New Zealand Rugby Tour - April 2010.

On the 6th April, members of the 1st and 2nd XV will travel to New Zealand for a 10 day tour of the north and south island. Oakhill will play St Patrick's College Silverstream, St Andrew's College Christchurch and St Patrick's College Wellington. A major fund raiser has been organized for Wednesday 31st March. A bingo night will be held in the CSC, commencing at 7pm. Individuals wishing to support the bingo night are encouraged to contact Mr Burke on 98992288.

CLUB Vs SCHOOL?

Each year, numerous parents and players find it difficult to decide whether to play for a Club or represent the College. Since it is not compulsory to play weekend sport at Oakhill, families are entitled to choose whether their son represents Oakhill or their local club.

In previous years, a number of boys have tried to do both. Whilst this sometimes works in the younger age groups, by the time a player reaches the age of 15, the game is too difficult to properly do both. Game times often conflict and players find themselves doing neither well.

After much consultation with a number of local clubs, this season some of our local junior rugby clubs are offering Sunday rugby. Players will still have the opportunity to be selected in district teams and compete in the State Championships over the June long weekend. Playing Club rugby on Sunday will allow students to concentrate on school rugby on Saturday.

Three local clubs are interested in fielding under 13's - 16's teams. For information click on the links below:

BEECROFT RUGBY UNION

President: Andrew Moore Phone 0406383783

Beecroft Newsletter - Click here to download pdf document

DURAL RUGBY UNION CLUB

President: Warwick Anderson Phone 0414587200

Dural Information sheet - Click here to download Word Document.

Important season dates - Dural Rugby - Click here to download Word Document

NORWEST RUGBY UNION CLUB

President Steve Thompson Phone: 0420279970

 

Rugby registration to take place on the 6th and 13th February - see registration page for details.

Training to commence in early March

2009 Rugby report

2008 Rugby report

Rugby enjoys enormous popularity at Oakhill with the College fielding around 20 teams each season in the ISA competition. Boys have been playing rugby at Oakhill since 1955 and current players enjoy some of the best facilities in NSW, with Oakhill boasting four fields on site, including; Damien Oval, named after former Principal Br Damien Harvey, Lawrence Oval, named after former Sportsmaster Br Lawrence King, BC Oval, representing Boarding College - when Oakhill was a boarding school and Hermann Oval, named after Hermann Fischer - a farm assistant who has worked with the College Agricultural department for over 30 years.

2007 was a particularly successful season for Oakhill teams, winning the ISA Championship Shield for the first time. The Championship Shield is determined by calculating the School with the most victories in the A and B Division. Well done to all players and good luck defending the Shield this year.

Since participating in the ISA competition, Oakhill 1st XV teams have won the ISA shield on three occasions, whilst all age group teams have enjoyed going through their competitions undefeated.

Touring is an important part of Oakhill rugby and Opens teams usually tour overseas every two years. Previous tours include:

United Kingdom, Ireland and Canada (1997 and 2003)

New Zealand (2000, 2002 and 2010)

South America (2006 and 2008)

 

All boys are encouraged to play for Oakhill, regardless of their ability. In each age group we field a minimum of three teams so players are graded in accordance with their ability. Arrangements can be made to schedule games so as they do not conflict with club games but students are requested to give preference to College games if a conflict does occur.

Oakhill rugby teams are enthusiastically supported by the Oakhill rugby committee, consisting of parents of current students. The committee meet monthly during the rugby season and assist with fund raising, oval set up and manning the wonderful BBQ in operation under Benildus Hall at each home game. Parents are encouraged to become involved in this committee.

Although Oakhill teams have to travel quite a distance for some games, transport is provided for all games in Bathurst or Orange.