Brothers Rugby Club is an Australian rugby union club that is based in Roseville, a suburb on the North Shore region of Sydney.
History
Brothers was formed by Old Boys of St Pius X College, Chatswood in 1947 and was at that time known as Christian Brothers Old Boys or CBOBs.
In 2005, it was decided to change the club name from CBOBs to the very familiar 'Brothers' Rugby Club Sydney.
Brothers are affiliated to the five Brothers clubs in Queensland including Brothers Old Boys, Brisbane and also Brothers Joondalup in Western Australia. Brothers are also affiliated to the Marist Rugby Federation in New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, numbering approximately 40 clubs in all.
Recent seasons
In the 2011 season, Brothers Rugby won both first and second grade grand finals and the Division 4 club championship, granting them promotion to Division 3 of Subbies. Brothers won the first grade Grand Final in 2012, and narrowly lost Grand Finals in Second Grade and Colts. All this while winning the Club Championship and promotion to Division 2 of Subbies.
In 2015 Brothers played in Division 1, but were relegated for the 2016 season.
Roll Of Honour
Life Members There are 23 life members of the club:
Terry Mico David Mico* Bob Towers Brian Hadlee* Ian Meers John Sullivan John Andrews Michael Lowry
John Waugh Martin Nichols Barry Williams Brian McElvogue John Punch (Snr) Paul Muller Steve Jaques Michael Williams
Tony Padovan Adrian Brannan Robert Bruce Damian Henry Tom Burns Andy Losurdo Michael “Pickle” Wren (Founding Member of the 400 Club)
Presidents
YearsName1947John Clancy1948Bob Travers1949John Clancy1950-51Barry Curtis1952Bernie McGee1953Kevin Grew1954-55Tom Tolhurst1956Andy Lusurdo1957-58Dave Woolf1965-66John Casey1967-68Brian McKenzie
YearsName1969Des O’Brien1970Peter Taylor1971Brian McKenzie1972-76Bob Towers1977-83Brian Hadlee*1984-85Ross Magee1986-87Dick Reading1988-89Tony Padovan1990-91Ian McPherson1992-94Michael Lowry1995Paul Muller
YearsName1996-99Michael Williams2000-01James Mulcare2002-04Robert Bruce2005-06Adrian Brannan2007David Bullard2008John Sullivan2009John Sullivan<br/ >Adrian Brannan2010-2012Scott James2012-2014Ian Gibson2015-Ian Meers
See also New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union New South Wales Rugby Union Australian Rugby Union Rugby union in Australia
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