Old Ignatians'
Full nameOld Ignatians Rugby Club
UnionAustralian Rugby Union
Nickname(s)Iggies, Redmen
Founded1969
LocationSydney, Australia
RegionNew South Wales
Ground(s)Ryde Oval
Team kit

The Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club which plays in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union and is based in Sydney, Australia.[1]

History

The Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club was founded in 1969.[2] The club was founded by and is associated with, the Old Ignatian's Union, the ex-students association of Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview, a Jesuit school for boys, established in 1880 and located on Sydney's lower North Shore.[3] The school has been an active participant in the Athletic Association of the Great Public Schools of New South Wales, which has one of the oldest rugby competitions in Australia. The club won the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union competition's Division One trophy, the Kentwell Cup in 2002.[4] The club has also won a number of other Division One trophies, including Burke Cup in 2003 and 1999.[5]

Club colours and home ground

The club colours are red, white and blue and the home ground is at Ryde Oval.[6]

Premierships[7]

Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club Premierships
YEARDIVISIONCUPGRADEVENUEOPPOSITIONFORAGAINST
1974SecondBlunt3Drummoyne OvalTobians183
1978SixthMeldrum1TG Millner #2Rockdale156
1979FourthJeffrey1Hassall ParkCBC Bank138
1986ThirdGrose2Wills GroundWilloughby1212
1987ThirdMcLean1Macquarie UniversitySydney Welsh136
1988SecondBarraclough1Macquarie UniversityKnox Old Boys196
1995SecondRichardson4Rat ParkMatraville63
1996SecondBlunt3Macquarie UniversityBriars235
1996SecondRichardson4Macquarie UniversityMatraville85
1996OpenHalligan5N/AFirst Past The Post
1996SecondRobertsonCMacquarie UniversityOatley257
1997OpenHalligan6N/AFirst Past The Post
1997FirstJudd4Waratah StadiumWaverley85
1998FirstWhiddon3Waratah StadiumUNSW2417
1999FirstBurke2Waratah StadiumMosman1311
1999FirstSutherland5Macquarie UniversityNewport150
2000FirstBarbourCDavid Phillips FieldHunters Hill1111
2001FirstBurke2TG MillnerSt Patricks Old Boys3410
2001FirstSutherland5TG MillnerDrummoyne83
2001FirstBarbourCTG Millner #2Mosman245
2002FirstKentwell1Wentworth ParkDrummoyne2314
2002FirstWhiddon3Wentworth ParkColleagues153
2002FirstJudd4Wentworth ParkColleagues240
2003FirstBurke2Wentworth ParkColleagues277
2003FirstJudd4Wentworth ParkColleagues117
2003FirstSutherland5Wentworth ParkColleagues126
2004FirstJudd4TG MillnerColleagues1514
2004FirstSutherland5TG MillnerColleagues140
2005FirstJudd4TG MillnerColleagues126
2005FirstSutherland5TG MillnerDrummoyne80
2006OpenHalligan6N/AFirst Past The Post
2006FirstJudd4TG MillnerDrummoyne2210
2006FirstSutherland5TG MillnerDrummoyne270
2008FirstJudd4TG MillnerCampbelltown2321
2008FirstSutherland5TG MillnerUNSW183
2008FirstBarbourCTG MillnerColleagues2421
2009FirstJudd4TG MillnerMosman577
2010FirstBarbourCTG MillnerMosman2510
2013FirstSutherland5TG MillnerColleagues230
2014FirstBarbourCTG MillnerMosman4735
2017ThirdFarrant2TG MillnerNewport1710
2020ThirdCampbell3Macquarie UniversityNewport187

Life Members[8]

No: 1 Peter Ryan, inducted 1991

No: 2 Les Kirkpatrick, inducted 1992

No: 3 Mark Richards, inducted 1992

No: 4 John Bain, inducted 1993

No: 5 Dr Terry Horgan, inducted 1994

No: 6 Richard Mort, inducted 1998

No: 7 Joe Brown, inducted 1999

No: 8 Paul Timmins, inducted 1999

No: 9 Tim Richards, inducted 2003

No: 10 Michael Fahey, inducted 2004

No: 11 Damian Peppitt, inducted 2007

No: 12 Charles Perrignon, inducted 2009

No: 13 Matthew Perrignon, inducted 2009

No: 14 Dave Bryant, inducted 2013

No: 15 Guy Coleman, inducted 2013

No: 16 Gerard Hogan, inducted 2017

No: 17 Peter Cahill, inducted 2019

No: 18 Dominic Lombardo, inducted 2019

Notable players

  • John Tighe – Italy (2009), OIRFC club captain (2007), Judd Cup premiership captain (2009)
  • Mickey Palmer - Sydney (2002)3rd grade “Whiddon cup” premier, (2003) 2nd grade “Burke cup” premier, (2006 - 2015) colts coach - premiers Barbour cup (2008, 2010, 2014)

See also

References

  1. "NSW Suburban Rugby Union".
  2. "History". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  3. "History". Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
  4. "NSW Suburban Rugby Union".
  5. "NSW Suburban Rugby Union".
  6. "NSW Suburban Rugby Union".
  7. Club Records (John Bain)
  8. Club Records (John Bain)
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