Waratah Shield
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The Waratah Shield is a rugby union
knock-out competition
for high school teams from New South Wales
, Australia
. First contested in 1963, it is organised by New South Wales Rugby Union
in conjunction with NSW School’s Rugby Union and NSW Combined High Schools and attracts around 100 entries each year. St Edmund's College, Canberra
is the most successful school with fourteen victories. The competition is open to all high schools in NSW and, until 2005, the ACT
.
in 1984 brought Ricky Stuart
to the attention of the sporting public. Stuart went on to represent the Wallabies
on their 1987 tour to Argentina before switching to an illustrious career in rugby league
, winning three premierships with Canberra
and representing the Blues
and the Kangaroos. Other prominent footballers who have played in the Waratah Shield include: Matt Giteau
, David Furner
, George Gregan
, and Matt Henjak
– all, inclusive of Stuart, hail from St Edmund's College.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
knock-out competition
Competition
Competition is a contest between individuals, groups, animals, etc. for territory, a niche, or a location of resources. It arises whenever two and only two strive for a goal which cannot be shared. Competition occurs naturally between living organisms which co-exist in the same environment. For...
for high school teams from New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. First contested in 1963, it is organised by New South Wales Rugby Union
New South Wales Rugby Union
The New South Wales Rugby Union is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia...
in conjunction with NSW School’s Rugby Union and NSW Combined High Schools and attracts around 100 entries each year. St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, Canberra
St Edmund's College, is a private, Catholic, day school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College...
is the most successful school with fourteen victories. The competition is open to all high schools in NSW and, until 2005, the ACT
Australian Capital Territory
The Australian Capital Territory, often abbreviated ACT, is the capital territory of the Commonwealth of Australia and is the smallest self-governing internal territory...
.
Notable players
Leading St Edmund's to victory in the Waratah Shield at the Sydney Cricket GroundSydney Cricket Ground
The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...
in 1984 brought Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart
Ricky Stuart is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player of the 1980s and 90s. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series...
to the attention of the sporting public. Stuart went on to represent the Wallabies
Australia national rugby union team
The Australian national rugby union team is the representative side of Australia in rugby union. The national team is nicknamed the Wallabies and competes annually with New Zealand and South Africa in the Tri-Nations Series, in which they also contest the Bledisloe Cup with New Zealand and the...
on their 1987 tour to Argentina before switching to an illustrious career in rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
, winning three premierships with Canberra
Canberra Raiders
The Canberra Raiders are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the national capital city of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. They have competed in Australasia's elite rugby league competition, the National Rugby League premiership since 1982...
and representing the Blues
New South Wales Rugby League team
The New South Wales rugby league team has represented the Australian state of New South Wales in rugby league football since the sport's beginnings there in 1907. Administered by the New South Wales Rugby League, the team competes in the annual State of Origin series against arch-rivals, the...
and the Kangaroos. Other prominent footballers who have played in the Waratah Shield include: Matt Giteau
Matt Giteau
Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky...
, David Furner
David Furner
David Furner is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Canberra Raiders of the NRL...
, George Gregan
George Gregan
George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history....
, and Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak
Matt Henjak is an Australian rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum-half. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak...
– all, inclusive of Stuart, hail from St Edmund's College.
Waratah Shield premiers
The following table sets out winners and notable players over the history of the Waratah Shield.| Year | School | Competitors | Score | Notable players |
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| 1963 | Randwick Boys High School Randwick Boys High School Randwick Boys' High School, is a school located in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, between Rainbow and Avoca Streets. It is a boys high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12... |
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| 1964 | Hurlstone Agricultural College Hurlstone Agricultural High School Hurlstone Agricultural High School is an agricultural and selective, co-educational, public high school, located in Glenfield, a south-western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... |
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| 1965 | Homebush Boys' High School Homebush Boys High School Homebush Boys High School, founded in 1936, is a comprehensive public high school for boys. It is located in Homebush, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.... |
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| 1966 | Manly Boys' High School | |||
| 1966 | Manly Boys' High School | |||
| 1967 | Epping Boys' High School | |||
| 1968 | Epping Boys' High School | |||
| 1969 | Epping Boys' High School | |||
| 1970 | Manly Boys' High School | |||
| 1971 | North Sydney Boys' High School | |||
| 1972 | Matraville High School Matraville Sports High School Matraville Sports High School, is a school located in Chifley, New South Wales, Australia, on Anzac Parade. It is a coeducational high school operated by the New South Wales Department of Education and Training with students from years 7 to 12... |
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| 1973 | North Sydney Boys' High School | |||
| 1974 | St Stanislaus' College | |||
| 1975 | Randwick Boys' High School | |||
| 1976 | Matraville High School | |||
| 1977 | Matraville High School | |||
| 1978 | Randwick Boys' High School | |||
| 1979 | James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School James Ruse Agricultural High School is one of four New South Wales Government agricultural high schools. It is a selective, co-educational public high school located at Carlingford, New South Wales, Australia... |
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| 1980 | St Stanislaus' College | |||
| 1981 | St Stanislaus' College | James C Grant: (1981–1982) - Rugby international | ||
| 1982 | Randwick Boys' High School | |||
| 1983 | Matraville High School | |||
| 1984 | St Edmund's College, Canberra St Edmund's College, Canberra St Edmund's College, is a private, Catholic, day school for boys, located in Griffith, a suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.The college was established in 1954 by the Christian Brothers as St Edmund's War Memorial College... |
Ricky Stuart Ricky Stuart Ricky Stuart is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player of the 1980s and 90s. He is currently the head coach of the New South Wales State of Origin team, having replaced Craig Bellamy following a fifth consecutive failure in the 2010 series... |
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| 1985 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 1986 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | David Furner David Furner David Furner is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Canberra Raiders of the NRL... |
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| 1987 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | David Furner | ||
| 1988 | Marist College, Canberra | |||
| 1989 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | George Gregan George Gregan George Musarurwa Gregan AM is an Australian rugby union halfback who has made more appearances for his national team than any other player in the sport's history.... |
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| 1990 | The Scots College The Scots College For other schools with a similar name see Scots College.The Scots College is an independent Presbyterian day and boarding school for boys, located in Bellevue Hill, an eastern suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.... |
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| 1991 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | George Gregan | ||
| 1992 | Marist College, Canberra | |||
| 1993 | Marist College, Canberra | |||
| 1994 | Oakhill College Oakhill College Oakhill College is a Catholic, co-educational, secondary, day school, located in Castle Hill, New South Wales, a suburb in the Hills District of the Greater Western region of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.... |
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| 1995 | St Stanislaus' College | |||
| 1996 | St Patrick's College, Strathfield St Patrick's College, Strathfield St Patrick's College is an independent, Roman Catholic, day school for boys, located in Strathfield in the inner west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.... |
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| 1997 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | Matt Giteau Matt Giteau Matthew Giteau is an Australian rugby union footballer, a former international who now plays for the French Top 14 side Toulon. He attended St Edmund's College, Canberra, which has produced other Wallabies including George Gregan, Matt Henjak and the former rugby league star and now coach Ricky... , Matt Henjak Matt Henjak Matt Henjak is an Australian rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum-half. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak... |
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| 1998 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | Matt Giteau, Matt Henjak | ||
| 1999 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | Matt Giteau, Matt Henjak | ||
| 2000 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 2001 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 2002 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 2003 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 2004 | St Edmund's College, Canberra | |||
| 2005 | Westfields Sports High School Westfields Sports High School Westfields Sports High School is Australia's first Sports High school. It is a coeducational school in Fairfield West, Sydney, Australia... |
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| 2006 | Barker College Barker College Barker College is an independent Anglican, day and boarding school, located in Hornsby, a North Shore suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Founded in 1890 by the Reverend Henry Plume at Kurrajong Heights, Barker is an all-boys school from Kindergarten to Year 9, and co-educational from... |
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| 2007 | Matraville Sports High School | |||
| 2008 | St. Augustine's College, Brookvale | St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | 26 16 | |
| 2009 | St. Augustine's College, Brookvale | St. Stanislaus' College, Bathurst | 18 13 | |
| 2010 | The Hills Sports High School The Hills Sports High School The Hills Sports High School is a co-educational government secondary school located at Seven Hills, in the west of Sydney, Australia. In addition to normal school activities, the school has a Talented Sports Program for selected sports... |
St. Augustine's College, Brookvale | 38 18 | |
| 2011 | St. Augustine's College, Brookvale | The Hills Sports High School | 20 13 |