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Rugby games were being played at Sydney University in the 1860s. [7] The first ‘inter-club’ rugby match took place during July 1865 between the Sydney Football Club and a team from the Australian Cricket Club. [10] [11] The game was intended to be played over three Saturdays but the newspapers of the time only report on the first two.
In 2000 in Sydney, a record crowd of 109,874 witnessed what some have called 'The Greatest Ever Rugby Match' when the All Blacks defeated The Wallabies 39–35. Twenty one days after their win in Sydney, the All Blacks lost to the Wallabies in front of a home crowd. This meant the Wallabies won The Bledisloe Cup for the third year in a row.
The first recorded rugby season in Australia was in 1865 with Sydney University, Sydney Football Club and the Australian Club reported as playing games. [ 6 ] On 24 June 1874, a meeting was held between ten prominent football clubs to create a governing body to administer the game within New South Wales.
By the 1890s Rugby football had taken hold in Sydney, thwarting attempts by Victorian rules and soccer to gain the ascendancy.The game continued to grow becoming the most popular code of football in NSW, until the issue of professionalism led to a schism in 1908 and the formation of the New South Wales Rugby Football League.
Sydney Showground: Sydney: South Africa XV Match Details: 1921-07-02 South Africa XV 9 28 University Oval: Sydney: South Africa XV Match Details: 1921-09-03 New Zealand XV 17 0 Lancaster Park: Christchurch Australia: Match Details: 1921 New South Wales tour [N 1] 1922-06-24 NZ Māori: 22 25 Sydney Showground: Sydney: NZ Māori: Match Details ...
1975 Rugby League World Cup: 58: 28 June 1975 Australia drew with England 10–10: 33,858: 1975 Rugby League World Cup: 59: 11 June 1977 Australia def. France 21–9: 50,077: 1977 Rugby League World Cup: 60: 25 June 1977 Australia def. Great Britain 13–12: 24,457: 1977 Rugby League World Cup Final: 61: 24 June 1978 Australia def. New Zealand ...
The Rugby code was introduced to schools in Sydney from the early 1860s. Players familiar with the game from the Sydney schools, along with increased arrivals from England and elsewhere, soon led to organised club football commencing in Sydney. [10] Rugby games were being played at Sydney University in the 1860s. [11]
A rugby game in Queensland during the early 1900s. In 1903, Australia played its first test against the All Blacks, in front of a crowd of 30,000 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1907, Australia again played the All Blacks, at the same venue as the 1903 match, with crowd numbers reaching 50,000.