Australian club championship rugby union

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Australian Club Championship
Founded1982;42 years ago (1982)
Region Brisbane
Sydney

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 (inclusive) and again since 2007, and also on an ad hoc basis in various other years. The regular scheduling was initially abandoned in 1993 when the NSWRU insisted on playing each match at Concord Oval in Sydney, rather than on a rotating basis. The championship was revived when it was agreed that the winners of the 2006 premierships would play the challenge match as a curtain raiser to the following year's Queensland Reds and NSW Waratahs match in the Super 14 competition. [1] A women's match was first played in 2023.

Contents

Winners summary

Men's Results

This is not necessarily a definitive list of all matches played.

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef.
1908 A20303 box with 1px wide black border.png Glebe [lower-alpha 1]
6–0
Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers Brisbane Cricket Ground Report [2]
1909 White and blue colours.svg Newtown
16–10
193ABE box with 1px wide black border.png Valley Brisbane Exhibition Ground Report [3]
1974 Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers
45–22
Randwick Colours.svg Randwick Ballymore
1982 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
22–13
Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers Ballymore
1983 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
32–29
Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers Coogee Oval
1984 Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers
24–15
Manly Marlins colours (2009-).svg Manly Crosby Park
1985 Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers
10–6
Randwick Colours.svg Randwick Coogee Oval
1986 Wests Brisbane Colours.svg Wests (Brisbane)
22–12
Parramatta Colours.svg Parramatta Ballymore
1987 Souths Magpies Colours.svg Souths (Brisbane) Parramatta Colours.svg Parramatta TG Millner Field
1988 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
27–9
Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers Crosby Park
1989 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
30–15
Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland Coogee Oval
1990 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland
29–22
Randwick Colours.svg Randwick Ballymore
1991 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
35–12
Souths Magpies Colours.svg Souths (Brisbane) Concord Oval
1997 Randwick Colours.svg Randwick
18–6
GPS Colours.svg GPS Coffs Harbour [lower-alpha 3]
2007 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
36–5
Wests Brisbane Colours.svg Wests (Brisbane) Lang Park
2008 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
24–0
Sunnybank Colours.svg Sunnybank Lang Park Report [4]
2009 Easts Brisbane Colours.svg Easts (Brisbane)
38–31
Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University Sydney Olympic Stadium Report [5]
2010 Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers
36–26
Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University Crosby Park Report [6]
2011 Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland
42–26
Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University Ballymore Report [7]
2012
---Not contested--- [8]
2013 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
43–7
Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland Sydney Football Stadium Report [8]
2014 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
19–14
Easts Brisbane Colours.svg Easts (Brisbane)Bottomley Park Report [9]
2015 Eastwood Colours.svg Eastwood
21–20
Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland TG Millner Field Report [10]
2016 Eastwood Colours.svg Eastwood
34–17
Souths Magpies Colours.svg Souths (Brisbane) Chipsy Wood Oval Report [11] [12]
2017 Norths Colours.svg Northern Suburbs
27–5
Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers Crosby Park Report [13]
2018 Warringah Colours.svg Warringah
41–28
Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland Pittwater Park

Report [14]

2019 GPS Colours.svg GPS
37–31
Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University Ballymore Report [15]
2020 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
28–8
Queensland Uni Colours.svg University of Queensland Sydney University Report [16]
2021 Easts Brisbane Colours.svg Easts (Brisbane)
14–13
Gordon 1949.png Gordon Bottomley Park Report [17]
2022
---Not contested---
2023 Sydney Uni Colours.svg Sydney University
45–19
Wests Brisbane Colours.svg Wests (Brisbane) Toowong Memorial Park [Report] [18]
2024 Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Brothers
25–18
Randwick Colours.svg Randwick Crosby Park

Women's Results

YearWinnerScoreRunner-upVenueRef.
2023 Bond University Breakers colours.svg Bond University
29–26
Gordon 1949.png Gordon Toowong Memorial Park [Report] [19]

The 2024 women's match will be between Easts (Sydney) and Bond University.

Notes

  1. The Glebe club is now defunct (merged to form Glebe-Balmain in 1919 which became Drummoyne in 1931).
  2. Score was tied 10–10 after normal time.
  3. This match was not officially sanctioned by the NSWRU and QRU.

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