RugbyWA
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RugbyWA, formerly known as the Western Australia Rugby Union, is the governing body for rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 in the state of Western Australia
Western Australia
Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. In 2004, RugbyWA successfully secured the fourth Australian Super 12 licence, entering a team in the expanded Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...

 competition from 2006, called the Western Force
Western Force
Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...

. RugbyWA has also established a series of development programs. RugbyWA had one team (Perth Spirit
Perth Spirit
The Perth Spirit was an Australian rugby union football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Perth Spirit was one of eight clubs that competed in the Australian Rugby Championship which ran in 2007. Perth Spirit played at the Members Equity Stadium. The players in the squad adopted an...

) in the short-lived Australian Rugby Championship
Australian Rugby Championship
The Australian Rugby Championship, often abbreviated to the ARC , was a domestic Rugby union football club competition in Australia which ran for only one season in August–October 2007...

, in 2007.

Premiers

Year 1st Grade Colts
1963 Associates University
1964 Associates ????
1965 Associates ????
1966 Associates ????
1967 University Cottesloe
1968 University ????
1969 Perth-Bayswater ????
1970 Nedlands University
1971 Western Suburbs ????
1972 University Palmyra
1973 Nedlands University
1974 Western Suburbs Western Suburbs
1975 Western Suburbs University
1976 Western Suburbs Associates
1977 Western Suburbs Associates
1978 Nedlands Associates
1979 Cottesloe Associates
1980 Nedlands Associates
1981 Nedlands Associates
1982 Cottesloe S.S.K.D.
1983 Cottesloe Perth-Bayswater
1984 Cottesloe Nedlands
1985 Cottesloe Perth-Bayswater
1986 Nedlands Nedlands
1987 Palmyra Nedlands
1988 Cottesloe University
1989 Nedlands Perth-Bayswater
1990 Nedlands Associates
1991 Palmyra Associates
1992 Cottesloe Associates
1993 Nedlands Nedlands
1994 Nedlands Associates
1995 Nedlands Associates
1996 Perth-Bayswater Associates
1997 Associates Associates
1998 Associates Associates
1999 Nedlands Palmyra
2000 Nedlands University
2001 Cottesloe Nedlands
2002 Associates Associates
2003 Wests-Subiaco Associates Gold
2004 Wests-Subiaco Associates Gold
2005 Wests-Subiaco Associates Gold
2006 Wests-Subiaco Associates Gold
2007 Perth-Bayswater Perth-Bayswater Black
Joondalup
2008 Kalamunda Associates
2009 Cottesloe ?????
2010 Nedlands ?????
2011 University Associates

KWIK First Grade Competition 2008

Final 2008 First Grade Competition Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn BP For Agt % Points
Kalamunda 18 16 2 0 13 667 356 187 77
Nedlands 18 11 7 0 17 558 363 154 61
Wanneroo 18 11 7 0 14 590 406 145 58
Perth-Bayswater 18 12 6 0 9 451 294 153 57
Rockingham 18 11 6 1 8 413 388 106 54
Associates 18 9 8 1 12 490 395 124 50
Cottesloe 18 8 10 0 5 387 476 81 37
Wests-Subiaco 18 4 12 2 16 448 495 90 36
University 18 4 14 0 4 343 638 55 20
Palmyra 18 2 16 0 4 245 781 31 12


Minor Premiers: Kalamunda

Finals:

Minor Semi-final 17 August Rugby Park: Wanneroo 21 Perth-Bayswater 16

Major Semi-final 16 August Rugby Park: Kalamunda 13 Nedlands 11

Preliminary Final 24 August Rugby Park: Nedlands 23 Wanneroo 42

Grand Final 31 August Rugby Park: Kalamunda 37 Wanneroo 13

Premiers 2007: Kalamunda

Home Building Society First Grade Competition 2007

Final 2007 First Grade Competition Table
Team Played Won Lost Drawn BP For Agt % Points
Nedlands 18 15 3 0 14 691 259 267 74
Palmyra 18 14 4 0 9 497 285 174 65
Kalamunda 18 13 4 1 9 461 333 138 63
Perth-Bayswater 18 12 6 0 11 497 217 229 59
Associates 18 10 7 1 10 427 325 131 52
Wests-Subiaco 18 8 9 1 13 482 387 124 47
Rockingham 18 6 12 0 6 306 480 64 30
University 18 6 12 0 2 355 594 60 26
Cottesloe 18 4 13 1 6 237 457 52 24
Wanneroo 18 0 18 0 4 221 837 26 4


Minor Premiers: Nedlands

Finals:

Minor Semi-final 1 September Rugby Park: Kalamunda 10 Perth-Bayswater 11

Major Semi-final 2 September Rugby Park: Nedlands 20 Palmyra 19

Preliminary Final 8 September Members Equity Stadium: Palmyra 18 Perth-Bayswater 41

Grand Final 15 September Members Equity Stadium: Nedlands 13 Perth-Bayswater 15

Premiers 2007: Perth-Bayswater

Notable players

  • John Welborn
    John Welborn
    John Welborn is an Australian rugby union player, who plays at the lock position. He is currently a squad member of the Western Force in the Super 14, and is a former Wallaby...

     (retired, first Western Australian to represent the Wallabies) - NSW Waratahs, Natal Sharks
    Natal Sharks
    The Natal Sharks are a South African rugby union team that participate in the annual Currie Cup and Super Rugby tournaments. The Sharks home stadium is Kings Park. They draw most of their players from the KwaZulu-Natal Province. The Sharks are the current representative team of the Natal rugby...

    , Leicester Tigers
    Leicester Tigers
    Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

    , CA Brive
    CA Brive
    Club Athlétique Brive Corrèze Limousin is a French rugby union team founded in 1910 and based in Brive-la-Gaillarde in the département of Corrèze of the Limousin région . They wear black and white and play in the Stade Amédée-Domenech .- History :The club was created on 15 March 1910 established on...

    , Western Force
    Western Force
    Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...

    , Australia
  • Brett Sheehan
    Brett Sheehan
    Brett Sheehan is an Australian rugby union footballer. He plays for the New South Wales Waratahs in the Super 14 tournament. He was also included in Australia's squad for matches during the 2006 Tri Nations Series....

     - NSW Waratahs, Queensland Reds
    Queensland Reds
    The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...

    , Australia
  • Adam Wallace-Harrison - ACT Brumbies, Australia A
    Australia A rugby union team
    Australia A are a national representative rugby union team of Australian rugby union. They are a second tier team to the national side, the Wallabies. Australia 'A' matches are usually used as a stepping stone up to Wallaby selection. The team often plays at smaller venues than the Wallabies, and...

  • Kieran Longbottom - Western Force
    Western Force
    Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...

  • Dane Haylett-Petty - Western Force
    Western Force
    Western Force is a rugby union team based in Perth, Western Australia playing in the international Super Rugby competition. They first competed in the 2006 season and finished with the wooden spoon in that year, however their performances greatly improved in 2007. In 2008 they finished in 8th...

    , Australia under-19
  • Scott Higginbotham - Queensland Reds
    Queensland Reds
    The Queensland Reds represent Queensland in the sport of rugby union in the Southern Hemisphere Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996 they were a representative team selected on merit from the rugby union club competitions in Queensland...

  • Will Brock - Perth Spirit
    Perth Spirit
    The Perth Spirit was an Australian rugby union football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Perth Spirit was one of eight clubs that competed in the Australian Rugby Championship which ran in 2007. Perth Spirit played at the Members Equity Stadium. The players in the squad adopted an...

    , Australia sevens
  • Daniel Montagu - Nottingham R.F.C.
    Nottingham R.F.C.
    Nottingham Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Nottingham, England. The club's first team currently play in the Championship, the second tier of English Rugby....

    , Leicester Tigers
    Leicester Tigers
    Leicester Tigers is an English rugby union club that plays in the Aviva Premiership.Leicester are the most successful English club since the introduction of league rugby in 1987, a record 9 times English champions - 3 more than either Bath or Wasps, the last of which was in 2010...

  • Ryan Tyrrell - Perth Spirit
    Perth Spirit
    The Perth Spirit was an Australian rugby union football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Perth Spirit was one of eight clubs that competed in the Australian Rugby Championship which ran in 2007. Perth Spirit played at the Members Equity Stadium. The players in the squad adopted an...

  • Dan Bailey - Perth Spirit
    Perth Spirit
    The Perth Spirit was an Australian rugby union football club based in Perth, Western Australia. Perth Spirit was one of eight clubs that competed in the Australian Rugby Championship which ran in 2007. Perth Spirit played at the Members Equity Stadium. The players in the squad adopted an...

  • David Collis - Ballymore Tornadoes
    Ballymore Tornadoes
    The Ballymore Tornadoes were an Australian rugby union football club that played in the now-defunct Australian Rugby Championship. The Tornadoes were formed as one of Queensland's two clubs that will participate in the inaugural season of the championship, starting in August 2007...

  • Darren Murphy - Queensland A

Clubs

Premier Grade (1st Grade)

Associateshttp://www.associatesrugby.com.au

Cottesloehttp://www.cottesloe.rugbynet.com.au

Kalamundahttp://www.kalamundarugby.rugbynet.com.au

Nedlandshttp://www.nedlandsrugby.com.au

Palmyrahttp://www.palmyrarugby.com.au

Perth-Bayswaterhttp://www.perthrugby.com.au

Rockinghamhttp://www.rockinghamrufc.rugbynet.com.au/

Universityhttp://www.uwarugby.com.au

Wanneroohttp://www.wanneroorugby.com.au

Wests Subiacohttp://wests.subiaco.rugbynet.com.au


Other Perth Grades

ARKShttp://www.arks.rugbynet.com.au

Curtinhttp://www.curtin.rugbynet.com.au

Joondaluphttp://www.jbrufc.com.au

Mandurahhttp://www.mandurahpirates.rugbynet.com.au

Midlandhttp://www.midlandhills.rugbynet.com.au/

Southern Lionshttp://www.southernlionsrugbyunion.com


South West Competition

Bunburyhttp://www.bunburybarbarians.rugbynet.com.au

Colliehttp://www.collierc.rugbynet.com.au

Dunsborough

Leeuwin-Margaret River


Great Southern Competition

Albany

Denmark

Dryandra-Narrogin

Katanning

Mount Barker


Eastern Goldfields Competition

Boulder

Bushwackers

Kambalda

Stormers

WA School of Mines

External links

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