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For the Canberra rugby union football club of the same name, see Eastern Suburbs RUFC (Canberra).

Eastern Suburbs District RUFC
Full nameEastern Suburbs District Rugby Union Football Club
Nickname(s)Beasts, Beasties
Founded1900
LocationRose Bay, Sydney, Australia
Ground(s)Woollahra Oval (Capacity: 5,000)
PresidentDavid Allen
Coach(es)Ben Batger
League(s)Shute Shield, NSWRU
2019Shute Shield Semi-Finalists, Colin Caird Shield Grand Finalists, Shell Trophy Premiers, Bill Simpson Shield Premiers
Team kit
Official website
www.eastsrugby.com.au

The Eastern Suburbs District Rugby Union Football Club is a team in the Intrust Super Shute Shield, the premier club rugby union football competition in New South Wales.

The club is based in Rose Bay in the eastern suburbs of Sydney, and was founded in 1900.

Easts have won a total of 77 NSWRU premiership titles or shields across all grades, as well as 9 club championships.

Club information

  • Club Colors: Navy Blue, White and Red
  • Home stadium:
    • Rushcutters Bay Oval (1900–1935)
    • Waverley Oval (1936–1948)
    • Woollahra Oval (1949–)
    • Centennial Park Oval (2018)[a]
  1. ^ Centennial Park Oval was used as the club's home ground, Woollahra Oval, had complications with the installation of a synthetic turf, which was then relaid.
  • Coaches:
    • Head Coach: Ben Batger
    • Colts Head Coach: Dan England

Club history

Eastern Suburbs District Rugby Union Football Club was formed at a meeting at the Paddington Town Hall on Thursday, 22 March 1900.[1] In an assembly presided over by the mayor and aldermen of Woollahra Council, 200 Eastern Suburbs residents turned out to hear Colonel J.C. Nield put forward a case for the birth of a local rugby club. The sports journalist Jack Davis motioned for the formation of the club and, from that point forth, Eastern Suburbs District Rugby Union Football club came into being. Easts Rugby is the oldest district rugby union club in Australia.

Since then, Easts Rugby has seen a lot of great players. The first ever try-scorer for Eastern Suburbs in a first grade premiership match was H.D. Thompson, who scored a try on 19 May 1900 playing Glebe at the Sydney Cricket Ground. That same day, Leo Finn made the conversion and became Easts first goal scorer. That year, Easts Rugby was honoured to have test forward A.J. (Tiger) Kelly become its first NSW representative, when he helped lead NSW to victory over QLD 11–9 in Sydney on 21 July 1900. However, it was not until 1903, when J.W. Maund was named in the Australian side, that Easts saw its first Wallaby.

As the years moved on, Easts Rugby saw success on many occasions. The club was helped along by a raft of talent that included H.H. (Dally) Messenger,[2] G.C. (Wakka) Walker, sports star Harald Baker, and Victorian Cross winner Bede Kenny. Easts also had a notable backline when Stanley R. Rowley – Australia's first Olympic sprint medalist – joined the team in the early 1900s. Other noted players included Dr Alex Ross, Englishman Ed Slater, Robert Westfield, Colin J. Sefton, Wallaby Murray Tate, reputed goal-kicker John Cox, World Cup winners Tony Daly and Jason Little, the world's best number 8 in his era Tim Gavin and H.R. (Perc) Newton who played a record 264 grade games for Easts.

In all, Easts Rugby has won a total of 79 premiership titles or shields across Grade and Colts from 1900 to 2013. Along with this, they have won 9 club championships and continue to be a breeding ground for superstars of the future.

A women's team was first established in 1994. Team captains were Sarah Roxburgh and Amy Copeland.

Honours

FIRST DIVISION

  • 1st Grade Premiers (Shute Shield since 1923): 1903, 1913, 1921, 1931, 1941, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1969
  • ES Marks Minor Premierships: 1953, 1969, 1970, 2000

SECOND DIVISION

  • 1st Grade Premiers (Colin Lawson Memorial Trophy): 1981, 1984

Recent titles in other grades:

  • 2022,2018,2009 Colin Caird Shield
  • 2022,2010 Henderson Cup
  • 2019 Shell Trophy
  • 2022,2019,2018,2013 Bill Simpson Shield

Season By Season Records (incomplete)

Season Results
Year Play off results Wins Ties Losses Points
2013[3] Quarter Finals 9 0 9 missing
2014[4] Did not make play offs 6 0 12 32
2015[5] Did not make play offs 4 0 14 27
2016[6] Did not make play offs 8 0 10 54
2017[7] Did not make play offs 6 1 11 40
2018[8] Quarter Finals 11 0 7 60
2019[9] Quarter Finals 10 0 7 52
2020[10] Semi-finals 9 0 3 46
2021[11] 3rd in standings† 7 0 3 35
2022[12] 1/8-Finals 8 0 10 49
2023[13] Did not make play offs 6 0 12 37
2024[14] In Progress 6 0 3 38

† Season cut short by COVID-19.

Players of note

Nearby Clubs

References

  1. ^ The Cynic. "Football Notes".
  2. ^ Fagan, Sean. "The Game Begins". National Museum of Australia.
  3. ^ "Shute Shield 2013".
  4. ^ "Shute Shield 2014".
  5. ^ "Shute Shield 2015".
  6. ^ "Shute Shield 2016".
  7. ^ "Shute Shield 2017".
  8. ^ "Shute Shield 2018".
  9. ^ "Shute Shield 2019".
  10. ^ "Shue Shield 2020".
  11. ^ "Shute Shield 2021".
  12. ^ "Shute Shield 2022".
  13. ^ "Shute Shield 2023".
  14. ^ "Shute Shield 2024". Up to date as of 21 June 2024.
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