New South Wales Waratahs
Founded	1882 (first NSW match) 1996 (Super 12 begins)
Union	Australian Rugby Union
Location	Sydney, Australia
Region	New South Wales
Ground(s)	Sydney Football Stadium
Capacity	42,000
Coach	Ewen McKenzie
Captain	Phil Waugh & Rocky Elsom
League	Super 14
2007	13th
Home colours		Away colours
Official website
www.nswrugby.com.au

The New South Wales Waratahs (referred to as HSBC Waratahs for sponsorship reasons, the Waratahs or simply the 'Tahs) are an Australian rugby union football team, representing most of New South Wales in the Super 14 (formerly Super 12) competition—though not the Riverina or other southern parts of the state, which are represented by the Brumbies, who are based in Canberra and owned by the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union. NSW Waratahs rugby team logo This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... The Australian Rugby Union (ARU) is the governing body of rugby union in Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... NSW redirects here. ... The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium 2002-2007[1]) was built in 1988 to be the premium rectangular field in Sydney, Australia. ... Ewen James Andrew McKenzie, born on June 21, 1965 in Melbourne, is a former Australian Rugby Union player (prop). ... 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The Waratahs has historically been the name for the New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) representative team, and became the name for the New South Wales team when it entered the Super Six, Super 10 and Super 12 competitions. The name and emblem comes from the Waratah, the state flower for New South Wales. Their home ground is Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park in Sydney. The New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Super 10 was a rugby union tournament featuring ten teams from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Tonga and Western Samoa, which ran for three years from 1993 to 1995. ... For other uses, see Waratah (disambiguation). ... The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium 2002-2007[1]) was built in 1988 to be the premium rectangular field in Sydney, Australia. ... Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ...

Amateur era

The SNWRU (or then, The Southern RU - SRU) was established in 1874, and the very first club competition took place that year. By 1880 the SRU had over 100 clubs in its governance in the metropolitan area. In 1882 the first New South Wales team was selected to play Queensland in a two-match series. NSW would go onto win both the games. The Queensland Reds (for sponsorship reasons referred to as QR Queensland Reds) represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union. ...

That same year the first NSW touring squad was selected to go and play in New Zealand. During World War I, the NSW (and QLD) Rugby Unions ceased senior competition. The Queensland body however would not reform until 1929, which saw NSW have more responsibilities for Australian rugby. In 1921 the Waratahs toured New Zealand again, and out of their 10 fixtures, won nine games, including the Test. “The Great War ” redirects here. ...

The most famous Waratah team was the 1927/28 Waratahs who toured the United Kingdom, France and North America, introducing a style of open, running rugby never seen before, but which has been the stamp of the Australian game ever since. They won 24 and drew two of their 31 official matches. When the selectors sat down to choose the immortal 1927/8 Waratahs, they picked no less than seven from the Drummoyne Rugby Club. Upon returning home, were greeted with a parade through Sydney and a reception at Town Hall. Matches against Queensland would soon resume also.

The 1930s were a particularly successful time for NSW. The height of the success of NSW is best represented by the defeat of the South African Springboks in 1937 at the SCG. NSW Rugby Union would also perform strongly throughout the following decades as well, which included the emergence of footballers such as Trevor Allan, David Brockhoff, Tony Miller, Nick Shehadie, Eddie Stapleton, Ken Catchpole, John Thornett, Peter Crittle and Ron Graham. First international South Africa 4 - 0 British Isles (30 July 1891) Largest win South Africa  134 - 3  Uruguay (11 June 2005) Worst defeat  England 53 - 3 South Africa  (23rd November, 2002) World Cup Appearances 4 (First in 1995) Best result Champions, 1995 and 2007 Springboks redirects here. ...

In 1963 the Sydney Rugby Union was established for the growth of the game in the city area. The NSW Rugby Union would celebrate its 100th anniversary in 1974. As part of the anniversary celebrations, a match was played at the SCG on May 18 against the All Blacks, though the Waratahs lost nil to 20. First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 6 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 All Black redirects here. ...

Professional era

Playing the Brumbies.

In their inaugural Super 12 season of 1996, the Waratahs won just under half of their games, finishing mid table, with the two other Australian teams finishing above them. The following season of 1997 saw the Waratahs end in a 9th place, winning four fixtures. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x613, 542 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brumbies (rugby club) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x613, 542 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Brumbies (rugby club) ... Super 14, or Super 12 as it was known from 1996 through 2005, is a Rugby Union championship competed for by teams from New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. ... Super 12 The 1996 season of the rugby union competition, the Super 12, was the inaugural season and was won by the Auckland Blues. ... The 1997 season of the international rugby union competition, the Super 12, was the second of its kind, with the 1996 season being the first that the tournament had run. ...

In the 1998 season the Waratahs won a best six out of 11 games, ending up in 6th position on the ladder at the end of the season, despite obvious improvements the team had still yet to make a finals appearance. The Waratahs won four fixtures the next season. They won five games in the 2000 season and the 'Tahs finished their season in 9th place. The 1998 Super 12 season was won by New Zealand side, the Canterbury Crusaders after defeating the Auckland Blues in the final. ... The 2000 Super 12 season was won by the Crusaders after defeating the Brumbies 20-19 in the final. ...

In 2001 the Waratahs won the same amount of games as the 2000 season but finished, still out of reach of finals contention, in 8th position. 2002 was a record breaking season for the Waratahs, as the team won eight out of their 11 season games and finished in second place behind the Crusaders - making the semis. They were defeated by their Australian rivals the Brumbies, 51-10, in the Waratahs first ever semi-final. The 2001 season of the international rugby union competition, the Super 12 was contested from February through to May, and was won by the ACT Brumbies, who beat the Coastal Sharks in the final. ... The 2002 Super 12 season was won by the Crusaders, who defeated the Brumbies in the final. ...

In the 2003 season the Waratahs missed a place in the finals, finishing in 6th position on the ladder at the end of the regular season. In 2004 the Waratahs made a promising start to their season with three straight wins. The team finished 8th on the Super 12 table, six points out of the finals. That year coach Ewen McKenzie re-introduced the end of season tour, taking place in Argentina that year. In 2005, they had their best regular season, finishing second in the table, before losing to the Crusaders in the 2005 Super 12 Final. The 2003 Super 12 season was won by the Blues, who defeated the Crusaders in the final. ... The 2004 Super 12 season was won by the Brumbies, who defeated the Crusaders in the final. ... The 2005 season of the Super 12 rugby union competition began on 25 February 2005 and ended on 28 May with the Canterbury-based Crusaders winning their fifth Super Rugby title against the New South Wales-based Waratahs. ...

The Waratahs finished 3rd on the regular season table for the 2006 Super 14 season, in which two new teams entered the expanded tournament, the Force and Central Cheetahs. In the last home match of the regular season, the Waratahs hosted the Hurricanes, which they lost 14 to 29. The news that star league recruit Wendell Sailor had tested positive to an illegal substance and thus faced a career ending ban from the game was an unwelcome intrusion on the Waratahs semifinal build up. The following week, the semi-finals, they again faced the Hurricanes, though away in Wellington. The Waratahs made their exit, losing 16 to 14. Wendell Sailor later received a two year ban from the game, marring a season that had promised so much.[1] The 2006 Super 14 season started on Friday February 10, 2006. ... Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super 14 competition. ... The Central Cheetahs is a South African Super 14 rugby union franchise set to begin play in 2006. ... The Hurricanes (formerly known as the Wellington Hurricanes) are a New Zealand rugby union team based in Wellington and representing the East Coast, Poverty Bay, Hawkes Bay, Taranaki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Wairarapa-Bush, Horowhenua-Kapiti and Wellington unions. ... Wendell Jermaine Sailor (born 16 July 1974 in Sarina, Queensland) is a former Australian representative rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby union and rugby league- a dual code international. ... For the first Duke of Wellington, see Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. ...

The 2007 super 14 season was the most disappointing for the team and its supporters with the Waratahs winning only two games against the lions and the wooden spoon winning reds gaining a final placing of 13th out of 14. however such a disappointing season was as much a result of bad luck as it was the poor on field performances with the waratahs losing almost half their games by seven or less with home games against the chiefs and the highlanders being lost in the final stages of the game. Despite the poor performance the 2007 season saw the emergence of teenage rugby prodigy Kurtley Beale and proved to be a rebuilding stage in the waratahs super 14 championship run.

The 2008 season for the NSW Waratahs has begun well with solid pre-season wins and a solid opening game victory against the Hurricanes 20-3 and a close come from behind loss to the Chiefs proving the 'tahs have the squad to challenge for the title this year. The round 4 victory over the Brumbies marked NSW's 500th victory since their first match in 1882.

Logo and colours

An older NSW logo.

The New South Wales Waratahs play in a sky blue jersey and navy blue shorts, blue having a long sporting association with the state and a famous rivalry with the red/maroon colour of Queensland. Long time sponsors HSBC feature on the front of the jersey. An alternative white strip is also used. In pre-season of 2006, the Waratahs donned a new jersey scheme in a trial game against the Crusaders. This system saw traditional rugby playing numbers on the back of jerseys replaced with the initials of the player. Previously made by Canterbury, the current jersey is made by ISC and is Cambridge blue, with the alternate strip being white with navy piping. Image File history File links NSWWaratahsOldLogo. ... Image File history File links NSWWaratahsOldLogo. ... Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Motto(s): Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Anna Bligh (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd... HSBC Holdings plc (traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) (LSE:HSBA, SEHK: 0005, NYSE: HBC, Euronext: HSBC, BSX: 1077223879), or The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Holdings plc, is the worlds largest corporation and the worlds largest bank, as calculated by the annual Forbes list of the worlds largest firms... This article is on the rugby union team formerly known as the Canterbury Crusaders. ...

Up until 1885, New South Wales wore 'heather green' strips. From 1891 to 1897, New South Wales played in scarlet jerseys. The following season they team adopted Cambridge blue jerseys. The light blue jersey and navy blue pants were established in 1897 and have been in effect ever since. The New South Wales rugby union team have historically been known as the Waratahs, the flower, the Waratah, being the state flower of New South Wales.

Stadium

Waratahs playing at Sydney Football Stadium.

The Waratahs play at Sydney Football Stadium, which is in Sydney's Moore Park, adjacent to the Sydney Cricket Ground. The capacity for the stadium is 42,000, though it is currently under renovations to expand capacity to 45,500. The Waratahs share the ground with Sydney F.C. and the Sydney Roosters. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 310 KB) Summary Waratahs versus the Brumbies, 16th April 2006, Aussie Stadium Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1024x768, 310 KB) Summary Waratahs versus the Brumbies, 16th April 2006, Aussie Stadium Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium 2002-2007[1]) was built in 1988 to be the premium rectangular field in Sydney, Australia. ... The Sydney Football Stadium (colloquially known as SFS, and formerly known as Aussie Stadium 2002-2007[1]) was built in 1988 to be the premium rectangular field in Sydney, Australia. ... Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ... The Sydney Football Club, founded in 2004, is Sydneys entry in the revamped Australian national football (soccer) competition, the A-League. ... The Sydney Roosters are a professional rugby league club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. ...

As well as Sydney Football Stadium, the Waratahs have in the past played fixtures at other stadiums throughout the state. During the Australian Provincial Championship, in which the Waratahs had two fixtures, the games were taken to the Central Coast Stadium in Gosford, and the other to Bathurst. The Waratahs will also be playing a trial match at Campbelltown Stadium in early 2008. The Australian Provincial Championship (APC) is an Australian rugby union tournament that will commence in 2006. ... Central Coast Stadium is a football stadium in the district of Gosford, in New South Wales, Australia. ... Gosford Country: Australia State: New South Wales Location: 33°22S 151°20E Gosford Council Area: 940. ... Bathurst is a regional centre in the state of New South Wales, Australia approximately 200km west of Sydney and is the seat of the Bathurst Regional Council Local Government Area. ... Campbelltown Stadium, formerly Orana Park and Campbelltown Sports Ground, is a rugby league stadium in Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia. ...

Season standings

Season	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts	Notes
1996	6th	11	5	0	6	312	290	+22	8	28
1997	9th	11	4	0	7	255	296	-41	4	20
1998	6th	11	6	1	4	306	276	+30	4	30
1999	8th	11	4	1	6	246	248	-2	6	24
2000	9th	11	5	0	6	273	258	+15	5	25
2001	8th	11	5	0	6	306	302	+4	5	25
2002	3rd	11	8	0	3	337	284	+53	7	39	(lost semi-final to Brumbies)
2003	5th	11	6	0	5	313	344	-31	7	31
2004	8th	11	5	0	6	342	274	+68	7	27
2005	2nd	11	9	0	2	322	174	148	5	41	(lost final to Crusaders)
2006	3rd	13	9	0	4	362	192	170	9	45	(lost semi-final to Hurricanes)
2007	13th	13	3	1	9	266	317	-51	7	21
2008

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Current squad

Player	Position	ARC	Club	Super 14 caps	Wallaby caps
Ben Batger	Wing/Fullback	N/A	Eastwood	9	0
Alastair Baxter	Prop	Central Coast Rays	Northern Suburbs	71	51
Kurtley Beale	Flyhalf	Western Sydney Rams	Northern Suburbs	10	0
Luke Burgess	Scrumhalf	Melbourne Rebels	Eastern Suburbs	2	0
Will Caldwell	Lock	Sydney Fleet	Sydney University	24	0
Matthew Carraro	Utility Back	Canberra Vikings	Gosford	4	0
Tom Carter	Centre	N/A	Sydney University	0	0
David Dennis	Back Row	Melbourne Rebels	Sydney University	0	0
Matt Dunning	Prop	Wallabies squad	Eastwood	76	36
Rocky Elsom	Flanker	Wallabies squad	Randwick	55	32
Adam Freier	Hooker	Wallabies squad	Randwick	67	20
Daniel Halangahu	Flyhalf/Fullback	Sydney Fleet	Sydney University	23	0
Sam Harris	Centre	Central Coast Rays	Manly	23	0
Rob Horne	Centre/Wing	N/A	Southern Districts	3	0
Ben Jacobs	Centre	Central Coast Rays	Warringah	28	0
David Lyons	Back Row	Wallabies squad	Sydney University	100	44
Alfi Mafi	Fullback/Wing	Sydney Fleet	Sydney University	0	0
Ben Mowen	Back Row	East Coast Aces	Easts (QLD)	1	0
Dean Mumm	Lock/Back Row	Sydney Fleet	Sydney University	12	0
Sam Norton-Knight	Utility Back	Central Coast Rays	Northern Suburbs	36	2
Dan Palmer	Prop	N/A	Southern Districts	1	0
Wycliff Palu	Back Row	Central Coast Rays	Warringah	27	17
Tatafu Polota-Nau	Hooker	Western Sydney Rams	Parramatta	26	3
Beau Robinson	Flanker	Central Coast Rays	Northern Suburbs	9	0
Benn Robinson	Prop	Western Sydney Rams	Eastwood	27	6
Brett Sheehan	Scrumhalf	Central Coast Rays	Warringah	26	1
Timana Tahu	Centre	N/A	West Harbour	0	0
Jeremy Tilse	Prop	Sydney Fleet	Sydney University	1	0
Lote Tuqiri	Wing	Wallabies squad	West Harbour	60	58
Lachlan Turner	Wing	Western Sydney Rams	Eastwood	8	0
Josh Valentine	Scrumhalf	Sydney Fleet	N/A	49	4
Dan Vickerman	Lock	Wallabies squad	Sydney University	70	52
Phil Waugh (C)	Flanker	Wallabies squad	Sydney University	82	66

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Former players

• Matt Burke
• Chris Whitaker
• Morgan Turinui
• David Campese
• Brendan Cannon
• Ken Catchpole
• Mat Rogers
• Ray Price
• Simon Poidevan
• Nick Farr-Jones
• Phil Kearns
• Wendell Sailor

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Coaches

• Chris Hawkins - 1996
• Matt Williams - 1996 to 1999
• Ian Kennedy - 2000
• Bob Dwyer - 2001 to 2003
• Ewen McKenzie - 2004 to present

Bob Dwyer (born 29 November 1940) coached Australia to victory at the 1991 Rugby Union World Cup. ... Ewen James Andrew McKenzie, born on June 21, 1965 in Melbourne, is a former Australian Rugby Union player (prop). ...

Statistics

Team

• Biggest win - 50-3 v Cats, 2006
• Biggest loss - 19-96 v Crusaders, 2002

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Individual

• Most Caps - 107 - Chris Whitaker
• Most Points - 957 - Matt Burke
• Most Tries - 25 - Lote Tuquiri
• Most Points in a Season - 184 - Peter Hewat (2006)
• Most Tries in a Season - 10 - Peter Hewat (2005)
• Most Points in a Match - 34 - Peter Hewat (v Bulls, 2005)

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See also

• New South Wales Rugby Union

The New South Wales Rugby Union (NSWRU) is the organisation responsible for the sport of rugby union in most of the state of New South Wales, Australia. ...

External links

• waratahs.com.au - Official website
• nswrugby.com.au - Official website of NSW Rugby
• gothetahs.com - Unofficial Fan website
• wearbluefriday.com - Fan website
• theRoar.com.au 2007 season review
• NSW jersey info