Randwick DRUFC explained
Teamname: | Randwick DRUFC |
Fullname: | Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club |
Nickname: | Galloping Greens, Wicks |
Founded: | 1882 |
Countryflag: | Australia |
Capacity: | 5,000 |
Captain: | Nick Wilkinson |
Season: | 2020 |
Url: | randwickrugby.com.au |
Pattern La1: | _Randwickleft |
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Pattern Ra1: | _Randwickright |
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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
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
Representative coaches
- 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)
- Bob Dwyer - former coach of Australia, 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 Australia ('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); Australia ('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 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)
Nearby clubs
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