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Club information
Full name Redfern All Blacks Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s) RABs
Short name All Blacks
Colours      Black
     White
Founded 1944; 80 years ago (1944)
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Redfern Oval
Chairman Lisa Williams
Coach Dean Widders
Captain Dean Widders
Competition Sydney Combined Competition
South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League
NSWRL Women's Premiership
Records
Premierships 6 (1974, 1987, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018)

The Redfern All Blacks, also known as RABs or Redfern, are an Indigenous Australian semi-professional rugby league club based in Redfern, New South Wales, They are a part of the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League.

History

Redfern All Blacks is the oldest Indigenous Australian rugby league club in Australia. It was co-founded in 1938 by Bill Onus and Wesley Simms, during the Great Depression. Some reports suggest that the club was officially established by a group of non-Aboriginal and Aboriginal people in 1944.

The club, often referred to as RABs or Redfern, was named after their black guernseys, part of the uniform provided by the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football League in their first playing season. At the time the club was formed, Aboriginal Australians were denied rights afforded to other Australians. Socially, culturally and politically, the club was important to many Indigenous Australians in Redfern at the time, and the club today is central to the history of Aboriginal Redfern.

In 1969, Redfern's rugby team had already made a name for itself, and the team were invited to play in New Zealand against the local Māori team in 1971. The All Blacks left a significant impression on the Kiwis, defeating the Maori team in a number of games.

In 1973, the Redfern All Blacks became one of the founding member clubs that formed the inaugural NSW Koori Knockout in which seven teams participated.

Notable team members

Notable players to play for Redfern All Blacks

Honours and records

2018 A Grade Squad

Redfern All Blacks
2018 Squad Coaching staff
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  1 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} FB Kieran Mundine
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  2 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} WG Travis Robinson
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  3 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} CE Kieran Vale
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  4 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} CE Liam Talivaa
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  5 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} WG Kyle Mundine
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  6 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} FE Kareel Phillips
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  7 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} HB Michael Moran
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  8 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} PR Shaun Mealey
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  9 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} HK Cameron Dennis
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 10 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} PR Dean Widders
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 11 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} SR Stephen Ryan
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 12 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} SR Robert Ryan
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 13 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} LK Steven Winters
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 14 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Heath Fernando
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 15 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Trent Robinson
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 16 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Luciano Svagelli
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 17 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Peni Roqica
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 18 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Matthew Hickey
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 19 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Dean Jr Widders
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 20 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Craig McKenzie
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 21 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Dylan Grant
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 22 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Nayden Simon
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 23 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Sam Hampton
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 24 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Troy Gordon
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 25 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Ezekiel Phillips
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 26 {{country data {{{nat}}}|flagicon/core|variant=|size=}} positions Rhys Haynes

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)
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