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Camden Rugby

Locality: Camden, New South Wales, Australia

Address: Wire Lane 2570 Camden, NSW, Australia

Website: http://www.camdenrugby.com.au

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25.01.2022 Camden Rugby Personalities Paul Clapson This is a true story.... The events described took place in Camden & surrounds over 2 centuries, the 1900s and the 2000s. At the request of the survivors the names have been preserved. Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred. ‘Clappo’ turned up at Camden in 1984, as an 18yo, along with his two mates Rick Taylor and Peter Dunn. Clappo is a Statistians delight. He played 284 games for Camden, the 5th highest. He is the Club’s highest pointscorer with 1083 points, 340 ahead of current 1st Grade assistant coach Dane Kelly (743). He scored 91 tries, 20 behind the Club’s highest tryscorer Ethan Whittington (111) and 10 ahead of the Club’s Senior Rugby Chairman Gavin Holder (81). Clappo played many positions in the backline, but in 1987 he decided to become a halfback. He was immediately referred to, around Club circles, as ‘the world’s biggest halfback’, earning himself the additional nickname of ‘The refrigerator’ after the legendary NFL Chicago Bears 152 kg defensive lineman, William Perry. Some creativity from two of our early Club characters Peter ‘Micky Block’ Roberts and Paul ‘Hoogie’ Coppock renamed Clappo ‘Kelvin’, short for Kelvinator Refrigerator, a nickname that stuck for many years. The Illawarra Mercury (article attached) referred to him as Kelvin Gladstone, another nickname which stuck. It did not stop Clappo he was the halfback in the Club’s initial 1st Grade Premiership in 1987, playing alongside Rick Taylor and Peter Dunn. Debilitating knee injuries in the early 90s forced Clappo into early playing retirement and entry into the coaching ranks. He served his coaching apprenticeship in 3rd Grade 1992, 2nd Grade in 1993 and 1994, before landing the top job in 1st Grade for 1995, 1996, 1998 and 1999. He coached Illawarra in 1997 winning all games except for a narrow loss in the Caldwell Cup (NSW Country Championships). His 1995 team won the Club’s second 1st Grade Premiership. The 1996 team went down narrowly in the Grand Final. The 1996 team contained 6 NSW Country Representatives in Andrew Harding, Martin Harbour, Jason Whitfield, Peter Fox, Tony Batterham and Sam Snelling. Unfortunately, Sam Snelling had to withdraw after leaving the area once graduating from University. Clappo is the Club’s most capped Senior Coach. He was able to get his knees ‘right’ and continued playing onto 2006, including a 3rd Grade Premiership in 2002. He was an all-round talented sportsman and has what may be a world record in scoring 46 runs in a single cricket over. Certainly, a colourful career from one of Camden Rugby’s all-time greats. You have got to love this Club.

25.01.2022 Some photos from today's U18 GEN BLUE Sydney vs Country action. As always plenty of people to thank our hosts Camden Rugby NSWRU staff Andrew Cleverley, ...Matt Evrard, Shannon Fraser, Paul Doorn, Tim Rapp, Waratahs Sydney team management Graham Stokes, Murray Hooper, Alex Prendergast, Paul Rathborne, Corey Hooper Sydney Junior Rugby Union Country team management Jeff Watt, Stu Thomas, Nen McNiven, Mick Sutherland NSW Country Junior Rugby Union both physios our referee & assistants plus Luke McCormack, myself (Ben Gregory) & Arrow See more

24.01.2022 Camden Rugby would like to wish Eastwood Winger and Waratahs young gun Mark Nawaqanitawase the best of luck in the Shute Shield Grand Final this weekend. Mark is the stepson of 99 game Camden veteran Aisake Tovehi!

24.01.2022 Great News!! Platinum Sponsor BLK has a new online store set up with amazing deals!!!! The entire BLK Global range is available with Camden Rugby branding! Use the below link, choose your product, select "Rams" from the Team embroidery drop down and you're done!

22.01.2022 Norths Rugby V Two Blues Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club Two Blues Rugby

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20.01.2022 Junior training is cancelled tomorrow night - Wednesday 24th March - due to extremely wet conditions.

19.01.2022 Live from Camden Rugby Park Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club v Two Blues Rugby

19.01.2022 Good luck to the Country boys playing on Sunday in the next round of U/18 Gen Blue trials. The Country boys will be taking on the Sydney team at 1pm at Camden.... The game will be live on cluch tv. All you need to do is go onto www.cluch.tv set up an account (which is free), then log into your account at 12.55pm on Sunday and the game should be on the front page. Lets get behind the Country boys this weekend.

19.01.2022 SOLVE THE MYSTERY TEAM We're updating the archives, can you help answer these questions? What year was it taken? What Grade? Who was the Coach & Manager?... Who was awarded the Best & Fairest? Name some of the characters. Can you recall anything of note regarding this team? ------------------------------------------ Thank you everyone for the responses! Colts, 2005 Grand Finalists (Shamrocks 17 Camden 10) Back: James Gatt, Matt Ravlich, Michael Young, Nick Munday, ?, Cameron Luke, Dylan Scott, Richard Jeans, Shane Messer, Eddie Palma, Tristan Ellison, Ross Vincent, David Heterick, Dan Grimson. Front: James Crisp, Matt Ruming, Adam Johnston, Tristan Kell, Chris Ferry, Daniel Ballantyne (C), Andrew Brown, Tyson Hatton, Andy Morrison, Evan Wilson. Coach: Greg Cave Manager: David Gleeson Best & Fairest: Dylan Scott

19.01.2022 Time to work off those Christmas beers! Grade training is back at Wire Lane Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6:30pm! All new and current players welcome!...

16.01.2022 Round Seven - Rugby Wrap Up Our Fathers Day Round proudly brought to you this week by Parrish & Son. U8B were defeated by their good mates at Shamrocks 5-...7 in a great game. U11B forfeited against UOW. U11G remain undefeated in a win against Avondale 31-7. U12 defeated Petersham 29-0 & drew against Oatley 19-19 in a 3 way game. U13 defeated by Kiama White 5-24. U14 defeated Crushondale 15-10 in a tough game. U16 defeated by Kiama 22-28. Happy Fathers Day to all our Rugby Dads, we hope you all enjoyed a day celebrating how special you are. We thank you for your time, support and love for Rugby Parrish & Son have been providing land clearing services for over 2 decades. Providing a broad range of tree removal services, including forestry mulching mower also known as forestry mulchers, tree shears, and log grabs for relocating logs. Phone: (02) 4651 2718 Website: www.parrishson.com.au https://www.facebook.com/parrishsonmulching/

15.01.2022 The Highlands Grill House 2 courses for $55 No excuses not to try it

15.01.2022 10.00 am Blacktown Scorpions v Manly 10.20 am Manly Development v Southern Districts 10.40 am Randwick Magic v Western Raptors 11.00 am Blacktown Scorpions v Ma...nly 11.20 am Penrith RSL v Two Blues 11.40 am Randwick Warriors v Illawarra 12.00 pm Manly v Manly Development 12.20 pm Southern Districts v Western Raptors 12.40 pm Randwick Magic v Blacktown Scorpions 13.00 pm Penrith RSL v Manly 13.20 pm Two Blues v Randwick Warriors 13.40 pm Illawarra v Blacktown Scorpions See more

15.01.2022 To all Camden Rugby Union Club and Members, Sponsors and Supporters, I trust everyone is safe and keeping well. The IDRU Seniors Competition has been revised and this means the Seniors will play the following games:...Continue reading

15.01.2022 Under 15s Sevens Draw Announcement!

14.01.2022 Register for the Macarthur 10s Rugby Tournament today! http://www.camdenrugby.com.au/macarthur10s

14.01.2022 The main game for today, future first graders our Camden Rams u/8s Playing at halftime of the Shute Shield between Northern Suburbs Rugby Football Club and Two Blues Rugby

13.01.2022 HOW OUR CLUB WAS FORMED There is no question we have ourselves a wonderful Rugby Club. There just seems to be a couple of versions of how we got there and who would have thought, at the time, that within 12 months of the Club being formed, we were playing in a Grand Final. Agreed we started in 1975 and present at the first meeting were, amongst others, John ‘Cactus Jack’ Walsh, Ken ’Evergreen’ Macaulay, Stuart ‘Mugsy’ Hill, Peter ‘Maple’ Mapledoram and Peter Goodwin.... A Committee was formed. The President was Ken Macaulay, Secretary Stuart Hill and Treasurer Peter Goodwin. A Coach John Walsh was appointed and by seasons end a Best and Fairest Player in David Peter Russell Black. We only had one team, which played in the Third Grade Illawarra Competition. We also made the Grand Final and got ‘pipped’ in extra time. Moving on 27 years to 4th August 1992 Ken Macaulay, Stuart Hill and Peter Mapledoram were all present at the initial meeting of the Camden Juniors. Then in 1993 our first Junior Team, the Under 17s, contained their sons Duncan Macaulay, Lindsay Hill and James Mapledoram. Ken Macaulay never got to 100 games but his son Duncan was most likely the first Camden Rugby Junior player to chalk up the milestone of 100 Senior games for the Club. Even now, on most Fridays, you will find Ken working on our Grounds, Stuart doing repairs, Dave whipper snipping around the fences at our Club Facilities and Bryan relating stories (all true) of events and characters which made the Club what it is. Out of the original team (attached) William ‘Billy’ Inglis, Phil ‘Lizard’ Peters and David ‘Yo’ Black all played over 100 games for the Club. John ‘JD’ Dounan coached for several years including our 1983 First Grade Grand Finalists while Tony ‘Rat’ Thornton coached First Grade for 5 years including our 1985 and 1989 Grand Finalists. Please enjoy listening to our 1975 Podcast as Ken Macaulay, Stuart Hill, Dave Black and Bryan Herd discuss how it all began. https://drive.google.com//1_G9aGbLYB_2yDARvF5hflmJoW0/view And visit our 1975 Archive page to learn more. http://www.camdenrugby.com.au/archive/1975

13.01.2022 A big day for rugby fans! Shute Shield grand finals into the Bledisloe Cup tonight! Go the Wallabies!!

12.01.2022 Round 2 live from Camden Rugby Park 3rd Grade: Camden 21 Campbelltown 12... 2nd Grade: Camden 21 Campbelltown 29 1st Grade: Camden 20 Campbelltown 41

12.01.2022 Big news for 2021!

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10.01.2022 The 2021 Super Rugby draw is out!

09.01.2022 Round Eight - Rugby Wrap Up Round 8 results proudly brought to you this week by Merino Homes. U7B played a fantastic game against Kiama.... U7G had a great match against Vikings. U10 defeated Kiama 40-5. U11B defeated Kiama 38-24. U11G defeated Vikings 24-17. U12 defeated Oatley 24-14 in a top of the table clash. U13 defeated Kiama Black 65-5. Mercy Rule was applied and the teams enjoyed a mixed team friendly match. U14 drew with Kiama 24-24. U16 defeated Kiama 27-19. U18 narrowly defeated by Wests 31-33. An outstanding effort by all our Camden Juniors. Some wonderful performances and great sportsmanship were on display today. Merino Homes is on a mission to raise industry standards & restore respect to the building industry. It is not about being the best, it is about giving each home the care and attention to detail it deserves throughout the building process. Phone: 0409 314 400 Website: https://merinohomes.com.au/contact-us/ https://www.facebook.com/merinohomes/

08.01.2022 This years senior presentation will be a little different, an afternoon bbq and drinks at the club Mark your calendars for Saturday 12th December 3pm

08.01.2022 Happy Fathers Day to all our wonderful Dads!

07.01.2022 Tommorow the first 7s tournament of the season kicks off!!! Be there! #gotherams

07.01.2022 Last game of the season as we take on Avondale Wombats! Be sure to witness the last of local rugby for what has been a tough year for all The day is also Sponsors day as we thank all sponsors who contribute to our club, without them we can’t have the wonderful facilities that Camden Rugby has on display ... Go the Rams!

07.01.2022 Camden’s two favourite sons!!

07.01.2022 Get down to Wire lane this Saturday for our first home game of the year against our local rivals Campbelltown Harlequin Rugby Union Club. The action kicks off with 3rds at 12:15pm followed by 2nds at 1:30pm and 1st grade at 3:15pm! See you there! ... See more

07.01.2022 Some great actions shots from yesterday’s games, thanks to Campbelltown Harlequin Rugby Union Club for the pics!

07.01.2022 With the rain easing, we look forward to hopefully seeing everyone for our first home game this Saturday against our old rivals Campbelltown Harlequin Rugby Union Club! 3rd grade - 12:15pm 2nd grade - 1:30pm 1st grade - 3:15pm... #make3rdgradegreatagain #blackandgold

06.01.2022 Round Nine - 2020 Final Minis Rugby Wrap Up Our Final Minis Round proudly brought to you this week by Narellan Sand Soil & Garden Supplies. U7B finished t...he season with a super hero pizza training session and played vikings today. U7G braved the rain for a game against Vikings. U8B played their great mates from Shamrocks to finish off the season. U8G enjoyed a great game against Vikings in wet conditions. Today our Minis played their final games for the 2020 season. Camden Rugby would like to thank all Coaches, Managers, Parents and volunteers for the commitment and contribution they have put in to this season to get our players on the field each week. Narellan Sand, Soil and Garden Supplies is a premium supplier of high quality and carefully selected materials such as sands, soils, blue metal, road base, aggregates, garden mix, top dressing, gravels, granites, cement, oxides, pool products and much, much more. Phone: 4646 1313 Website: www.narellansand.com.au https://www.facebook.com/NarellanSand/

05.01.2022 THE BIRTH OF THE GOLDEN OLDIES IN THE 80s PART 1 This is a true story. The events described took place in Camden & surrounds last century. At the request of the survivors the names have been preserved.... Out of respect for the dead, the rest has been told exactly as it occurred. It would be correct to say that the Club’s first Golden Oldies in the 80s were both illegitimate and illegal, in that many were under the age of 35 and were fit, as they trained at least twice weekly and played on Saturdays. Initiated by the grandest of Grand Rams, Dave ‘The Beast’ Mundy and played at the Club’s picturesque home ground at University Farms, Theresa Park. A feature of the early days of the Golden Oldies were the frequent bus trips to Eastward, Parramatta & the annual trips to the Test Matches at the Sydney Football Stadium or Sydney Cricket Ground. These trips would start with a 10am game at Drummoyne Oval against the Drummoyne ‘Dirty Reds’. It was on these trips and in these games where legends were born & others had their legendary status rise to unassailable heights. One such character was Ray Crossley, the former NSW Beach Pillow Fighting Champion, whose reputation was enhanced and several volumes added to the ‘Chronicles of Ray Crossley - What I did & what happened to me’. Others to feature strongly in these times were the big Scotsman Burnett Blyth, Terrence ‘the erect one’ Stiff and Dave ‘the player’ Brown before he became Dave ‘the referee’ Brown, just to name a few. I can’t ever remember going on one of these trips without the 48-seater school bus being completely full. In fact, so popular were they that we had to hire a 65-seater bendy bus & even filled that. Just one of numerous, still told, stories from those early days was when Ray Crossley standing on the sideline, of a wet and muddy Drummoyne Oval, while Camden was taking on the Dirty Reds, when the speedy Drummoyne winger, running at twice the pace of all other players, took off on a 70m run down the sideline. Ray then hit the researcher/writer, who was standing next to him, in the chest and said ‘hold my beer’. As the winger approached Ray dived into the field of play bringing the winger down with a copybook around the bootlaces tackle. Ray was a hero of all except the speedy winger. He got his beer back and spent the next 13 hours at the various Pubs, in the bus and at the Test covered in mud from head to toe. Most of the modern day ‘moves’ of the Golden Oldies were on display back in the 80s. From the attached photos Referees dressed up and down, vertical scrums, long lineouts, short lineouts, defending the posts (by scaling them) at all costs to prevent the opposition scoring a penalty goal, conversion or field goal and having the prop forward ‘ferret’ into the middle of the scrum to secure the ball. - Peter McBride

05.01.2022 Wishing all our players, volunteers, supporters and sponsors a very safe & Merry Christmas! #WeAreCamdenRugby #WeAreCamdenRams #CamdenRugby #CamdenRams #ForTheLoveOfTheGame #ForTheLoveOfRugby #GrassrootsRugby #ProudToWearTheGoldAndBlack #RamNation #Ramily #AVeryRugbyChristmas #ChristmasDay

05.01.2022 This Sunday the NSW JRU u/18s Country V City game will take place at Wire Lane Kick off 1pm! Our club and region has several players taking part in the Country team, get down and support as well as volunteer to assist ... Go Country!

04.01.2022 Round Nine - Junior Rugby Wrap Up Our Final Competition Round proudly brought to you this week by McLaren Real Estate. U10 defeated Vikings 14-10.... U11B defeated Vikings 19-12. U11G forfeited against Avondale. U12 defeated Petersham 46-5 to complete the season as SJRU U12 Yellow Minor Premiers. U13 won by forfeit against Tech Tahs. U14 defeated Tech Tahs 31-17 to finish top of the table and Minor Premiers. U16 narrowly defeated by Shamrocks 26-29. U18 won by forfeit against Wollongong Uni. Well done to all Juniors teams on a short but challenging competition this season. Congratulations to our Minor Premiers, what a fantastic effort! Next week our U10, U11, U13, U14 & U16 teams can look forward to the #talk2mebro Cup to finish off the 2020 season. Lincon McLaren is the mastermind behind McLaren Real Estate with a clear focus on exceeding clients expectations with anything Real Estate in the Macarthur. Phone: 4648 3777 Website: www.mclarenrealestate.com.au https://www.facebook.com/McLarenRealEstate/

04.01.2022 TIME CHANGED! This years senior presentation will now start at 4:30 PM tomorrow afternoon down at the clubhouse for a BBQ and some drinks. See you all there!

03.01.2022 This Sunday the NSW Gen Blue coaches will be at Wire Lane! More details below and we need as many parents help on the day as possible! - 9am till 11am NSW Gen Blue coaches will coach our junior academy - 10.30am the u/18s country boys will arrive for a light run through ... - 1pm the main game will start As mentioned we will need as much hands on deck as possible to show off our wonderful facilities, if you can stay around after the Junior Academy that would be great!

02.01.2022 Spotted at Camden Rugby Park at the Gen Blue U18s City V Country Trials on Sunday was none other than Camden’s 1987 Grand Final winning Prop Forward Tony Roberts. Tony was here to watch his son Jack play 2nd Row in the City U18 team. Tony played 112 games with the Club throughout the 80s. Tall, raw-boned and as strong as an Ox, he would have probably been more suited to being a Second Rower but a shortage of props in the 80s saw him adapt to being a Prop.... Tony played in 5 Grand Final teams during the 80s. Tony’s brother Peter ‘Micky Block’ Roberts also played during the 80s. Peter played 110 games for the Club. A barnstorming No8 who ran and tackled as hard as anyone but often ended up injuring himself as well as many an opponent. ‘Micky Block’ was one of Club’s great characters during those days. Tony and Peter’s parents John and Mary were great supporters of the Club, rarely missing a game their sons played in. John was a Club Patron for several years during the 80s. Tony now resides in the Hunter Valley but like many of us still harbors fond memories of Camden Rugby Club. Despite playing 1st Grade Colts in Sydney at 17 and being the Sydney U/18’s Vice Captain on Sunday, Jack was unlucky not to be selected for the final NSW U/18’s team but has still achieved more than his Dad in his few short years. Camden had 3 representatives in Jack Neich, Luke Platt and Anthony Moataane who represented NSW Country U18s Gen Blue in the Trials which saw City just edge out Country by 24 to 19. Congratulations to Camden’s Anthony Moataane who won selection in the NSW U18s Gen Blue Team. Camden’s 2019 First Grade Coach Doug Ryan is the NSW U18s Gen Blue Coach.

01.01.2022 2nd Grade - 1:130pm 1st Grade - 3:15pm Illawarra Rugby Avondale Rugby Club

01.01.2022 Wishing our Rugby Family a very safe and Happy New Year! Looking forward to a fantastic 2021 Rugby season. #WeAreCamdenRugby #WeAreCamdenRams #CamdenRugby #CamdenRams #ForTheLoveOfTheGame #ForTheLoveOfRugby #GrassrootsRugby #ProudToWearTheGoldAndBlack #RamNation #Ramily #HappyNewYear

01.01.2022 Join us for an Under 15s Sevens Rugby Tournament at Camden Rugby Park! Date: 10th October 2020 Entry Fee: $120.00 per team... All players must be registered on Rugby Xplorer Teams: Boys and Girls Entries Close: Sunday 4th October First Game: 9.00am Register: http://www.camdenrugby.com.au/under-15s-sevens