Welcome to the Cauliflower club
The Cauliflower Club of Australia was established in 2012 by a group of former Wallabies and rugby fanatics, including Peter FitzSimons and Nick Farr-Jones.
We fundraise by bringing the rugby community together and our members, sponsors, ambassadors and partners to provide equipment for those with disabilities and sports related injuries.
You can support us by joining as a member, becoming a sponsor, making a donation, purchasing merchanidse, or by attending one of our events, including the Annual Fundraising Lunch.
2026 ANNUAL FUNDRAISING LUNCH
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OUR SPECIAL GUESTS
DON’T MISS OUT ON THE BEST RUGBY LUNCH OF THE YEAR.
RICHIE MCCAW ONZ AND SENATOR DAVID POCOCK IN CONVERSATION WITH OUR CHAIR PETER FITZSIMONS.
Help us to fund life-saving imaging for critically injured spinal and trauma patients at Royal North Shore Hospital
The Cauliflower Club is calling on the community to help bring next-generation, life-saving imaging technology to Royal North Shore Hospital, supporting critically injured spinal and trauma patients from across New South Wales.
The equipment and why it matters
When a critically injured patient arrives at the RNSH Trauma Service — the statewide referral centre for acute spinal cord injuries in NSW — the clinical team must act without delay. This advanced ultrasound technology provides crystal-clear, real-time imaging, eliminating the need to move critically ill patients to specialised imaging suites or rely on multiple pieces of equipment during those crucial first moments. It enables clinicians to make faster, more informed decisions when every second counts.
A key feature of the Venue Go™ R5 is its Transoesophageal Echocardiography capability. Using a small ultrasound probe, clinicians can obtain detailed, real-time images of the heart. For patients with severe spinal cord and traumatic injuries — where cardiac events carry significant risk — this enables rapid identification of complications such as blood clots, valve damage and other life-threatening conditions, helping guide immediate treatment during the most critical stages of care.
Beyond individual patients, this equipment will support world-leading research into how the heart responds to trauma — with the potential to improve care not only for patients treated at Royal North Shore Hospital, but for trauma patients across Australia and globally.
Join us
Our fundraising target is $143,360, raised at the Cauliflower Club Annual Fundraising Lunch — Friday 16 October 2026 at The Fullerton Hotel Sydney.
This year, Cauliflower Club Chair Peter FitzSimons hosts a conversation with Richie McCaw and Senator David Pocock.
👉 Book your tickets — https://events.humanitix.com/cauliflower-club-lunch-2026
👉 Learn more about the NORTH Foundation — northfoundation.org.au
All donations made at the lunch are tax deductible.
Young Yabbies Weekend CCXV Match Report
Mid-April in Young means one thing: frost on the ground, rugby in the air and the CCXV venturing well and truly out of their comfort zone.
The Community
Before the game even started the weekend was already delivering. The Yabbies have something quite remarkable happening with their junior programme - over 220 registered juniors. On Saturday morning a small army of enthusiastic young players took to the field for a Skills and Drills session run by the The Impact Academy.
Leading from the front, on approximately two hours of sleep, was our own Jeremy Tilse - rolling around the field like the biggest kid on the park, entirely in his element. The girls and boys absolutely loved it - and many of them stayed on for additional scrum and lineout work with Youngey and Tilesy long after they were supposed to finish. That’s the effect this club has on a rugby community.
CCXV vs Young Yabbies Old Boys
The game opened in entirely predictable fashion - forwards doing the required grunt work, backs doing what backs always do - dropping the ball.
Approximately 14 minutes in, the CCXV played what can only be described as their masterstroke when they unleashed upon an unsuspecting Young Yabbies their worst nightmare. Geoff ‘The Duke’ Diddier. Fresh from an evening of thorough preparation at the Aussie, The Duke had three glorious minutes on the field before being dramatically escorted off following the production of a red card.
The reason? The referee had taken exception to The Duke’s attempt to introduce his elbow to a Yabbie’s face.
When interviewed after the game and asked to explain himself, The Duke’s position was straightforward: '“He had it coming”.
No further questions were asked.
After a seesawing battle that produced everything a good old boys rugby game should, and probably a few things it shouldn’t, the final score has been lost to the ages.
On a serious note, the weekend raised approximately $17,000 for The Sargood Foundation, which given the nature of the preceding forty eight hours, is no mean feat at all. Well done to everyone,
Bigger Screens, better days – a lesson in generosity.
There is a particular kind of restlessness that comes with a long hospital stay. The hours between therapy sessions, the evenings when visiting time ends. The Spinal Rehabilitation Centre at Austin Health on the Royal Talbot Campus in Kew in Victoria is a leading specialist rehabilitation centre in Australia, patients can spend weeks or even months working through that journey.
The Centre serves spinal cord injury patients from across Victoria, Tasmania and regional New South Wales. Until very recently the limited televisions available at the Centre were up to 15 years old and some barely worked.
The Cauliflower Club has donated four new televisions to the centre. More channels, more options, and we are hopeful that at least one of them may be tuned into the rugby at some point.
The donation came about through the initiative of two Cauliflower Club board members, Ian Barker and Tony Sambell and their connection to Maciu and Kylie Vosa – who many CCA supporters will know.
"We are incredibly grateful for this generous donation and deeply touched that the Vosa family chose to direct this gesture of support towards our patients. Something as simple as a modern TV can make a huge difference to wellbeing our patients, helping people stay connected and entertained throughout what can be a long and challenging rehab journey"
To find out more about Royal Talbot, head here https://www.austin.org.au/royal-talbot-rehabilitation-centre/
your fundraising support in action
The Cauliflower Club proudly supports Sargood on Collaroy and Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT. Thanks to the generosity of our donors, we are able to offer a great range of adaptive equipment and technologies to help those with life changing spinal cord Injuies access sport and rehabilitation.
contribute to the club
You can support the Cauliflower Club by joining as a member for $50 per year, becoming a sponsor, making a donation, sponsoring a club rugby fundraiser, attending one of our community events, or purchasing merchandise.
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The Ruck
The Cauliflower Club was formed by a group of former Wallabies and rugby fanatics. Meet the team here.
