Casuarina Cougars Rugby Union Club  

Casuarina Rugby Club (Cougars) was established in 1975 and is a founding member of the Northern Territory Rugby Union Inc.  The Cougars were founded as a result of the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy where the main single men’s accommodation was established to house the clean up crews.  As a result of the location the Club was first named Tracy Village.  As the cleaning up progressed along with the enormous task of rebuilding Darwin, there were more and more service personnel and civilian contractors settling in Darwin, and as a direct consequence so did the Club in members.  With the impact of rebuilding Darwin and the fact that Tracy Village was so close to the ever-growing suburb of Casuarina, it was decided that the Club should reflect the main area of conception thus being the district of Casuarina.

The Club has now been contesting Rugby in the Northern Territory for over 30 years and has produced some the NT’s best representative players.  From the Cougars we have had approximately 70-80 home grown players represent the Northern Territory at both senior and junior levels. Two of those players both being Club Life Members are John Connolly (current Australian Wallabies Coach and former Queensland Reds Coach) and Bruce Kennon who represented the Queensland Reds with 9 caps as a brilliant & elusive back rower in the early 80’s and can boast to be only 1 of 22 players to ever beat the All Blacks in a provincial game on Australian soil.  Ex Wallaby, Jim Williams played two seasons with the Cougars. John Connolly played and coached the Cougars for a period of 4 years during the early 80’s.

Premierships:	1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 2010
Training times:	Tuesdays and Thursdays
Training venue:	Austar Rugby Park, Mararra, Ground 2
Grades	Senior A and B grades, Womens, Juniors under 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 and 17
Contacts:	Visit contacts section of website
Website:	www.casuarinarugby.com.au