ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union

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The ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the Australian Capital Territory and southern regions of New South Wales. The union is represented by one team in the Super Rugby competition, the Brumbies. The ACT is also home to the Canberra Vikings in the National Rugby Championship.

History

The union was founded in 1937 as the Federal Capital Territory Rugby Union (FCTRU).[1][2] It became the Australian Capital Territory Rugby Union (ACTRU) in 1939,[3] and eventually the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union. It received its current name prior to the 2005 Super 12 season, when the Far South Coast and Southern Inland unions of New South Wales joined the ACT and Monaro Rugby Unions.[4] This change also led to the former ACT Brumbies being renamed Brumbies Rugby.

Jurisdiction

The ACT and Southern New South Wales Union has jurisdiction over the southern-most bordering towns of New South Wales from the eastern coast over to Albury-Wodonga and Deniliquin. It also includes Griffith, Young, Yass, Taralga, as well as Goulburn, Batemans Bay, Wagga Wagga and Canberra.

Competitions

The ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union administers three senior competitions:

  • ACT Rugby Union
  • Far South Coast Rugby Union
  • Southern Inland Rugby Union

ACTRU Premier Division (John I Dent Cup)

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ACTRU 1st XV Teams
Team City/Suburb/Town Home Ground
Premier Division
. Canberra Royals Canberra Canberra Rugby Club
. Gungahlin Eagles Gungahlin Gungahlin Enclosed Oval
File:Penrith 1995.png Penrith Emus Penrith, Sydney Penrith Rugby Club
. Queanbeyan Whites Queanbeyan Campese Field
. Tuggeranong Vikings Tuggeranong Viking Park
. Uni-Norths Owls Australian National University University Oval
. Wests Lions Belconnen Wests Rugby Club
First Division
File:Brothers Rugby Colours.svg ADFA Australian Defence Force Academy Dowsett Rugby Fields
. Cooma Red Devils Cooma Rotary Oval
File:Easts 1901.svg Easts ACT Griffith, Australian Capital Territory Griffith Oval
File:Glebe 1900.svg Goulburn Dirty Reds Goulburn Simon Poidevin Rugby Park
File:Warringah 1963.png Hall Bushranger Hall Hall Sportsground
File:Easts 1901.svg Royal Military College Royal Military College, Duntroon Portsea Oval

Far South Coast Rugby Union (Incorporated into ACTRU Lower Grades)

This union is officially affiliated with the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union instead of the NSW union.

Team Nickname
File:Brothers Rugby Colours.svg ADFA ADFA
File:Glebe 1900.svg Batemans Bay-Broulee Boars
. Braidwood Redbacks
File:Easts 1901.svg Bungendore Mudchooks
. Cooma Red Devils
File:Souths Magpies Colours.svg Crookwell Dogs
File:Warringah 1963.png Hall Bushrangers
. Jindabyne Bushpigs
. Milton-Ulladulla Platypi
File:Balmain Colours.png Taralga Tigers
File:Souths Magpies Colours.svg Yass Rams

Junior Teams

Former Teams

Southern Inland Rugby Union

This union is officially affiliated with the ACT and Southern NSW Rugby Union instead of the NSW union.

Clubs

Club City Home Ground 1st Grade Premierships
1st Grade
File:University 1865.png Albury-Wodonga Steamers Albury/Wodonga Murrayfield, Alexandra Park 1999-2000, 2013, 2015
File:Glebe 1900.svg Charles Sturt University Reddies Wagga Wagga Conolly Park 2005
File:Souths Magpies Colours.svg Griffith Blacks Griffith Exies Oval No.1 1995, 2002–03, 2014
File:Canberra 1999.png Tumut Bulls Tumut Jarrah Sportsground None
File:Gordon 1949.png Wagga Ag College Wagga Wagga Conolly Park 1997, 2007, 2009, 2012
File:Brothers Rugby Colours.svg Wagga City Wagga Wagga Conolly Park 2020
File:Eastwood.png Wagga Waratahs Wagga Wagga Conolly Park 2001, 2004, 2008, 2010–11, 2016, 2018, 2019
File:Easts 1901.svg Leeton Phantoms Leeton Leeton No.1 Oval 2017
3rd Grade Only
File:Balmain Colours.png Hay Cutters Hay Hay Park Oval 1998

Affiliated Clubs

Former clubs

Premiers (1995-present)

Riverina Zone/SIRU Premiers 1995–present
Year 1st Grade Premiers 2nd Grade Premiers 3rd Grade Premiers Women's Premiers
1995 Griffith Griffith Griffith N/A
1996 Army Rivcoll N/A N/A
1997 Wagga Ag College Griffith N/A Wagga City
1998 Hay Rivcoll N/A Griffith
1999 Albury Waratahs N/A Leeton
2000 Albury Grenfell N/A Leeton
2001 Waratahs Waratahs N/A Wagga City
2002 Griffith Grenfell N/A N/A
2003 Griffith Rivcoll N/A N/A
2004 Waratahs Rivcoll N/A N/A
2005 Rivcoll Rivcoll N/A N/A
2006 Cootamundra Rivcoll N/A N/A
2007 Wagga Ag College Rivcoll N/A N/A
2008 Waratahs Waratahs Wagga Ag College N/A
2009 Wagga Ag College Tumut Wagga Ag College N/A
2010 Waratahs Waratahs Griffith N/A
2011 Waratahs Waratahs Hay N/A
2012 Wagga Ag College Wagga Ag College Waratahs N/A
2013 Albury Waratahs Junee Leeton
2014 Griffith CSU Junee Wagga City
2015 Albury Leeton Griffith Leeton
2016 Waratahs Waratahs Waratahs Leeton
2017 Leeton Wagga City Deniliquin Leeton
2018 Waratahs Waratahs Waratahs CSU
2019 Waratahs Waratahs Griffith Griffith
2020 Wagga City Leeton N/A Wagga Ag College

ACT representative teams

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The team's original strip featured an all gold jersey with two green bands.[7] They defeated the Hawkesbury College at the Country Carnival earlier in 1938,[8][9] and later that season won against the Bathurst side.[10] Three players from the Territory team were selected for NSW Combined Country to play Sydney that year.[9] Template:Citation needed span Template:Citation needed span

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The Vikings entered the Australian Rugby Shield in 2006, playing as the "ACT & Southern NSW Vikings" following the renaming of the ACT Rugby Union after its expansion into Southern New South Wales the previous season.[4] The team had two close matches against NSW Country and Perth Gold during the season, but managed to progress undefeated through the three pool games, semi-final and final to win the competition and take the shield. The Vikings played the Melbourne Axemen in the grand final at Viking Park and never looked back after the third minute when inside centre Josh Staniforth scored the first of the side's five tries for the match in a 36–10 win.

In 2022, with the Revival of Australian Rugby Shield ACT and Southern New South Wales Griffins were crowned champions defeating NSW Country 34-31 in the Grand Final at Brighton Oval, Adelaide.[14]

Historical Kit

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Honours

  • Australian Rugby Shield Winners (2006, 2022)

See also

References

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