History
The inaugural Australian Rugby Championship, starting in August 2007, includes eight teams of which three of which are based in the state of New South Wales. Prior to the announcement of Sydney's name, logo and colours, the coaching set up for the inaugural season was unveiled in January 2007. The three man coaching team was led by NSW Country head coach Col Jeffs, with former Wallaby and Waratah Scott Bowen (Easts head coach) and former Waratah and Italy Test lock Mark Giacheri (Randwick head coach) the assistant coaches. The name, logo and team colours were unveiled 27 February 2007 at a launch aboard the museum ship HMAS Vampire at the Australian National Maritime Museum, in Darling Harbour.
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