Maccabi Rugby Football Club is an amateur
rugby union
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club that plays in the
New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union
The New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union, or NSWSRU, is affiliated to the New South Wales Rugby Union
The New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU), formerly known as the Southern Rugby Football Union (SRFU) between 1874 and 1892, is the Sports g ...
.
History
Founded in 1969, the club participated in sub-district Premierships winning in 1973 and 1977. After an almost twenty-year hiatus, the club was reformed in 2006 to provide the Australian
Jew
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ish community with its own club and strengthen their squads for the
Maccabiah Games
The Maccabiah Games (, or משחקי המכביה העולמית; sometimes referred to as the "Jewish Olympics") is an international multi-sport event with summer and winter sports competitions featuring Jews and Israelis regardless of religion ...
in
Israel
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.
With the majority of the club having come back from winning the gold medal at the
2009 Maccabiah Games
The 18th Maccabiah Games (), were held in July 2009. According to the organizing committee these were the largest games held yet. These Games were the world's fifth-largest sporting event, behind the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, World Poli ...
, the club was able to secure the 2009 Meldrum Cup.
Honours
* Meldrum Cup (1st Grade): 2009
See also
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History of the Jews in Australia
The history of Jews in Australia traces the history of Australian Jews from the British settlement of Australia commencing in 1788. Though Europeans had visited Australia before 1788, there is no evidence of any Jewish sailors among the crew. T ...
Footnotes
External links
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Official website(archived)
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Rugby union teams in Sydney
Maccabi World Union
Rugby clubs established in 1969
1969 establishments in Australia
Diaspora sports clubs in Australia