The Knox Rugby Club, formerly known as Knox Old Boys RUFC, is a rugby union football club which plays in Division Three of the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union and is based in West Pymble on Sydney's Upper North Shore. The club has won the Kentwell Cup, among other trophies.
History The club was founded by and is associated with the ex-students association of Knox Grammar School, a Uniting Church day and boarding school for boys, located in Wahroonga, an upper North Shore suburb of Sydney. The club won the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union's Kentwell Cup in 2005 and 2009.
Notable players Ross Turnbull – Australia (1968) Nathan Charles - Australia (2014) Richard Woolf - NSW (2017) Michael Ainsworth – Brazil (2024)
Two Knox players became Chairman of the Australian Rugby Union; Ross Turnbull and David Clark.
Past Premierships Club Championships (8) DivisionYear WonDivision 1 – Bruce Graham Shield2006, 2009, 2010Division 2 – Reliance Shield1992, 2004Division 3 – 'Doc' Harris Shield2003, 2024Division 4 – Herlihy Shield2002
1st Grade Premierships: 6 PremiershipYear WonDivision 1 – Kentwell Cup2005, 2009Division 2 – Barraclough Cup1991, 2004Division 3 – Clark Cup2003Division 4 – McLean Cup2002
2nd Grade Premierships: 7 PremiershipYear WonDivision 1 – Burke Cup1966, 2006, 2007, 2008Division 2 – Stockdale Cup2004Division 4 – Grose Cup1987, 2002
3rd Grade Premierships: 10 PremiershipYear WonDivision 1 – Whiddon Cup1961, 1962, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019Division 2 – Blunt Cup1988, 1992Division 4 – Walker Cup1987, 2002
4th Grade Premierships: 2 PremiershipYear WonDivision 1 – Judd Cup2017Division 2 – Richardson Cup1986*, 1988 *Denotes joint premiership with Waverley.
5th Grade Premierships: 1 PremiershipYear WonDivision 1 – Sutherland Cup2012
Colts Premierships: 8 PremiershipsYear WonDivision 1 – Barbour Cup2009, 2012, 2013, 2016Division 2 – Robertson Cup1995, 1998Division 3 - Nicholson Cup2024, 2025Sydney U/19s Cup2003
See also Rugby union in New South Wales List of Old Knox Grammarians
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