Coogee Randwick Wombats
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Coogee Randwick Wombats Rugby League Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | CRW, Wombats. The A grade side was often called 'cats', which in rhyming slang became wombats. An early A grader was said to have stolen a wombat from Taronga Zoo. After some years the Wombat was officially adopted and the club colours changed to green and white |
| Colours | Green White |
| Founded | 1953 The club stopped operating and in the mid 1960s principals at Souths Juniors like Ron Ellison asked Pat Hennessy, Syd Payne and others to reform the club because they were concerned about the strength of Rugby Union in the area. The club shared Coogee Oval with Randwick Rugby Union, who trained on Tuesday and Thursdays and the Wombats on Wednesday and Friday. |
| Readmitted | Mid 1960s |
| Current details | |
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| Competition | Sydney Combined Competition South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League |
 Current season | |
The Coogee Randwick Wombats are an Australian rugby league football team based in Coogee, New South Wales and Randwick, New South Wales a suburb of south-central Sydney and play in the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League.[1]
Notable Juniors
Notable First Grade Players that have played at Coogee Randwick Wombats include:
- Scott Wilson (1988–99 South Sydney Rabbitohs, North Sydney Bears, Canterbury Bulldogs, Gold Coast Chargers, Western Reds, North Queensland Cowboys)
- Craig Wing (1998–09 South Sydney Rabbitohs & Sydney Roosters)
- Ryan Cross (1998–06 Sydney Roosters)
- Todd Byrne (2001–07 Sydney Roosters & New Zealand Warriors)
- Michael Berne (2002 South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Reni Maitua (2003–13 Canterbury Bulldogs, Cronulla, Parramatta)
- John Sutton (2004–19 South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Chris Enahoro (2004–05 South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Ryan Shortland (2007–08 Melbourne Storm & New Zealand Warriors)
- Peter Betham (2008–15 Brumbies, NSW Waratahs, Rebels)[2]
- Jason Clark (2009–18 South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Blake Ayshford (2009–19 Wests Tigers, Cronulla Sharks, New Zealand Warriors).[3]
- Nathan Ross (2015–18 Newcastle Knights).[4]
- Campbell Graham (2017– South Sydney Rabbitohs)
- Joseph Suaalii (2021– Sydney Roosters) [5]
References
- ^ "About Us - Coogee Randwick". SportingPulse. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ^ "Peter Betham". Ultimate Rugby. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
- ^ "Junior teammats Ayshford Ross face off". 10 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ "Junior teammats Ayshford Ross face off". 10 June 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ^ https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/ready-or-not-suaalii-steps-into-the-spotlight-20210226-p57658.html
