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Warringah Rugby Club

Warringah Rugby Club is a rugby union club
based on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, New
Warringah
South Wales. Only located 25   km from the city
centre, the club is close to many magnificent
beaches, the Sydney Academy of Sport and
Narrabeen Lake. The club currently competes in
the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions,
the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup.
Warringah Rugby has one of the largest numbers
of registered junior players in Australia.
Full name Warringah Rugby Club
Nickname(s) The Rats, Ratties
Contents Founded 1963

Club history Location Narrabeen, Sydney, New South Wales,

Honours Australia

International players Ground(s) Pittwater Rugby Park

Australia (Capacity: 10,000)
Australia A Coach(es) Mike Ruthven
Female international players
Captain(s) Sam Ward
Other international players
League(s) Shute Shield
References
External links

Club history
The club was formed in 1963 due to a high
demand of junior rugby players searching for
clubs on the northern peninsula. Being one of the 1st kit 2nd kit
most rapidly developing areas in Sydney at the Official website
time this subsequently led to the establishment in
the 1962/1963 season of the Warringah Junior www.warringahrugby.com.au (http://www.warringahru
Rugby Union. gby.com.au)

The Senior Club was formed to supplement the already established Warringah Junior Rugby Union
and commenced playing in the Sydney second division in 1964. Its aims were to provide rugby for
juniors, colts and grade players and to eventually join the 1st Division Championship competition. In
1970 the Club won the 2nd Division 1st grade Premiership and was promoted to the 1st Division for
the 1971 season.

More affectionately known as the Rats or Ratties, the club took on this tag after experiencing many

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difficult years with many humiliating defeats. The players were reminded by Doug Leslie Snr (Rats of
Tobruk), that to give up in the face of adversity is never an option. The tradition of the Rats of Tobruk,
of bonding together and making commitments in the true spirit of mateship should always be
remembered and will prevail just in the same way as the Desert Rats of Tobruk prevailed. From that
time on the Club became known as the Green Rats and their long held friendship with the ‘Rats of
Tobruk Veterans Association’ and their legacy is honoured by a memorial on the hill at the southern
end of ‘Rat Park’.

Honours
Shute Shield 2005, 2017

International players

Australia Australia A Female international Other international

Hugh Pyle Mark Catchpole players players
Brett Sheehan George Websdale Bronnie Mackintosh Gregor Townsend
Mark Gerrard Andrew Apps Genevieve Delves Abdel Benazzi
Rod Macqueen Craig Coffey Lisa Fiaola Michael Lipman
Dominic Vaughan Ray Smith Jamie Blazejewski Danny Cipriani
Stephen Lidbury Cheryl Soon Enrique Rodríguez
Mark Bell Jenny Williams Francis
Manuel Edmonds Brownyn Calvert Bindschedler
Lachlan Mackay Helen Theunissen Michael Ehrentraut
Wycliff Palu Chris Ross James
Pat McCabe Alex Hargreaves Cunningham
Pekahou Cowan Cobie-Jane Morgan Sailosi Tagicakibau
Beau Robinson Tui Ormsby Mungo Mason
(Sevens)

References

External links
www.warringahrugby.com.au

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