ABSENT FRIENDS

As time goes by, players come and go.  This page is devoted to girls (and a couple of guys) who are not currently playing with the Frocs. Any girl who finds herself listed here is, of course, welcome to return at any time!! If any current or past Froc has information we can add to this page - please let us know at kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au  We are particularly looking for corrections and additions to the dates, and also for details about ex-players Megan, Tracey, Tiffany, Annabelle and Rachel.

 

Check out the photos at the bottom of this page of ex-Frocs playing in teams interstate and overseas!

 

Hannah

Years: 2008

Position: ?

Hannah came and trained with us but hurt her knee badly at work (playing soccer - humph) and won't be able to play for a while. We're hopeful she might take the field in the future!

 

 

Trish Abbott

Years: 1997 - 1998, 2004 (and on and off in between)

Position: Lock/Flanker

Trish has also refereed and was a Development Officer for the South Australian Rugby Union in 1997 (?)

Trish Comes and goes from year to year, but her other rugby commitments (including in various years with the SA Junior Union and coaching the club's Under 8s) make playing too hard for her.

Fiona Brady (nee Mensforth)

Years: 1995 to 2002

Position: Lock/Prop

State Representative: 1995, 1997

Awards: Edna Reilly Trophy (SARU award for best Women's Player in SA) 1997

Retired - raising another generation of rugby players.

Olivia Bristow

Years: 2007

Position: Second Row

 

 

 

Susan "Junior" Brooks

Years: 2001 to 2006

Position: Winger/Fullback

State Representative: 2006

 

Junior hurt her shoulder in 2006 and while we hope she may be back, it seems unlikely. Junior earned her nickname because she was the youngest and smallest member of the team when she joined.

 

Jasmine Brown

Years: 1997

Position: Centre? 

Retired.

 

Ray Butler

Years: 1997 - 1998, 2002 - 2004, 2007

COACH  

Ray Coached the team for many years. He has always been an inspiration to many of girls, and well loved.

 

Michelle Carr (nee Wilson)

Years: 1996 - 1999

Position: Scrumhalf 

State Representative:

Retired - raising another generation of rugby players.

 

Kathryn Cherry

Years: 1996 to 1999, 2004 - 2005

Position: Scrumhalf/Flyhalf

State Representative: 1996 - 1999

Kath was injured in the 2005 season and retired from the game. She also coached us for part of 2008

Kate Churcher

Years: 2007

Position: Flanker

Kate injured her knee in the 2007 season.

 

 

Zoe Crittenden

Years: 2005

Position: Winger

Zoe played a great year of rugby with us but decided to try other things.

 

  Erik Chmielski

Fitness Trainer, 2006

Some of us still have personal training sessions with Erik. We love him, even when he hurts us. Find him at www.strategicfit.com.au

Denzil Church

Coached the team in 2000, currently the club's 2nd XV Manager and Senior Selector

 

Hamish Cranna

Supported the formation of the team, as President of the Club in 1995

Coached the team in 2001

Currently, serving time as 1st XV Manager

 

Candice Daniel

Years: 2002 - 2003, 2005, 2006

Position: Flyhalf/Centre/Winger

Candy has her hands full with her two gorgeous babies, but we hope to see her back out on the pitch when life is a bitmore managable. She's still the one and only MILF!

Helene Dimitri

Years: 1996 to 1998

Position: Prop

State Representative: 1997 - 1998

Retired.

 

Nicola Dutton

Years: 1997 to 1999

Position: Winger

State Representative: 1998

Missing in action for years, played for Burnside in 2004, now moved to Canberra.

 

Tara Eliades

Years: 2006, 2007

Position: Winger 

 

Jenni Evans

Years: 2004

Position: Centre/Winger

Played a wonderful half year, then returned to Ireland. Badly missed!

Erin Faehrmann

Years: 2004 - 2005

Position: Centre/Winger

Retired. Erin's busy life has squeezed out rugby.

 

Samantha Faehrmann

Years: 2004, 2006

Position: Prop

Awards: The Sandi Jenni Medal (Coach's Encouragement Award) 2004

Too busy for us in 2005, 2006 and 2007 but occasionally still threatens to return.

Andy Farquharson

Years: 2006, 2007

COACH  

 Despite Andy's own rugby committments, he'll be helping out Ray when he can this year.

Jo Fell

Years: 1996 to 2000

Position: Fullback

State Representative: 1996 - 1999

Moved on ...

 

Simone Fogarty

Years: 2001 - 2002

Position: Winger/Prop (!)

Took a year off to travel the country and was too busy with work to come back.  Promised faithfully to return in 2005, but health problems intervened. Came back to pre-season training in 2006 with a vengance, but work and other issues will keep her away from us for 2006 and 2007 again.

 

Catherine Follett

Years: 1998 to 2001

Position: Winger

Retired to due to career/marriage commitments. Now living in Laos with her husbamd and new baby!

 

Laura Giaretto

Years: 1997 to 1999

Position: Fly-half/Centre

State Representative: 1997, 1998

Awards: Best Back 1999

Retired.

 

Bronwyn Gibson

Years: 1997, 1998, 1999

Position: Lock  

State Representative: 1998 

Retired.

 

  Jodie Hawson

Years: 1999

Position: Lock

Transferred to Adelaide University Team.

 

Phoebe Hope

Years: 2007

Position: Fullback

Phoebe moved to NSW.

 

 

Sophie Hudson

Years: 2008

Position: ?

Sophie came and trained with us energetically for a few months but had to leave Adelaide for work before the first game. We're hopeful she might return and take the field in the future!

 

 

Cara Hume

Years: 1996 to 1999

Position: Centre/Winger/Fullback

State Representative: 1997 - 1998

Awards: Best Back 1998

Left to concentrate on work/study.

 

(Imogen is on the right)

 

Imogen Hume

Years: 1997 to 2006, Captain 2004

Position: Flanker, Hooker, Scrumhalf

State Representative: 2000, 2004

Awards: Most Improved 2000, Best Forward 2000, Most Improved 2006

 Imogen swears she's "taking 2007 off", and her work commitments certainly do make it hard for her, but we haven't quite given up hope yet. We may try and lure her back to the pitch with pink poloshirts and sparkling burgundy...

Tiana Hume

Years: 1996 to 2005, Captain 2003, COACH 2007

Position: Scrumhalf (but has also played flanker)

State Representative: 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003

Awards: Most Improved 1999, Best Back 2000, 2001, 2002

Tiana moved away to Port Augusta and also had knee problems, and now she has returned and is coaching us with Ray and Andy! Yay for the Hume Family!

Esme Jasko (nee Thomas)

Years: 1996 to 2002

Position: Prop. Captain 2000-2002

State Representative: 1996- 2000

Awards: Best Forward 1998, Most Improved 1998

Retired - raising another generation of rugby players.

Sandi Jenni

Click here for fuller bio and obituary

Years: 1997 to 1999

Position: Winger

State Representative: 1997, 1998

Awards: Highest point scorer (clubwide award) 1997

Rest in peace, Sandi...

 

Sarah Keating (nee Lasscock)

Years: 1996 to 2000

Position: Lock/Flanker

State Representative: 1996, 1997, 1998

Retired due to injury.

 

Meredith Knowler

Years: 1995 to 1999

Position: Flanker - Captain 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999  

State Representative: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 - Captain 1997

Awards: Edna Reilly Trophy (SARU award for best Women's Player in SA) 1998

Transferred to Adelaide University team.   No longer playing.

 

Julia Knuckey

Years: 2004, 2006

Position: Winger

We broke Julia towards the end of 2004, and although she trained with us from time to time, she never returned to the pitch.

 

Jenny Latte

Years: 2005 - 2006

Position: Winger, Lock

Jen moved on to try other things.

 

 

Ronnie May

Years: 1999

Position: Prop   

Returned to NSW?

 

Penny Morton

Years: 1997 to 1999

Position: Lock.  

State Representative: 1997, 1998, 1999

Transferred to Adelaide University team. No longer playing.

 

Bec Mullane

Years: 2005

Position: Prop/Lock

 Bec played with us in 2005 but has now transfered to Southern Suburbs.

Tara Naige

Years: 2003 - 2007

Position: Fly-half/Centre/Winger/Fullback

State Representative: 2003 - 2006

 Tara has moved to Tonga! We hope she'll return (with Tongans?) in 2009.

Amanda Nicholls

Years: 2003

Position: Winger

Concentrating on her career and recovering from illness

 

Beth Nollenberger

Years: 2005

Position: Winger

 Left us to work in Wyoming!

Naomi Oberscheidt

Years: 1997 - 2000

Position: COACH

State Representative: 1998, 1999, 2000, Assistant Coach 2005

Retired due to injury. Had played Fly-half/Centre/Flanker. Left us to travel the world in 2006

 

Bec "Missy" Ogilvie

Years: 2002 to 2003

Position: Centre/Winger

Moved to Queensland, following a pair of trousers ...

 

Kelly O'Neill

Years: 2003 - 2007

Position: Lock, Flanker, Prop.  

State Representative: 2005

Awards: Most Improved 2005 

Kelly was OS and working nearly every Saturday most of 2008 but we're hoping she'll make an appearance again!

Ryan "Boo Boo" Neilsen

Year: Coach, 2006

Still playing senior rugby himself.

 

  Chris Pearl

Coached the team in 1999

 

Emily Pollack

Years: 2002

Position: Lock  

Transferred to Port Adelaide/Woodville team where she played until 2004

 

Lusia Raikiwasa

Years: 2002 - 2006

Position: Prop/Lock/Centre

State Representative: 2003, 2004, Vice Captain 2004, 2005

Awards: The Sandi Jenni Medal (Coach's Encouragement Award) 2003, Best Back 2006

Moved to Broome at the beginning of 2007. Sorely missed!  

 

Natarsha Reglar

Years: 2004

Position: Prop  

Orginally played for Burnside years and years ago, but hung around Old Colls with her family for a few years in the meantime, eventually yielding to the inevitable and taking the field with us in 2004. Has now moved to Brisbane with her family. 

Sally Renfrey

Years: 2003

Position: Lock  

Transferred from Burnside when they folded in 2003, and has now moved to Perth.  We miss you Sal!   Check out a photo of Sal playing for Cottesloe in Perth

 

Kate Reynolds

Years: 2000 - 2008

Position: Outside centre  (has also played winger and fullback, but she's got her eye on the flank...)

State Representative: 2004 - 2006

Awards: Most Improved 2003, Best Back 2004, Lee Fata Trophy for Best and Fairest State Player 2006

 Katie hs moved to London for a year. We hope she'll be back in 2009

Deb Richardson

Years: 2006

Position:Tighthead Prop, Hooker

 She's camera shy! Deb can't continue because of work commitments but we hope to see her out on the pitch from time to time.

Susan Roberts

Years: 2002

Position: Centre 

Retired.

 

  Phillipa Shell

Years: 2008

Position: Fly half

Pip went back to UK after all too little time with us!  

Elysha Skipper

Years: 2003, 2006

Position: Flanker/Centre/Flyhalf

 Elysha left us to return to Canada in 2003 and returned in 2006. She took her time recovering from a skiing injury, and then after a few great games she had to return to Canada, permanently this time. We'll miss you, Skip!

Emma Slater

Years: 2006

Position: Wing/Lock

Emma joined us for a few games before moving to Ballarat. She would have been a great player, we wish her all the best!

Karen Stanton

Years: 2004

Position: Prop/Second row  

Moved to Canberram, moved back. Recovering from an injury sustained playing SOCCER! Bad girl!

 

  Emma Tachowski (?)

Years: 2000

Position: Centre  

Wandered off...

Belinda Wade

Years: 1999 - 2005, 2007

Position: Five-eight/Centre/Fullback 

State Representative: 2004 - 2005

Awards: Willie Wilson Memorial Award for Best First Year Player (clubwide award) 2000, Most Improved 2002, Best Back 2003 and 2007

Pregnant in 2006 and missed the season, but ably filled the manager's role for a while. Belinda has now had the lovely Sam. She returned to the pitch in 2007 but has now retired to concentrate on her work and family - pregnant again!

 

 

Naomi Woodstock

Years: 2003 - 2007

Position: Lock, Prop  

State Representative: 2005

Naomi is concentrating on her work and studies this year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXPORTS!

We were sorry to lose them, but we're glad they're still playing.

(We're STILL waiting on photos from Missy, Tarsh, Elysha, Jenny and Kate!)

These photos of Sal playing for Cottesloe in Perth are during their 2004 final against the Wests Lions.

The photos are copyright and were provided with the kind permission of Christian Sprogoe

(www.csfoto.com.au - lots of good photos of Perth rugby, check it out)