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Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian
rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...
club based in Randwick City Council, a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The team competes in the
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premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882. It has won 32 first grade premierships and six Australian club championships. It is one of the traditional powerhouses of the Shute Shield competition, winning 14 titles from 1978 to 1996. Randwick's colours are myrtle green and the club's home ground is Coogee Oval. In the 1980s the club produced many
Australia national rugby union team The Australia men's national rugby union team, nicknamed the Wallabies, is the representative men's national team in the sport of rugby union for Australia. The Wallabies first played at Sydney in 1899, winning their first Test match (rugby u ...
members ("Wallabies"), including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including
George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973) is a former rugby union player who played as scrum-half. Born in Lusaka, Zambia, Gregan represented Australia at an international level, and is Australia's second most capped player. He played S ...
, Rocky Elsom and
David Campese David Ian Campese, AM (; born 21 October 1962), also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player (1982–1996), who was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and played 85 Tests at wing and 16 at fullback. He retired in 1996 and ...
. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a
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jersey, and nine have become national team captain.


Titles

:Premiership Titles: (29) 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, 2023 :
Australian Club Champions The Australian Club Championship is a rugby union challenge match between the Queensland Premier Rugby, Brisbane and Shute Shield, Sydney club premiers. The fixture was played on a regular basis from 1982 to 1991 (inclusive) and again since 2007 ...
: (6) 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997 :
Melrose Sevens Melrose Sevens is an annual rugby sevens event held by Melrose Rugby Club, at The Greenyards in Melrose, Scotland. It is the oldest rugby sevens competition in the world, dating back to 1883 when the tournament was suggested by former Melros ...
: (1) 1990


International representatives

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Herb Barker Herbert Samuel Barker (23 June 1929 – 17 May 2006) was an sportsperson, all-around athlete who represented Australia in the hammer throw at the Empire Games and in rugby union as a Australia national rugby union team, Wallaby, and played for ...
* Kurtley Beale * John Brass *
David Campese David Ian Campese, AM (; born 21 October 1962), also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player (1982–1996), who was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and played 85 Tests at wing and 16 at fullback. He retired in 1996 and ...
* Ken Catchpole * Roy Cawsey *
Mark Chisholm Mark Chisholm (born 18 September 1981) is a retired Australian rugby union player. Chisholm usually played as a Rugby union positions#Locks, lock, but could also cover blindside Flanker (rugby union), flanker. Career Chisholm represented Austr ...
* Gary Ella * Glen Ella *
Mark Ella Mark Gordon Ella, Order of Australia, AM (born 5 June 1959) is an indigenous Australian former rugby union footballer. Ella played at flyhalf, flyhalf/five-eighth and was capped by the Australia national rugby union team, Wallabies 25 times, capt ...
* Rocky Elsom * Ted Fahey * Russell Fairfax *
Owen Finegan Owen Finegan (born 22 April 1972, in Sydney) is an Australian former rugby union player of Irish descent who played as a flanker or lock, for the Australian national team, the Wallabies. Finegan is currently the CEO of The Kids' Cancer Project ...
* John Flett * Adam Freier *
George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM (born 19 April 1973) is a former rugby union player who played as scrum-half. Born in Lusaka, Zambia, Gregan represented Australia at an international level, and is Australia's second most capped player. He played S ...
* Phil Hawthorne * Stephen Hoiles * Peter Johnson * Phil Kearns * David Knox * Chris Latham *
Ewen McKenzie Ewen James Andrew McKenzie (born 21 June 1965) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia national rugby union team, Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 ...
* Bruce Malouf *
Wally Meagher Francis Wallace Meagher (1903 – 14 December 1966) was a rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just ...
* Drew Mitchell * Fosi Pala'amo * Simon Poidevin * Tony Daly * Jeff Sayle *
Nick Shehadie Sir Nicholas Michael Shehadie, (16 November 1926 – 11 February 2018) was a Lord Mayor of Sydney (1973–1975) and Australia national rugby union team, national representative rugby union captain, who made thirty career test appearances for Au ...
* Gordon Stone * Dick Tooth * Cyril Towers *
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* Josh Valentine * Lloyd Walker * Warwick Waugh * Chris Whitaker * Col Windon *
Matt Giteau Matthew James Giteau (born 29 September 1982) is an Australian rugby union professional player who plays for the San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR). Giteau plays as a Rugby union positions#Utility players, utility back. His usual posi ...
* Ken Wright * Richard Thornett *
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* Michael Cleary * Mac Ramsay


Representative coaches

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Michael Cheika Michael Cheika (born 4 March 1967) is an Australian professional rugby union and rugby league coach, and former rugby union player. He is head coach of Leicester Tigers in England's Premiership Rugby. Cheika was the coach of the Australia r ...
- Stade Français Paris head coach ('10-'12);
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coach ('05-'10); Petrarca Padova Coach ('99/'00);
NSW Waratahs The New South Wales Waratahs ( or ;), often referred to as the Waratahs, are an Australian professional rugby union team based in Sydney that represents the majority of New South Wales in the Super Rugby Pacific competition. The Waratahs play ...
Coach ('13-'15);
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Coach ('14-'19);
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Coach ('22-'present) * Bob Dwyer - former coach of
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,
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, the
Leicester Tigers Leicester Tigers (officially Leicester Football Club) are a professional rugby union club based in Leicester, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded in 1880 and since 1892 plays its home ...
and
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* Gary Ella - Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former
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Coach * Glen Ella - Incumbent Fijian coach ('09- ); former Fijian Technical Advisor ('08-'09); Former
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Assistant Coach
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, Australian Sevens Head Coach ('94-'95, '97, '99-'00, '05-'07),
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Assistant coach ('94-'95, '00-'03),
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Technical Adviser ('98-'00) and
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Assistant coach ('16- ) *
Owen Finegan Owen Finegan (born 22 April 1972, in Sydney) is an Australian former rugby union player of Irish descent who played as a flanker or lock, for the Australian national team, the Wallabies. Finegan is currently the CEO of The Kids' Cancer Project ...
- Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the
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('08-) * Alan Gaffney - Incumbent Ireland Backs Coach,
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Assistant Coach & part-time
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consultant; Former Director of Rugby at
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('06/'07 - '07/'08); former
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('02/'03-'04/'05) and
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('00/'01 - '01/'02) Head Coach; former
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(1997–99) and
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('05) Assistant Coach * Eddie Jones - Coach of Suntory Sungoliath ('96 & '09-12); former
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('01-'05),
ACT Brumbies The ACT Brumbies (known from 2005 to 2022 as simply the Brumbies) is an Australian professional rugby union team based in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT), The team competes in Super Rugby and named for the brumby, feral horses wh ...
('98-'01), and
Queensland Reds The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team based in Brisbane for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union ...
('07) head coach; Springboks Technical Advisor
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; former Director of Rugby at
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('08-'09);
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('12-'15) head coach;
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('15-'21);
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('23-'present) * Ian Kennedy - former
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and Australian U21 coach * David Knox - Former assistant Coach for
Leinster Leinster ( ; or ) is one of the four provinces of Ireland, in the southeast of Ireland. The modern province comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Meath, Leinster and Osraige, which existed during Gaelic Ireland. Following the 12th-century ...
('05-'08), the
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('96-'98), Petrarca Padova ('99/'00), and South Sydney in the
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('03) * Tim Lane - Incumbent Georgian head coach ('08-'10); former
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head coach;
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Assistant coach ('98-'99); Springboks assistant coach ('01-'03); former head coach of Clermont Auvergne ('00-'01); the Johannesburg
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('03-?); Ricoh Black Rams ;
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; and
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('07-?) * Todd Louden - Head Coach of Ricoh Black Rams; Former attacking coach for
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('08) and the Bulls ('07); Randwick ('06); NSW Coach of the Year 2006 *
Ewen McKenzie Ewen James Andrew McKenzie (born 21 June 1965) is an Australian professional rugby union coach and a former international rugby player. He played for Australia national rugby union team, Australia's World Cup winning team in 1991 and earned 51 ...
- Head Coach of
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('13-'14);
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coach ('09- 13); former Stade Français Paris head coach ('08-'09),
NSW New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. T ...
head coach ('04-'08) &
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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)


Other personnel

:Statistician: Ray Jennings :Historian & Archivist: Bob Outterside


Nearby clubs

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Eastern Suburbs RUFC Eastern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club may refer to: * Eastern Suburbs District RUFC (NSW), est. 1900, based in Sydney, Australia * Eastern Suburbs RUFC (Canberra), est. 1938, based in Canberra, Australia * Easts Tigers Rugby Union, est. 1947, b ...
* Waverley Rugby Club * Colleagues Rugby Club * 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
{{Shute shield Rugby union teams in Sydney Rugby clubs established in 1882 1882 establishments in Australia Coogee, New South Wales Randwick, New South Wales