Waratah Shield
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The Waratah Shield is a rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 knock-out competition
Competition
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 for high school teams from New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

, Australia
Australia
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. First contested in 1963, it is organised by New South Wales Rugby Union
New South Wales Rugby Union
The New South Wales Rugby Union is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia...

 in conjunction with NSW School’s Rugby Union and NSW Combined High Schools and attracts around 100 entries each year. St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, is a private, Catholic, day school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College...

 is the most successful school with fourteen victories. The competition is open to all high schools in NSW and, until 2005, the ACT
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...

.

Notable players

Leading St Edmund's to victory in the Waratah Shield at the Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

 in 1984 brought Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player of the 1980s and 90s. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series...

 to the attention of the sporting public. Stuart went on to represent the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...

 on their 1987 tour to Argentina before switching to an illustrious career in rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

, winning three premierships with Canberra
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...

 and representing the Blues
New South Wales Rugby League team
The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against arch-rivals, the...

and the Kangaroos. Other prominent footballers who have played in the Waratah Shield include: Matt Giteau
Matt Giteau
Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...

, David Furner
David Furner
David Furner is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Canberra Raiders of the NRL...

, 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 Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak is an Australian rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum-half. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak...

 – all, inclusive of Stuart, hail from St Edmund's College.

Waratah Shield premiers

The following table sets out winners and notable players over the history of the Waratah Shield.
Year School Competitors Score Notable players
1963 Randwick Boys High School
Randwick Boys High School
Randwick Boys' High School, is a school located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, between Rainbow and Avoca Streets. It is a boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...

 
1964 Hurlstone Agricultural College
Hurlstone Agricultural High School
Hurlstone Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective, co-educational, public high school, located in Glenfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 
1965 Homebush Boys' High School
Homebush Boys High School
Homebush Boys High School, founded in 1936, is a comprehensive public high school for boys. It is located in Homebush, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 
1966 Manly Boys' High School 
1966 Manly Boys' High School
1967 Epping Boys' High School 
1968 Epping Boys' High School
1969 Epping Boys' High School
1970 Manly Boys' High School
1971 North Sydney Boys' High School 
1972 Matraville High School
Matraville Sports High School
Matraville Sports High School, is a school located in Chifley, New South Wales, Australia, on Anzac Parade. It is a coeducational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12...

 
1973 North Sydney Boys' High School
1974 St Stanislaus' College 
1975 Randwick Boys' High School
1976 Matraville High School
1977 Matraville High School
1978 Randwick Boys' High School
1979 James Ruse Agricultural High School
James Ruse Agricultural High School
James Ruse Agricultural High School is one of four New South Wales Government agricultural high schools. It is a selective, co-educational public high school located at Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia...

 
1980 St Stanislaus' College
1981 St Stanislaus' College James C Grant: (1981–1982) - Rugby international
1982 Randwick Boys' High School
1983 Matraville High School
1984 St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, is a private, Catholic, day school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College...

 
Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player of the 1980s and 90s. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series...

1985 St Edmund's College, Canberra
1986 St Edmund's College, Canberra David Furner
David Furner
David Furner is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Canberra Raiders of the NRL...

1987 St Edmund's College, Canberra David Furner
1988 Marist College, Canberra 
1989 St Edmund's College, Canberra 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....

1990 The Scots College
The Scots College
For other schools with a similar name see Scots College.The Scots College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 
1991 St Edmund's College, Canberra George Gregan
1992 Marist College, Canberra
1993 Marist College, Canberra
1994 Oakhill College
Oakhill College
Oakhill College is a Catholic, co-educational, secondary, day school, located in Castle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in the Hills District of the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 
1995 St Stanislaus' College
1996 St Patrick's College, Strathfield
St Patrick's College, Strathfield
St Patrick's College is an independent, Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in Strathfield in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....

 
1997 St Edmund's College, Canberra Matt Giteau
Matt Giteau
Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...

, Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak is an Australian rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum-half. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak...

1998 St Edmund's College, Canberra Matt Giteau, Matt Henjak
1999 St Edmund's College, Canberra Matt Giteau, Matt Henjak
2000 St Edmund's College, Canberra
2001 St Edmund's College, Canberra
2002 St Edmund's College, Canberra
2003 St Edmund's College, Canberra
2004 St Edmund's College, Canberra
2005 Westfields Sports High School
Westfields Sports High School
Westfields Sports High School is Australia's first Sports High school. It is a coeducational school in Fairfield West, Sydney, Australia...

 
2006 Barker College
Barker College
Barker College is an independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from...

 
2007 Matraville Sports High School
2008 St. Augustine's College, Brookvale  St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst 26 16
2009 St. Augustine's College, Brookvale St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst 18 13
2010 The Hills Sports High School
The Hills Sports High School
The Hills Sports High School is a co-educational government secondary school located at Seven Hills, in the west of Sydney, Australia. In addition to normal school activities, the school has a Talented Sports Program for selected sports...

St. Augustine's College, Brookvale 38 18
2011 St. Augustine's College, Brookvale The Hills Sports High School 20 13

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