That's what the Waratahs' rugby club was built on.

The former President's Cup venture will celebrate 25 years since its inaugural season on March 21, the same year that saw them come away with their first and only premiership - an 18-6 win over Narromine at Cumnock.

The club has been out of action for several years now but for the players who donned the baby blue, the memories of the glory days remain strong.

"The first day I came to training I only knew three other blokes. Now, we're all the best of mates 25 years on," former five-eighth Neil Bollinger said.

"We'll help each other out if need be, stand by each other, have a beer and all that stuff."

The team was at risk of falling apart at one stage but Bollinger said Facebook helped bring the boys back together.

"Until social media kicked in we had lost touch," he said.

"Once we all started getting Facebook and that sort of stuff we all started communicating."

Dave Haggar didn't play for the club until three years after it formed but was recruited by Michael Page while the pair were at work one day and ended up spending 12 years on the pitch.

"I was working with him at Coles and he said we need a prop - you look about the right size," Hagger laughed.

"That's how the club started. Everyone just brought someone along, everyone knew someone. It was just mates playing with each other and that's why it stayed together for so long."

"It was a really unlikely bunch of blokes, too," former hooker Michael page added.

"You had guys who hadn't played in yonks, guys who were just starting out, guys who were having one last hoorah.

"You wouldn't have anything to do with these blokes otherwise and you end up becoming lifelong mates with them."

The club didn't have a wealth of success on the paddock after the grand-final year, and always had a hard time getting enough numbers to training, but Haggar praised his club for always winning the other accolades.

"We didn't win a lot of games after 1995 but we always won the boat race," he said.

According to Michael Page, if you didn't have a mates-first mentality, you were out the door pretty quickly.

"All the blokes came together and we're now lifelong mates which was a big part of the club all along," Page said.

"Anyone who didn't have those traits didn't last very long."

A group of 40-strong are expected to turn up to Pride Park on Saturday March 21 as the boys will 'reluctantly' cheer on Orange City in its season opener before celebrating at Waratahs Sports Club throughout the night.