Randwick DRUFC
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| Full name | Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club | |
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| Nickname(s) | Galloping Greens, Wicks | |
| Founded | 1882 | |
| Location | Coogee, Sydney, Australia | |
| Ground(s) | Coogee Oval (Capacity: 5,000) | |
| Coach(es) | Stephen Hoiles | |
| Captain(s) | Nick Wilkinson | |
| League(s) | Shute Shield | |
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| Official website | ||
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Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club, also known as the Galloping Greens, is an Australian
myrtle green and the club's home ground is Coogee Oval. In the 1980s the club produced many Wallabies, including the Ella brothers. Its history has seen many of Australia's best players represent the club, including the likes of George Gregan, Rocky Elsom and David Campese. In all, 93 Randwick players have pulled on a Wallaby
jersey, and nine have had the honour of captaining their country.
Club information
- Club Name: Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club
- Nickname: Galloping Greens, Wicks
- Founded: 1882
- Home stadium: Coogee Oval
- Coach: Stephen Hoiles
- Club Captain: Nick Wilkinson
- Uniform colours: Myrtle Green
- Statistician: Ray Jennings
- Historian & Archivist: Bob Outterside
- Website: www.randwickrugby.com.au
- Premiership Titles: (29) 1930, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1948, 1959, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2023
- Australian Club Champions: (6) 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1997
- Melrose Sevens: (1) 1990
International representatives
Herb Barker- Kurtley Beale
- John Brass
- David Campese
- Ken Catchpole
- Roy Cawsey
- Mark Chisholm
- Gary Ella
- Glen Ella
- Mark Ella
- Rocky Elsom
- Ted Fahey
- Russell Fairfax
- Owen Finegan
- John Flett
- Adam Freier
- George Gregan
- Phil Hawthorne
- Stephen Hoiles
- Peter Johnson
- Phil Kearns
- David Knox
- Chris Latham
- Ewen McKenzie
- Bruce Malouf
- Wally Meagher
- Drew Mitchell
Fosi Pala'amo- Simon Poidevin
- Tony Daly
- Jeff Sayle
- Nick Shehadie
- Gordon Stone
- Dick Tooth
- Cyril Towers
- Morgan Freeman
- Josh Valentine
- Lloyd Walker
- Warwick Waugh
- Chris Whitaker
- Col Windon
- Matt Giteau
- Ken Wright
- Richard Thornett
- Nick Cummins
- Michael Cleary
- Mac Ramsay
Representative coaches
- Coach ('22-'present)
- Bristol
- Gary Ella - Former NSW Assistant Coach; Former Australia A head coach; Former Leinster Coach
- Glen Ella - Incumbent Fijian coach ('09- ); former Fijian Technical Advisor ('08-'09); Former Canadian Assistant Coach 2007, Australian Sevens Head Coach ('94-'95, '97, '99-'00, '05-'07), Australian Assistant coach ('94-'95, '00-'03), ACT Brumbies Technical Adviser ('98-'00) and England Assistant coach ('16- )
- Owen Finegan - Incumbent Lineout Co-ordinator with the ACT Brumbies ('08-)
- Alan Gaffney - Incumbent Ireland Backs Coach, Leinster Assistant Coach & part-time Saracens consultant; Former Director of Rugby at Saracens ('06/'07 - '07/'08); former Munster ('02/'03-'04/'05) and Leinster ('00/'01 - '01/'02) Head Coach; former NSW (1997–99) and Australia ('05) Assistant Coach
- ('23-'present)
- Ian Kennedy - former NSW and Australian U21 coach
- David Knox - Former assistant Coach for Leinster ('05-'08), the ACT Brumbies ('96-'98), Petrarca Padova ('99/'00), and South Sydney in the National Rugby League ('03)
- Toulon('07-?)
- Bulls('07); Randwick ('06); NSW Coach of the Year 2006
- Stade Français Paris head coach ('08-'09), NSW head coach ('04-'08) & AustralianAssistant coach
- Jayson Brewer - Assistant Coach Fiji National Team (‘16-‘17) & ARU High Performance Coach, Sydney Rays National Rugby Championship - Forwards Coach, (17), Randwick 1st Grade Defence and Senior Coach (2013-2016) Australian Barbarians Coach(‘2016)