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Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australia

Australia

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n rugby union

Rugby union

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club which competes in the Sydney

Sydney

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grade competition. The club was formed in 1882 and since then has won 31 first grade premierships and seven Australian club championships

Australian club championship rugby union

The Australian club championship is a rugby union challenge match between the Brisbane and Sydney club premiers. The fixture was played on a regular basis from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2007, and also on an ad-hoc basis in various other years...

. It is one of the traditional powerhouses of the Shute Shield

Shute Shield

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competition, winning 14 titles from 1978 to 1996. Randwick's colours are myrtle green and the club's home ground is Coogee Oval

Coogee Oval

Coogee Oval is home of the Randwick Rugby Union Club in winter, and Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club in summer. It is located in Sydney, New South Wales....

. In the 1980s the club produced many Wallabies

Australia national rugby union team

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, including the Ella

Mark Ella

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brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of George Gregan

George Gregan

George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....

and David Campese

David Campese

David Ian Campese , also known as Campo, is a former Australian rugby union player. Campese was capped by the Wallabies 101 times, and held the world record for the most tries in test matches until Daisuke Ohata scored his 65th try playing for Japan on 14 May 2006...

. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby

Wallaby

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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

Coogee Oval

Coogee Oval is home of the Randwick Rugby Union Club in winter, and Randwick-Petersham Cricket Club in summer. It is located in Sydney, New South Wales....

Head coach: Mark Giacheri

Mark Giacheri

Mark Giacheri is a former Australian-born Italian rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a lock.He first played for New South Wales Waratahs, from 1988/89 to 1996/97. He moved to Benetton Rugby Treviso in 1995/96, playing there for two seasons and being National Champion in 1996/97...

Club Captain: Antonio Halangahu

Uniform colours: Myrtle Green

Statisticians: Lesley Arnold & Douglas Alexander

Premiership Titles: (28) 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

Australian Club Champions
Australian club championship rugby union
The Australian club championship is a rugby union challenge match between the Brisbane and Sydney club premiers. The fixture was played on a regular basis from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2007, and also on an ad-hoc basis in various other years...

: (7) 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1997

International representatives

Herb Barker

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Kurtley Beale

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John Brass

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David Campese

Ken Catchpole

Ken Catchpole OAM, is a former Australian rugby union footballer. A state and national representative half-back, he played twenty-seven matches for Australia, thirteen as captain. Catchpole rose through the ranks at the Randwick club as a young man, before making his debut for New South Wales...

Mark Chisholm

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Gary Ella
Glen Ella
Mark Ella

Mark Ella

Rocky Elsom

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Ted Fahey

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Russell Fairfax

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Owen Finegan

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John Flett

John Alexander Flett was a former rugby union player. He earned 4 international caps playing for the Wallabies. He played as a winger.-References:...

Adam Freier

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George Gregan

George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....

Stephen Hoiles

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Peter Johnson

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Phil Kearns

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David Knox
Chris Latham

Chris Latham (rugby player)

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Ewen McKenzie

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Bruce Malouf
Wally Meagher

Wally Meagher

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Drew Mitchell

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Simon Poidevin

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Tony Daly

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Jeffrey Sayle
Nick Shehadie
Gordon Stone
Dick Tooth

Dick Tooth

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Cyril Towers

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Morgan Turinui

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Josh Valentine

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Lloyd Walker
Warwick Waugh

Warwick Waugh

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Chris Whitaker

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Col Windon
Matt Gittoes
Ken Wright

Representative Coaches

Michael Cheika

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- Forthcoming Stade Français Paris

Stade Français Paris

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head coach ('10); Incumbent Leinster

Leinster Rugby

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coach ('05-'10); Petrarca Padova Coach ('99/'00) Bob Dwyer

Bob Dwyer

Bob Dwyer is an Australian rugby union coach.Educated at Sydney Boys High School, he coached Sydney club Randwick to four Sydney championship wins before becoming Australia's national team coach. He coached Australia from 1982-83, and again from 1988...

- former coach of Australia

Australia national rugby union team

, NSW

New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...

, the Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers

Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

and Bristol

Bristol Rugby

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Gary Ella - Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former Leinster

Leinster Rugby

Coach Glenn Ella - Incumbent Fijian

Fiji Rugby Union

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coach ('09- ); former Fijian

Fiji Rugby Union

Technical Advisor ('08-'09); Former Canadian

Rugby Canada

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Assistant Coach 2007

2007 Rugby World Cup

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, Australian Sevens Head Coach ('94-'95, '97, '99-'00, '05-'07), Australian

Australia national rugby union team

Assistant coach ('94-'95, '00-'03) and ACT Brumbies Technical Adviser ('98-'00) Owen Finegan

Owen Finegan

Owen Finegan is an Australian international rugby union player who plays as a flanker or lock. He is nicknamed "Melon" because of his large head....

- Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the ACT Brumbies ('08-) Alan Gaffney

Alan Gaffney

Alan Gaffney is an Australian-born rugby coach, currently an assistant with the NSW Waratahs in the Super Rugby tournament.He is a former player who played over 200 games with the Randwick Rugby Club Sydney, of which he was elected a life member in 1993....

- Incumbent Ireland Backs Coach, Leinster

Leinster Rugby

Assistant Coach & part-time Saracens

Saracens F.C.

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consultant; Former Director of Rugby at Saracens

Saracens F.C.

('06/'07 - '07/'08); former Munster

Munster Rugby

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('02/'03-'04/'05) and Leinster

Leinster Rugby

('00/'01 - '01/'02) Head Coach; former NSW

New South Wales Waratahs

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(1997–1999) and Australia

Australia national rugby union team

('05) Assistant Coach Eddie Jones

Eddie Jones (rugby)

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- Coach of Suntory Sungoliath

Suntory Sungoliath

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('96 & '09-); former Australian

Australia national rugby union team

('01-'05), ACT Brumbies ('98-'01), and Queensland Reds

Queensland Reds

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('07) head coach; Springboks Technical Advisor 2007

2007 Rugby World Cup

; former Director of Rugby at Saracens

Saracens F.C.

('08-'09) Ian Kennedy

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- former NSW

New South Wales Waratahs

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and Australian U21 coach David Knox - Former assistant Coach for Leinster

Leinster Rugby

, the ACT Brumbies ('96-'98), Petrarca Padova ('99/'00), and South Sydney

South Sydney Rabbitohs

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in the National Rugby League

National Rugby League

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('03) Tim Lane

Tim Lane (rugby union)

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- Incumbent Georgian

Georgia national rugby union team

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head coach ('08- ); former Italian

Italy national rugby union team

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head coach; Australian

Australia national rugby union team

Assistant coach ('98-'99); Springboks

South Africa national rugby union team

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assistant coach ('01-'03); former head coach of Clermont Auvergne

ASM Clermont Auvergne

Association Sportive Montferrandaise Clermont Auvergne are a French rugby union club from Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne that currently competes in Top 14, the top level of the French league system, ASMCA are the were the 2010 France Top 14 Champions. It is the rugby section of the multi-sport club...

('00-'01); the Johannesburg Cats ('03-?); Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams is a Japanese rugby union team in the Top League. Placed 10th in the 2004-5 season which meant it had to win a play-off against one of the top regional teams to stay in the league, as it did.Slogan for 2006 season: TAFU...

; CA Brive

CA Brive

Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...

; and Toulon

RC Toulonnais

RC Toulonnais is a French professional rugby union club based in Toulon in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur...

('07-?) Todd Louden - Head Coach of Ricoh Black Rams

Ricoh Black Rams

; Former attacking coach for NSW

New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...

('08) and the Bulls

Bulls (rugby franchise)

The Bulls, for sponsorship reasons known as the Vodacom Bulls, are a South African rugby union team competing in the Super Rugby competition. They are based in Pretoria and play their home matches at Loftus Versfeld...

('07); Randwick ('06); NSW Coach of the Year 2006 Ewen McKenzie

Ewen McKenzie

Ewen James Andrew McKenzie is a former Australian Rugby Union prop and now professional coach, currently with the Queensland Reds who won the 2011 premiership...

- Incumbent Queensland Reds

Queensland Reds

coach ('09- ); former Stade Français Paris

Stade Français Paris

head coach ('08-'09), NSW

New South Wales Waratahs

The New South Wales Waratahs are an Australian rugby union football team, representing the majority of New South Wales in the Super 15 Super Rugby competition...

head coach ('04-'08) & Australian

Australia national rugby union team

Assistant coach

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