Draft:Auckland University RFC

Auckland University Rugby Football Club
Union	Auckland rugby Union
Nickname(s)	Vipers
Founded	1888
Location	Saint Johns, Auckland
Ground(s)	Colin Maiden Park
President	Dave Clark
Director of Rugby	Bill Coman
Official website
	www.aurfc.co.nz

Submission declined on 28 October 2024 by DoubleGrazing (talk).

This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs multiple published sources that are:

in-depth (not just brief mentions about the subject or routine announcements)
reliable
secondary
strictly independent of the subject

Make sure you add references that meet all four of these criteria before resubmitting. Learn about mistakes to avoid when addressing this issue. If no additional references exist, the subject is not suitable for Wikipedia.

If you would like to continue working on the submission, click on the "Edit" tab at the top of the window.
If you have not resolved the issues listed above, your draft will be declined again and potentially deleted.
If you need extra help, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors.
Please do not remove reviewer comments or this notice until the submission is accepted.

Where to get help

If you need help editing or submitting your draft, please ask us a question at the AfC Help Desk or get live help from experienced editors. These venues are only for help with editing and the submission process, not to get reviews.
If you need feedback on your draft, or if the review is taking a lot of time, you can try asking for help on the talk page of a relevant WikiProject. Some WikiProjects are more active than others so a speedy reply is not guaranteed.

How to improve a draft

Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia – a basic overview on how to edit Wikipedia.
Help:Wikitext – how to use the markup
Help:Referencing for beginners – how to include references
Wikipedia:Article development – how to develop your article
Wikipedia:Writing better articles – how to improve your article
Wikipedia:Verifiability – make sure your article includes reliable third-party sources

You can also browse Wikipedia:Featured articles and Wikipedia:Good articles to find examples of Wikipedia's best writing on topics similar to your proposed article.

Improving your odds of a speedy review

To improve your odds of a faster review, tag your draft with relevant WikiProject tags using the button below. This will let reviewers know a new draft has been submitted in their area of interest. For instance, if you wrote about a female astronomer, you would want to add the Biography, Astronomy, and Women scientists tags.

Add tags to your draft

Editor resources

Easy tools: Citation bot (help) | Advanced: Fix bare URLs

Declined by DoubleGrazing 7 days ago. Last edited by DoubleGrazing 7 days ago. Reviewer: Inform author.

Resubmit

Please note that if the issues are not fixed, the draft will be declined again.

Auckland University Rugby Football club is a rugby union club based in Auckland, New Zealand. The club was established in 1888 and is affiliated with the Auckland Rugby Football Union. The club is situated at Colin Maiden Park in Saint Johns. The club has close ties to Auckland University however members do not need to be students.

The mens premier team competes for the coveted Gallaher shield. Since the shields induction in 1922 University has been champions 14 times with their most recent victory coming in 2017. University also won 3 titles prior to 1922 for a total of 17 titles.^[1]

All Blacks

Frank wilson 1910
William Geddes 1913
John Macky 1913
James Wylie 1913
Thomas Caughey 1932
John Tanner 1950
William Davies 1960
Grahame Thorne 1967
Christopher Fawcett 1976
Jason Hewett 1991
Grant Fox 1984
Sean Fitzpatrick 1986
John Drake 1986
Lee Stensness 1993
Daniel Braid 2002
Joe Rokocoko 2003
Angus MacDonald 2005
John Afoa 2005
Jerome Kaino 2006
Steven Luatua 2017

Gallaher Shields

2017, 2014, 1997, 1987, 1984, 1974, 1971, 1966, 1957, 1956, 1955, 1952, 1949, 1944, 1933, 1928, 1918, 1916, 1914

References

^ "Gallaher Shield Winners". web.archive.org. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[1] "Gallaher Shield Winners". web.archive.org. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[1]