Building Strong Communities: Cequence Announces Title Sponsorship of SJRU Club Competition
Sydney, Australia – Friday, 23 February 2024 In an exciting move for the future of rugby in Sydney, Cequence, a pioneer in API security and bot management, today announced its title sponsorship of the Sydney Junior Rugby Union (SJRU) Club Competition. This significant investment underscores Cequence’s commitment to supporting the growth of the sport at […]
SJRU Name 2024 Patrons
SJRU is proud to announce that our Patrons for 2024 will again be Phil Waugh and Sera Naiqama. Both have been wonderful supporters of junior rugby in Sydney and fantastic role models for our junior players. Phil Waugh – Phil began playing rugby at Narrabeen Tigers, continuing at Shore school where he played in the […]
Major Tackle Safety Changes
Season 2024 will see a change to the tackle height rule for all levels of Community Rugby across Australia. We’re thrilled to share that the tackle height has been reduced to below the sternum, making Rugby Union safer and reducing the risk of concussion significantly. These new rules have been trialled across the world including […]
SJRU Boy’s XV’s Comp Structure 2023
There are basically THREE Main options for our Boys XV’s Rugby Competitions in 2023. In speaking with the all the Presidents last year – It became quite apparent that many did not fully understand the Competition Structure for the U10-U12 Age groups in the Main Comp – The structure of the Fri/Sun Comp for U10-U12 […]
2023 Boys Rugby Competitions, Pathways and Opportunities
Welcome to Season 2023 – a new year and we are looking forward to the opportunities. Here is a brief summary of what is on offer for Boys club rugby within SJRU for 2023. *Note there is some crossover with NSW Country and NSW Schools along the Rep pathways SJRU Super Minis Footy Fest (Minis) […]
2023 Girls Rugby Competitions, Pathways and Opportunities
Welcome to Season 2023 – a new year and we are pleased to say the opportunities for Girls in Rugby just keep on growing. Here is a brief summary of what is on offer for the Girls Rugby within SJRU for 2023. *Note that many of these SJRU Girls events are open to teams from […]
NSWJRU announce State Champs Venues & Rep Pathways for 2023
NSW Juniors have announced the venues for The Rugby Club Foundation NSW Junior State Championships and other Rep carnivals for 2023. More info can be found at https://www.nswjuniors.com.au/news So at the moment the 2023 landscape looks like this; State Champs – June Long Weekend (10th – 12th June) U12 Camden Rugby Park, Camden (Camden Rugby Club) […]
SJRU AGM elects a new 2023 Board
At the Annual General Meeting on Monday 21st Nov, the Clubs and Districts had the chance to elect some new Directors to the Board for the 2023 season. The Clubs & Districts voted in the following NEW Directors (in Bold) – here is the 2023 SJRU Board George Roper (Chair) Fiona Lawson Sheila Mitchell June […]
SJRU 2023 Competition Report
Ben Gregory, General Manager SJRU We’re Back! In many ways 2022 was a year like no other – but considering the previous two ‘Covid’ seasons I think it also felt somewhat normal. We began the year with Sizzling 7s and despite a strong uptake in the Girl’s Sizzling 7s, the nominations of teams for the […]
SJRU Chairman’s Report 2023
George Roper, SJRU Chairman After the last two years of Covid interruptions it was extremely pleasing to get a full season of junior rugby in Sydney during 2022. The year in review started with the 2021 Spring sevens competition which saw a record number of teams participating for Boys and Girls sevens, because of players […]