Western Sydney Rams
PCS Western Sydney Rams
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| Founded |
2007
(as Western Sydney Rams)
re-formed as Greater Sydney 2014, Western Sydney 2016. |
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| Location | Western Sydney, Australia |
| Ground(s) |
Concord Oval
(Capacity: 20,000)
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| Coach(es) | John Muggleton |
| Captain(s) | Paul Asquith |
| League(s) | National Rugby Championship |
| 2007 | ARC Semi-Finalist |
| Official website | |
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The Western Sydney Rams is an Australian rugby union team that competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team is one of three sides from New South Wales in the competition; the other two being the Sydney Rays and New South Wales Country Eagles.
The Western Sydney Rams team in the NRC takes its identity from the Rams side that played in the previous national competition, the Australian Rugby Championship (ARC). The ARC was discontinued following the first season in 2007, but after an absence of six years the national competition was relaunched as the NRC in 2014.
The revived Rams team for 2014 was backed by a syndicate of private investors in partnership with four Sydney rugby clubs; Parramatta, Penrith, Southern Districts and West Harbour. The Eastwood club was initially included in the partnership but withdrew prior to the 2014 season.
A law firm, People + Culture Strategies (PCS), was announced as the Rams' naming rights partner for the 2014 to 2016 seasons.
The inspiration for the name Rams derives from the pioneering past of Western Sydney; and as recognition of the settlers that started the Australian sheep and wool industries in Parramatta. The colours of the Rams are taken from the team's previous incarnation as the Western Sydney Rams, as unveiled at the ARC team's launch in March 2007. Orange and blue mirror the colours of the City of Parramatta.
In 2007, an attempt was made to form a third tier of rugby in Australia, similar to New Zealand's ITM Cup and South Africa's Currie Cup. The new competition, called the Australian Rugby Championship, included eight teams. Three of those teams were based in New South Wales, including a Western Sydney team based at Parramatta.
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