University of Western Australia Rugby Club

UWA Rugby Club
Full nameUniversity of Western Australia Rugby Football Club
Founded1929 (1929)
LocationMount Claremont, Perth
Ground(s)UWA Sports Park
(Capacity: 4,000)
PresidentZach de Graaf
Coach(es)Greg Holmes
Most appearancesDamian O'Donnell (503)[1][2]
Top scorerMichael Hughes (2,107)[3]
Most triesRyan Lenegan (103)[4]
League(s)RugbyWA Premier Grade
20241st of 5 (Conference B), Quarter-finals
Official website
www.uwarugby.com

The University of Western Australia Rugby Club, also known as the UWA Rugby Club, is an Australian semi-professional rugby club based in Perth, Western Australia and is associated with the University of Western Australia (UWA). The club competes in the RugbyWA Premier Grade, the highest-tier of rugby exclusively played within the state of Western Australia.

The club was created in 1929 ahead of a match between Claremont-Cottesloe No. 2 that was played on Claremont Oval.[5] This was also the teams first season. The club won two out of ten games in the A Grade division, finishing second-last.[5] Cottesloe is also acknowledged to be the oldest rival of UWA, known as the "Original Feud".[6]

Since the inclusion of the Perth-based Western Force rugby team into the Super Rugby competition in 2006, many players from the Western Force are "allocated" or "assigned" to a Premier Grade club such as the UWA Rugby Club.

Honours

Premier Grade Premierships

Year Premiers Score Runners-up Refs.
2014 UWA 16–13 Cottesloe [7]
2011 UWA 15–13 Nedlands [8]
1972 UWA 7–6 Western Suburbs [9]
1968 UWA 9–8 Western Suburbs [10]
1967 UWA 30–9 Nedlands [11]
1958 UWA 11–8[a] Western Suburbs [12]
1954 UWA 20–6 Cottesloe [13]
1951 UWA 31–13 Western Suburbs [14]
1947 South Perth 17–18 UWA [15]
1941 UWA 13–10 RAAF [16]
1935 UWA 9–8 Perth [17]

International representatives

As of 10 August 2024.[18]

Australia

Notes

  1. ^ after extra time.

References

  1. ^ "University of Western Australia Players Games Total" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  2. ^ "UWA Rugby Centurions Club". uwarugby.com.
  3. ^ "University of Western Australia Rugby Football Club Highest Known All-Time Points Scorer – Michael Hughes (1979–2000)" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  4. ^ "University of Western Australia All-Time Try Scorers" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  5. ^ a b "UWA Rugby Club Year Summaries – 1929" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  6. ^ "UWA Rugby's Book of Feuds – UWA Rugby Club v Cottesloe Rugby Club" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  7. ^ Taylor, Nick (18 August 2014). "RugbyWA: UWA win grand final". The West Australian. Seven West Media.
  8. ^ "Uni down Nedlands to end 39-year title wait". The West Australian. Seven West Media. 5 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 November 2020.
  9. ^ "1972 UWA Season Summary" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  10. ^ "1968 UWA Season Summary" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  11. ^ "1967 UWA Season Summary" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  12. ^ "1958 UWA Season Summary" (PDF). uwarugby.com.
  13. ^ "1954 WA Rugby Union Grand Final". The West Australian. Vol. 70, no. 21, 279. Western Australia. 4 October 1954. p. 26. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Uni Win Union Premiership". Sunday Times. No. 2796. Western Australia. 30 September 1951. p. 20 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ "Exciting Rugby – University Wins By Point". The West Australian. Vol. 63, no. 19, 097. Western Australia. 29 September 1947. p. 4 (Second Edition). Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Uni Win Rugby Grand Final". Sunday Times. No. 2275. Western Australia. 14 September 1941. p. 9. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  17. ^ "University Premiers – Perth Defeated In Hard Game". The Mirror. Vol. 13, no. 697. Western Australia. 7 September 1935. p. 14. Retrieved 23 February 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  18. ^ "UWA Players To Make Australian Wallaby Representation" (PDF). uwarugby.com.

See also


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