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Gordon RFC

Rugby union club, based on Sydney's North Shore

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Gordon Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club based on the North Shore of Sydney. The club, known as the Gordon Highlanders, plays out of Chatswood Oval and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union grade competition.

01Club information

  • Premiership Titles, Shute Shield: 9 (1949, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1976, 1993, 1995, 1998 & 2020)
  • Club Championships: 13
  • President: Matthew Glascott
  • 1st Grade Head Coach: David Telfer
  • 1st Colts Head Coach: Hunter Nicholas
  • General Manager: Kingsley Seale
  • Director of Rugby: Joshua Mitchell

For the 2026 season Gordon has appointed David Telfer as 1st Grade Head Coach with Hunter Nicholas as 1st Colts Head Coach.

02Current squad

The squad for the 2022 season

2022 Gordon Highlanders Rugby Squad

Props

  • Rhys Brodie
  • Brandon Favaa Eli
  • Tristan Fuli
  • Leigh Hughes

Hookers

  • Will Bremner
  • Mahe Vailanu

Locks

  • Jack Margin
  • Brendan Mitchell

Back Row

  • Ola Tauelangi
  • Jordan Goddard (C)
  • James Lough
  • Francis Ieremia
  • Toby Parr (Club Captain)
  • Brett Van Zyl

Scrum-halves

  • Sam Babb
  • Dylan Dowling

Fly-halves

  • Reece McDonald
  • Harrison Goddard
  • Darcy Fitzgerald

Centres

  • Dominic Easy
  • Fraser Conway
  • Connor Fahey
  • Aiden Dowling

Wingers

  • Mike Pavlakis
  • Alesana Pohla
  • Oliver Arcus

Fullbacks

  • Robbie McIntosh
  • Ben Pollack
(c) Denotes team captain, Bold denotes internationally capped,

03International representatives

04Team geographical area

Based on Sydney's North Shore, the club is centred around Ku-ring-gai Council and is headquartered in Lindfield. The club, along with the Gordon Cricket Club in the Summer plays home games out of Chatswood Oval having played its early days at Roseville Chase Oval. The club's junior catchment area takes in the Ku-ring-gai and Lane Cove local government areas, as well as parts of Hornsby Shire and the City of Willoughby. The club's junior program is most notably strong in Ku-ring-gai with every suburb in the area except Gordon, Turramurra and Warrawee having a junior club specifically representing the postcode of that suburb. The club has 8 junior teams, in which 5 of the 8 teams are located in Ku-ring-gai council:

  • Chatswood Junior Rugby Club
  • Hornsby Junior Rugby Club
  • Killara/West Pymble Junior Rugby Club
  • Lane Cove Junior Rugby Club
  • Lindfield Junior Rugby Club
  • Roseville Junior Rugby Club
  • St Ives Junior Rugby Club
  • Wahroonga Junior Rugby Club

05Rugby Championships

  • Club Championships: 13, 1949 1952 1957 1962 1971 1974 1975 1976 1978 1990 1993 1998 2020
  • 1st Grade Premierships: 9, 1949, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1976, 1993, 1995, 1998 & 2020.
  • 1st Grade Runners Up: 1950, 1955, 1957, 1967, 1969, 1972, 1980, 1992 & 2022.
  • 2nd Grade Premierships:, 1961, 1972, 1974, 1976 & 1981.
  • 2nd Grade Runners Up: 1950, 1952, 1955, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1975, 1980, 2008 & 2009.
  • 3rd Grade Premierships:, 12, 1959, 1960, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1977, 1983, 1993, 2008, 2009, 2019 & 2020.
  • 3rd Grade Runners Up:, 1948, 1951, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1992, 1994, 1999 & 2000.
  • 4th Grade Premierships: 18, 1949, 1952, 1953,1955, 1958, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000 & 2007.
  • 4th Grade Runners Up:, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1973, 1977, 1983, 1987 & 2020

06Gordon D.R.U.F.C Veterans (World War II) KIA

Source:

  • P Braithwaite
  • E A Cameron
  • W Carter
  • A Chowne
  • J E Cunningham
  • D Davidson
  • R V Keirath
  • K Lauder
  • R Lawrence
  • C Lord
  • D Mackerras
  • J J Manners
  • A J McGlynn
  • J McKenzie
  • F Meech
  • J Musgrave
  • C C Pike
  • R Prince
  • J Reedie
  • A Sands
  • L Stenhouse
  • R Upward

07Club song

(To the tune of the Scottish folk song of the same name)

A Gordon for Me

1st Verse

I’m Georgie McHugh of the Gordon RU.
I’m fond of a lassie and drappie or two.
One day when out walking I chanced to see
A bonnie wee lass wi’ a glint in her ee.

Says I to the lassie will ye walk for a while.
I’ll buy ye a bonnet and we’ll do it in style,
My kilt is the tartan of the Gordon RU.
She looked at me shyly and said, Is that true?

Chorus

A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me.
If you’re not a Gordon you’re no use to me,
The Eastwoods are braw, the Randwicks an a’
But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride of them all.

2nd Verse

I courted that girl on the Banks of the Dee.
And made up my mind she was fashioned for me,
And soon I was thinking how nice it would be
If she would consent to get married to me.

The day we were wed the grass was so green,
The sun was as bright as the light in her een,
Now we’ve two bonnie lassies who sit on her knee.
While she sings the song that she once sang to me.

Chorus

A Gordon for me, a Gordon for me.
If you’re not a Gordon you’re no use to me,
The Eastwoods are braw, the Randwicks an a’
But the cocky wee Gordon's the pride of them all.

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