Talk:Shute Shield

Results Archive

Limited results archive located here — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bevstarrunner (talk • contribs) 11:27, 29 August 2013 (UTC)

Class rating

Shute shield is on par with Queensland Premier Rugby for importance. Mid is the correct class categorySauliH (talk) 06:26, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Newspaper articles for R E Shute death

I am placing these links here as a just in case someone would like to expand the section dealing with R E Shute and the instigation of the Shute shield trophy. They may or may not be useful.

• key article that introduces the shield
• games were cancelled
• coroners report, tackler happened to be also named Shute no relation, hospital was St Aubyn's tackler was Jackie Shute
• match report had no mention of injury - June 6
• funeral notice - buried at South Head Cemetery, invite to undergraduates, and the SUFC
• death notice - gives home, and parents names
• R. E. SHUTE MEMORIAL. committee formed
• team listing prior to game

Is this an amateur or semi-professional competition ?

Finance nature of competition needs to be mentioned. Purely amateur or do any players get paid ? Did anything change when Rugby allowed professionalism ? Rcbutcher (talk) 00:09, 30 October 2013 (UTC)

Sydney University Football Club

In which year did the club begin? The club claims 1863. However, according to the club wiki page it is questionable. A recent update to the Shute Shield page mentioned a game with Newington College in 1863. But the college had only begun in July of that year with just 16 students. According to this newsletter put out by the College, the rugby program didn't start until 1869. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Spunkwinkle (talk • contribs) 04:52, 27 August 2018 (UTC)

have a read of SYDNEY’S FIRST RUGBY CLUB at https://wallaroofc1870.com/1901/04/28/sydney-university-rugby/ Federatedwoman (talk) 10:44, 13 July 2026 (UTC)

Petersham 1922 is Newtown 1900-1921

I'm not sure how to edit this information into the page i.e. the Petersham club listed as playing 1922 is the 1900 founded Newtown District RUFC playing in their royal blue jerseys under the re-branded name of the Petersham District RUFC (in what became its final season as the NSWRU redistributed its area to other district clubs). Federatedwoman (talk) 10:43, 13 July 2026 (UTC)