LANE COVE OLD IGNATIANS'
Rugby Football Club Inc
Eat them alive
LANE COVE OLD IGNATIANS'
RUGBY FOOTBALL CLUB
Established 2024
Lane Cove Rugby Club and Old Ignatians Merge
This year marks a significant milestone in the history of Lane Cove and Old Ignatians' Rugby clubs as the two great clubs come together to form one. Both clubs have a proud tradition going back to 1949 in the case of Lane Cove and 1969 with Old Ignatians’. A combined history of 49 premierships, 7 Club Championships and 3 Kentwell Cups.
Fielding three Senior teams including an Under 21's Colts team.
We want to promote rugby within the Lane Cove community and would love to see as many people as possible playing or on the sidelines at Tantallon Oval. And, of course, all are welcome back to The Longueville Hotel and The Diddy. In merging two great clubs we want to honour the history and the tradition paved by those who came before us.
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Lane Cove Rugby Club
Click here Lane Cove History
Established in 1949
Lane Cove men began playing regularly at Tantallon Oval in 1949, and in 1950 the Club entered a team in the Burke Cup. The club amalgamated with the Lane Cove-Artarmon Team. The distinguished New South Wales rugby player and sports administrator J. Darvall-Hunt served as Lane Cove's first Club Patron, with P. Siccard as President. Lane Cove Juniors began in 1951.
​Lane Cove's juniors enjoyed strong success through the 1950s and their Under 21 side were New South Wales State Champions in 1958 after winning the North Harbour Competition and then defeating the winners of the South Harbour competition
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Old Ignatians' RFC
Established in 1969
The Old Ignatians' Rugby Football Club was founded in 1969 and while associated with, the Old Ignatians' Union, it has always been open to any player or official who shares a passion for rugby.
The club won the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union competition's Division One trophy, the Kentwell Cup in 2002.The club has also won a number of other Division One trophies, including Burke Cup in 2003
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