Sydney University Football Club
https://sydneyunirugby.com.au/The Sydney University Football Club (SUFC), established as the University of Sydney Rugby Union Football Club, is an Australian rugby union club based in Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales who compete in the Shute Shield.
The SUFC cites its founding year as 1863 making it the oldest existing rugby club in the country and the Southern Hemisphere.However, while teams from the University played football under unspecified rules from 1865 to 1869, the SUFC was not formally established until 1871, following the founding the previous year of the Wallaroo FC under rugby rules.
After playing home fixtures at the Sydney University Oval No.1 for 153 years, the club moved to the redeveloped Oval No.2 for the 2016 season. Sydney Uni Sport completed the building of a new training facility and grandstand at that ground accommodating 1,200 spectators.
The SUFC cites its founding year as 1863 making it the oldest existing rugby club in the country and the Southern Hemisphere.However, while teams from the University played football under unspecified rules from 1865 to 1869, the SUFC was not formally established until 1871, following the founding the previous year of the Wallaroo FC under rugby rules.
After playing home fixtures at the Sydney University Oval No.1 for 153 years, the club moved to the redeveloped Oval No.2 for the 2016 season. Sydney Uni Sport completed the building of a new training facility and grandstand at that ground accommodating 1,200 spectators.
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