| Full name | Hornsby Rugby Union Football Club (HRUFC) |
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| Nickname(s) | The Lions |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Location | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Ground(s) | Waitara Oval, Waitara Ave, Hornsby |
| League(s) | NSWSRU |
| Official website | |
| www.hornsbyrugby.com.au | |
Hornsby Rugby Union Football Club are a rugby union team from Hornsby in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Club participates in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union competition.[1]
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The club was formally established in 1962 when Sydney Rugby Union established a Second Division of the Sydney Grade Competition. The competition was absorbed into the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union 'Subbies' competition in 1993 bringing Hornsby, Mosman, Drummoyne and UNSW with it. In their first year in the new competition Hornsby won the 1st Division Club Championship (Bruce Graham Shield) along with the 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade and Colts Premierships.
Hornsby Lions currently fields five teams in the Subbies Second Division senior competition including an under 21s Colts side as well as several teams in the Junior competition.
New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union. Annual Report 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
The game for the game itself : The History of sub-district rugby in Sydney / Thomas V. Hickie and Anthony T. Hughes
Men in Scarlet : The History of the Balmain, Glebe & Drummoyne Rugby Clubs 1874-2004 / John Mulford
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