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Women play Merrylands on Saturday

By Karin Christie
Thursday, April 14th, 2011

This Saturday the women head out to Granville Park to play Merrylands.

Merrylands and Waverley have each won a game and lost a game this year, but Merrylands are two spots ahead on the table due to picking up a bonus point in each of their games.

The girls in black (aka Scarylands) are generally big; and with a strong league contingent playing with them they are likely to have handy ball skills too.

Waverley would be considered by most to be the under-dogs in this clash, but if the forwards can focus on winning and securing good ball then our backs have plenty of speed and skill to be getting some scores on the board.

This could be the shake-up in the comp this weekend!

In other games Warringah play Penrith, and Rockdale face the only undefeated team so far: Sydney Uni.

Follow us on Twitter (@WavesWomenRugby) for score updates at half-time and full time.

The table at the end of round 2 looks like this:

Team P W D L F A Df Pts
Syd Uni 2 2 0 0 24 17 7 9
Merrylands 2 1 0 1 71 24 47 6
Warringah 2 1 0 1 64 17 47 5
Waverley 2 1 0 1 69 55 14 5
Penrith 2 1 0 1 26 66 -40 5
Rockdale 2 0 0 2 29 121 -92 1
Categories : Announcements, Featured Article, Round Previews, Rugby, Womens

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. The Clock Struck (Round) One

By Waverley Rugby
Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

Round 1 of the 2011 super Subbies rugby season is here, with all the action bish and bash kicking off this Saturday 2nd April 2011. And what a season it will be!

2011 marks 40 glorious years of Waverley Rugby Club, from its humble beginnings way back in 1971.

In that 40 years, Waverley has won seven Division Championships (including four consecutive Div 1 Championships between 1989 and 1992), 34 Premierships (including a record equalling three consecutive Kentwell Cups (1st Grade – Div 1 between 1989 to 1991), fielded a Women’s team for the last 10 years, and had over 10,000 players pulling on the mighty Blue and Gold jersey that is Waverley.

2011 sees Waverley is back in Division Three of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union, after a disastrous season in 2010 that saw Waves relegated from Div Two. This clearly was not the way Waverley was hoping to move into its 40th Year (a move up to Div 1 would have been preferred), but the signs are all there that Waverley’s 2011 should be successful both on and off the field.

Round 1 sees Waverley’s men’s team launch their campaign at home against the boys from Hawkesbury Valley. The matches between the two clubs are always close affairs with the clubs last battling it out in Waverley’s highly successful 2007 Season.

Predicting form at the start of the season is always difficult, especially when you’re the new boys to a Division. If you were to go off last years results, Hawkesbury Valley will provide tough opposition for Waverley.

Unfortunately the girls are heading out to Penrith (Jamison Park – Kickoff 2pm) so won’t be there for most of the day, but will try and make it back for post match speeches at the Bowlo. For the Girls, Round 1 is a great opportunity for the girls. After a massive off season recruitment drive, some excellent training and performances in numerous sevens tournaments, the girls are a mighty good chance to record their first win of the season against close rivals Penrith.

For the men, kick off times are as follows:
12pm – 4th Grade
12.55pm – 3rd Grade
2.00pm – 2nd Grade
3.15pm – 1st Grade

Further details will be provided later in the week. Get down to Waverley Oval Saturday!!!!

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Women’s Sydney Redfern Sevens

By Karin Christie
Thursday, March 17th, 2011

This Saturday sees the real kick-off for women’s rugby in Sydney for the 2011 season.

A Sevens comp is being held at Redfern (National Centre of Indigenous Excellence) with each team who play in the 15s competition entering at least one team.

Waverley have strong numbers at the moment so have decided to field two teams.  This gives us the chance to run a very competitive team of girls who will be able to take on the likes of Warringah and Sydney Uni, and also run a 2nd team to ensure that girls new to rugby get a chance to take to the field.  However, don’t under-estimate the 2nd team!  There are plenty of girls in the 2nd team who have played several years of rugby, so they might be the surprise stars of the day.

If you don’t have much planned for Saturday please come along to watch for a while.  The draw is as follows:

Draw
10.00am Waverley Gold Rockdale
10.20am Sydney Uni Merrylands
10.40am Warringah Penrith
11.00am Waverley Blue Campbelltown
11.20am Rockdale Warringah
11.40am Waverley Gold Penrith
12.00noon Merrylands Waverley Blue
12.20pm Sydney Uni Campbelltown
12.40pm Waverley Gold Warringah
1.00pm Rockdale Penrith
1.20pm Merrylands Campbelltown
1.40pm Sydney Uni Waverley Blue
2.00pm Break
2.20pm Pool A 1st Pool B 2nd
2.40pm Pool A 2nd Pool B 1st
3.00pm Pool A 4th  Pool B 4th
3.20pm Pool A 3rd Pool B 3rd
3.40pm Shield Final

NCIE is located at 180 George Street, Redfern.  See here for more details of the location: http://www.ncie.org.au/index.php/contact.html

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Women's Sydney Redfern Sevens

By Karin Christie
Thursday, March 17th, 2011

This Saturday sees the real kick-off for women’s rugby in Sydney for the 2011 season.

A Sevens comp is being held at Redfern (National Centre of Indigenous Excellence) with each team who play in the 15s competition entering at least one team.

Waverley have strong numbers at the moment so have decided to field two teams.  This gives us the chance to run a very competitive team of girls who will be able to take on the likes of Warringah and Sydney Uni, and also run a 2nd team to ensure that girls new to rugby get a chance to take to the field.  However, don’t under-estimate the 2nd team!  There are plenty of girls in the 2nd team who have played several years of rugby, so they might be the surprise stars of the day.

If you don’t have much planned for Saturday please come along to watch for a while.  The draw is as follows:

Draw
10.00am Waverley Gold Rockdale
10.20am Sydney Uni Merrylands
10.40am Warringah Penrith
11.00am Waverley Blue Campbelltown
11.20am Rockdale Warringah
11.40am Waverley Gold Penrith
12.00noon Merrylands Waverley Blue
12.20pm Sydney Uni Campbelltown
12.40pm Waverley Gold Warringah
1.00pm Rockdale Penrith
1.20pm Merrylands Campbelltown
1.40pm Sydney Uni Waverley Blue
2.00pm Break
2.20pm Pool A 1st Pool B 2nd
2.40pm Pool A 2nd Pool B 1st
3.00pm Pool A 4th  Pool B 4th
3.20pm Pool A 3rd Pool B 3rd
3.40pm Shield Final

NCIE is located at 180 George Street, Redfern.  See here for more details of the location: http://www.ncie.org.au/index.php/contact.html

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Sevens by the Sea (Warringah) 5th March 2011

By Karin Christie
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011

A team of the girls went up to Warringah on Saturday to play in the Sevens by the Sea competition.  This write-up of the day was sent to me by an anonymous roving reporter.  Hopfully get more of the same as its a good write-up…

There were only two games that were worth watching on the day. First was the opening clash between the mighty blue and gold of Waverley and the green and white of Warringah. The Waverley ranks were depleted due to an afterhours training session on the streets and bars of Sydney. The girls marshalled a team of eight, consisting of Nellie as captain, KD, Laura, Amanda, Bron, Alexis, Jacque and Claire.

The opening half saw Jacque at wing and Bron at hooker run on for their first game of rugby and Clare make the switch from the drudgery of the backs to the glamour of the forwards running on as a prop. Amanda came on in the second half to add a bit of rugby experience to the team and a few barnstorming runs up the middle, with the rest of the team passing the ball around reminiscent of the Fijians , but to no avail with the experience of the Warringah girls overcoming the blue and gold in the end.

The second game saw Waverley take on the Uni North Owls, with Alexis soaring to new heights being lifted in the line out by KD and Clair. (Philippa may need to watch out before Frosty converts the entire team to forwards).

In the second half, KD received the ball and took on the opposition bursting through the first line of defence only to be tackled by two players coming down heavily, breaking her ankle and lowering the team to seven players. After the game, Laura’s knee blew out to gain her a trip to join KD at the hospital. This forced Waverley to withdraw from the finals.

A special thanks goes out to Nellie for captaining and her medical experience and for Vicki and Lauren for helping the girls. Unfortunately, the camera crew (i.e. Lauren’s camera) was on the ‘fritz’ and was unable to capture any live shots of the girls on and off the field.

Better luck next time! The anonymous rugby reporter signing off.

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Newport Ten’s Report

By Leigh Draper
Monday, March 7th, 2011

Saturday saw Waverley head out of the eastern suburbs for the first run out of the season at the annual Newport 10’s tournament.

First up after an extensive 2 minute warm up including a brief “what’s your name mate” session, Waverley faced Newport’s first team on their home turf. Despite going down 4-0, Waverley stuck at it and steadily improved as the game progressed.

An 1 ½ hour wait for the next game gave Waverley plenty of time to regroup, finally warm up properly and start discussing tactics.

Next up came Silver Bullets. Again, the result didn’t go our way eventually losing 4-1 but Waverley was much improved and after an inspired tactical substitution and a fortuitous penalty move from Andre, Billy crossed the line for a well deserved try.

In the final game the team faced Cabcon after another 1 ½ hour wait which did Waverley no favours. Despite everyone being tired and confidence being knocked after conceding an early try, Waverley continued to stick at it, building on the previous two games and with some great team work and effort we ended the first half down by two tries to one. We’d finally been rewarded with a well deserved try following some determined team play when Chris crossed the line late in the first half. In the second half with confidence on the up and the team playing undoubtedly their best rugby of the day, Waverley equalised when Sam crossed the line – was a surprise win on the cards?

Unfortunately not… Waverley was unable to hold on to the lead after the ball which appeared to have crossed the dead ball line bizarrely rolled back in to play. We eventually lost 3-2 but it was a great effort all around.

A big well done to all of the boys and a good day was had by all!

Photos from the day can be found on our Flickr page.

Thanks to Simon Payne for the report and Gemma Draper for the photos.

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Newport Ten's Report

By Leigh Draper
Monday, March 7th, 2011

Saturday saw Waverley head out of the eastern suburbs for the first run out of the season at the annual Newport 10’s tournament.

First up after an extensive 2 minute warm up including a brief “what’s your name mate” session, Waverley faced Newport’s first team on their home turf. Despite going down 4-0, Waverley stuck at it and steadily improved as the game progressed.

An 1 ½ hour wait for the next game gave Waverley plenty of time to regroup, finally warm up properly and start discussing tactics.

Next up came Silver Bullets. Again, the result didn’t go our way eventually losing 4-1 but Waverley was much improved and after an inspired tactical substitution and a fortuitous penalty move from Andre, Billy crossed the line for a well deserved try.

In the final game the team faced Cabcon after another 1 ½ hour wait which did Waverley no favours. Despite everyone being tired and confidence being knocked after conceding an early try, Waverley continued to stick at it, building on the previous two games and with some great team work and effort we ended the first half down by two tries to one. We’d finally been rewarded with a well deserved try following some determined team play when Chris crossed the line late in the first half. In the second half with confidence on the up and the team playing undoubtedly their best rugby of the day, Waverley equalised when Sam crossed the line – was a surprise win on the cards?

Unfortunately not… Waverley was unable to hold on to the lead after the ball which appeared to have crossed the dead ball line bizarrely rolled back in to play. We eventually lost 3-2 but it was a great effort all around.

A big well done to all of the boys and a good day was had by all!

Photos from the day can be found on our Flickr page.

Thanks to Simon Payne for the report and Gemma Draper for the photos.

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Newport Ten’s

By Leigh Draper
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Newport 10′s

On Saturday 5th March we are looking at organising a team or two to head up to one of the best grounds in Subbies rugby and compete in Newport’s annual 10’s tournament.

Those that have played in previous years will know what a great day out this is with plenty of rugby and the opportunity for a dip in the sea across the road between games.

We are looking at getting a bus for this trip dependant upon interest so if you are keen to play or come as a spectator please let me know at [email protected], or at the Open Night on Saturday.

Registration

On another note, if you are intending to play in the Newport 10’s, Taki Toa or the trials games you are required to be registered with the club to ensure you are covered by ARU insurance. You must be registered prior to the game.

The easiest way to do this is by registering online, following the tabs above. Registering NOW will provide you with a 15% discount and the opportunity of winning your subs back at Saturday’s Open Night.

Five weeks till Round 1. Time to get into the rugby. Make sure your registered and don’t miss out!

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Newport Ten's

By Leigh Draper
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011

Newport 10′s

On Saturday 5th March we are looking at organising a team or two to head up to one of the best grounds in Subbies rugby and compete in Newport’s annual 10’s tournament.

Those that have played in previous years will know what a great day out this is with plenty of rugby and the opportunity for a dip in the sea across the road between games.

We are looking at getting a bus for this trip dependant upon interest so if you are keen to play or come as a spectator please let me know at [email protected], or at the Open Night on Saturday.

Registration

On another note, if you are intending to play in the Newport 10’s, Taki Toa or the trials games you are required to be registered with the club to ensure you are covered by ARU insurance. You must be registered prior to the game.

The easiest way to do this is by registering online, following the tabs above. Registering NOW will provide you with a 15% discount and the opportunity of winning your subs back at Saturday’s Open Night.

Five weeks till Round 1. Time to get into the rugby. Make sure your registered and don’t miss out!

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2011 Preseason Events

By Waverley Rugby
Monday, February 14th, 2011

With Round 1 less than 7 weeks away Waverley Rugby Club are continuing hard with preparations for the season ahead.

Pre-Season Training Underway

Preseason training is continuing to take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.15pm, on Waverley Oval No.2/3. Deon, Chalky and the rest of the coaches have been impressed with the effort and commitment shown so far.

Numbers have been slightly down on previous seasons but with the touch footy comps due to finish in the next few weeks, Super Rugby starting and a few fresher evenings we’re sure people will start to feel the rugby bug again and head down for training. If your one of those then please make the effort now and get down to training as we look towards a competitive and successful season in Division 3.

Open Night – 4pm February 26th

Only a few weeks away now is the clubs Open Night, to be held at the Bowlo on 26th February at 4pm.

This is a great opportunity for all new and returning members to catch up over a few beers and stand the chance of winning their subscription fees back, 100%.

Win Back your Subs

All members that are fully paid up by Saturday 26th February will be entered into the draw and one lucky person stands the chance to win everything back, this includes all playing, social and student/colt members.

To register Register Online Now.

We will have a few computers at the Bowlo on the day for the last chancers.

Conveniently the Waratahs vs Reds game will be kicking off at 7.30pm too so a good reason to hang around at the Bowlo and support one of our 2011 Sponsors.

Trials & Taki Toa

Moving into March and things start to get a bit more serious on the rugby front. Preseason training will have been underway for over 5 weeks and the coaches will have a good idea of individual players fitness and ability and will start to consider gradings ahead of the preseason trials and the Taki Toa competition, both due to commence on Saturday 12th March.

The Taki Toa competition is a Maori tournament that Waverley has had a great success in over the years, having won the competition 14 times in its 28 year history. On the same day the rest of the club will be trialling away at Briars in the morning and possibly with bus trip down to Rockdale to cheer the guys on in the Taki Toa.

Details of our other trials will be published nearer the time but we currently have healthy competition against our 2010 Division 2 opponents Hornsby and Oatley.

So if your mates, or even yourself are thinking of coming down to play this year, or just holding out for a few more weeks please make the effort now and support the club.

Colts

Are you under 21 and wanna play rugby? Know any under 21’s wanting to play this year? Too old to play Grade Colts?

Waverley Rugby Club are again recruiting for our Colts team, so if your interested or know someone that is then please get in contact with our Colts Co-ordinator, Rennie Mihaka ([email protected], 0404 330 772).

2011 Preseason dates

Make a mental note, or even put them in you diary but either way please make sure you are aware of the following dates in the lead up to Round 1.

Open & Registration Night Saturday 26th February 2011 4pm Waverley Bowling Club
Taki Toa – Saturday 12th March 2011 – Rockdale
1st Trial vs Briars – Saturday 12th March 2011, AM, Away – TBC
2nd Trial vs Hornsby – Saturday 19th March 2011, PM (TBC) – Waverley Oval, TBC
3rd Trial vs Oatley – Saturday 26th March 2011, PM (TBC) – Waverley Oval, TBC
Round 1, Saturday 2nd April 2011, All day – TBC

Registration

With March being trials month and if you are intending to play, then it is imperative that you register with the Club before hand. As previously mentioned this is easily done on online and by registering before Saturday 26th February you stand the chance to play the 2011 season for free.

More importantly your registration with Waverley Rugby Club also covers your ARU player registration and thus insurance.

Also remember that with 2011 being Waverley Rugby Clubs 40th Anniversary all fully paid up members will be receiving a complimentary 40th Anniversary Polo shirt, Shorts and Socks.

To register online, simply head to our Online Registration Site.

Social Memberships

Did you know that we offer a Social Membership? All of those that have either hung up their boots or just enjoying coming to watch on a Saturday we have a social membership package, again available by registering online. All social members will also receive a 40th Anniversary Polo shirt and assist in the running costs of the club.

Registration can also be completed at or Online Registration Site. Click on “Events” to complete your registration and payment.

Call for Sponsors

With over 300 direct members and supporters, access to over 7,000 players, and not even including family and friends; Waverley has numerous sponsorship packages that can be tailored to your organisation.

If you would like to Sponsor the Club, or knows someone who might, please contact our sponsorship co-ordinators Nik Buchanan ([email protected]) & Simon Payne ([email protected]).

With the cost of putting each player on the park, at over $400, sponsorship is crucial in keeping playing fees down and contributing to a successful season both on and off the field.

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