The Rugby Club Foundation is both gratified and proud to announce that, during the financial year ended 30 June 2022, its Grants Program provided more than $500,000 in support of 36 grassroots Rugby endeavours across Australia’s eastern seaboard.
Read More100 Years of Rugby News, featuring the best extracts from Rugby News editions from 1923 through to 2022, alongside a series of short stories retelling the colourful history of Sydney Club Rugby, is now available for purchase.
Read MoreThe Rugby Club Foundation, as proud partners of Wheelchair Rugby Australia (WRA), are delighted to share the news that Kayo Sports has been announced as the official streaming partner of the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby National Championships on the Gold Coast in June.
Read MoreThe Foundation is delighted to be able to provide an update on the 2021 Herron Scholarship recipients, who continue their personal achievements while making exceptional contributions to Rugby,
Read MoreNSW Rugby is pleased to welcome five new Development Officers to the Community Rugby team, thanks to the support of The Rugby Club Foundation and NSW Country Rugby.
Read MoreWith the Shute Shield season kicking off this weekend, Rugby News is offering members of The Rugby Club Foundation a 50% discount on their online subscriptions.
Read MoreThe Foundation’s Grants Committee are pleased to announce that the recipients of the Sir Leslie Herron Rugby Scholarship in 2022 are Darcy Brown (nominee of NSW Country Junior Rugby Union) and Oscar Morgan (nominee of Sydney Junior Rugby Union).
Read MoreOver the weekend of 26 March, 2022, rugby lovers are encouraged to take a photo or make a video and share their celebrations on social media using the hashtag #ADayInUnion
Read MoreIn the 2020-2021 Financial year the Foundation provided over $450,000 in grants to grassroots Rugby programs. We are pleased to be in the position to continue to offer grants through this program, and are proud to now open the next round of applications for 2022.
Read MoreThe Rugby Club Foundation was proud to support the inaugural NSW Combined High Schools Sports Associations’ Girl's Rugby 7s program. The program provided exposure to Rugby 7s for secondary students in public schools across NSW and allowed the girls an opportunity to represent their school, region and state, as well as assisting their Rugby development.
Read MoreThe Rugby Club Foundation was proud to support referee development across NSW through a number of grants in 2021. Referee coaching is vital to develop and retain referees. What, how and when the referee communicates is a key part of their skillset, and referee coaches need to hear this communication to best help the referee to improve.
Read MoreThe Gosford Rugby Club decided to provide an opportunity (which was not currently available) for females to play Rugby in in the Gosford area. The Rugby Club Foundation supported their endeavour and is proud to report that Gosford Rugby Club went from having no standalone female teams in 2020, to having the most junior female players of any club in the junior competition.
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