The Sydney University American Football Club was founded in 1984 and has a long history of winning championships, developing players for state and national team selection and teaching anyone with a passion for sport how to play the most amazing game on the planet.
Sydney Uni has contact teams for Men and Colts (16-19), as well as Flag (non-contact) teams for Women and Juniors (13-15), in the peak competition for American Football in New South Wales. The season runs from September through to mid-December, with pre-season starting in June. Training occurs on Wednesday nights and Sunday mornings. We also run a Social Flag competition from April – June each year.
Contact – Men & Colts
The club enters teams in the Division I (Open) and Colts (U19) competitions of Gridiron NSW. The Sydney Uni Lions play in Division I of Gridiron NSW and the Sydney Uni Cubs play in the U19 Colts competition.
To be eligible for the Cubs, you must turn at least 16, but not turning older than 19, within the year of the competition.
To be eligible for the Lions, you must be 18 as of the 1st of January.
The Lions have won more NSW titles (22) than any other club. Every year, about a third of our team is made up of players who are completely new to the sport. If you are willing to give it a go, then we have the coaches and the equipment to make you part of our championship team.
Flag – Women
The club entered a team in the Gridiron NSW Women’s competition for the first time in 2018. Whilst the competition was originally full contact, in 2025 it moved to a Flag Football (non-contact) competition.
To be eligible, you must be 16 years of age or older as of the 1st of January.
Flag – Juniors
From 2025, the Club will be entering teams into the Gridiron NSW Junior Flag Football competition. This is a mixed competition and to be eligible, you must turn at least 13 in the year of the competition, but not turning older than 15 in the year of the competition.
Flag – Social
The club runs a mixed Social Flag Football from April through June on Wednesday evenings between 6.15pm – 9.30pm at St Andrews Oval, Sydney Uni.
To get involved in any of our teams or to find out more about the club, please send an email to [email protected]