Shamrock Club Test Dinner on 27 September
The highlight of the year will no doubt be the annual ‘Test Match Weekend’ on Friday 27th September and Saturday 28th September for the Bledisloe Cup: New Zealand vs Australia.
Wallabies legend David Campese AM has been announced be the guest speaker for the dinner at O’Shea Performing Arts Centre, St Patricks College. Tickets include a buffet dinner and refreshments (4 tickets per member).
Not a member of the Shamrock Club? You can still join - or purchase tickets for the dinner only ($130 per person for the Test Match Dinner). Email msprugby@xtra.co.nz if you're interested.
David Campese AM Biography
David Campese is a modern great of the game and one of the finest wingers to ever lace up a pair of boots. The unpredictable, mercurial genius of the goose-step mesmerised rugby fans the world over. During his distinguished career, he was capped 101 times by Australia and he captured the Rugby World Cup with his country in 1991.
Although he is best known for his achievements on the international stage, David Campese enjoyed a highly decorated domestic career in rugby’s amateur era. Between 1980 and 1999, he represented many of Australia’s top sides, including New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory at state level. Between 1981 and 1983, he also won three consecutive grand finals with the Queanbeyan Whites. He then followed this with eight grand final victories with Randwick.
As well as representing many of Australia’s top sides, David Campese also spent nine seasons in Italy. During this time, he won the Italian title on five occasions while playing for Petrarca Padova and Amatori Rugby Milano. However, David Campese undoubtedly saved his best performances for the Wallabies, who he represented with distinction between 1982 and 1996. During this time, he also made appearances for the country’s rugby sevens teams.
David Campese’s greatest moment arguably came in 1991, when he won the Rugby World Cup. After the final, he was also named as Player of the Tournament. During the tournament, he scored six tries. When he retired from international rugby in 1996, he was the leading test try scorer of all time with a record 64 tries, in a phenomenal 15-year international career. However, this record has since been overtaken.
He played in three World Cup tournaments, 1987, 1991 and 1995). He was also part of three winning Bledisloe Cup teams, 1986, 1992, and 1994. In 2002 he was awarded a Member of the Order of Australia “for service to Rugby Union football as a player and promoter of the sport, and to the community.” Five years later Campese was inducted into the Wallaby Hall of Fame and in 2013 he entered the World Rugby Hall of Fame. Campese was one of a kind and it is quite possible that we will ever see his like again.
"Such an individual is David Campese, who, on the world stage, was willing to risk personal failure to achieve success"
BOB DWYER - Rugby World Cup 1991 Winning Australian Coach
“Every time David Campese got the ball, people sat up and took note. He took risks and I love that”
BILL MCLAREN - The Voice of Rugby
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