OIU Challenge Trophy



The OIU Challenge Trophy is a perpetual award recognising the leading Old Ignatian across the OIU's sports tipping competitions each year. 

The 2026 OIU Tipping Competitions have now closed and the winners announced (see below).

But now is the time to get ready for the 2027 OIU Tipping Competitions!  We use the Footytips platform, so if you don't have a Footy Tips account already, you can create it here: https://footytips.espn.com.au

The prizes for each Tipping Comp are:
1st: $200 voucher + name on OIU Challenge Trophy
2nd: $100 voucher
3rd: $50 voucher

Join the OIU Footy Tipping Competitions, reconnect with old classmates, make new Old Ignatian connections, and enjoy a bit of friendly banter on the WhatsApp Tipping groups.

Please note that the OIU Challenge Trophy is open to Old Ignatians ONLY

Bookmark this page for the 2027 OIU Footy Tipping Competitions - we'll post links to the competitions when they're launched

To enable Leaderboards by Class Year, please also click here and share your details 

(you'll also find the competition password on this link if needed)


2027 Season start and finish dates:

Super Rugby Pacific (Friday, 12th February to Saturday, 26th June 2027)

NRL (Sunday, 28th February to Sunday, 3rd October 2027)

Rugby World Cup (Friday, 1st October to Saturday, 13th November 2027)


Please contact brian.shanahan@oiu.org.au with any issues or questions.

2026 Tippings Comps

Thank you to the ~100 Old Ignatians that participated in the OIU's Footy Tipping Competitions in 2026.


The OIU x NRL Tipping Competition is the largest with over 60 tipsters competing.  Congrats to the top tipsters in each of the leaving classes:



If you're interested in assisting or sponsoring the OIU's Tipping Competitions, please contact us via the OIU Volunteer page here: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/u7KyZfDAR1