RMIT Redbacks

The RMIT Redbacks currently administers 40 clubs in competitive sport ranging from local grassroots level to semi-professional, available to student and non-student members.

The Working Men's College (WMC) was an all-male tertiary institution opened in 1887 at the college's campus on La Trobe Street, Melbourne City following the initial financial support and founding by prominent Victorian parliamentarian and philanthropist Francis Ormond in 1881.

[2] Following the end of World War I, the WMC formed clubs for tennis, swimming, rowing, lacrosse, baseball and boxing and entered annual multi-sport events, firstly the Inter-Technical School Carnival held in Brunswick and subsequently the Preparatory School Sports held in Queenscliffe.

In 1927, the WMC coordinated its first interstate student sporting trip in an exchange of visits with Adelaide Technical High School .

Table tennis, softball, hockey, basketball, squash, badminton, netball, fencing, golf and volleyball were introduced to the campus between 1960 and 1969.

The Phillip Institute of Technology (PIT) was a northern Melbourne tertiary college from 6 January 1982 to 30 June 1992.

Universities could enter one team per sport across the two divisions with student athletes able to compete in multiple events.

Student athletes compete in a variety of disciplines including slalom, boarder cross, slopestyle and rails.

RMIT hosted the inaugural NBL Big Hustle 3x3 Nationals at its Melbourne City Campus in 2018.

The RMIT Redbacks’ Tenpin Bowling Team competed in the 2019 UiTM International Sports Fiesta in Malaysia at Universiti Teknologi Mara in the city of Shah Alam between July 31-August 4.

Perrella won gold in the Men's Singles and Wallace claimed the bronze medal in the same event.

Track and field Tandem cycling The following national athletes are alumni or current students of RMIT University.

In 2010, RMIT Sport began the annual practice of appointing a male and female student as co-captains for the duration of the year.