Episode 2 of 3
Early Rugby Activity
- When
- 1847
- Where
- Christ College, Tasmania
In 1847, Warden John Philip Gell and students engaged in the earliest known instances of playing rugby football in Australia.
During the founding era under John Philip Gell, the college's rugby union side possessed the oldest rugby provenance in Australia. Gell and the students engaged in the earliest known instances of playing rugby football in Australia, fifteen years before the Sydney University FC.
Sources
- Christ College (University of Tasmania) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-31
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