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| Full name | Old Ignatians Rugby Club | |
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| Union | Australian Rugby Union | |
| Nickname(s) | Iggies, Redmen | |
| Founded | 1969 | |
| Location | Sydney, Australia | |
| Region | New South Wales | |
| Ground(s) | Ryde Oval | |
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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]
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]
The club colours are red, white and blue and the home ground is at Ryde Oval. [6]
| YEAR | DIVISION | CUP | GRADE | VENUE | OPPOSITION | FOR | AGAINST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Second | Blunt | 3 | Drummoyne Oval | Tobians | 18 | 3 |
| 1978 | Sixth | Meldrum | 1 | TG Millner #2 | Rockdale | 15 | 6 |
| 1979 | Fourth | Jeffrey | 1 | Hassall Park | CBC Bank | 13 | 8 |
| 1986 | Third | Grose | 2 | Wills Ground | Willoughby | 12 | 12 |
| 1987 | Third | McLean | 1 | Macquarie University | Sydney Welsh | 13 | 6 |
| 1988 | Second | Barraclough | 1 | Macquarie University | Knox Old Boys | 19 | 6 |
| 1995 | Second | Richardson | 4 | Rat Park | Matraville | 6 | 3 |
| 1996 | Second | Blunt | 3 | Macquarie University | Briars | 23 | 5 |
| 1996 | Second | Richardson | 4 | Macquarie University | Matraville | 8 | 5 |
| 1996 | Open | Halligan | 5 | N/A | First Past The Post | ||
| 1996 | Second | Robertson | C | Macquarie University | Oatley | 25 | 7 |
| 1997 | Open | Halligan | 6 | N/A | First Past The Post | ||
| 1997 | First | Judd | 4 | Waratah Stadium | Waverley | 8 | 5 |
| 1998 | First | Whiddon | 3 | Waratah Stadium | UNSW | 24 | 17 |
| 1999 | First | Burke | 2 | Waratah Stadium | Mosman | 13 | 11 |
| 1999 | First | Sutherland | 5 | Macquarie University | Newport | 15 | 0 |
| 2000 | First | Barbour | C | David Phillips Field | Hunters Hill | 11 | 11 |
| 2001 | First | Burke | 2 | TG Millner | St Patricks Old Boys | 34 | 10 |
| 2001 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | Drummoyne | 8 | 3 |
| 2001 | First | Barbour | C | TG Millner #2 | Mosman | 24 | 5 |
| 2002 | First | Kentwell | 1 | Wentworth Park | Drummoyne | 23 | 14 |
| 2002 | First | Whiddon | 3 | Wentworth Park | Colleagues | 15 | 3 |
| 2002 | First | Judd | 4 | Wentworth Park | Colleagues | 24 | 0 |
| 2003 | First | Burke | 2 | Wentworth Park | Colleagues | 27 | 7 |
| 2003 | First | Judd | 4 | Wentworth Park | Colleagues | 11 | 7 |
| 2003 | First | Sutherland | 5 | Wentworth Park | Colleagues | 12 | 6 |
| 2004 | First | Judd | 4 | TG Millner | Colleagues | 15 | 14 |
| 2004 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | Colleagues | 14 | 0 |
| 2005 | First | Judd | 4 | TG Millner | Colleagues | 12 | 6 |
| 2005 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | Drummoyne | 8 | 0 |
| 2006 | Open | Halligan | 6 | N/A | First Past The Post | ||
| 2006 | First | Judd | 4 | TG Millner | Drummoyne | 22 | 10 |
| 2006 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | Drummoyne | 27 | 0 |
| 2008 | First | Judd | 4 | TG Millner | Campbelltown | 23 | 21 |
| 2008 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | UNSW | 18 | 3 |
| 2008 | First | Barbour | C | TG Millner | Colleagues | 24 | 21 |
| 2009 | First | Judd | 4 | TG Millner | Mosman | 57 | 7 |
| 2010 | First | Barbour | C | TG Millner | Mosman | 25 | 10 |
| 2013 | First | Sutherland | 5 | TG Millner | Colleagues | 23 | 0 |
| 2014 | First | Barbour | C | TG Millner | Mosman | 47 | 35 |
| 2017 | Third | Farrant | 2 | TG Millner | Newport | 17 | 10 |
| 2020 | Third | Campbell | 3 | Macquarie University | Newport | 18 | 7 |
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
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