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| Full name | Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Galloping Greens, Wicks | |
| Founded | 1882 | |
| Location | Coogee, Sydney, Australia | |
| Ground | Coogee Oval (Capacity: 5,000) | |
| Coach | Stephen Hoiles | |
| Captain | Nick Wilkinson | |
| League | Shute Shield | |
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| Official website | ||
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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.[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
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
- 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)
Other personnel
- Statistician: Ray Jennings
- Historian & Archivist: Bob Outterside
Nearby clubs
References
- ^ Allen, Rich (22 September 2024). "Gents seeking four-peat against historic foe". Aspen Daily News. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
- ^ "History - RDRUFC". Randwick Rugby. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
