| SA Rugby Constitution | |
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To view the Constitution of the South Australian Rugby Union, click here. |
| SA Rugby Union Strategic Plan 2009-2013 |
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To view the South Australian Rugby Union Strategic Plan, click here. |
| Annual Reports | |
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Click on the below links to view: 2010 Annual Report |
SA Rugby History
SA Rugby Union was established on the 28th July 1932 following a public meeting convened in March 1932 by Advertiser journalist, Ian Sabey. That meeting saw the formation of the Adelaide Rugby Club with two 7-aside teams ready to compete. Interest grew and by the end of the year, the Royal Australian Navy, Adelaide University and the Waratahs (an offshoot of the Adelaide Rugby Club) had also been established and ready to field teams in a local, ad hoc competition.
Adelaide rugby quickly grew and within a year, South Australia had played its first interstate match against Victoria. Over the following two decades, Rugby grew across the metropolitan region and by the 1950’s, South Australia boasted a total of eight clubs.
In 1951, as the management of competitions and finances grew, it was decided that it was in the Union’s best interest to become an incorporated body.
Over the following years, SA Rugby continued to flourish and by 1971 clubs included Adelaide University, Roseworthy College, Army, Burnside, Elizabeth, Gawler, Glenelg (later to become Brighton), North Adelaide, Old Collegians, Onkaparinga, Port Adelaide, Southern Suburbs, West Torrens and Woodville. Other clubs to have come and gone in SA include Aquinas, Black Forest, Central Districts, Flinders University, Murray Bridge, Salisbury, Smithfield Plains, Edinburgh, Lincoln, Pulteney Grammar School, Salisbury High School, Salisbury Com. Schools, Salisbury Teachers College, S.C.A.E., South Australian Institute of Technology, St Peters College, St Marks College (all affiliates of Adelaide University RUFC), Tea Tree Gully, Kingswood, Kingston (later to become Glenelg and then Brighton), Adelaide, Royal Australian Naval Reserve, Whyalla, Waratahs, North Adelaide Baptist, Prince Alfred Old Collegians, Army, East Torrens, RAAF, SA Railways Institute and RAN. Glenelg was renamed Brighton in 1978.
In 1999, SA Rugby again embraced corporate change and relinquish its Incorporated Association status and became a Company Limited by Guarantee, further underlining its commercial stability.
In 2006, SA Rugby Union Ltd amalgamated with the SA Junior Rugby Union.
Currently there are thirteen clubs, nine of which have both junior and senior sides. There are four women's sides and an Over-35’s club. For information on the individual clubs in South Australia visit the following page: http://www.sarugby.com.au/play_rugby.html
SA Rugby Structure
SA Rugby is governed by a Constitution adopted in 1999 when it moved from an Association to a Company structure. It has a Board of nine Directors elected by 14 voting members comprising the 11 clubs, the SA Rugby Union Referees Association, SA Schools Rugby Union and the SA Junior Rugby Union. Reporting to the Board is a Chief Executive Officer who in turn manages the organisation's staff.
The President
Each year at the Annual General Meeting, voting members elect the President. The President’s role is largely to chair general meetings of members and regulate such meetings in any way consistent with the Constitution. The President is often called upon to act as a figurehead for SA Rugby and engage in dignitary level liaison.
The President is not entitled to vote at general meetings. However, the President as Chairperson of these meetings has a casting vote. The President is not a member of the Board however the President may attend board meetings. The President does not play a ‘hands-on’ role in the running of the business. The President must be a person who is or has been a delegate and is expected to be in good standing with the Rugby community.