Australian Shute Shield

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Established
1923 (103 years old)

First Recorded Event
2013-04-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
4

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Rugby

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

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Upcoming
09 May	Randwick	5:05am	Western S
09 May	Warringah	5:05am	Northern
09 May	Southern	5:05am	Gordon
09 May	Manly	5:05am	Eastern S
09 May	Hunter	5:05am	Sydney Un
09 May	Eastwood	5:05am	West Harb
16 May	Eastern S	5:05am	Hunter
16 May	Eastwood	5:05am	Northern
16 May	Gordon	5:05am	Manly
16 May	Randwick	5:05am	Sydney Un
Results
02 May	Northern	-	Randwick
02 May	West Harb	-	Eastern S
02 May	Warringah	-	Southern
02 May	Sydney Un	-	Manly
02 May	Gordon	-	Hunter
02 May	Eastwood	-	Western S
25 Apr	Manly	31 - 42	Warringah
25 Apr	Eastern S	49 - 26	Eastwood
25 Apr	Northern	28 - 17	West Harb
25 Apr	Gordon	31 - 28	Randwick

Description

The Shute Shield, known as the Charter Hall Shute Shield, is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, Australia. It is the premier club competition in New South Wales. The Shute Shield is awarded to the winning team from the Sydney premiership grand final held at the end of the club rugby season.

Club-based rugby football began some time before 1865. The Sydney University Football Club began in 1863 (although this date is questioned by some historians) and is the oldest existing football club outside the British Isles. The first recorded rugby season in Australia was in 1865 with Sydney University, Sydney Football Club and the Australian Club reported as playing games.

On 24 June 1874, a meeting was held between ten prominent football clubs to create a governing body to administer the game within New South Wales. The Southern Rugby Football Union was formed. The first task of the Union was to decide on a set of rules for all clubs to adhere to. Clubs were given "senior" or "junior" status which could change from season to season. Although a governing body had now been formed, there was no centrally controlled competition until many years later.

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