The SydneyUniversity Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865. Sydney Uni was a member of the inaugural Sydney club competition in 1874, along with the Balmain Rugby Union Football Club, Newington College and The King's School. The club currently competes in the Shute Shield competition and has the most senior premiership titles of all Sydney clubs. After playing home games at the Sydney University Oval No.1 for 153 years, the club moved to the redeveloped Oval No.2 for the 2016 season. The Sydney University Sports and Fitness Union completed the building of a new training facility and grandstand at that ground accommodating 1,200 spectators.
Club information
Women's Rugby: Founded in 1994. In 2019 the team defeated the Randwick Magic 34-3 and in 2018 defeated the Warringah Ratettes 38–17.
SUFC Statistics: Club Statistician is Craig 'Fizza' Fear.
History
The club is officially known as "Sydney University Football Club" because it was the first club of any football code in NSW. The club also played Australian rules football in its early history, making it the first NSW club in that code as well. The club is often referred to as “The Students" as well as "The Birthplace of Australian Rugby" or simply "The Birthplace".
Honours
Premiership Titles since 1900 : 1901, 1904, 1919, 1920, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1961, 1962, 1968, 1970, 1972, 2001, 2005 to 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 The Club has won 28 Shute Shield Major Premierships and has been runners-up 12 times. In total, the Club has won 50 Premierships and has been runners-up 24 times since 1865. Australian Club Champions: 2007, 2008, 2013, 2014, 2020 Gregor George Cup Club Championships: 1927, 1937, 1941, 1942, 1961, 1983, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
International representatives
To date, 128 Sydney University players have been selected to play for Australia. The first Australian representative was Hyram Marks in 1899. The club's most famous Wallaby would probably be Nick Farr-Jones, who had a long representative career. Our most recent Wallaby is Harry Johnson-Holmes who made his debut in June 2019 v South Africa. Wallabies - 2019 Folau Fainga'a, Tolu Latu, Bernard Foley, Nick Phipps and Harry Johnson-Holmes Rugby World Cup Squad - 2019 Japan Folau Fainga'a, Tolu Latu and Bernard Foley Aussie 7's Men's Squad 2020 Stuart Dunbar, Angus Bell, Matthew Hood The Club has produced 13 Australian Female Representatives of which 9 are Wallaroos, our more recent debutant being Emily Chancellor. Wallaroos - 2019 Grace Hamilton, Emily Chancellor and Iliseva Batibasaga. Aussie 7's Women's Squad 2020 Jakiya Whitfeld # Denotes Uncapped
