Hunters Hill Rugby Union Football Club (HHRUFC) is an amateur rugby union division 2 club in the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union, from Hunters Hill, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1892, HHRUFC is one the oldest clubs in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union, having won the premier competition the Kentwell Cup eight times, including the first club since its inception in 1923 to complete a hat-trick on titles (1977–79), and the Burke Cup 6 times, both the second most behind Colleagues. Hunters Hill hold the record for the most Whiddon Cups won with a total of 10, and have also won the Judd Cup on four occasions.
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Club Honours
2010 - Div 2 Club of the Year 2009 - NSW Suburban Rugby Club of the Year 2009 - Div 3 Club of the Year
Social Club of the Year
1986 (joint with Blue Mountains)
Administration Club of the Year
1984, 1986, 1987
SYDNEY SUBURBAN 1ST GRADE PREMIERS
1919
BRUCE GRAHAM SHIELD 1ST DIV. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987
KENTWELL CUP
1972, 1977 (undefeated), 1978, 1979, 1981, 1987, 1995, 1997
BURKE CUP
1925 (joint Premiers with Briars), 1926 (undefeated), 1954, 1977, 1980, 1987
WHIDDON CUP
1949, 1951, 1955, 1969, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1986
JUDD CUP
1979, 1980, 1983, 1985
U/21 BARBOUR CUP
2000 (joint Premiers with Old Ignations)
U/19 RUGBY CLUB CUP
2005
RELIANCE SHIELD 2ND DIV. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
1971, 1993, 1994
BARRACLOUGH CUP
1971
STOCKDALE CUP
1992, 2010
BLUNT CUP
1994
ROBERTSON CUP
2010
HARRIS SHIELD 3RD DIV. CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
2009
NICHOLSON CUP
2005, 2008
Eric Robson, Rex Shapter, Bruce Gothard, Don Farrant, Ross Harrod, Aub Bennett, Michael Moss, Bruce Lycett, Anthony Brunsdon, John White, Morrie Willcoxson, Derek Macrae, Allan Southcombe, Tim Hughes, Terry Laundry, Michael McNamara, Grant Millard, Ian Ross, David Polly, Phill Shaw, Ray Bortolussi, Gary Lane, Doug Piper, Russell Kershler, Ian Kellaway.
Anthony Brunsdon, John White, Terry Rust, Brian Robertson, Paul Ivory, Allan Southcombe, Geoff Forster, Grant Millard, David Head, David Polly, Michael McNamara, Gary Lane, Glen Burgess, Paul Bryan, Andrew Mostyn, George Clulee, Mark French.
1973-76 Tony Brunsdon 1977 Russell Kershler 1978 Tim Hughes 1979-80 Ian Ross 1981-82 Geoff Forster 1983 Jim Pearce 1984-85 Tony Brown 1986 John Hibbert 1987 Paul Bryan 1988-89 Phil Shorten 1990 Paul Wallace 1991 Nigel Lory 1992 Anthony Warren 1993 Andrew Mostyn 1994-96 George Clulee 1997 Martin Stewart 1998-99 Bryan Aldridge 2000 Matthew Smith 2001 Eric Brown 2002-04 Jason Gaff 2005 Pat Feige 2006 Will Wassell 2007 Ben Smith 2008 Andrew Johnson 2009 Jules Arndt 2010 Tim Vertoudakis
W Weir 1911 W Howard 1911,12 C Weil 1912 G Cuneo 1913 R Lenehan 1913 C Soloman 1923 F King 1923 G Cooke 1923 L Rinaldi 1923 S Rinaldi 1923 H Gascoigne 1932 H Kinsey 1932 J Rees 1937 V Taylor 1937 J White 1971,72,77,78 B Robertson 1972,73,74 A Brunsdon 1972 B Hitchcock 1973 P Nash 1973 S Mazengarb 1973 K Hitchcock 1974 S Wolfe 1975, 77,78,80,82,83,84,85 P Miles 1977,78,79 D Polly 1977,78,79,81,82 G Millard 1978,82,83 M McNamara 1978,84 J Pausey 1978 K Scott 1978 A Mostyn 1979,80,81,83,85,86,87 D Head 1980 P Webster 1981 P Bryan 1981,82 G Sanford 1981,90,92 S Causer 1982,83 G Forster 1982 G Loane 1983 H Poole 1983 J Walker 1984 T Brown 1985,86,87 R Saunders 1986,87 G Jardine 1987 M Reisina 1987 P Corrigan 1987 P Croucher 1988 G Clulee 1989 M French 1990,91,92 A Beattie 1990 J Lloyd 1990 K Bonney 1994 D Donohoe 1995 H Faumuina 1995 M Seuseu 1995 Y Guthrie 1995 N Defina 1996 T Burcher 1996 E Irwin 1997 M Derrig 1997 M Wilson 1997 N Baker 1997 T Wickham 1997 G Prior 1998,99 J Crook 1998 T Bollard 1998 G Mork 1999 T Pau 1999 C Atkins 2001,02 C Bird 2001 S Vesikula 2001 B Rainima 2001,02,03 J Iona 2003 D Thomson 2006
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