Randwick DRUFC
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Full name | Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Galloping Greens, Wicks | |
Gegründet | 1882 | |
Standort | Coogee, Sydney, Australia | |
Ground(s) | Coogee Oval (Capacity: 5,000) | |
Coach(es) | Stephen Hoiles | |
Captain(s) | Nick Wilkinson | |
League(s) | Shute Shield | |
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Official website | ||
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Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian rugby union club in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney 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 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 Wallabies, including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of George Gregan, Rocky Elsom and David Campese. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby jersey, and nine have had the honour of captaining their country.
Club information
[edit]- Club Name: Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club
- Nickname: Galloping Greens, Wicks
- Founded: 1882
- Home stadium: Coogee Oval
- Coach: Stephen Hoiles
- Club Captain: Nick Wilkinson
- Uniform colours: Myrtle Green
- Statistician: Ray Jennings
- Historian & Archivist: Bob Outterside
- Website: www.randwickrugby.com.au
- 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
[edit]Herb Barker
Kurtley Beale
John Brass
David Campese
Ken Catchpole
Roy Cawsey
Mark Chisholm
Gary Ella
Glen Ella
Mark Ella
Rocky Elsom
Ted Fahey
Russell Fairfax
Owen Finegan
John Flett
Adam Freier
George Gregan
Phil Hawthorne
Stephen Hoiles
Peter Johnson
Phil Kearns
David Knox
Chris Latham
Ewen McKenzie
Bruce Malouf
Wally Meagher
Drew Mitchell
Fosi Pala'amo
Simon Poidevin
Tony Daly
Jeff Sayle
Nick Shehadie
Gordon Stone
Dick Tooth
Cyril Towers
Morgan Freeman
Josh Valentine
Lloyd Walker
Warwick Waugh
Chris Whitaker
Col Windon
Matt Giteau
Ken Wright
Richard Thornett
Nick Cummins
Michael Cleary
Mac Ramsay
Representative coaches
[edit]Michael Cheika -Stade Français Paris head coach ('10-'12); Leinster coach ('05-'10); Petrarca Padova Coach ('99/'00); NSW Waratahs Coach ('13-'15); Australien Coach ('14-'19); Argentinien Coach ('22-'present)
Bob Dwyer - former coach of Australien, NSW, the Leicester Tigers and Bristol
Gary Ella - Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former Leinster Coach
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- )
Owen Finegan - Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the ACT Brumbies ('08-)
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 Australien ('05) Assistant Coach
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); Australien ('23-'present)
Ian Kennedy - former NSW and Australian U21 coach
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)
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-?)
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
Ewen McKenzie - Head Coach of Australien ('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)