Australian Shute Shield

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Established
1923 (103 years old)

First Recorded Event
2013-04-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
12

Sport
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Rugby

Location
Australia

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
11 Jul 26	ManlyManly	5:05am	Western Western Sydney Two Blues
11 Jul 26	NorthernNorthern Suburbs	5:05am	EastwoodEastwood
11 Jul 26	RandwickRandwick	5:05am	GordonGordon
11 Jul 26	SouthernSouthern Districts	5:05am	West HarWest Harbour
11 Jul 26	Sydney USydney University	5:05am	HunterHunter
11 Jul 26	WarringaWarringah	5:05am	Eastern Eastern Suburbs
18 Jul 26	SouthernSouthern Districts	5:05am	WarringaWarringah
18 Jul 26	West HarWest Harbour	5:05am	NorthernNorthern Suburbs
18 Jul 26	Western Western Sydney Two Blues	5:05am	EastwoodEastwood
18 Jul 26	HunterHunter	5:05am	RandwickRandwick

		Results
04 Jul 26	ManlyManly	40 - 48	Sydney UnSydney University
04 Jul 26	EastwoodEastwood	7 - 15	GordonGordon
04 Jul 26	HunterHunter	0 - 62	Eastern SEastern Suburbs
04 Jul 26	Northern Northern Suburbs	15 - 29	WarringahWarringah
04 Jul 26	RandwickRandwick	40 - 26	Southern Southern Districts
04 Jul 26	Western SWestern Sydney Two Blues	40 - 36	West HarbWest Harbour
27 Jun 26	Northern Northern Suburbs	41 - 30	Sydney UnSydney University
27 Jun 26	West HarbWest Harbour	31 - 35	ManlyManly
27 Jun 26	WarringahWarringah	33 - 28	HunterHunter
27 Jun 26	Southern Southern Districts	28 - 38	EastwoodEastwood

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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