Knox Rugby Club

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Full nameKnox Rugby Club
UnionAustralian Rugby Union
Founded1959; 67 years ago (1959)
LocationWest Pymble, Sydney, Australia
RegionNew South Wales
CaptainFraser Bleach
LeagueNSWSRU
Official website
www.knoxrugby.com.au

The Knox Rugby Club, formerly known as Knox Old Boys RUFC, is a rugby union football club which plays in Division Three of the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union and is based in West Pymble on Sydney's Upper North Shore.[1] The club has won the Kentwell Cup, among other trophies.

History

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The club was founded by and is associated with the ex-students association of Knox Grammar School, a Uniting Church day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney. The club won the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union's Kentwell Cup in 2005 and 2009.[2]

Notable players

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Two Knox players became Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union; Ross Turnbull and David Clark.[3]

Past Premierships

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Club Championships (8)

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Division Year Won
Division 1 – Bruce Graham Shield 2006, 2009, 2010
Division 2 – Reliance Shield 1992, 2004
Division 3 – 'Doc' Harris Shield 2003, 2024
Division 4 – Herlihy Shield 2002

1st Grade Premierships: 6

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Premiership Year Won
Division 1 – Kentwell Cup 2005, 2009
Division 2 – Barraclough Cup 1991, 2004
Division 3 – Clark Cup 2003
Division 4 – McLean Cup 2002

2nd Grade Premierships: 7

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Premiership Year Won
Division 1 – Burke Cup 1966, 2006, 2007, 2008
Division 2 – Stockdale Cup 2004
Division 4 – Grose Cup 1987, 2002

3rd Grade Premierships: 10

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Premiership Year Won
Division 1 – Whiddon Cup 1961, 1962, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019
Division 2 – Blunt Cup 1988, 1992
Division 4 – Walker Cup 1987, 2002

4th Grade Premierships: 2

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Premiership Year Won
Division 1 – Judd Cup 2017
Division 2 – Richardson Cup 1986*, 1988

*Denotes joint premiership with Waverley.

5th Grade Premierships: 1

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Premiership Year Won
Division 1 – Sutherland Cup 2012

Colts Premierships: 8

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Premierships Year Won
Division 1 – Barbour Cup 2009, 2012, 2013, 2016
Division 2 – Robertson Cup 1995, 1998
Division 3 - Nicholson Cup 2024, 2025
Sydney U/19s Cup 2003

See also

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References

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