Sydney Uni American Football Club

Adding to the number of Lions who have had children this year, veteran defensive end Nicolai Hansen and his parter Heather have welcomed a baby boy into the world. Alexander was born today at Royal North Shore Hospital, and from all reports mum and bub are doing well. Congrats Nicolai from all the Lions family.

With a 46-14 victory over UTS, the 2013 Lions squad booked their place in the Waratah Bowl. In a physical encounter, the defence stepped up, smothering the potent UTS attack and forcing multiple turnovers. Keenan Mackett continued to add to his interception total, while the front 7 managed to put pressure on the UTS quarterback […]

The entire Lions family would like to extend their congratulations to Lions veteran Chady Aoun and his wife Tanya who had their third child last Tuesday evening. Elizabeth Anne Aoun was born on the 5th of November, measuring 53cm and weighing a healthy 3.5kg. Mum and child are both doing well, and we wish them […]

The Sydney University Lions have crowned their unbroken run of 10 straight NSW titles by winning the inaugural National Club Championship Game in American football. Sydney University hosted the landmark event with the support of the American Australian Association and the US Studies Centre on 11 August 2013, with the championship game being played on campus on the Square in front of a large partisan crowd.

The battle of the undefeated teams was a one sided affair. The understaffed Lions beat the Pirates 69-23, scoring in all facets of the game. The defence scores two interceptions returned for a touchdown, the kickoff unit returned the second half kickoff for a score, while the offence was brutal on the ground and dangerous […]

In a close fought match as befitting two foundation members of the GNSW, the Sydney University Lions played a hard fought match against the old foe, the Bondi Raiders with the Lions coming up victors 45-21. To give you an idea as to how close this game was, the score was 22-21 going into the […]

In a scrappy affair, the under strength Lions were able to get a 50-23 victory over the Northwestern Predators which was much closer than the score indicated. With the Lions O sputtering, the D stepped up with an interception returned for a touchdown, until the O was able to find its feet. Stats, match report […]

The first game of the 2013 season resulted in a strong 41-3 victory over UTS. Full match report and highlights to be posted soon, however stats from the game are available here.

  The first ever National Club Championship in American Football will be played at Sydney Uni with the support of the United States Studies Centre.   The mission of the United States Studies Centre is to increase understanding of the United States in Australia.  The Centre runs activities which span the study of politics and […]