Our first grade fullback, bill harris, in 1966 won the coveted fairfax cup as the best and fairest sydney rugby union player of the year, firmly putting unsw on the top rugby map. Programmes, books, badges, pins, jerseys, caps, prints, autographs and lots, lots more. As a gps school, sydney high is able to offer rugby as a winter sport. Rugby union formally began in australia with the formation of the first clubs, the oldest of which is the sydney university club, formed in 1864. Gps is one of the oldest clubs in queensland rugby, tracing its heritage back to the past grammar club formed in 1887. Athletic association of the great public schools of new. Today it holds tier one status with world rugby and has over 82,000 players nationwide. Reproduction of the original 1905 souvenir new zealand rugby football team booklet issued for the match, nz v a wellington provincial team, played at athletic park, wellington 29th july 1905. Rugby relics have been supplying collectors around the world since 1991. Sport daily telegraph nsw sport stories and galleries. Agricultural ground arthur beetson attendance ball balmain beat beetson branighan break brown bugden canberra canterbury canterburybankstown captain centre coach competition cronin cronulla crossed defeated defence dragons eadie eastern suburbs easts eels f a pts field goal finished fullback gartner gasnier gearin glebe graeme hughes grand. Switching of talented players between clubs each year in sydney was. Gps is one of the oldest and largest rugby clubs in australia. Associated schools in sydney and in the gps schools in brisbane.
Sydney club rugby history page 3 green and gold rugby. Scots wins fourth consecutive gps rugby premiership. The first body to control rugby in the colony, the southern rugby union, was formed in. Sevens star tim mikkelson looking to make history in sydney. Early football books of the victorian era generally covered both the association and rugby games. In 2009, his social history of english rugby union was. From the convenor of rugby, john mccoy 1 st xv match report waverley college vs shore. It will make a beautiful addition to the library of any family. Celebrating 150 years of rugby at newington newington college. The gps 1st xv competition is over 10 rounds and involves just six teams after a series of mismatches saw both sydney boys high and sydney grammar drop out.
Rugby union is a global game for people of all ages, genders, sizes and abilities with three main formats for all australians to enjoy. Nsw gps rugby, for so long a model competition for school rugby has. After a twoyear absence high returned in 2011 with their 1st xv in the 2nd xv competition. This is an annual rugby union competition played by teams from sydney, australia based boys high schools who are members of the aagps. The all blacks just went through an undefeated season even though my home country, ireland, ran them close almost making them. The club also proudly boasts the achievements of wallaby simon poidevin who represented australia while playing for unsw. Athletic association of the great public schools of nsw. St josephs college hunters hill 2019 christmas vigil mass. The waverley college 1 st xv had a big point to prove against another strong gps opponent in the sydney church of england grammar school. Phil kearns says the supremacy of scots college is dreadful for.
This followed a disappointing loss to the kings school, where discipline and execution had let the team down. We are burying a good friend and exsouthland rugby player this friday in invercargill with many of the local rugby men that feature on your site we have checked. On a wet and miserable saturday, the smiles of the scots 1st xv rugby squad shone through as they wrapped up a fourth consecutive gps rugby premiership, following a victory over st josephs at the annual back to scots weekend. Australia complete rugby sevens double in sydney rugby. Rugby league bravehearts, the history of scottish rugby league 2002. The book includes stories of past players and game results throughout the 150 years. Read more sports results and sports news at daily telegraph. The club won the premiership again in 1972 and for a third time in 1996, when the a grade team upset souths 126.
New zealand sevens star tim mikkelson could write himself into. We just happened to be googling his name to see if any rugby info came up. A union the southern rugby football union to control football in the colony of nsw was formed in 1874. General rugby histories the story of scottish rugby 1925. The holcroft saga is a rugby story, the likes of which may never have been equaled in the history of the game. Rugby leaguethemed books for children thoughts from an. The south sydney rabbitohs often shortened to souths or called redfern rabbitohs are an australian professional rugby league football team based in redfern, a suburb of southcentral sydney, new south wales. William blandowskis 1857 depiction of traditional recreation of the jarijari nyeri nyeri people near merbein, victoria, with a form of kick and. Rugby union is a football code within australia with a history dating back to 1864. The oval world is the first fulllength history of rugby on a world scalefrom its origins in the villagebased football games of medieval times. Using reprinted newspaper reports of the time, weve compiled a whole gamut of personalised rugby books devoted to particular teams, not to mention tournaments, including as six nations and world cup. Sydney church of england grammar school welcome to shore. Gps rugby club, colloquially known as gps, is an australian rugby union club based at. The last game before the team left to the uk, via australia.
Personalised rugby newspaper books historic newspapers. Rugby has always been a sport with as much drama off the field as on it. Rugby world cup hosting was a catalyst for national pride growth in japan, capturing the imagination, growing rugby interest and leaving a positive legacy for the sport, according to the latest research. The establishment of the gallopers foundation will cement gps reputation for developing fine young players and good citizens. With no club rugby to report on this week, i have been looking through the history books to find out sufcs win and loss rates over the years. Premiership history representative season archives representative teams representative teams results results results archives trophies. The official app of the hsbc world rugby sevens series 2020. His previous books include rugbys great split, rugby league in twentieth century britain, and a social history of english rugby union, each of which won the aberdare prize for sports history book of the year. As the two codes diverged, rugby started to produce its own literature with a number of instructional titles and scarce early tour books appearing before world war one, both in the uk and new. It is taken from thomas hickies book a sense of union. Some titles were excluded from this roundup of rugby leaguethemed books for children as. Premier clubs in sydney 1865 to 1873 prior to the establishment of the southern rugby football union in 1874 this is a list of the most successful clubs for each year from 1865 to 1873 prior to the establishment of a formal rugby union southern rugby football union in 1874. Although traditionally most popular in australias rugby football strongholds of new south wales, queensland and the act, it is played throughout the nation. The official rugby union competition commenced in 1892.
With the celebrations for gps 100 this season, the couriermail looks at the nineschool rugby competition and its rich history. Past grammar had won premierships in 1892, 1898, 1899 and 1914, but had to wait until 1961 to win again as gps, coached by the former gps player and later queensland and australian coach, the late bob templeton. His other books on rugby include dragons and all blacks, which was nominated for the william hill sports book of the year award. From the turn of the century, the influence of gps schools spread to catholic. Tim mikkelson is set to create new zealand sevens history this weekend in sydney. History of rugby facts book information silver emboss your books front cover with any name up to 22 characters long at no extra charge. Now rugby fans can relive some of the sports most glorious moments.
For every thrilling lastminute jonny wilkinson dropgoal to win the world cup or jonah lomu rampage down the touchline for a try there has been a split, a feud, or a controversy. Three clubs, university, sydney football club and the australian club, are reported as playing in 1865 which was the first recorded season articles in newspapers and journals of rugby football in sydney. This is a wonderful opportunity for high students to be able to compete in one of the best schoolboy rugby competitions in the southern hemisphere. According to noted rugby historian ian diehm in his book red. Breaking sports news, live scores and results from sydney and nsw including afl and nrl, cricket, soccer rugby, golf and motorsports. And so an adventure that started in 1906 with sydney boys high being the first and only government school in the gps rugby first xv rugby tournament has ended. Biographies general the famous xv, scotlands all time rugby greats 1994.
Shore say they dont have any players on scholarships, im not sure i. I would like to thank wayne covell robin covell mr phil o rourke dr andrew hirst ms kerrie zabaks mr. With a playing membership of over 1500, the club is now stronger than ever, since the recent merger of the thriving ashgrove junior club with the seniors. The athletic association of the great public schools of new south wales aagps was formed at a meeting held at gunslers cafe, near circular quay, on 30 march 1892. The latest rugby union news, live coverage, results, fixtures, tips, opinion and analysis from the sydney morning herald. Gps has a rich history as one of the first rugby clubs in queensland. For the first time in womens world series history, australia did not. We stock anything and everything to do with rugby football. Press releases world rugby sets fouryear blueprint to develop future stars of the emerging unions.
The first australian rugby club was formed by the university of sydney in 1864. Rugby union has a long history in australia, with the first club being formed in 1863 at sydney university. Personalised rugby history books created from newspaper coverage at the time in premium gold embossed covers are most popular rugby book. In 2009 after 103 years playing in the 1st xv competition sydney boys high school decided to withdraw itself from aagps rugby. Established in 1887 as past grammars, the club became known as gps old boys in 1931. We have become known as a club that develops a fine calibre of individual and provides a leadership role in the club rugby movement. Rugby union football in the land of the wallabies, 18741949. Club championship is a challenge match between the brisbane and sydney club. Gps rugby says it is is one of the oldest clubs in queensland rugby. Results results archives trophies upcoming fixtures. They participate in the national rugby league nrl premiership and are one of nine existing teams from the state capital.
Keep up to date with the womens and the mens sevens series. Sydney church of england grammar school also known as the shore school, scegs or simply shore is an independent, anglican, day and boarding school for. Rugby relics are the worlds leading supplier of rugby memorabilia. All titles discussed in this blog post were sighted and very happily read at the national library of australia with the exception of rugby league reads personal copy. A century on the rugby beat a history of 100 years of police rugby football in the south wales constabulary area 1992 westcott, gordon. Club history 9781845960165 a game for hooligans the history of rugby union. Sydney grammar school team of 1899 that won the gps rugby.
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