shamrocksrugby 12/11/2025

Just Five Key Messages & You Are Up To Date! Following on from the great success of our Second Grade Side winning the Illawarra Premiership and a successful celebration with our 2025 Presentation Night, we wanted to update you. You can check out the celebrations and Award Winners from Presentation 2025 here. Looking for a small, unique Shamrock Styled Gift for Christmas? Look no further. As a Juniors’ Fund Raiser, the Club’s on-line shop has limited edition custom Shamrocks Crew Socks. These are more than just merchandise – they’re an investment (of just $22.50 per pair) in the future of...

shamrocksrugby 07/11/2025

The final whistle may have blown on a thrilling season (shout out to 2nd Grade!), but that doesn't mean your connection to the green has to fade. Whether you're counting down the days until pre-season training or just want to keep repping the Shamrocks around the Illawarra and beyond, we've got two brand new items that'll keep you connected to the club you love. Juniors Fundraiser... Custom Shamrocks Crew Socks There's something special brewing at the Shamrocks, with over 100 new Junior players currently lighting up the Illawarra Friday Night Junior Rugby 7s competiton. Shamrocks has 9 Junior teams playing,...

shamrocksrugby 05/11/2025

On Saturday November 1st, club stalwart Kieran Smith took on the role of Master of Ceremonies and hosted over 90 supporters at the 2025 Presentation Night where 20 award winners recognised across 5 categories. First Grade and Second Grade Awards were a highlight of the night but there were also other Club Rugby Awards as well as Club Service Awards and Game Milestone Presentations. The big news of the night was the Q&A Session conducted by Coaching Director Paul Ridgway. Paul took the opportunity to quiz former club juniors, Blake Schoupp and Eamon Doyle about their experiences while representing Australia and the...

shamrocksrugby 10/04/2025

So good to see so many of the Shamrock Family head down to Ocean Park on Saturday (April 5th) to be part of the club's commitment to honour our past club members. A wonderful celebration! Thank you.

shamrocksrugby 25/07/2024

Saturday started with a viscous westerly wind and proceeded to get worse. I thought that the games were going to be played entirely on the Eastern side of Ocean Park, and so it was.Second grade had the job of showing us that they could not only dominate possession and territory BUT also turn that into points, and they did that in spades. Opening with a try a few minutes into the game. Kicking for goal was never going to be easy in the wind and it wasn’t. Shamies scored most of their points in the first half whilst running south...

shamrocksrugby 26/06/2024

Last Saturday we played Shoalhaven in Nowra. After two very close games in the opening round, we went south with some hope of going one step further. Unfortunately, despite having a couple of weeks off, we struggled for numbers.Shamrocks second grade played the first half into a bitting cold wind, struggling to get a consistency and possession going, it was 26 to 5 to Shoalhaven at half time. In the second half we turned and ran with the wind, Shamrocks started to get on top with two tries to close the gap to 31 to 17, Shamrocks looked the better...

shamrocksrugby 05/06/2024

A big shoutout to our Shamrocks who have been selected to represent Illawarra in the Country Championships, which will be held in Tamworth this coming long weekend.In the Senior team:Alex Crotti, Shamrocks captain and starting open side flanker.Balie Leonard, our winger and finishing machine.Ryan Schoupp, our fullback, who can place the ball precisely from anywhere on the field. He’ll be a Utility back.In the Colts team:Darcy Moate, who will cover the outside back position for the Illawarra Colts team.Ben Ridgway, Shamrock’s second-grade coach, who is coaching the Colts team.Congratulations to all our Shamrocks, and good luck this weekend. I don’t...