27

SUFC vs. Parramatta

3rd Colts 41 vs. 5

SEMI-FINALS

SUFC vs. Manly

2nd Grade 45 vs. 14

SUFC vs. Warringah

3rd Grade 25 vs. 10

SUFC vs. Gordon

4th Grade 9 vs. 6

SUFC vs. Eastwood

1st Colts 48 vs. 5

SUFC vs. Randwick

2nd Colts 22 vs. 20


3rd Colts 34 vs. 7

GRAND FINALS

SUFC vs. Eastwood

2nd Grade 51 vs. 14


4th Grade 17 vs. 14


1st Colts 63 vs. 15


2nd Colts 27 vs. 10

SUFC vs. Randwick

3rd Colts 12 vs. 29

* Indicates match offi cially recorded as an opposition forfeit, with the competition

recording a 28-nil bonus point win to SUFC


GRADE PLAYER GAMES FOR 2017 SEASON

NAME 1sts 2nds 3rds 4ths 5thsTOTAL GAMES

FOR SEASON

TOTAL 1ST GRADE

GAMES

TOTAL CLUB

GAMES

Amituiani, Ezrah 2 3 5 10 10

Ammit, Langley 1 3 4 4

Anese, Sean 1 1 1

Argiris, Lachlan 1 13 2 16 16

Armstrong, James 1 1 1 1

Barclay, Sam 1 3 4 3 38

Batho, Alex 14 7 21 38 75

Betts, Ben 2 5 2 9 2 9

Blair, Jack 2 4 8 17 3 31

Blake, Harrison 5 2 7 19

Bliss, Jack 2 9 1 5 19 2 36

Boidin, Tom 1 1 40 62

Borsak, Wayne 18 18 19 18

Brown, Aidan 4 8 1 13 13

Brown, Dallas 1 2 3 3

Buckling, Calum 4 3 2 9 13 31

Burden, Nick 5 13 1 19 37

Calvassy, Daniel 4 7 2 13 4 15

Carolan, Ben 3 12 4 19 39

Carter, Tom 17 17 215 240

Carver, Will 2 2 2

Champion de Crespigny,

Nick13 14 27 14 28

Chapman, Angus 1 7 2 10 10

Chapman, Jordan 7 7 2 16 19 76

Cheong, Matthew 2 2 2

Clements, Tim 4 2 1 7 4 7

Close, Ed 1 2 1 4 11

Clunies-Ross, Henry 1 6 1 8 29 42

Coaldrake, Nick 6 10 16 1 51

Coe, Liam 1 1 3

Cowley, Garrick 1 1 1

Croker, Harry 3 2 6 6

Cully, Harrison 1 10 11 1 11

Davidson, Tim 12 12 166 186

Davies, Jack 5 5 5

Dowsett, Matt 4 1 3 8 8

Dunbar, Hamish 15 3 18 22 37

Elbatoory, Ahmed 1 1 1

Fainga'a, Folau 12 12 34 35

Ferris, Andrew 3 3 3

Fifi ta, Sam 1 1 71

Finau, Jaason 4 10 1 15 15

Frazer, Hugh 1 6 3 1 11 14 115

Gimeno, Lorenzo 3 3 3

Gordon, Jake 4 4 67 79

Gresham, Oliver 1 1 119



FOR SEASON

TOTAL 1ST GRADE

GAMES

TOTAL CLUB

GAMES

Halaifonua, Siaosi 2 5 9 16 8 22

Hardie, Josh 1 1 1

Heslop, Tom 1 1 48 101

Hood, Matthew 9 6 15 10 47

Horton, Tom 4 4 4 4

Hudd, George 3 1 4 29

Hughes, Ben 8 5 13 25 31

Ingate, Chris 11 4 15 30 65

Jackman, Alexander 4 4 19

Jeloudev, Greg 13 1 14 54 69

Johnson-Holmes, Harry 5 1 6 6 8

Jones, Jack 3 1 4 2 43

Kagiassis, Christian 18 18 36 41

Kane, James 4 14 3 21 5 23

Kennedy, J 1 1 1

King, Eddy 1 1 1

King, Josh 10 7 17 42

Kingston, Tom 9 9 50 60

Koerstz, Tom 1 8 9 6 51

Latu, Tolu 2 2 34 49

Leary, Jack 1 1 1

Lehmann, George 14 1 15 15

L'Estrange, Eddie 1 11 12 51

Lowndes, Conor 2 10 1 13 13

Masima, Alex 1 3 1 1 6 2 9

Massey, L 1 1 1

Matusewicz, Maciej 1 1 2 2

McCalman, Jack 5 16 21 13 40

McDonald, Will 4 2 2 8 8

McDougall, Anthony 3 3 4

McDuling, David 5 5 40 70

McFadyen, Tom 2 6 3 11 11

McIntosh, Callum 11 9 3 23 13 43

Merriman, Jack 11 2 2 2 17 41 88

Mihaka, Hamiora 2 9 11 11

Moore, Declan 11 14 25 39 69

Mosquera, Milton 3 3 9

Muller, Patrick 6 11 2 19 30

Mullin, Malachy 7 1 8 28

Mumm, Dean 2 2 56 66

Narracott, Matt 7 2 9 27 44

Nery, Sam 2 2 2

Nutt, Stewart 1 8 7 4 20 2 66

O'Doherty, Conor 8 9 17 17

O'Doherty, Patrick 11 11 22 22

Oldfi eld, Dylan 3 6 1 10 25

O'Regan, Rohan 13 13 38 46

O'Shea, Connor 2 5 4 6 17



FOR SEASON

TOTAL 1ST GRADE

GAMES

TOTAL CLUB

GAMES

Paea, Alfi e 3 4 4 11 3 11

Paea, John 1 10 1 12 12

Paul, Forrest 1 1 1

Pavitt, Tom 2 2 2

Perrett, Tom 1 1 1

Perri, Adam 8 8 8

Phipps, Nick 3 3 30 36

Porter, Guy 2 1 3 2 3

Potter, Harry 8 5 13 13

Pryor-Lees, Oscar 1 1 4

Ravoka, Epeli 1 1 1

Redden, Jack 1 7 2 10 11 32

Renton, Sam 9 7 1 17 17

Rhodes, Tomas 2 3 5 5

Ridley, William 1 6 5 1 13 1 27

Robinson, Vincent 4 1 5 5

Ryan, Alistair 2 8 2 12 26 89

Ryan, Paddy 3 3 79 105

Schwager, Josh 1 11 1 13 17

Skelton, Will 2 2 13 13

Stanford, Jack 1 8 10 15 55

Stanton, Ben 5 7 12 12

Strang, Theo 8 6 14 8 14

Stumbles, Scott 1 9 10 148 205

Sukkar, Jordan 5 5 2 40

Summerhayes, Hugh 12 3 15 15

Swinton, Lachlan 5 1 6 18 19

Tafokitau, Raymond 1 1 2 2

Tagituimua, Mesake 7 6 1 14 46

Takakura, Kazuki 8 2 10 10

Talakai, Chris 6 1 7 11 41

Tanginoa, Saia 1 3 2 6 7 22

Travers, Banjo 3 3 2 8 3 8

Tuirara, Lepani 1 1 1

Tuitupau, Will 7 1 2 10 10

Vieira, Dylan 7 10 17 45

Waddell, Lachlan 1 3 4 4

Wainwright, Jake 12 12 51 51

Washaya, Tinashe 1 1 8

Wennerbom, Will 3 3 3

Whiteley, Lincoln 1 1 1

Whiteley, Mitchell 4 8 1 13 21 52

Wicken, Byron 1 15 5 21 1 61

Williams, Harrison 5 5 5 15 3 29

Williams, Richard 2 9 11 1 24

Willson, Tom 9 12 21 21

Wilson, Tom 4 1 5 51

TOTAL PLAYERS

EACH GRADE54 55 71 61 41


Club Records

WALLABIES AND AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATIVES 1899-2017

YEAR NAMETESTS

AT SUFC

TOTAL

TESTS

WALLABY

NO.

SUFC

WALLABY NO.

SUFC

AUSTRALIAN

REP. NO.

1899 Marks, H.A. 2 2 10 1 1

1904 Futter, F.C. 1 1 30 2 2

1904 Verge, A.J 2 2 50 3 3

1904 Manning, J. 1 1 55 4 4

1905 Penman, A.P. 1 1 69 5 5

1907 Hughes, J.C. 2 2 78 6 6

1908-09 Hammand, C.A. 2 2 95 7 7

1910 Reynolds, L.J. 2 2 114 8 8

1912 Adamson, R.W. 1 1 116 9 9

1914 Beith, B. McN 1 1 145 10 10

1919# Gregg, A. 0 0 11

1919# Gwynne, F.W. 0 0 12

1919# Loudon, D.B. 0 4 13

1919# Sheppard, E. MacA 0 0 14

1920 Lawton, T. 2 14 154 11 15

1920-22 Raymond, R.L. 11 13 158 12 16

1920 Farquhar, C.R. 1 1 159 13 17

1921-23 Fowles, D.G. 8 8 167 14 18

1921-24 Nothling, O.E. 19 19 170 15 19

1921-27 Sheehan, W.B.J. 18 18 171 16 20

1921-24 Stanley, R.G. 14 14 175 17 21

1921 Wallace, A.C. 1 8 176 18 22

1923-25 Erby, A.B. 5 5 189 19 23

1923-24 Taylor, H.C. 4 4 199 20 24

1923 Crakanthorp, J.S. 1 1 202 21 25

1924 Hoskins, A.E.R. (Roy) 3 3 204 22 26

1924-26 Foote, R.H. 3 3 206 23 27

1925-30 Ross, A.W. 13 20 211 24 28

1926-28 Finlay, A.N. 9 12 227 25 29

1926-30 Storey,G.P. 6 2 238 26 30

1927-28# Mann, W.H. 0 0 31

1928 Burge, R. 4 4 245 27 32

1928 Rosenblum, M.E. 4 4 250 28 33

1928-32 Hemingway, W.H. 5 5 254 29 34

1928 Phipps, W.J.F. 1 1 256 30 35

1929# Gibson, J.M. 0 0 36

1929# Lamport, N.K(Butts) 0 0 37

1932 Love, E.W. 3 3 279 31 38

1933# Morton, M.F. 0 0 39


YEAR NAMETESTS

AT SUFC

TOTAL

TESTS

WALLABY

NO.

SUFC

WALLABY NO.

SUFC

AUSTRALIAN

REP. NO.

1933-36 White, W.G.S. 10 10 286 32 40

1936-38 Hutchinson, F.E. 4 4 294 33 41

1937 Hutchinson, E.E. 2 2 304 34 42

1939# Oxenham, B.B. 0 0 43

1946 Buchan, A.J. 2 10 324 35 44

1946 Hardcastle, P.A. 3 5 328 36 45

1946 Johnson, A.P. 2 2 329 37 46

1946 MacBride, J.W.T. 3 10 331 38 47

1946 Piper, B.J.C. 2 12 334 39 48

1947# Fuller, J.G. 0 0 49

1947# Stenmark, J.T.O 0 0 50

1947-49 Emery, N.A. 10 10 350 40 51

1947-48 Kraefft, D.F. 6 6 351 41 52

1949-50 Blomley, J. 7 7 357 42 53

1949-51 Brockhoff, J.D. 8 8 364 43 54

1949-55 Solomon, H.J. 14 14 366 44 55

1949 Garner, R.L. 2 2 368 45 56

1951 Gudsell, K.E. 3 3 379 46 57

1951-57 Tooth, R.M. 10 10 383 47 58

1953-58 Hughes, N.McL. 14 14 398 48 59

1952# Elliott, F.M. 0 1 60

1955-56 Thornett, J.E. 5 37 410 49 61

1955-58 Phelps, R 15 23 412 50 62

1956-58 White, S.W. 7 7 416 51 63

1957-59 Potts, J.M. 5 5 423 52 64

1961 Magrath, E. 3 3 461 53 65

1961-62 O.Gorman, J.F. 5 18 462 54 66

1962-67 Boyce, E.S. 13 13 469 55 67

1962-65 Boyce, J.S. 12 12 475 56 68

1962 Chapman, G.A. 3 3 476 57 69

1962# Spence, J.S. 0 0 70

1962-67 Crittle, C.P. 15 15 482 58 71

1967-69 Abrahams, A.M.F. 3 3 506 59 72

1968-70 Roxburgh, J.R. 9 9 516 60 73

1968-69 Forman, T.R. 7 7 522 61 74

1969 Darveniza, P. 4 4 525 62 75

1969-70 Rosenblum, R.G. 3 3 529 63 76

1969-70 McDonald, B.S. 2 2 532 64 77

1970-73 Howard, J.L.P 7 7 534 65 78

1971 McLean, R.A. 5 5 535 66 79

1971-72 Taylor, J.I. 4 4 539 67 80

1973-76 Carberry, C.M. 7 13 563 68 81

1974 Davis, R.A. 3 3 568 69 82

1974# O’Hara, K.J. 0 0 83

1976-79 Crowe, P.J. 6 6 592 70 84

1980-83 Curran, D.J. 5 5 618 71 85

1980-87 Hawker, M.J. 25 25 611 72 86


YEAR NAMETESTS

AT SUFC

TOTAL

TESTS

WALLABY

NO.

SUFC

WALLABY NO.

SUFC

AUSTRALIAN

REP. NO.

1982-83 Coolican, J.E. 4 4 624 73 87

1984-86# Burrow, G.H. 0 0 88

1984-93 C Farr-Jones, N.C. 63 63 645 74 89

1986# McInerney, J.L. 0 0 90

1987-88 Frawley, D.J. 10 10 655 75 91

1989-90 C FitzSimons, P.J. 7 7 682 76 92

1989-92# Dix, D.P.A. 0 0 93

1991 C Egerton, R.H. 9 9 695 77 94

1996-00 Harry, R.L.L. 37 37 725 78 95

1999-00 Williams, R. W. (Jim) 14 14 753 79 96

2000-07 C Lyons, D.J. 44 44 760 80 97

2000-09 C Waugh, P.R. 79 79 766 81 98

2001-06 Cannon, B.J. 36 42 769 82 99

2002-11 Vickerman, D.J 63 63 777 83 100

2005 C Campbell, A.M. 4 4 798 84 101

2005 C Kanaar, A. 1 1 802 85 102

2005 Fitter, D.E.S. 2 2 807 86 103

2007 Huxley, J.L. 9 9 816 87 104

2009-14 C Burgess, L 27 39 821 88 105

2008-16 C Mumm, D.W. 57 57 823 89 106

2009-13 C Dennis, D.A. 18 18 854 90 107

2010-13 Barnes, B.S. 34 51 820 91 108

2010-^ C McCalman ,B.J. 53 53 845 92 109

2010-^ C Phipps, N.J. 61 61 850 93 110

2010# C McCutcheon, P.J. 0 0 111

2012-16 C Ryan, P.J. 3 3 866 94 112

2012# C Inman, M.B. 0 0 113

2013-^ Folau, I. 62 62 867 95 114

2013-14 C Betham, P.J. 2 2 878 96 115

2013-^ C Foley, B.T. 55 55 877 97 116

2014-^ C Carter, S. 16 16 879 98 117

2014 C Charles, N. 4 4 881 99 118

2014 C Weeks, L.S. 2 2 882 100 119

2014-16 C Skelton, W.R.J. 18 18 883 101 120

2014-^ C Latu, T.S. 4 4 902 102 121

2014# C English, T. 0 0 122

2016-^ C Robertson, T. 18 18 898 103 123

2016# C Stirzaker, N. 0 0 124

2017# C Gordon, J 0 0 125

2017# C Fainga’a, F 0 0 126

2017-^ Philip, M 3 3 915 104 127

Total Tests 1233 1377127 picked for Australia

104 played a test when at Uni

* Played for Australia versus AIF (non-Test)

# Players listed with no Tests were selected as reserves in Test sides but did not take the fi eld, 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 29/11/2017)

C - denotes Wallabies/Australian representatives that have come through the Colts system since 1984, (26)

Updated 29/11/2017.


SUFC WINS AND LOSSES

FIRST

DIVISIONYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Easts 2014 85-19 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 2015 44-0 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 2017 30-30 Uni No.2 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 2016 41-41 Uni No.2 Oval

West Harbour 1990 19-19 Uni No.1 Oval

SECOND

DIVISIONYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

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 22.7.1905 6-9

Nepean 1979 27-4 Never

Smithfi eld 1979 41-4 Never

UNSW 1966 41-6 1970 3-25

EX-FIRST

DIVISIONYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

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

TEAMSYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

British Lions 11.8.1888 4-8

Samoa 17.2.2012 35-12

New Zealand 29.7.19033-33 (Uni

team only)

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

CLUBSYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Albion – Maitland 4.9.1895 16-0 1885 6-12

Albion – Petersham 12.6.1886 6-2

Australian Club 1865 ? ?

Aust Garrison Hospitals 28.6.1919 44-0

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 Grammar 1898 ? ?

Brisbane Past Grammar 1889 11-6

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 27.7.1918 6-18

Camden College 1.8.1874 1-0

Cammeray 21.5.1887 20-2

Carlton 11.5.1895 8-3

City & Suburban 12.5.1909 ? ?

Civil Service 1874 ? ?

Combined Banks 25.7.1883 21-2

C’bined Clubs Brisbane 27.8.1928 37-8

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 Referees XV 20.6.1894 10-27

Combined Sydney Clubs 1919 14-9

Darlinghurst School 21.8.1873 ? ?


EARLY

CLUBSYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Double Bay 8.6.1889 3-8

Dubbo 16.7.1902 3-0

Duntroon Military Clge 11.9.1919 11-23

Eglinton School ? ? ? ?

Elvira 21.6.1890 7-0 1.6.1889 4-8

Eurotah 30.5.1891 3-0

Glebe-Balmain 14.6.1924 41-12 18.6.1921 5-17

Glebe 30.5.1886 39-0 24.5.1902 9-31

Glenhead 27.5.1882 11-0

G.P.S. Old Boys 11.8.1923 60-19 26.8.1922 9-23

Hartley Branch Union 25.7.1903 12-0

H.M.S. Rosaria 14.8.1869 1-0

Lindfi eld 1959 15-3

Lyndhurst College 1873 ? ?

Marrickville 23.9.1899 18-0 13.5.1899 3-19

Maryleborne 9.6.1894 0-12

Military Civil Cricket Club 18.8.1866 3-0 10.8.1867 1-2

and on the 6.7.1867 2-0

Newcastle/Hunter Reps 16.8.1913 6-6

Newington College 13.6.1883 15-2 30.4.1899 5-19

Newtown 26.6.1920 39-0 31.5.1913 3-21

Newtown Waratahs 11.5.1889 0-0

NSW 2nd XV ? Won

Northern Districts 21.6.1890 31-0 4.5.1892 14-16

North Shore 1874 ? ?

North Steyne 11.6.1921 3-12

Oaklands School 25.8.1876 2-0

Oxford (Sydney) 1888 53-0

Paddington Elect 11.8.1894 30-6 11.5.1895 3-6

Petersham 17.6.1922 51-11 2.6.1894 0-5

Pirate R.F.C. 28.8.1892 15-0 2.7.1898 3-13

Police 1929 23-6

Queensland 15.8.1882 14-2

Qld Past Grammar Sch 11.9.1894 18-5

Redfern 10.7.1886 30-0 20.5.1905 4-7

Rockdale 16.7.1904 ? ?

Rosedale 12.8.1893 29-7 6.7.1889 0-13

and on the 28.7.1888 15-0

Southern Districts NSW 18.7.1906 ? ?

South Sydney 25.4.1908 24-0 6.6.1914 8-23

Strathfi eld 30.8.1890 31-6 2.8.1890 0-21

St. Leonards 17.5.1884 31-0 30.5.1891 0-7

Sydney F.C. 6.6.1891 35-4 6.8.1898 0-19

and on the 16.5.1908 34-3

Sydney Grammar School 4.5.1899 33-8 11.5.1887 1-3

Sydnet Training College 30.4.1910 0-13

SUFC Undergraduates 1889 24-0 1885 Lost

Teachers College 1.6.1918 ? ?

The Armidale School 16.9.1945 24-6

EARLY

CLUBSYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

The Kings School 1894 48-0 1.9.1877 3-4

The World 1874 ? ?

Toxteth 14.6.1879 4-0

United Services 22.4.1950 52-9 19.5.1951 16-27

Victoria 20.3.1911 31-12 6.6.1909 0-6

Victorian Colleges 1.9.1888 ? ?

Victorian Medical Sch 4.9.1888 ? ?

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 18.7.1874 0-2

Waverley 26.5.1883 19-0

Wentworth 15.7.1893 20-0 22.4.1910 0-35

Western Districts 7.6.1910 44-11 16.7.1894 3-12

Zealandia 8.8.1891 28-8 13.8.1892 0-22

50th Queens own Regiment 4.7.1868 3-6

TOUR

GAMESYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Albury R.F.C. 27.8.1888 ? ?

Auckland City 12.7.1906 8-6 18.9.1909 6-27

Bathurst 19.6.1880 41-5 11.9.1875 0-5

Boomerangs (QLD) 5.9.1894 51-6 15.9.1894 11-17

Brisbane C’bined Sch 15.9.1894 ? ?

Brisbane Easts (Tigers) 2008 38-31

Brothers Brisbane 2009 26-36

Cabbg’s U/23’s (Fra) 1995 38-34

Californian Bears 1971 17-8

Canterbury (NZ) 20.9.1906 26-0

Castricum Amsterdam (Neth) 1987 ? ?

Chancellor’s XV 1983 Lost

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

Cumberland College 1996 31-0

Dunedin (NZ) 1.9.1909 3-22

Elche Selection (Spn) 1995 76-0

Glen Innes 1905 34-6

Goulburn 26.8.1911 31-14 1.6.1901 3-3

Goulburn College 26.8.1876 Won

Hartepool Rovers (Eng) 1976 8-0

Hawaii XV 1974 13-6

Highfi eld R.F.C. (Ire) 1982 22-4

Hindu R.C. (Arg) 28.2.2017 10-7

Inverell 1905 3-11

Ipswich R.C. 10.9.1894 6-3

Jnr. Grizzlies, San Diego 1987 ? ?


OTHER

UNIVERSITIESYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

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 1.9.1888 Lost

Newcastle Uni (NSW) 1990 66-0

Newcastle Uni (Eng) 1976 ? 24.5.1966 14-27

New England (NSW) 1964 25-11 1996 0-17

New Zealand Universities 4.6.1923 37-11 15.7.1905 3-22

Otago Uni (NZ) 1.9.1920 45-10 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 1995 65-0 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 Beach1975 48-16

Uni of California,

Los Angeles1974 22-9

Uni of Las Vegas (USA) 1999 88-5

USA Combined Uni’s 1996 41-13

UWA 1985 9-6

UWS 1996 0-15

UWSH Hawkesbury 1996 7-10

Victoria College (NZ) 22.9.1906 31-3 20.5.1925 8-16

Victoria Uni (Aust) 1996 55-13

Waseda Uni (Jpn) 1927 17-3

Western Australia Uni 1971 26-6

World University

Barbarians2013 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, Uni College/Cardiff,

Uni College/Dublin.

TOUR

GAMESYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Leinster Development XV 2004 14-12

Lormont-Cenon (Fra) 1995 7-8

Madrid Selection (Spn) 1995 ? ?

Mackay (Qld) 1.6.1925 17-5

Mudgee 6.7.1906 27-3

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

Rockhampton 7.9.1907 ? ?

Santa Rosa (Arg) 2010 51-0

Socredad (Arg) 2010 ? ?

South Californian (All Stars) 1999 24-6

Sportiva (Arg) 2010 43-0

Sunnybank Brisbane 2007 24-0

Te Auta College (NZ) 1904 Won

Townsville 7.6.1923 10-5

United Hospitals XV 10.12.2013 59-7

Wagga R.F.C. 25.8.1888 ? ?

Walgett (NSW) 20.6.1964 19-11

Wasp’s U/23’s (Eng) 1987 GAME CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER

Wellington (NSW) 16.7.1900 11-10

Wellington (NZ) 21.9.1922 22-19

Western Brisbane Bulldogs 2005 36-5

OTHER

UNIVERSITIESYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Adelaide Uni 30.5.1937 52-6

American Combined Uni 18.6.1910 17-6

ANU 1976 33-0 1996 5-7

Auckland-Massey Uni (NZ) 1954 20-8 1964 11-21

Auckland Uni/College (NZ) 1922 20-9 25.9.1909 6-27

Brisbane Uni 13.8.1919 30-10

Bristol Uni (Eng) 1995 32-7

California Uni (USA) 28.10.1912 18-0

Cambridge Uni (Eng) 1982 15-6 3.12.2013 17-38

Canterbury College (NZ) 20.9.1906 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 ?

Combined Hospitals (Eng) 8.12.2013 59-7

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


CLUB RECORDS

WHAT SCORING WAS WORTH:

YEAR TRIES GOALS P.GOALS F.GOALSGOALS FROM

A MARK (GFM)

1883-1886 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 Sydney University Cricket Club, SUFC fi rst played

on it in the winter of 1863

FIRST SUFC 1ST XV CAPTAIN:

Micheal O’Meara 1865 (known)

FIRST TRY RECORDED 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

LONGEST SERVING SELECTORS

6 - E.J.Raper 1878,79,80,81,82 and 83 and J.F.Macmanery 1884,85,86,91,92 and 93

SYDNEY DISTRICT COMPETITION

THE 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

MOST SUFC 7’S PLAYERS IN THE OLYMPICS 2016:

3 Ed Jenkins (Captain), Patrick McCutcheon and Tom Kingston (Reserve)

OUR OLDEST LIVING WALLABY:

Arthur J. Buchan 1946, 72 years ago (born 28.9.1924) now 93 years of age. 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 SEASON:

7 Bernard Foley, Israel Folua, Dean Mumm, Ben McCalman, Nick Phipps,

Will Skelton and Sam Carter

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

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 – Edward Raper (capt), W.G.Mann, W.Flynn, H.M.Bayliss, G.C.Addison, Z.C.Barry, vs New Zealand in New Zealand 1882 tour

Note: Not counted as a Test match at this stage.

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 Foley4 goals and 2 pen goals.Score 39-13 vs France 2nd Test 21.6.2014 at Allianz Stadium

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 2001/2013and Luke and Mitch Inman (Melbourne Rebels) 2001/2013.Uni players have scored 4 tries, 7 goals and a fi eld goal in the 20 games they have played in

SUFC TOTAL AMOUNT OF PLAYERS TO PLAY AGAINST THE


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

FIRST SUFC PLAYER TO PLAY FOR THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS:

Simon Easterby, 2005 tour to New Zealand, Irishman Simon played at Uni in 1995

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

SUFC PLAYERS WHO HAVE CAPTAIN NSW AGAINST THE


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

Note: The above stat gives SUFC, 6 captains from the12 tours of the “Lions”.


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

33 Waratahs verses Blues 6.5.2017 at Sydney Allianz Stadium,

Israel Folau 2 tries,Bernie Foley 1 try, Tolu Latu 1 try and Paddy Ryan 1 try,

Bernie Foley 4 goals, score 33-40

MOST SUFC 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 fi eld 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 FORWARDS ON THE FIELD IN A SUPER 15 GAME 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

FIRST PLAYER TO NOT ATTEND SYDNEY UNIVERSITY,

BUT ALLOWED TO PLAY FOR THEM:

Barry McDonald 1969, fi rst season at Uni played 1st grade and later the same

year was pick in the Wallabies tour of South Africa.

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.

LONGEST SERVING PRESIDENT:

16 years, David Mortimer 2000 till 2015

MOST CLUB GAMES:

Rupert Rosenblum 302 (1961-77) Last game 20.8.1977 vs Port Hacking

at Uni No.1 Oval, 17 seasons

SUFC PLAYER WHO CAPTAIN COMBINED NSW/QLD COUNTRY

TEAM AGAINST THE BRITISH AND IRISH LIONS:

Tim Davidson 2013 in Newcastle

MOST PLAYERS FROM ANY SHUTE SHIELD CLUB, NSW 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 COMBINED CLUBS PLAYERS VERSES NEW ZEALAND:

7 12.6.1884 at SCG Lost 10-23 Harold Bayliss, P.Flynn, Hedley Hungerford,

Jack Shaw, Harry Lee, B.D.Sweetland, ? Baker

MOST PLAYERS TO BE IN A SUFC 1ST XV WHO REPRESENTED NSW:

14 – 1905 A.J .McKenzie, H.G. Barker, V.S. Futter, R.W. Harris, H.G.Oxenham,

A.D.W. Fisher, C.W. Roe, A.P. Penman, W.F. Matthews, H.M. Moran,

J.L. Groundwater, N.R. Johnson (Capt), H. Bullock, C.A. Hammond

MOST SUPER 15 SUFC PLAYERS IN A SHUTE SHIELD GAME:

12 verses Norths at North Sydney Oval, 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

MOST SUFC NSW PLAYERS VERSES QUEENSLAND:

6 - 1887 Edward Raper, Harold Baylis, Charles Tange, Jack Shaw, Leo Neill,

Percy Colquhoun

MOST SUFC NSW PLAYERS TO TOUR NEW ZEALAND:

6 – 1882 Edward Raper (Captain), W.G.Mann, W.Flynn, Harold M.Baylis,

G.C.Addison, Z.C.Barry

MOST SUFC PLAYERS (NOT) ALLOWED TO TOUR:

The 1923/24 NSW tour to New Zealand, (six) Uni players were held back to sit

for exams, they were Otto E. Nothling, Ron G. Stanley, Arthur B (Snow) Erby,

John N. Taylor, W.B.J. (Billy) Sheehan and John S. Crakanthorp. All six played

in the second tour match.

MOST SUFC PLAYERS, NSW VERSES BRITAIN:

9 – 4.8.1888 at Association Cricket Ground, Lost 2-16 Harold Bayliss,

Percy Colquhoun, Cecil White, Charles Tange (capt), Leo Neill, Bill Belbridge,

Frank Belbridge, ?. Newcome, Jack Shaw

8 – 2.6.1888 at Association Cricket Ground, Lost 2-18 James Moulton,

Harold Bayliss, Percy Colquhoun, Charles Tange (capt), Jack Shaw, Leo Neill,

Bill Belbridge, Harry Lee

MOST SUFC PLAYERS IN A WARATAHS TOURING TEAM

(ARGENTINA), 2012 SEASON:

11 Peter Betham, Berrick Barnes, Dave Dennis, Bernard Foley, Pat McCutcheon,

Paddy Ryan, Jeremy Tilse, Will Skelton, Tolu Latu, Sam Talakai, Liam Winton

MOST SUFC 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)

10 verses Blues 14.7.2016 at Eden Park, Auckland. Paddy Ryan,

Tom Robertson, Will Skelton, Dean Mumm, Dave Dennis, Nick Phipps,

Bernard Foley, Israel Folau, Jeremy Tilse (Res), Jim Stewart (Res)


MOST RUGBY BLUES EVER HANDED OUT:

In 1937, 21 Blues were presented

PLAYERS WHO HAVE SCORED A TRY ON THEIR 100TH CLUB GAME,

ALL GRADES:

M.Griffi n 2001, C.Sproats 2004, E.Carter 2004, L.Inman 2005, N.Hagen 2005,

A.Dorney 2006, M.Battishall 2008, T.Walsh 2008, N.Trist 2008, T.Carter 2008,

D.Haigh 2009, J.James 2010, N.Duffy 2010, D.Cole-Clarke 2011,

H.Dessens 2013, A.King 2013, J.Ellice-Flint 2014, H.Marples 2015,

O.Gresham 2016, H.Frazer 2016

PLAYERS WHO HAVE SCORED A TRY ON THEIR 150TH OR 200TH

CLUB GAME:

M.Griffi n 2003 (150), 2006 (200), N.Trist 2011 (150), 2013 (200), T.Carter 2015

(200), S.Stumbles 2017 (200)

LONGEST TIME TO REACH 200TH GRADE GAME:

Scott Stumbles, fi rst game 1998, 200th game, 2017 season, 20 Years

ONLY PLAYER TO WIN A PREMIERSHIP IN EACH GRADE:

Scott Stumbles, fi ve in 1st grade, and one each in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade

Still searching above stat.

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 1251 (2010-2016) Colts, Lower Grade and 1st Grade points

(1st Grade) 210 points – 2 tries, 55 goals, 30 p.goals

(Lower Grade) 490 points – 6 tries, 170 goals, 40 p.goals

(Colts) 551 points – 7 tries, 180 goals, 52 p.goals

TOTAL 1251 points – 14 tries, 403 goals, 121 p.goals

MOST CAREER TRIES ALL GRADES, 3RD COLTS TO 1ST GRADE

SENIOR:

Nathan Trist 144 (No Colts tries in this total)

DIFFERENT JERSEYS:

SUFC wore white jerseys in 1933, reverted back to Gold and Blue stripes the

following season. The reason, not sure ?

NO. 1 OVAL:

Our last game on No.1 Oval was verses Northern Suburbs on 25.7.2015,

127 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

THE FIRST TRY SCORED ON NO.2 (NEW) OVAL:

Angus Roberts vs Eastwood 19.3.2016

FIRST TIME ALL SUFC TEAMS PLAYED ON A SATURDAY AFTERNOON ON THE SAME GROUND AND A SEWNCOAT OF ARMS WAS INTRODUCED ON THE JERSEYS:

The year was 1929

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 13, ten 1st grade, two 2nd grade, one Colts (2002-2016)

Tim Davidson 11, nine 1st grade, one 4th grade, one Colts (2002-2017)

MOST GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES BY BROTHERS:

Carter brothers 19 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, 2013 and 2016

ONLY TWO CLUBS IN GRAND FINALS:

In 2013, University and Eastwood were the fi rst clubs to play all 4 grades on

Grand Final day. Uni won three of these and Eastwood won one

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 2017 season (23 years in a row) a Grade or Colts side made the semis

Note: Uni never made semi fi nals 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 2017, 21 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 21 seasons.


1ST GRADE RECORDS

LONGEST SERVING 1ST GRADE COACHES:

9 – Paddy McCue 1926,27,32,33,34,35,42,43 and 44

8 – J (David) Brockhoff 1967,68,69,70,71,72,73 and 74

7 – Brian A Burnett 1982,83,84,91,92,93 and 94

MOST 1ST GRADE GAMES:

Rupert Rosenblum 256 (1962-77)

MOST CONSECUTIVE 1ST GRADE GAMES:

Micheal Griffi n 101 (1999-2004)

MOST 1ST GRADE GAMES BY A FORWARD:

Tim Davidson 166 (2003 -2013)

MOST 1ST GRADE GAMES BY A BACK:

Rupert Rosenblum 256 (1962-77)

BIGGEST GAP BETWEEN LAST 1ST GRADE GAME AND HIS NEXT:

2537 days – David McDuling, 26.9.2010 vs Souths (Semi Final) No.1 Oval till

15.4.2017 vs Randwick at Coogee Oval

ONLY PLAYED 1ST GRADE FOR UNI (100 GAMES OR MORE):

Paul Daveniza (100) 1966 to 1970 and Ed Carter (101) 1997 to 2004

MOST 1ST GRADE POINTS IN CLUB HISTORY:

Daniel Halangahu

964 – (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)

MOST CAREER TRIES:

Tom Carter (Centre)103 tries in 215 First grade games

(2003-2017)

MOST CAREER GOALS:

Danial Halangahu (2003-2012) 341 goals (774 points)

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

Note: Next 3 players scored tries when worth 3 points only.

H.P.Blaney24 (4 tries, 6 goals) vs Balmainat 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 Taylor 21 (7 tries) vs Parramatta at Uni No.1 Oval 24.4.1971

***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

MOST GOALS IN A GAME:

Bill Wileman*** 12 vs Tasmania Uni 30.5.1948

Peter H. Knibbs 10 vs Drummoyne 25.4.1951

***Non Club Competition game, but mentioned in this section

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 Strathfi eld 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

Michael Hawker 2 verses Eastwood at T.G.Millner Field 7.6.1980

Michael Hawker 2 verses Randwick at No.1 Oval 13.6.1981

Michael 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)

***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

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)

MOST GOALS IN A SEASON:

Brock James 88-209 pts for season (2003)

MOST FIELD GOALS IN A SEASON:

8 Rupert Rosenbulm 1965 and 1970


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

BIGGEST COMEBACK TO WIN A SHUTE SHIELD GAME:

Verses Easts at Woollahra Oval 2.7.2016, down 0-34 ten minutes before half

time, Uni went on to win 43-41, (43 point turn around)

Verses Warringah at Uni No.2 Oval 13.5.2017, down 7-29 at halftime, Uni went

on to win 33-29, (26 point turn around)

Verses Souths at Uni No.2 Oval 27.5.2017, down 0-19 after only 8 minutes

16 seconds into the game, Uni went on to win 54-36, (35 point turn around)

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.

MOST WINS AS 1ST 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

IN SHUTE SHIELD HISTORY:

10 Tim Davidson (2005-2013), 8 wins. Plus one GF as 1st Grade Coach (2016)

MOST TEAM TRIES SCORED IN A GRAND FINAL:

1919 team 9 tries vs Glebe-Balmain

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)

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 happened on 5 occasions in lower grades but never in 1st Grade.

MOST TRIES BY A PLAYER IN A GRAND FINAL APPEARANCE:

Mick Best (Centre) 4 tries vs Easts 26.9.1953 at Sydney Show 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

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)


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



Before 1886: 1 point for try

1887- 1893: tries worth 2 points

1894-1971: 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 3

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 1877/78 seasons.

1878 R.Bowman 4 1878 E.J.Raper 1



1881 W.Flynn 12 1881 E.J.Raper eq 5

C. Rygate eq 5

1882 W.Flynn 21 1882 W.Flynn 5

1883 P.Bayliss 12 1883 E.J.Raper 6

1884 P.Bayliss 17 1884 C.L.Tange eq 4

J.R.Wood eq 4

1885 J.R.Wood 13 1885 L.E.F. Neill 4

1886 J.R.Wood 33 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 21 1891 H.P.Abbott 7

1892 J.E.Moulton 79 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 A.W.L.McDowall 12***

1902 H.P.Blaney 49 1902 N.C.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

1905 V.S.Futter 30 1905 V.S.Futter 10

HIGHEST 1ST GRADE

POINTS SCORER

LEADING

TRY SCORER

1906 A.J.McKenzie 35 1906 A.D.W.Fisher 6***

1907 H.G.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 A.K.Kennedy 23 1932 A.K.Kennedy 5

1933 A.K.Kennedy 44 1933 D.I. Burfi tt 14***

1934 R.Westfi eld 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

1944 George Cummins Jr. 130 ^^ 1944 George Cummins Jr. 12

1945 Brian Piper 84 1945 Ted Barton 16

1ST GRADE HIGHEST POINTS SCORER AND LEADING TRY SCORER SINCE 1866


HIGHEST 1ST GRADE

POINTS SCORER

LEADING

TRY SCORER

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

1981 Dave Gallagher 42 1981 Micheal Hawker eq 4

David Vaux eq 4

HIGHEST 1ST GRADE

POINTS SCORER

LEADING

TRY SCORER

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 208 1987 David Croft eq 4

Richard Dowsett eq 4

Damian Frawley eq 4

1988 David Croft 78 1988 David James 6

1989 David Croft 80 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

2016 Angus Roberts 182 2016 Jake Gordon 16

2017 Christian Kagiassis 219 2017 Christian Kagiassis 9

^^ 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)


YEAR PREMIERS SCORE RUNNERS UP

No semi fi nals, fi nals etc just fi rst 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 RegimentJoint 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


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 Arforma #Won the Southern Rugby Football Union Title. 2nd Grade also Undefeated Premiers this

season

1888 # Sydney Uni

1889 # Sydney Uni Strathfi eld

1890 # Sydney Uni 31-6 Strathfi eld

1891 # Sydney Uni 26-8 Zealander

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

1ST GRADE FINAL/GRAND FINAL APPEARANCES FROM 1865


UNDER METROPOLITAN RUGBY UNION 1900-1914


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 Sydney 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


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 fi nals, fi nals and grand fi nals were introduced

1932 Manly 12-9 Drummoyne At the S.C.G. on the 3.9.1932 – Norths/Sydney Uni other semi fi nalists

1933 Norths 8-6 Manly At the S.C.G on the 16.9.1933 – Randwick/Wests other semi fi nalists

1934 Randwick 13-12 Manly At the S.C.G. On the 15.9.1934 – Sydney Uni/Norths other semi fi nalists

1935 Norths 22-5 Manly At North Sydney Oval on the 14.9.1935 – Randwick/Drummoyne other semi fi nalists



1936 Drummoyne 19-18 Sydney Uni At North Sydney Oval – Randwick/Wests other semi fi nalists

1937 Sydney Uni 14-3 Wests At North Sydney Oval – Drummoyne/Easts other semi fi nalists

1938 Randwick 26-12 Wests Sydney Sports Ground – Drummoyne/Manly other semi fi nalists

1939 Sydney Uni 25-17 Randwick North Sydney Oval – Gordon/Norths other semi fi nalists

1940 Randwick 20-10 Manly St.George/Drummoyne other semi fi nalists

1941 Easts 9-6 Sydney Uni Randwick/Manly other semi fi nalists

1942 Manly 22-6 Sydney Uni Easts/Parramatta other semi fi nalists (Semi fi nals played at Uni No.1) though the 1940's

1943 Manly 5-0 Easts Randwick/Wests other semi fi nalists

1944 Easts 7-3 Sydney Uni Randwick//Wests other semi fi nalists

1945 Sydney Uni 11-3 Parramatta Randwick/Easts other semi fi nalists

1946 Easts 23-12 Randwick Parramatta/Drummoyne other semi fi nalists

1947 Easts 32-6 Manly Gordon/Randwick other semi fi nalists

1948 Randwick 27-14 Manly Gordon/Easts other semi fi nalists

1949 Gordon 12-3 Sydney Uni Randwick/Easts other semi fi nalists

1950 Manly 21-15 Gordon Easts/Norths other semi fi nalists

1951 Sydney Uni 22-16 Easts at RAS Manly/Norths other semi fi nalists

1952 Gordon 19-6 Manly Easts/Eastwood other semi fi nalists

1953 Sydney Uni 29-6 Easts at RAS Eastwood/Manly other semi fi nalists

1954 Sydney Uni 22-17 St.George at RAS Eastwood/Easts other semi fi nalists

1955 Sydney Uni 21-8 Gordon at RAS Easts/St.George other semi fi nalists

1956 Gordon 13-11 St.George Randwick/Easts other semi fi nalists

1957 St.George 21-3 Gordon Randwick/Manly other semi fi nalists

1958 Gordon 13-3 Manly St.George/Easts other semi fi nalists

1959 Randwick 16-0 Norths Manly/St.George other semi fi nalists

1960 Norths 21-3 Manly at Sydney Sports Ground 17.9.1960, Gordon/Randwick other semi fi nalists

1961 Sydney Uni 6-0 Drummoyne at Sydney Sports Ground, St.George/Gordon other semi fi nalists

1962 Sydney Uni 14-0 Randwick First Division 1962-1992 at Sydney Sports Ground, Easts/Gordon other semi fi nalists

1963 Norths 21-12 Sydney Uni at Sydney Sports Ground, St.George/Randwick other semi fi nalists

1964 Norths 27-13 Sydney Uni at Sydney Sports Ground, Drummoyne/Randwick other semi fi nalists

1965 Randwick 26-5 Norths at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Uni/ Easts other semi fi nalists

1966 Randwick 30-11 EastwoodUnder the SRU 1966-1986, 1989-1991, 2011 – Sydney Sports Ground Norths/Manly other

semi fi nalists

1967 Randwick 19-16 Gordon at Sydney Sports ground, Sydney Uni/Manly other semi fi nalists

1968 Sydney Uni 22-6 Manly(Lost one game all season) at Sydney Sports Ground, Drummoyne/Randwick other semi

fi nalists

1969 Easts 16-12 Gordon at Sydney Sports Ground, Sydney Uni/Manly other semi fi nalists

1970 Sydney Uni 24-14 Easts at Sydney Sports Ground, Gordon/Drummoyne other semi fi nalists

1971 Randwick 21-3 Manly at Sydney Sports Ground, Gordon/Easts other semi fi nalists

1972 Sydney Uni 10-6 Gordon at Sydney Sports Ground, Eastwood/Randwick other semi fi nalists

1973 Randwick 15-12 Wests Gordon/Norths other semi fi nalists

1974 Randwick 10-9 Parramatta Eastwood/Gordon/Sydney Uni/Drummoyne other semi fi nalists (6) in Semis now

1975 Norths 9-6 Parramatta Randwick/Eastwood/Gordon/Wests other semi fi nalists

1976 Gordon 33-4 Eastwood Easts/Parramatta/Sydney Uni/Norths other semi fi nalists 25.9.1976

1977 Parramatta 17-9 Randwick



1978 Randwick 22-10 Easts

1979 Randwick 34-3 Parramatta Syd Uni Runners Up in 2nd Division Competition 1979 vs St.George 10-11 at Concord Oval

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



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



1992 Randwick 28-14 Gordon Under the NSWRU 1992-2001

1993 Gordon 23-19 Warringah


1995 Gordon 24-11 Canberra


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


2007 Sydney Uni 34-11 Easts Tooheys New Shute Shield



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 Manly/Souths/ ?/? other semi fi nalists at Concord Oval

2014 Eastwood 33-13 Souths Sydney Uni/Warringah/Manly/? other semi fi nalist at Concord Oval

2015 Eastwood 15-12 Manly Souths/Sydney Uni/Randwick/Warringah other semi fi nalist at Concord Oval

2016 Norths 28-15 Sydney Uni Sydney Uni/ Souths/Norths/Warringah at North Sydney Oval

2017 Warringah 30-25 Norths at North Sydney Oval Manly/Souths/Randwick/Eastwood

26 Comps 12 R/Up

Sydney Uni have won a total of 48 Premierships and been runner up 23 times

GRAND

TOTAL48 23

# Denotes undeafeated Premiers


LOWER GRADE RECORDS

LONGEST SERVING COACH IN GRADE & COLTS:

10 – Ray Hudd, 2008,09,10,11,12,13,14,15,16, and 17

(two years in Colts, eight years in Grade)

MOST CONSECUTIVE LOWER GRADE GAMES:

Dane Cole-Clarke 88 (2008 to 2011)

MOST CONSECUTIVE 1ST GRADE, LOWER GRADE

AND COLTS GAMES:

Byron Hodge 142 (2010 to 2016)

FIRST TRY SCORED ON NO.2 (NEW OVAL):

Stu Dunbar 2nd Grade vs Eastwood 19.3.2016


Nathan Trist

(Fullback)

64 – Fourth Grade vs Penrith 21.8.2004

(at Nepean Rugby Park – 8 tries, 12 goals)

MOST TRIES IN A GAME(S):

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)


Justin Bosilkovski 14 (Third Grade v Penrith, University No.1 Oval 7.5.2008)

Richie Williams 14 (Third Grade v Penrith, University No.2 Oval 11.6.2016)


David Kearney 3 vs Gordon at No.1 Oval 1.8.1987

MOST CAREER POINTS FROM 5TH GRADE TO 2ND GRADE:

Greg Thompson613 points (1998-2004)

17 tries, 156 goals, 70 p.goals, 2 f.goals

MOST CAREER TRIES (GRADE ONLY):

Nick Hagen 75 in 122 games (2000-2006)

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

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-Ryan

4 vs Penrith 29.3.2014 4th grade (Nepean Rugby Park)

(Jack scored a fi fth try same day when he went onto

3rd Grade as a replacement)

Harrison Blake4 vs Wests 16.4.2016 4th grade (No.2 Oval) 3 tries,

then went onto 3rd grade and scored one more

QUICKEST TRY IN A GAME:

Sam English11 seconds, Fourth Grade v Parramatta

6.4.2013 (Merrylands RSL Park)

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


Justin Bosilkovski 295 (2010)

James Kane 276 (2017)


Sione Kaivelata 28 (2012) in 16 games


Justin Bosilkovski 112 (2010)

BIGGEST WIN EVER IN A GRAND FINAL BY ANY CLUB:

2nd grade 2003, 44-7 vs Randwick and 2nd grade 2017, 51-14 vs Eastwood

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 King7, Colts II 2007, 2nd Grade 2010, 2012, 2013, 3rd Grade

2011, 2014, 2016

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. Their 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)


COLTS RECORDS


Bernard Foley

(Five Eighth)

54 points (Colts 1 v Penrith 10.5.2008

at Nepean Rugby Park – 2 tries, 22 goals)

MOST TRIES IN A GAME:

Mitch Inman

(Centre)7 (Colts 1 v Parramatta at Two Blues Park 11.8.2007)


Christian Yassmin

(Winger)32 Colts 1 & 2 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


Bernard Foley

(Five-Eighth) Colts 1

435 points

(19 tries, 125 goals, 30 penalty goals in 2008)


Bernard Foley 155 goals, 340 points in 2008


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 314 v Campbelltown 1983 (2nd Division) and

14 v Penrith at St.Johns Oval 11.6.2016

Colts 4 9 v Manly at St. Pauls Oval 29.5.2004

Under 19’s 17 v Penrith at Weekender Park 2.8.2008


Bernard Foley

(Colts 1)22 v Penrith at Nepean Rugby Park 10.5.2008

LAST TIME UNI LOST ALL COLTS ON THE SAME DAY:

On the 3rd June 2006, round 8 versus Eastwood at T.G. Millner Field

MOST 1ST 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 fi nal wins)

Francis Raikadroka, Tom Boidin, James Swan, Tom Shaw,

James Nonu-Carling, Jake Gordon and Tianua Poto

BIGGEST WIN IN A GRAND FINAL

1st grade verses Eastern Suburbs 2017 won 63-15

2nd grade verses Eastwood 2012 won 41- 7

3rd grade verses Randwick 2000 won 21- 0

4th grade verses Easts 2002 won 32- 8

U/19’s verses Gordon 1998 won 39- 8

MOST YEARS PLAYING IN COLTS:

Five Years

George Hudd, from 2009 to 2013 season, scored 18 tries in this period

MOST 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 SYDNEY UNI JUNIOR TO PLAY GRADE:

Tolu Latu 2011 (Petersham Club)

Jake Gordon 2013 (Canterbury Club)

FIRST SYDNEY UNI JUNIOR TO PLAY REP RUGBY:

Tolu Latu (Petersham Club) 2014 signed with Waratahs

Jake Gordon (Canterbury Club) 23.8.2015 signed with Waratahs

FIRST SYDNEY UNI JUNIOR TO PLAY FOR WALLABIES:

Tolu Latu (Petersham Club) 4.8.2014 brought into the Wallaby squad


BIGGEST WINS AND LOSSES 1ST COLTS:

FIRST

DIVISIONYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

LOSS

Easts 2017 63-15 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

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 2017 78-0 1976 4-45

Canberra – – 1996 7-43

Newcastle 1998 34-3 – –

SECOND

DIVISIONYEAR

BIGGEST

WINYEAR

BIGGEST

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

Smithfi eld 1983 45-0 – –

St George 1984 30-9 1979 6-63

LONGEST WINNING SEQUENCE 1ST COLTS:

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

COLTS

2nd

COLTS

3rd

COLTS

4th

COLTS

UNDER

19’s

1980 1983* 1983* 1986 1998

1983* 2001 1985 2002 2007

1985 2003 1990 2003

2002 2004 1997

2003 2006 2001

2004 2007 2002

2005 2008 2003

2007 2009 2005

2008 2010 2008

2009 2011 2011

2010 2012 2012

2011 2013 2014

2012 2014 2015

2013 2015 2016

2015 2016

2016 2017

2017

* Denotes 2nd Division season

** All Colts records started to be kept in 2004

A full list of club statistics and records can be found on the Club’s website – www.sydneyunirugby.com.au


CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS

1927 Sydney University



1942 Sydney University and Manly


1983 Sydney University 2nd Division



2004 Sydney University 1













2017 Sydney University 14 14 Consecutive 22 times

COLTS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

1983 Sydney University (2nd Division)?
















2017 Sydney University 17 times

CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS


1st Grade – 2017

2nd Grade – 2017

Top Row: Alex Batho, Jordan Chapman, Rohan O’Regan, Lachlan Swinton, David McDuling, Nick Champion de Crespigny,

Jackson McCalman, Harry Johnson-Holmes, Chris Ingate

Third Row: Garrick Cowley (Coach), Banjo Travers, Callum McIntosh, Guy Porter, Tom Kingston, Tom Horton, Declan Moore, Wayne Borsak,

Ben Roberts (Coach)

Second Row: Evan Hoskins (Manager), Daniel Calavassy, James Kane, Tim Clements, Greg Jeloudev, Ben Hughes, Folau Fainga’a,

Hamish Dunbar, Luke Campton (Manager) Robert Taylor (Rugby Development Manager)

Front Row: Nicolai Morris (S&C Coach), Theo Strang, Christian Kagiassis, Angus Stuart (President) Jake Wainwright (Captain) Tim Davidson

(Head Coach) Tom Carter, Jock Merriman, Scott Fraser (Manager)

Absent: Jake Gordon, Matthew Hood, Tolu Latu, Dean Mumm, Matthew Narracott, Nick Phipps, Paddy Ryan, Will Skelton

Top Row: Callum McIntosh, Dylan Oldfi eld, Jordan Chapman, Nick Coaldrake, Jack Blair, Nick Champion de Crespigny, Chris Ingate,

Mitchell Whiteley, Henry Clunies-Ross

Middle Row: Murray Hudd (Manager) Ben Hughes, Sam Renton, Siaosi Halaifonia, Stewart Nutt, Alastair Ryan, William Ridley, Harry Potter,

Daniel Calavassy, Ross Ryan (Manager) Thomas Gilmore (Manager)

Front Row: Nicolai Morris (S&C Coach) Jack Bliss, Christopher Talakai, Byron Wicken, Angus Stuart (President), Jackson McCalman (Captain)

Ray Hudd (Coach), Banjo Travers, Declan Moore, James Kane, Greg Smyth (Manager)

Absent: Calum Buckling, Ben Betts, Harrison Cully, Tom Boidin (Coach), Matthew Dowsett, Hugh Frazer, Joshua King, Tom Koerstz,

Alex Masima, Connor O’Shea, Alfi e Paea, Jack Redden, Gary Whitaker (Coach)


3rd Grade – 2017

4th Grade – 2017

Top Row: Dylan Oldfi eld, Jordan Chapman, Nick Coaldrake, Thomas Willson, Jack Stanford, Dylan Vieira, Patrick Muller

Middle Row: Alexander Jackman (Captain) Conor O’Doherty, Hugh Summerhayes, Conor Lowndes, Stewart Nutt, Alastair Ryan, William Ridley,

William Tuitupou, Ed L’Estrange, Harry Croker

Front Row: Nicolai Morris (S&C Coach) Byron Wicken, Sam Renton, Angus Stuart (President) Jack Blair (Captain) Tom Heslop (Coach),

Ben Carolan, Patrick O’Doherty, Jack Leary (Coach)

Absent: Ezrah Amituanai, Harrison Blake, Hugh Frazer, Jack Jones, Dane McCarthy (Manager), Tomas Rhodes, Harrison Williams,

Richard Williams

Top Row: William Wennerbom, Jaason Finau, George Hudd, Thomas Willson, Jack Stanford, George Lehmann, Vincent Robinson,

Lachlan Waddell

Middle Row: Conor O’Doherty, Jack Davies, Jordan Sukkar, Tom McFadyen, Alastair Ryan, William Ridley, William Tuitupou, Jack Bliss,

Patrick Muller, Troy Isidro (Manager)

Front Row: Nicolai Morris (S&C Coach), Kazuki Takakura, Harry Croker, Malachy Mullin, Angus Stuart (President), Joshua Schwager (Captain),

Will Davies (Coach) Matthew Cheong, Patrick O’Doherty. Will McDonnell, Mitch Dansey (Coach)

Absent: Lachlan Argiris, Aidan Brown, Dallas Brown, Nick Burden, Angus Chapman, Eddie Close, Tim Davidson, Anthony McDougall,

Hamiora Mihaka, John Paea, Adam Perri, Ben Stanton, Scott Stumbles, Saia Tanginoa, Mesake Tagituimua, Lincoln Whiteley,

Harrison Williams, Thomas Wilson


1st Colts – 2017

2nd Colts – 2017

Top Row: Alex Macdonald, Eddy King, Daniel Poletto, Josh Kemeny, William Terry, Jock Capel, Milan Basson, Rory Suttor

Middle Row: Joshua Hardie, Sean Hasegawa, James Armstrong, Tim Clements, Strath Yeo, Tom Osborne, Tom Horton, Nathaniel Tamwoy,

Connor Grindal, Angus Chadwick, Tim Lilomaiava, Robert Taylor (Head Coach)

Front Row: Shane Ball (S&C Coach), Josh Sheridan, Daniel Calavassy, Guy Porter, Angus Stuart (President), Peter Fenwicke (Captain),

Joe Horn-Smith (Coach), Harry Johnson-Holmes, Banjo Travers, Jay Spencer, Ed Walgien (Manager)

Absent: Mila Hingano, Gareth Reynolds (Manager), Ratu Rotuisolia, Miti Tuinakauvadra

Top Row: Tom Leaver, Tom Osborne, Sean Anese, Hayden Pomare, Ethan Miller, Connor Farnell, Luke Austin, Alex Macdonald, William Terry

Middle Row: Charles Carter (Coach), Joe Schwager, Sean Hasegawa, Strath Yeo, Harry Croker, Aidan Moore, Sofalino Latu, Joshua Hardie,

Tim Lilomaiava, Robert Taylor (Head Coach)

Front Row: Shane Ball (S&C Coach), Patrick Calavassy, Josh Sheridan, Angus Stuart (President), Connor Grindal (Captain), James Caterson (Coach),

Jock Capel, Angus Chadwick, Ed Walgien (Manager)

Absent: Henry Corp, Ed Renton, Lepani Tuirara


3rd Colts – 2017

Sydney University Football Club Staff – 2017

Top Row: Dane Stephens, Julian Manieson, Andrew Knight, Connor Farnell, Luke Porter, Harry Tuynman, Luke Austin, Hayden Pomare,

Jonathan Boley

Middle Row: Robert Taylor (Head Coach), Raymond Taufai, Jay Spencer, Strath Yeo, Harry Croker, William Wennerbom, Sofalino Latu,

Said Halbouni, Tim Lilomaiava, Shane Ball (S&C Coach)

Front Row: Gabriel Enright (Coach), Sean Hasegawa, Maximus Miller, Josh Sheridan, Angus Stuart (President), Aidan Moore (Captain),

Rick Moore (Coach), Angus Chadwick, Joe Schwager, Oliver Young, Ed Walgien (Manager)

Absent: Omar Abdelwahab, Riley Alcorn, Gabriel Atkinson, Toby Dickinson, Adam Goodman, Tim Hingano, Evan Jenkins,

Nicholas Kairouz, Bati Koroisau, Austin Latu, Silas Lawther, Jack MacKenzie-Wood, Sydney Malifa, Bruno Masquelin,

Sean O’Byrne, Matthew Webb, Giles Widdicombe, Nigel Zhang

Top Row: Mitch Dansey, Ed Walgien, Lou Lou Stanley, Jack Leary, Tom Heslop, Thomas Gilmore, Ben Roberts, Garrick Cowley

Middle Row: Rick Moore, Charles Carter, James Caterson, Greg Smyth, Troy Isidro, Ray Hudd, Robert Taylor, Scott Fraser, Ashley Miller,

Luke Campton

Front Row: Joe Horn-Smith, Gabriel Enright, Shane Ball, Will Davies, David Haigh, Angus Stuart, Tim Davidson, Tom Carter, Ross Ryan,

Murray Hudd, Nicolai Morris

Absent: Tom Boidin, Gavin Crawford, Luke Dan, Digby Dill-Macky, Sue Dill-Macky, Sam Fifi ta, Andrew Frazer, Helmut Gebels,

Nathan Gibbs, George Guyatt, Evan Hoskins, Mohammad Jomaa, Bruce Lin, Dane McCarthy, Stu Pavely, Gareth Reynolds,

Kirsty Stevens, Daniella Thrassis, Gary Whitaker


Appendix

THINGS MY FATHER TAUGHT ME

Sun Herald, Sydney

03 September 2017

Sunday Life – page 12

Courtesy, compassion, community spirit:

Catriona Rowntree explains how her country-raised

dad helped her to fl ourish in the wider world.

Catriona Rowntree has criss-crossed the globe as a

travel reporter for almost two decades. When she’s

not travelling or designing her range of baby clothes,

she’s enjoying farm life as a wife and mother of two

lively young boys.

Whatever she does, she’s guided by memories of her

father, Stephen Rowntree, who left her with fi rm ideas

about the way life should be lived.

The best piece of advice that my dad ever gave me is

that there are two types of people in life: the “gunnas”

and the “doers”, and that I should always aim to be

among the latter. Not those who are always “gunna”

do this and “gunna” do that, but one of those who are

always doing this and that.

His advice may have come from his childhood

growing up in rural NSW.

He hailed from Quirindi, in the state’s north-west,

and I think that being a boy from the bush gifted him

with the most beautiful outlook on life. This included

placing great value on authenticity and family,

and taking pride in the way he conducted himself

throughout his life.

I suppose one of the greatest gifts both my father

and mother offered to their four children was the daily

example of parents who were in love, who spoke to

each other respectfully, who were courteous to each

other and who put their family fi rst. I did not grow up

in a household full of arguments, even though there

were a lot of people - not to mention the family pets -

all living under one roof.

In our home on Sydney’s north shore, there were very

clear rules. I am the youngest of four, and I watched

my older siblings make a few more errors than I dared

to. There was a code of conduct - my father was very

clear that we should dress well and be respectful to

adults. My dad was strict, but I could still turn to him

more than to my mother for a compassionate and

understanding response, and I always wanted to

make him proud of me.

As the youngest child, you often feel that you don’t

get heard. My brother had the Gatsby syndrome -

everything he touched before the age of 21 turned to

gold; he was brilliant at everything - and my sisters

were creative and beautiful.

I quickly realised I had to fi gure out a way to show my

dad that I was trying to make him proud of me.

We never had pressure put on us to fulfi l a certain

educational path. The directive was “do what makes

you happy”, but I always tried, through my career path

and personal life and other choices, to do things that

my dad would be proud of.

There was never a particular moment when I felt

he was more proud of me than at any other time,

but soon after getting into television, I noticed that

Dad was quietly keeping a scrapbook of my press

clippings - this was something that my other siblings

teased him about.

Initially I was a bit embarrassed, but now I realise that

it was an incredible source of pride for him.

When my father passed away in 2013, we were all

overcome with grief, and my sister-in-law, who is a

lawyer, tried to do what she could to help, so she

went to his offi ce and put all of his paperwork in

order. She gave me a box of clippings documenting

my life Dad had kept, from the cover of The Australian

Women’s Weekly to a tiny mention in a community

paper. To me, it was a sign that he’d been quietly

supporting me for years, without the need to be

boastful or show off to anyone else.


My dad believed, until his fi nal hours, that he would

beat cancer - his positive outlook never wavered.

So, even though he’d had cancer for a while, it was a

genuine shock when he died.

Stress can be harmful to every one of us. I’ve learnt

to be mindful of that obviously a positive outlook is

important.

But a tiny little detail I value from my father’s passing

is the importance of letting the people who you love

know that; and to be able to verbalise it. The last

words my dad and I shared together when he was in

hospital were, “I love you.” I have so much peace in

knowing we were able to express that.

Something that also made me proud was the

outpouring of love so many others had for my father.

One of his incredible legacies was the time he’d given

to his local sporting club.

My brother was a very good rugby union player - he

played for Sydney University Football Club - and at a

time when the team was struggling, my father put his

hand up to help.

Dad was like a second father to many young players

who’d grown up outside Sydney and had left their

families to play sport. So often on a Saturday, I’d

wish he was at home, mowing the lawn - but he was

always helping others.

That’s something I have taken on as much as I

possibly can - volunteering my time where possible.

Dad did this for more than 20 years, and today

Sydney Uni Football Club has a special day to

celebrate his volunteer spirit and present an annual

award to the individual who has most volunteered

their time. I take Dad’s grandchildren to this event (we

drive there in his old car) because I think we need to

be conscious of the legacy we will leave. Dad’s legacy

is unbelievably positive.

Dad was from a long line of people with a strong

sense of community. My great-great-great-

grandfather was a sea captain who brought the fi rst

paying customers to Australia, and he ended up being

what is literally called a “man of mark” in Sydney - one

who helped to establish many wonderful things with

the creation of the new city at the time.

His children ultimately ended up living in the country

and always being involved in their local community -

so maybe it’s something that is in the DNA.

Another thing I inherited from my dad: neither of us

could stop talking.

But I never heard him swear. Having gone into

live radio and television, I’m grateful I grew up in

a household where we weren’t allowed to swear,

because that could ruin a career in a heartbeat.

I think it’s really interesting that I was raised by a

father who felt very strongly about the way we present

ourselves and believed we should treat others in the

same manner we expect to be treated.

I spent most of my career at Channel 9 and my

boss there, Kerry Packer, shared a similar ethos. It’s

allowed me to have longevity in my career.

I defi nitely see a strength of character in my boys that I

would like to think would make their grandfather proud.

Ra-ra, they would call him.

My siblings and I - all four of us went to private

schools, a major task for any parent. I cannot

remember a time that my father didn’t have two jobs.

When I was 12, my father sat me down, showed me

how to write a thankyou note, and insisted I write

them wherever possible. When he went away on

rugby tours, he would always buy me beautiful writing

paper. To this day, I always write a personal note of

thanks.

A little gift that my father gave to each of his children

when we left school was a small amount of money,

about $1500. He said, “You can do with this whatever

you like, so long as it will benefi t your lives.” My sister

put it towards an around-theworld ticket, my brother

put it towards a car. I used it to help pay for a diploma

course in journalism.

For many years, I’ve been asked to be an Australia

Day Ambassador and Dad would often come with me

to some of the out-of-the-way places I was asked to

go. One of his proudest moments was when I was

asked to be the Australia Day Ambassador to his

home town of Quirindi, and we had our photos taken

under the Rowntree’s Lane signpost.


I’m very proud of my family history, so it was

important to me to retain my family name when I

married. I know Dad was equally proud about that.

My husband respected that, too. I want my children

to be appreciative of what their relatives have done to

help others and to understand how that history has

helped give them the life they live today.

There are not enough pages here to talk about all the

things Dad did for fun. He was a wonderful example

of work-life balance. He had an absolute passion for

most things with a motor, so he would take all of us

to car shows and boat shows, and he loved to tinker

with beautiful old cars as well.

I inherited his beautiful vintage Jag that we worked

on together. He helped me buy my fi rst car, a vintage

Mini, which I still have.

You know that expression about how you can take

the boy out of the country but you can’t take the

country out of the boy? I think it’s interesting that

my father grew up in the country, but then fell in love

with a north shore girl and thought, “This is where I’m

going to raise my family” - yet two of his children have

ended up back on the land. I found myself marrying

a farmer, and living and raising my children in the

country.

What do I miss most about my father?

I suppose just having that one person I could call at

any time of the day my quiet little cheer squad.

Dad wasn’t perfect. But, ultimately, all I can say is that

in my father’s fi nal moments, he was surrounded by

love, and no one could say a bad word about him.

He did his best for his family, and was rewarded with

bucket-loads of love. Edited extract from Things My

Father Taught Me, edited by Claire Halliday (Echo

Publishing, $30), out now.

“A TINY LITTLE DETAIL I VALUE FROM MY FATHER’S

PASSING IS THE IMPORTANCE OF LETTING THE

PEOPLE WHO YOU LOVE KNOW THAT. “

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