Randwick DRUFC
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Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens,[1] is an Australian rugby union club based in Randwick City Council, a Local Government Area in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The team competes in the Sydney premier grade rugby union competition. The club was formed in 1882.[2]
It has won 32 first grade premierships and six Australian club championships.Template:As of? 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 members ("Wallabies"), including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including George Gregan, Rocky Elsom and David Campese. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby 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: (6) 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997
- Melrose Sevens: (1) 1990
International representatives
- Template:Flagicon Herb Barker
- Template:Flagicon Kurtley Beale
- Template:Flagicon John Brass
- Template:Flagicon David Campese
- Template:Flagicon Ken Catchpole
- Template:Flagicon Roy Cawsey
- Template:Flagicon Mark Chisholm
- Template:Flagicon Gary Ella
- Template:Flagicon Glen Ella
- Template:Flagicon Mark Ella
- Template:Flagicon Rocky Elsom
- Template:Flagicon Ted Fahey
- Template:Flagicon Russell Fairfax
- Template:Flagicon Owen Finegan
- Template:Flagicon John Flett
- Template:Flagicon Adam Freier
- Template:Flagicon George Gregan
- Template:Flagicon Phil Hawthorne
- Template:Flagicon Stephen Hoiles
- Template:Flagicon Peter Johnson
- Template:Flagicon Phil Kearns
- Template:Flagicon David Knox
- Template:Flagicon Chris Latham
- Template:Flagicon Ewen McKenzie
- Template:Flagicon Bruce Malouf
- Template:Flagicon Wally Meagher
- Template:Flagicon Drew Mitchell
- Template:Flagicon Fosi Pala'amo
- Template:Flagicon Simon Poidevin
- Template:Flagicon Tony Daly
- Template:Flagicon Jeff Sayle
- Template:Flagicon Nick Shehadie
- Template:Flagicon Gordon Stone
- Template:Flagicon Dick Tooth
- Template:Flagicon Cyril Towers
- Template:Flagicon Morgan Freeman
- Template:Flagicon Josh Valentine
- Template:Flagicon Lloyd Walker
- Template:Flagicon Warwick Waugh
- Template:Flagicon Chris Whitaker
- Template:Flagicon Col Windon
- Template:Flagicon Matt Giteau
- Template:Flagicon Ken Wright
- Template:Flagicon Richard Thornett
- Template:Flagicon Nick Cummins
- Template:Flagicon Michael Cleary
- Template:Flagicon Mac RamsayTemplate:Div col end
Representative coaches
- Template:Flagicon Michael Cheika -Stade Français Paris head coach ('10-'12); Leinster coach ('05-'10); Petrarca Padova Coach ('99/'00); NSW Waratahs Coach ('13-'15); Australia Coach ('14-'19); Argentina Coach ('22-'present)
- Template:Flagicon Bob Dwyer - former coach of Australia, NSW, the Leicester Tigers and Bristol
- Template:Flagicon Gary Ella - Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former Leinster Coach
- Template:Flagicon Glen Ella - Incumbent Fijian coach ('09- ); former Fijian Technical Advisor ('08-'09); Former Canadian Assistant Coach 2007, Australian Sevens Head Coach ('94-'95, '97, '99-'00, '05-'07), Australian Assistant coach ('94-'95, '00-'03), ACT Brumbies Technical Adviser ('98-'00) and England Assistant coach ('16- )
- Template:Flagicon Owen Finegan - Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the ACT Brumbies ('08-)
- Template:Flagicon Alan Gaffney - Incumbent Ireland Backs Coach, Leinster Assistant Coach & part-time Saracens consultant; Former Director of Rugby at Saracens ('06/'07 - '07/'08); former Munster ('02/'03-'04/'05) and Leinster ('00/'01 - '01/'02) Head Coach; former NSW (1997–99) and Australia ('05) Assistant Coach
- Template:Flagicon Eddie Jones - Coach of Suntory Sungoliath ('96 & '09-12); former Australian ('01-'05), ACT Brumbies ('98-'01), and Queensland Reds ('07) head coach; Springboks Technical Advisor 2007; former Director of Rugby at Saracens ('08-'09); Japan ('12-'15) head coach; England ('15-'21); Australia ('23-'present)
- Template:Flagicon Ian Kennedy - former NSW and Australian U21 coach
- Template:Flagicon David Knox - Former assistant Coach for Leinster ('05-'08), the ACT Brumbies ('96-'98), Petrarca Padova ('99/'00), and South Sydney in the National Rugby League ('03)
- Template:Flagicon Tim Lane - Incumbent Georgian head coach ('08-'10); former Italian head coach; Australian Assistant coach ('98-'99); Springboks assistant coach ('01-'03); former head coach of Clermont Auvergne ('00-'01); the Johannesburg Cats ('03-?); Ricoh Black Rams ; CA Brive; and Toulon ('07-?)
- Template:Flagicon Todd Louden - Head Coach of Ricoh Black Rams; Former attacking coach for NSW ('08) and the Bulls ('07); Randwick ('06); NSW Coach of the Year 2006
- Template:Flagicon Ewen McKenzie - Head Coach of Australia ('13-'14); Queensland Reds coach ('09- 13); former Stade Français Paris head coach ('08-'09), NSW head coach ('04-'08) & Australian 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
References
External links
- Randwick Rugby Club, Sydney
- Easts Rugby Club, Sydney
- Waverley Rugby Club, Bondi, Sydney
- Alexandria Dukes Rugby Football Club, Alexandria, Sydney
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