RugbyWA

RugbyWA
SportRugby union
JurisdictionWestern Australia
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893)
AffiliationRugby Australia
Affiliation date1949
HeadquartersWA Rugby Centre, Mount Claremont
PresidentJohn Welborn
ChairmanJohn Edwards
CEOSimon Taylor
(founded)Western Australia Rugby Union
Official website
wa.rugby
Western Australia

The Western Australia Rugby Union (RugbyWA) is the governing body of rugby union in Western Australia. The organisation develops and fosters rugby in Western Australia, from junior level to professional level. As of 2019, more than 35,000 people played rugby union in Western Australia across 36 clubs and 377 teams.[1] As of 2019, the state government provided around $160,000 a year towards RugbyWA's operating costs.[1]

The highest competition run by the organisation is the RugbyWA Premier Grade.

  1. ^ a b McNeill, Heather (12 June 2019). "Future of grassroots rugby in doubt as RugbyWA asks for $1m debt bail-out". WAtoday. Retrieved 24 December 2023.