The Shute Shield, known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield, is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end of the club rugby season.
The Sydney University Football Club, founded in 1863, is the oldest club now playing rugby union in Australia, although this date is disputed by historian Tom Hickie who argues that it was 1865.
Manly Rugby Union Football Club is a rugby union club based in Manly, a suburb of Sydney. The club was formed in 1883 and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Charter Hall Shute Shield.
Adam Freier is a rugby union footballer. In 2011 and 2012 he played for the Rebels in the Super Rugby competition, and retired at the end of 2012 from professional rugby. In 2015 he came out of retirement to play Shute Shield for Randwick until this day. His usual playing position is hooker.
James Hilgendorf is a rugby union professional who plays for the Melbourne Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. His usual position is fly-half, but he can also play in the centres or at fullback.
Mitch Inman is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is either centre or wing. He represents the Rebels in Super Rugby.
Eddie Aholelei is a retired professional rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is prop.
Jeremy Su'a is a Samoan rugby union footballer. Su'a attended Westfields Sports High School in Sydney's South West alongside Tongan International Sitiveni Mafi and the likes of rugby league superstars Jarryd Hayne and Israel Folau. Su'a played his Junior rugby at the Parramatta Two Blues Rugby club and in 2006 played for the Australian Schoolboys. Moving through the age groups Su'a was a member of the Australian U19 team in 2007 and Australian U20 Team in 2008. He currently plays for the Worcester Warriors in the Aviva Premiership and Samoa, and usually plays as a scrum-half. He was part of the Samoan team at the 2011 Rugby World Cup where he played in two matches. He played for Sydney University 1st Grade Colts Under 21’s competition 2008 He made his 1st Grade debut with Penrith Emus 1st Grade in 2009 in the Shute Shield competition, where he played a further 2 seasons for Penrith Emus from 2010-2011 in the Shute Shield competition.
Cadeyrn Neville is an Australian rugby union player. His regular playing position is lock. He represents the ACT Brumbies in Super Rugby.
Michael Hodge is a former rugby union player. His regular playing position was either wing or centre. He has represented Australia national rugby sevens team and was named in the Waratahs squad ahead of the 2013 Super Rugby season. Hodge accepted a position as Head Coach for the Dallas, Texas, US based Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise the Dallas Jackals in the spring of 2021. COVID-19-related visa delays meant that Hodge was unable to move to Texas before the MLR season was due to start, leading him to withdraw from the role.
Michael Snowden is an Australian rugby union footballer. His regular playing position is scrum-half. Having previously played club rugby for Eastwood in the Shute Shield, he was named in the Western Force Extended Playing Squad for the 2013 Super Rugby season before playing with Waikato in the 2013 ITM Cup. Mick returned to Super Rugby with the Melbourne Rebels for the 2016 season where he made two appearances from the bench, before re-signing with the club for the 2017 season.
Angus Roberts is a professional Australian rugby union player for the Melbourne Rebels. His preferred positions are fullback and flyhalf.
Hugh Roach is an Australian rugby union professional player who plays hooker for San Diego Legion of Major League Rugby (MLR) in the United States. He also plays for the USA Perpignan of Top 14 (France).
Steven Cummins is an Australian professional rugby union player, currently signed with Melbourne-based Super Rugby side, the Rebels. He was previously a member of Welsh Pro 14 team Scarlets. His regular position is lock and he also plays at blind-side flanker.
Hugh Perrett is a rugby union player who played for the Rebels in Super Rugby. His playing position is Flanker. He made his debut in Super Rugby for the Rebels during the 2012 Super Rugby season as an injury replacement.
Mahe Vailanu is a Tongan Australian rugby union player who plays for the NSW Waratahs in Super Rugby Pacific.
Jed Gillespie is an Australian rugby union player who played for the Rebels in the Super Rugby competition. His position of choice is prop.
Ed Craig is a teacher at SHORE school in North Sydney where he teaches PDHPE and Christian studies. Previously, Craig was a PDHPE teacher at Barker College in Sydney. He has played rugby union for the NSW Waratahs the Melbourne Rebels and the Queensland Reds. He played for Australian Schoolboys and Australian Under 20s and for Sydney in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). Craig is currently playing in the Sydney Shute Shield competition for his home club Eastwood. His position is hooker.
Josh Kaifa is a New Zealand rugby union player, who currently plays as a loose forward for Hawke's Bay in New Zealand's domestic National Provincial Championship competition. He previously played – as an injury replacement – for Moana Pasifika in Super Rugby and Zebre Parma in the United Rugby Championship.
Nick Champion de Crespigny is an Australian rugby union player playing in the Back row. He currently plays in France for Castres Olympique in the Top 14 competition.
