The Knox Rugby Club, formerly known as Knox Old Boys RUFC, is a

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football club which plays in Division Three of the

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and is based in Sydney, Australia. The club has won the

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, among other trophies.

History

The club was founded by and is associated with the ex-students association of

Knox Grammar School Knox Grammar School is an independent Uniting Church day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, New South Wales, an Upper North Shore suburb of Sydney, Australia. Founded in 1924 by the Presbyterian Church of Australia as an all- ...

, a

Uniting Church The Uniting Church in Australia (UCA) is a united church in Australia. The church was founded on 22 June 1977 when most congregations of the Methodist Church of Australasia, about two-thirds of the Presbyterian Church of Australia and almost a ...

day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney. The club won the

in 2005 and 2009.

Notable players

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(1968) * Nathan Charles -

(2014) * Richard Woolf -

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(2017) *

Michael Ainsworth Michael Lionel Yeoward Ainsworth (13 May 1922 – 28 August 1978) was an English cricketer: a right-handed batsman who played his county cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Worcestershire but also appeared on a number of occasions fo ...

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(2024) Two Knox players became Chairman of the

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; Ross Turnbull and David Clark.

Past Premierships

Club Championships (8)

1st Grade Premierships: 6

2nd Grade Premierships: 7

3rd Grade Premierships: 10

4th Grade Premierships: 2

*Denotes joint premiership with Waverley.

5th Grade Premierships: 1

Colts Premierships: 8

References

External links

* {{NSWSRU Rugby union teams in Sydney Rugby clubs established in 1959 1959 establishments in Australia