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Meet The Manly RUFC Board

Meet The
Manly RUFC Board

President

Matthew Curll

I have been involved in Manly Rugby for four decades, having played from fifth to first grade with the Manly Marlins between 1993 to 1998 (winning the Shute Shield Premier title in 1997), serving on the board previously during some of the Begg years, and also serving as a Trustee of the Manly Rugby Foundation. Since November 2023 I am now proudly serving as its Club President. In addition to this, I am an accomplished insurance lawyer and leader who has been advising both Australian and English insurers in the General Insurance sector for 30 years. As the national practice leader of Hall & Wilcox’s national insurance division, I am a member of the firm’s executive leadership group and board of partners. I manage a large national team over eight offices, and am focussed on ensuring our people, our clients and our community all thrive. Most importantly I am passionate about Manly Rugby, the Manly Community and I look forward to bringing together all the skills I have to help Make Manly Rugby Great Again in this post covid era, to see our young players develop into better rugby players, better people and for them, our members, our juniors, our sponsors and the community at large to have great experiences and lifelong memories from their visits down to the village green at Manly. I also want us to win a Shute Shield again. It is time.

Vice President

Tim Herbert

Tim first joined Manly in 1990 when β€œhe wandered in off the street” as an English backpacker. He played for the club for 4 years before returning to the UK until finally emigrating to Australia permanently in 2000. Tim and his wife Emma are well known to the Manly rugby community and have 3 sons who have all played for Manly rugby whether it be as a club junior or for the Marlins themselves. Tim has worked in the IT and BPO sectors since his return to Sydney 20+ years ago and had been involved with the Manly Marlins Colts program for over 5 years firstly as a coach and then as the Director of Colts. Tim has now moved into the role of Director of Rugby for both Grade and Colts.

Treasurer

Andrew Gourley

Andrew is a Chartered Accountant who started his career with PWC before moving to Chubb Insurance holding several executive level roles including CFO. His involvement with Manly rugby started in 2002 with his son first running on for the Harbord Harlequins and continued with various roles including team manager, committee member, treasurer and today as the club’s auditor and life member. Andrew also had a long association with Manly Junior Rugby managing rep teams for many years before taking on responsibility for managing Manly Colts. After a short break, Andrew joined the Marlins Board as Treasurer in 2019.

Finance Manager

Graham Beale

Liv has been dedicated and heavily involved within the Manly Mermaids since 2021, playing Rugby 7’s as well as representing the ladies as Club Captain. She has enthusiastically joined the Manly Rugby Club Board to help guide the club with the growth and development of the Manly Mermaids, particularly with the introduction to the Jack Scott Cup in 2024. Liv aims to draw her knowledge and experience working in the Sports Media and Advertising industry, as well as her passion for Women’s sport, to further enhance the success and strengths of the Manly Mermaids Rugby Program.

Colts & Juniors

Peter Gibson

Peter has been the President of Manly Junior Rugby Union since 2019 and has come onto the Board to promote the Marlins throughout our extensive junior base to ensure a smooth pathway exists for our juniors through to Colts. Peter has been involved with coaching at the junior club level and Manly Reps since since 2015 and in 2022 was also part of the Sydney Juniors Representative Coaching Team. Peter currently runs his own consulting business and commenced many years ago as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG before moving to Macquarie Bank in the Property Investment Banking Team. Peter has also worked in corporate roles including CFO and COO in investment banking, private equity, startup businesses and property.

Community

David Begg

David practised as a lawyer for 25 years in a variety of fields, including commercial and insurance litigation, across large and boutique firms. Following this he founded one of Australia’s most successful public affairs and advocacy businesses, before taking on a senior executive role at Australia’s largest personal injury scheme agent and insurer. David has previously served the club as Manly Marlins President, and is excited to be back involved with the club.

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