Australian Shute Shield

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Established
1923 (103 years old)

First Recorded Event
2013-04-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
6

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Rugby

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

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23 May	SouthernSouthern Districts	5:05am	NorthernNorthern Suburbs
23 May	WarringaWarringah	5:05am	RandwickRandwick
23 May	ManlyManly	5:05am	EastwoodEastwood
23 May	Eastern Eastern Suburbs	5:05am	Western Western Sydney Two Blues
23 May	HunterHunter	6:05am	West HarWest Harbour
23 May	Sydney USydney University	9:05am	GordonGordon
30 May	SouthernSouthern Districts	5:05am	ManlyManly
30 May	Sydney USydney University	5:05am	Eastern Eastern Suburbs
30 May	Western Western Sydney Two Blues	5:05am	HunterHunter
30 May	RandwickRandwick	5:05am	West HarWest Harbour
Results
16 May	GordonGordon	47 - 33	ManlyManly
16 May	Eastern Eastern Suburbs	36 - 10	HunterHunter
16 May	West HarWest Harbour	29 - 50	WarringaWarringah
16 May	Western Western Sydney Two Blues	50 - 24	SouthernSouthern Districts
16 May	RandwickRandwick	27 - 26	Sydney USydney University
16 May	EastwoodEastwood	27 - 17	NorthernNorthern Suburbs
09 May	ManlyManly	15 - 19	Eastern Eastern Suburbs
09 May	EastwoodEastwood	26 - 15	West HarWest Harbour
09 May	HunterHunter	46 - 35	Sydney USydney University
09 May	SouthernSouthern Districts	29 - 52	GordonGordon

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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