Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian
rugby union
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club which competes in the
Sydney premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 32 first grade premierships and six
Australian club championships. It is one of the traditional powerhouses of the
Shute Shield
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competition, winning 14 titles from 1978 to 1996. Randwick's colours are
myrtle green
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and the club's home ground is
Coogee Oval. In the 1980s the club produced many
Wallabies
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, including the
Ella
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brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of
George Gregan and
David Campese
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. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a
Wallaby
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jersey, and nine have had the honour of captaining their country.
Club information
:Club Name: Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club
:Nickname: Galloping Greens, Wicks
:Founded: 1882
:Home stadium:
Coogee Oval
:Coach: Ben McCormack
:Club Captain: Nick Wilkinson
:Uniform colours: Myrtle Green
:Statistician: Ray Jennings
:Historian & Archivist: Bob Outterside
:Website: www.randwickrugby.com.au
:Premiership Titles: (28) 1930, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004
:
Australian Club Champions: (6) 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997
:
Melrose Sevens
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: (1) 1990
International representatives
*
Herb Barker
*
Kurtley Beale
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*
John Brass
*
David Campese
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*
Ken Catchpole
*
Roy Cawsey
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*
Mark Chisholm
*
Gary Ella
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*
Glen Ella
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*
Mark Ella
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Ella made his debut tour w ...
*
Rocky Elsom
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*
Ted Fahey
*
Russell Fairfax
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*
Owen Finegan
*
John Flett
*
Adam Freier
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*
George Gregan
*
Phil Hawthorne
*
Stephen Hoiles
*
Peter Johnson
*
Phil Kearns
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Kearns was b ...
*
David Knox
*
Chris Latham
*
Ewen McKenzie
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*
Bruce Malouf
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*
Wally Meagher
*
Drew Mitchell
*
Fosi Pala'amo
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*
Simon Poidevin
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*
Tony Daly
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*
Jeffrey Sayle
*
Nick Shehadie
*
Gordon Stone
*
Dick Tooth
*
Cyril Towers
*
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Josh Valentine
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Career
Valentine played for the ...
* Lloyd Walker
*
Warwick Waugh
*
Chris Whitaker
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*
Col Windon
*
Matt Giteau
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*
Ken Wright
*
Richard Thornett
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*
Nick Cummins
*
Michael Cleary
*Richard Costello
Representative coaches
*
Michael Cheika
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Cheika was the coach of the Australi ...
-
Stade Français Paris head coach ('10-'12);
Leinster
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coach ('05-'10);
Petrarca Padova
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Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that inclu ...
Coach ('99/'00);
NSW Waratahs
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Coach ('13-'15);
Australia Coach ('14-'19)
*
Bob Dwyer - former coach of
Australia,
NSW, the
Leicester Tigers
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The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its ho ...
and
Bristol
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*
Gary Ella
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- Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former
Leinster
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Coach
*
Glen Ella
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- Incumbent
Fijian coach ('09- ); former
Fijian Technical Advisor ('08-'09); Former
Canadian
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Assistant Coach
2007
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,
Australian Sevens
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Head Coach ('94-'95, '97, '99-'00, '05-'07),
Australian
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Assistant coach ('94-'95, '00-'03),
ACT Brumbies
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Technical Adviser ('98-'00) and
England
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Assistant coach ('16- )
*
Owen Finegan - Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the
ACT Brumbies
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('08-)
*
Alan Gaffney - Incumbent Ireland Backs Coach,
Leinster
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Assistant Coach & part-time
Saracens
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consultant; Former Director of Rugby at
Saracens
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('06/'07 - '07/'08); former
Munster
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('02/'03-'04/'05) and
Leinster
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('00/'01 - '01/'02) Head Coach; former
NSW (1997–99) and
Australia ('05) Assistant Coach
*
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- Coach of
Suntory Sungoliath ('96 & '09-12); former
Australian
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** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists
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('01-'05),
ACT Brumbies
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('98-'01), and
Queensland Reds
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('07) head coach;
Springboks
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Technical Advisor
2007
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; former Director of Rugby at
Saracens
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('08-'09);
Japan ('12-'15) head coach;
England
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('15- )
*
Ian Kennedy
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- former
NSW and Australian U21 coach
*
David Knox - Former assistant Coach for
Leinster
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('05-'08), the
ACT Brumbies
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('96-'98),
Petrarca Padova
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Founded in 1947, the team is the rugby union branch of the Unione Sportiva Petrarca, an omnisport club that inclu ...
('99/'00), and
South Sydney in the
National Rugby League
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('03)
*
Tim Lane - Incumbent
Georgian head coach ('08-'10); former
Italian
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head coach;
Australian
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** Aboriginal ...
Assistant coach ('98-'99);
Springboks
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assistant coach ('01-'03); former head coach of
Clermont Auvergne
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('00-'01); the Johannesburg
Cats
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('03-?);
Ricoh Black Rams ;
CA Brive
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Bri ...
; and
Toulon
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('07-?)
*
Todd Louden
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- Head Coach of
Ricoh Black Rams; Former attacking coach for
NSW ('08) and the
Bulls ('07); Randwick ('06); NSW Coach of the Year 2006
*
Ewen McKenzie
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- Head Coach of
Australia ('13-'14);
Queensland Reds
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coach ('09- 13); former
Stade Français Paris head coach ('08-'09),
NSW head coach ('04-'08) &
Australian
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Assistant coach
*Jayson Brewer - Assistant Coach Fiji National Team (‘16-‘17) & ARU High Performance Coach, Sydney Rays National Rugby Championship - Forwards Coach, (17), Randwick 1st Grade Defence and Senior Coach (2013-2016) Australian Barbarians Coach(‘2016)
Nearby clubs
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Eastern Suburbs RUFC
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The club is based in Rose Bay in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and was found ...
*
Waverley Rugby Club
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*
Colleagues Rugby Club
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Alexandria Dukes Rugby Football Club
References
External links
Randwick Rugby Club, SydneyEasts Rugby Club, SydneyWaverley Rugby Club, Bondi, SydneyAlexandria Dukes Rugby Football Club, Alexandria, Sydney
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Rugby union teams in Sydney
Rugby clubs established in 1882
1882 establishments in Australia
Coogee, New South Wales
Randwick, New South Wales