The Phantoms have been playing touch rugby in Melbourne since circa 1996, first at the Albert Park Corporate Camp as a Comalco Research team, then representing the fictional Wambesi Tshirts company, before moving to Royal Park touch comp, with occasional excursions to Fawkner. Over the years there has been the odd accidental Grand Final win (the first in 1999; the last so long ago we forget its date), but the focus has always been on having fun.