History, Club Records and General Info

General Info

Club Captain: Geoff Toovey
Coach: Bob Fulton
Founded: 1946
Entered Premiership: 1947
Home Ground: Brookvale Oval
Colours: Maroon and white
Major Sponsor: FAI
Theme Songs:

Honours

Premiers: 1972, 1973, 1976, 1978, 1987, 1996
Minor Premiers: 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976, 1983, 1987, 1995, 1996, 1997
Runners-up: 1951, 1957, 1959, 1968, 1970, 1982, 1983, 1995, 1997
Reserve Grade: 1954, 1960, 1969, 1973, 1988
Third Grade (President's Cup): 1952
Club Championship: 1972, 1983, 1987, 1988
Wooden Spoons: None
Pre-Season Competition: 1980, 1982, 1983
World Sevens: 1990, 1994, 1995
Rothmans Medal: Graham Eadie (1974), Mal Cochrane (1986)
Clive Churchill Medal: Cliff Lyons (1987), Geoff Toovey (1996)

Records

Most tries in a match: 5 by Les Hanigan v Cronulla-Sutherland, 14 May 1967
Most tries in a season: 27 by Phil Blake, 1983
Most tries for club: 129 by Bob Fulton
Most goals in a match: 14 by Graham Eadie v Penrith, 29 Jul 1973
Most points in a match: 30 (4 tries, 9 goals) by Ron Rowles v Canterbury-Bankstown, 24 Jul 1954 and 30 (2 tries, 11 goals) by Matthew Ridge v Western Suburbs, 25 Aug 1996
Most points in a season: 257 (11 tries, 106 goals, 1 field goal) by Matthew Ridge, 1995
Most points for club: 1917 (71 tries, 847 goals, 3 field goals) by Graham Eadie
Most appearances for club: 267 by Cliff Lyons (as of round 6, 1998)
Largest win: 70-7 v Penrith, Penrith Park, 29 Jul 1973
Heaviest defeat: 11-61 v St George, Hurstville Oval, 3 May 1947
Attendance record at Brookvale Oval: 27,655 v Parramatta, 31 Aug 1986

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Last updated: 20-Apr-1998
Bryan Gaensler
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