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Sydney to host Bingham Cup 2014
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/Bridge-Shot-250x150.jpgPublished October 12, 2012 at 5:47 am - No Comments The International Gay Rugby Association & Board (IGRAB) today announced that Sydney has won the bid to host the Bingham Cup 2014, the world cup of gay rugby. The week-long event to be held in Augu ...
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Convicts wins Australian Gay Rugby Championship – The Purchas Cup
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012-Purchas-Cup-Sun-hearld-250x150.jpgPublished September 23, 2012 at 11:10 pm - No Comments The Sydney Convicts have completed arguably their finest year of rugby in their nine season history with a win at the Australian Gay Rugby Championships in Brisbane. The Convicts and Melbourne gay tea ...
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Sydney Convicts win the Nicholson Cup
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/2012-Nicholson-Cup-Win-250x150.jpgPublished September 15, 2012 at 10:39 pm - No Comments In an historic day for gay rugby union, the most successful gay rugby team in the world, the Sydney Convicts, have taken out the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Nicholson Cup. They defeated Hills Rugby ...
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PM Endorses Convicts 2014 Bingham Cup Bid
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/julia_gillard_bingham_cup-250x150.jpgPublished September 11, 2012 at 9:21 pm - No Comments As controversy mounts over homophobia in footy, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has recorded a video endorsement to bring the Bingham Cup to Australia in 2014. “I strongly endorse the Convicts bid, ...
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Tackling Homophobia in AFL
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/afl-homophobia-jason-ball-620x349-250x150.jpgPublished September 10, 2012 at 1:30 pm - No Comments We’re putting our full support behind Jason Ball and his push for greater inclusion at all levels of the AFL. The Yarra Valley player has recently come out and is urging the AFL to tackle homoph ...
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Convicts make finals in Nicholson Cup
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/Nicholson_Cup-250x150.jpgPublished August 23, 2012 at 4:27 pm - No Comments Bingham Cup Champions, Sydney Convicts, have made the finals of their local competition (Nicholson Cup) for the second year running. The Convicts returned victorious from Manchester in June with the w ...
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Convicts win the Bingham Cup!
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/456822_315451441874427_1866404409_o-250x150.jpgPublished June 3, 2012 at 8:28 pm - No Comments In an almost perfect execution of their Bingham Cup campaign, the Sydney Convicts won both the Bingham Cup and Bingham Bowl on Sunday in Manchester. The Convicts A team played a tough match against ou ...
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Pushing past the black dog
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/559509_298683743533002_220574198010624_674647_1062834372_n-250x150.jpgPublished May 22, 2012 at 11:03 pm - No Comments This is a cross post from Convict player Bill Lockley and his crusade against depression: Black Dog Pushups Black Dog Pushups had it’s origins in my habit of doing pushups in public. Whenever ...
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Wallabies support human rights campaign
http://sydneyconvicts.org/wp-content/uploads/wallabies1-250x150.jpgPublished August 12, 2009 at 1:40 pm - No Comments The Australian Rugby Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to fight discrimination against Australia’s gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender (GLBT) community. Wallabies captain Stirling Mor ...
The Sydney Convicts are Australia’s first gay Rugby Union club. We are the most successful club to have competed in the Bingham Cup, the World Cup of gay Rugby since 2004, with both its A and B sides taking out a major trophy on two occasions.
The Convicts are committed to building a competitive, social and diverse club which welcomes players from all levels of experience. The primary aim is the enjoyment of rugby in a prejudice free environment. Along the way to achieving this goal the Convicts have broken down barriers and challenged stereotypes, not just on the rugby field but also in the wider community.