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Manly RUFC 
Full name Manly Rugby Union Football Club Nickname(s) The Marlins Founded 1906 Location Manly, Sydney, Australia Ground(s) Manly Oval Coach(es) Phil Blake Captain(s) Reuben Bijl (Loosehead Prop) League(s) Shute Shield, NSWRU Official website www.manlyrugby.com.au Manly Rugby Union Football Club are a rugby union club based in Manly, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales. The club was formed in 1906 and competes in the New South Wales Rugby Union competitions, the Shute Shield and Tooheys New Cup. Manly, known as the Marlins, play their home games at Manly Oval and train at Keirle Park.
Manly Beaches and Manly Districts merged to form Manly RUFC. The District team's colours were chosen to represent to new club, whilst Beach's homeground, Manly Oval, was used for the merged club. Manly joined the first grades in 1906, but have roots back to 1884. The current club colours of red and blue came in to being in the late 1900s. The club were a great force in the 1920s and 1930s. In 1950 Manly won both the first grade and reserve grade titles in the same season. However, there were no titles for over 30 years, until 1983, under coach Alan Jones, though the club, while playing entertaining running rugby, could not produce consistent results. In 1997 the club again won the first grade title. In 2006 Manly celebrated 100 years of rugby.
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Honours
Shute Shield Titles (1st Grade): 7 (1922, 1932, 1942, 1943, 1950, 1983, 1997)
Current Super 14 Representatives
- Tyrone Smith - ACT Brumbies
- Wycliff Palu - NSW Waratahs
- Chris Siale - Queensland Reds
- Andrew Smith - ACT Brumbies
Sponsors
- Manly Bowling Club
- Pattinson Trust
- Auspak Financial Services North
- Garfish Restaurants - Manly
- International College of Management, Sydney
- Tripoint Corporation
External links
New South Wales Rugby Union Member of the Australian Rugby UnionRegional bodies New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union • New South Wales Country Rugby UnionShute Shield Eastern Suburbs • Eastwood • Gordon • Manly • Northern Suburbs • Parramatta • Penrith • Randwick • Southern Districts • Sydney University • Warringah • West HarbourARC teams Super Rugby team Shute Shield Eastern Suburbs · Eastwood · Gordon · Manly · Northern Suburbs · Parramatta · Penrith · Randwick · Southern Districts · Sydney University · Warringah · West HarbourCategories:- Rugby union teams in Sydney
- Rugby union teams in New South Wales
- Rugby union team stubs
- Australian sports team stubs
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