Weary Dunlop Shield

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SportRugby union
Location
Teams2
First meeting18 February 2011; 15 years ago (2011-02-18)
Weary Dunlop Shield
The Weary Dunlop Shield
Melbourne Rebels
New South Wales Waratahs
SportRugby union
Location
Teams2
First meeting18 February 2011; 15 years ago (2011-02-18)
Latest meeting29 March 2024; 2 years ago (2024-03-29)
Statistics
Meetings total26
All-time record
Largest victoryNew South Wales Waratahs, 43–0 (18 February 2011)
Smallest victory
Longest win streakNew South Wales Waratahs, 6 (24 March 2017 – 31 May 2019)

The Weary Dunlop Shield was an annual Australian domestic rugby union match contested between the Victorian team, Melbourne Rebels, and the New South Welsh team, New South Wales Waratahs, between 2011 and 2024. Played within the Super Rugby competition, the two teams typically played each other twice a year, with the winner of each match being awarded the Weary Dunlop Shield. Created in 2011 upon the arrival of the expansion team Melbourne Rebels, the match was contested a total of twenty-six times. The New South Wales Waratahs have won majority of the fixtures (18).

The Weary Dunlop Shield effectively ended when the Melbourne Rebels were withdrawn from the Super Rugby following the 2024 season.

The namesake of the match, Sir Edward “Weary” Dunlop (1907–1993),[1] was an Australian surgeon, former Colonel in the Australian Army during World War II, and former prisoner of war with vast honours. Dunlop was also a keen rugby union player who became the first Victorian-born Australia representative, hailing from Wangaratta.[1][2] Dunlop made his international debut against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1932. He played across several forward positions and made a total of two appearances for Australia.[3]

Results

Overview

Details Played Won by
Rebels		 Won by
Waratahs		 Drawn Rebels points Waratahs points
In Victoria 11 4 7 0 247 313
In New South Wales 15 4 11 0 334 437
Overall 26 8 (30.77%) 18 (69.23%) 0 581 750

List

  • (Brackets) denotes total matches the shield was held.
No. Season Date Venue Score Winner Ref.
1 2011 18 February Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 0–43 New South Wales Waratahs (1) [4][5]
2 20 April Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 28–9 New South Wales Waratahs (2) [6][7]
3 2012 2 March Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 19–35 New South Wales Waratahs (3) [8][9]
4 21 April Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 30–21 New South Wales Waratahs (4) [10]
5 2013 1 March Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 31–26 New South Wales Waratahs (5) [11]
6 24 May Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 24–22 Melbourne Rebels (1) [12][13]
7 2014 21 March Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 32–8 New South Wales Waratahs (6) [14][15]
8 23 May Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 19–41 New South Wales Waratahs (7) [16][17]
9 2015 20 February Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 28–38 New South Wales Waratahs (8) [18]
10 25 April Stadium Australia, Sydney 18–16 New South Wales Waratahs (9) [19][20]
11 2016 3 April Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 17–21 Melbourne Rebels (2) [21]
12 2017 24 March Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 25–32 New South Wales Waratahs (10) [22][23]
13 21 May Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 50–23 New South Wales Waratahs (11) [24][25]
14 2018 18 March Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 51–27 New South Wales Waratahs (12) [26][27][28]
15 29 June Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 26–31 New South Wales Waratahs (13) [29]
16 2019 20 April Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 23–20 New South Wales Waratahs (14) [30][31]
17 31 May Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 15–20 New South Wales Waratahs (15) [32]
18 2020 14 February Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 24–10 Melbourne Rebels (3) [33][34]
N/a 2 May Brookvale Oval, Sydney Cancelled [35]
19 2020 (AU) 24 July Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 10–29 Melbourne Rebels (4) [36]
20 29 August Leichhardt Oval, Sydney[a] 32–38 New South Wales Waratahs (16) [37]
21 2021 (AU) 19 March Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 33–14 Melbourne Rebels (5) [38]
22 24 April Western Sydney Stadium, Sydney 25–36 Melbourne Rebels (6) [39]
23 2022 19 March Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney 24–19 New South Wales Waratahs (17) [40]
24 2023 10 March Melbourne Rectangular Stadium, Melbourne 34–27 Melbourne Rebels (7) [41]
25 13 May Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 38–20 New South Wales Waratahs (18) [42]
26 2024 29 March Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney 21–27 Melbourne Rebels (8) [43]

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