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Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club

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Nickname(s)
  
Iggies, Redmen

Ground(s)
  
Ryde Oval

Union
  
Australian Rugby Union

Location
  
Sydney, Australia

Founded
  
1969

Region
  
New South Wales

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Coach(es)
  
Mitch "Hollywood" Dow, Mickey Palmer

League(s)
  
New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union

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, New South Wales, Australia.

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History

The Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club was founded in 1969. 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. 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. The Club has also won a number of other Division One trophies, including Burke Cup in 2003 and 1999.

Club colours and home ground

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

Notable players

  • John Tighe - Italy (2009), OIRFC club captain (2007), Judd Cup premiership captain (2009)
  • References

    Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club Wikipedia