RMIT Redbacks

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The RMIT Redbacks are the sport collective of the Australian research University the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), based at all campuses in Victoria and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The program is managed by the RMIT Sport team, part of RMIT Student Life.

Organised sport was first established at the Melbourne City Campus when the University re-branded from the Working Men's College, Melbourne to Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1960.

RMIT has participated in the Australian University Games^[1] since 1992, initially competing as the Coburg Kangaroos due to the university's partnership with the Coburg-based Philip Institute of Technology (PIT). Following PIT's amalgamation into RMIT in 1992, RMIT re-branded as the Rhinos before changing the mascot to the Redbacks in 1997.

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.