Welcome to the NSWJRU Website.

NSWJRU is the governing Union of Junior Club Rugby in NSW and is affiliated to NSWRU.

Together with its two member Unions, Sydney Juniors and Country Juniors, NSWJRU provides structured rugby competitions and representative programs for over 19,000 registered Junior Club players. The stakeholders of NSWJRU are the 12 Sydney Junior Districts and 7 Country Junior Zones.

NSW Juniors represents the largest community rugby group in NSW and is the largest and oldest Junior Union nationally. We take a leading role with policy development for Juniors, the provision of Junior Club Rugby Pathways and strongly encourage the values and traditions of our great game.

For more information on club competitions and junior rugby activities of our 2 member unions, please visit

Sydney Junior Rugby Union www.juniors.rugbynet.com.au

Country Junior Rugby Union www.countryjuniors.com.au

NSWJRU State Championships Rules released.

The 2013 Rules for the NSWJRU State Championships are available from the Resource Library.

The 2013 NSWJRU State Championships

Arrangements are well underway for the 2013 State Championships with all venues to be confirmed and posted very soon.

The format for the 2013 Championship will be altered to give more game time and ensure equitable competition.

The U/10s will be held over one day only and this tournament will take place on Sunday June 30th.

The U/11s, 12s and 13s will play their semis and finals at the same venue as their pool games. The 12s will compete once again at Camden and the 13s at Grantham Park, Blacktown. The venue for the 11s is confirmed as Kierle Park, Manly.

The U/14s will return again to Orange for pool games but will play semi finals on Monday morning in Sydney with the final to be held in the afternoon.

The 15s at Hunters Hill and 16s and 17s at St Lukes Concord, similarly will have semis Monday morning and Finals in the afternoon.

All notices regarding the State Championships will be placed in the Resource Library

as they become available.

2013

The 2012 AGM for NSWJRU held in November 2012 resulted in the following being elected for 2013:

President: Kerry Brady (kabrady@hotkey.net.au)

Vice President (SJRU): Tony Fisher (president@sjru.com.au)

Vice President (CJRU): Steve Watson (president@countryjuniors.com.au)

Manager Representative Rugby: Gus Gutteridge

Commercial Manager (Treasurer): Tony Fisher

SJRU Delegates: Gary Paton/Andrew Moore (Alternates)

CJRU Delegate: Brad King

2013 ARU Documents

The latest ARU Guidelines for Game Management and the Law variations as applied to U/19s can be found in the Resource Library.

The ARU Concussion Management Factsheet and Medical recommendations can also be found in the Resource Library.