Waratahs - a brief rugby history

Colours: Jersey: Cambridge Blue Shorts: Oxford Blue Socks: Oxford Blue with Cambridge Blue tops
Home Ground: Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Chairman: Roger Davis
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Website: www.waratahs.co.au

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Games Results 1996 - 2019 (PDF) Updated 21/6/19

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Waratahs v's all other super teams (PDF) Updated 21/6/19

The Waratahs were formed in 1996. They represent the Australian Rugby Region of New South Wales (NSW).

The 2020 head coach is Rob Penney.

The 2020 squad is:

Forwards: Robbie Abel; Joe Cotton; Jack Dempsey; Tetera Faulkner; Charlie Gamble; Damian Fitzpatrick; Ned Hanigan; Jed Holloway; Michael Hooper; Tom Horton; Harry Johnson-Holmes; Ryan McCauley; Rory O'Connor; Tom Robertson; Rob Simmons; Hugh Sinclair; Tom Staniforth; Lachlan Swinton; Pata Tafa; Chris Talakai; Carlo Tezzano; Andrew Tuala; Cody Walker.

Backs: Adam Ashley-Cooper; Kurtley Beale; Cam Clark; Lalakai Foketi; Jake Gordan; Will Harrison; Karmichael Hunt; Mack Mason; Michael McDonald; Tepai Moeroa; Mark Nawaqanitawese; Alex Newsome; Mitch Short; Joey Walton.

They play 8 Home games against: Blues; Lions; Chiefs; Bulls; Sunwolves; Reds; Rebels; Brumbies.

They play 8 Away games against: Crusaders; Rebels; Brumbies; Stormers; Sharks; Sunwolves; Reds; Hurricanes.

They finished in 12th position at the end of the 2019 round-robin stages.

They are 7th= on the New Zealand TAB fixed odds to win the competition @ NZ$26.00

Endorsements

Kerry - great website on rugby - just a comment your player information for Ken J Tarrant (brother) South Canterbury is incorrect. It says he played 29 games I think you will find it was around 69 from early 70s to late 70s.
Steve Tarrant
(170 games over 14 seasons for Sth Canterbury & Southland)

Kerry's note: Thanks Steve, this will be corrected once I go back earlier than 1975.

I would like to thank Kerry for his Rugby History website. The site is very easy to use. The information it has provided me with for an article I am researching for the Rugby Statistician's Magazine has proved invaluable.

Dave Hall

Just wanted to drop you a line to say that Trevor Howard from New Zealand Rugby has advised me/us (fellow REO’s) of your website. I have had the chance to go through it and must say that you have done an outstanding job in collating and publishing this information. I have, in turn, shared it with all my referees in my regions (for which there are a number of referees in your data base) and I have nothing but praise and complements for what you have done.

Often referees (and players) simply drop off the system and the only records are in books and word of mouth (especially the less known personnel) but for them (and me), to search through and find our names and details of our 1st class accomplishment is very flattering and a sense of pride is established as we show our children or colleagues/friends of years gone by. Of course this is helped by the ease of access (as opposed to searching through books and magazines).

Thanks again for your efforts (for which I can only imagine are enormous) and I hope you continue to enter the details and expand your website.

John Dustow (JD)
Referee Education Officer (REO)
Counties Manukau Rugby Football Union/Thames Valley Rugby Football Union.

Thanks for this great work. I hope you can soon raise the funding you need to expand these rugby records.

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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We are burying a good friend and ex-southland rugby player this Friday in Invercargill with many of the local rugby men that feature on your site (we have checked!) no doubt will be attending also. We just happened to be googling his name to see if any rugby info came up and your history site came up from that. It was great to see how many games he had played and when.
A wonderful source of information. Keep up the great work.

Kind regards,
Jo MacDonald

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