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.
Club 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.
Current squad
The squad for the 2022 season 2022 Gordon Highlanders Rugby SquadProps Rhys Brodie Brandon Favaa Eli Tristan Fuli Leigh Hughes
Hookers Will Bremner Mahe Vailanu
Locks Jack Margin Brendan MitchellBack 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 FitzgeraldCentres 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,
International representatives
Frank O’Brien Trevor Allan Brian Piper Arthur Tonkin Bevan Wilson Bob Davidson Brian Johnson Jim Phipps Neill Latimer Arthur Summons Eddie Purkiss Ken Yanz Don Logan David Shepherd Des Carrick Rod Batterham Bruce Taafe Peter Sullivan David Burnet Laurie Monaghan John Ryan Anthony (Tony) Daly Steve Cutler Mark Hartill Anthony Ekert Alistair Murdoch Tim Wallace Tony Dempsey Andrew Blades Cameron Blades John Langford Mitch Hardy Stirling Mortlock Jack Dempsey Mike Hercus Andrew Mower Maurice Graham Epi Tuvunivono Seva Rokobaro Sisa Waqa Jack Parfitt Dane Haylett-Petty David Harvey
Team 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 Rugby 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
Gordon 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
Club song (To the tune of the Scottish folk song of the same name)
References
External links Gordon RFC home page Jack Dempsey & Tom Matthews participate in project Gordon Stags Rugby Site