Gordon Rugby Football Club is a

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club based on the North Shore of Sydney. The club, known as the Gordon Highlanders, plays out of

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and competes in the

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grade competition.

Club information

* Premiership Titles –

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: 9 (1949, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1976, 1993, 1995, 1998 & 2020) * Club Championships: 13 * President: Brad Harrison * 1st Grade Head Coach: Brian Melrose * 1st Colts Head Coach: Josh Mitchell * General Manager Ace Naati For the 2022 season Gordon has appointed Brian Melrose as 1st Grade Head Coach with Andy Connors as 1st Colts Head Coach.

Current squad

The squad for the 2022 season

International representatives

Team geographical area

Based on Sydney's North Shore, the club is centred around

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and is headquartered in Lindfield. The club, along with the Gordon Cricket Club in the Summer plays home games out of

having played its early days at Roseville Chase Oval. The club's junior catchment area takes in the Ku-ring-gai and Lane Cove local government areas, as well as parts of

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and the

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. The club's junior program is most notably strong in Ku-ring-gai with every suburb in the area except

Gordon Gordon may refer to: People * Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters * Gordon (surname), the surname * Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War * Gordon Heuck ...

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and Warrawee having a junior club specifically representing the postcode of that suburb. The club has 8 junior teams, in which 5 of the 8 teams are located in

Ku-ring-gai council Ku-ring-gai Council is a local government area in Northern Sydney ( Upper North Shore), in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The area is named after a fictional Aboriginal language group. Major transport routes through the area include th ...

: * Chatswood Junior Rugby Club * Hornsby Junior Rugby Club * Killara/West Pymble Junior Rugby Club * Lane Cove Junior Rugby Club * Lindfield Junior Rugby Club * Roseville Junior Rugby Club * St Ives Junior Rugby Club * Wahroonga Junior Rugby Club

Rugby Championships

* Club Championships: 13 – 1949 1952 1957 1962 1971 1974 1975 1976 1978 1990 1993 1998 2020 * 1st Grade Premierships: 9 – 1949, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1976, 1993, 1995, 1998 & 2020. * 1st Grade Runners Up: 1950, 1955, 1957, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1980, 1992 & 2022. * 2nd Grade Premierships: – 1961, 1972, 1974, 1976 & 1981. * 2nd Grade Runners Up: 1950, 1952, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1980, 2008 & 2009. * 3rd Grade Premierships: – 12 – 1959, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2019 & 2020. * 3rd Grade Runners Up: – 1948, 1951, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1992, 1994, 1999 & 2000. * 4th Grade Premierships: 18 – 1949, 1952, 1953,1955, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000 & 2007. * 4th Grade Runners Up: – 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1987 & 2020

Gordon D.R.U.F.C Veterans (World War II) KIA

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Club song

(To the tune of the Scottish folk song of the same name)

References

External links

Gordon RFC home page

Jack Dempsey & Tom Matthews participate in projectGordon Stags Rugby Site
{{Shute shield Rugby union teams in Sydney North Shore (Sydney) Rugby clubs established in 1936 1936 establishments in Australia Gordon, New South Wales