Code of Conduct, Participation Agreement & Registration Form

Clubs should take note of the wording of the Union’s Code of Conduct and Participation Agreement as it refers to the Union’s Amateur Status.

Clubs should also take note of the officials required to sign the Code and Agreement PRIOR to any club being graded in a NSWSRU competition.

Players should take note of the wording of the player registration form and the questions therein, as previous rugby experience may disqualify them from Suburban competitions.

 

NSW SUBURBAN RUGBY UNION CODE OF CONDUCT

The Code of Conduct for clubs, players, members, coaches, managers, committee members, officials, supporters, sponsors and any other person associated with a NSWSRU Club, is to be read in conjunction with the Constitution and the Competition Playing Rules of the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union Inc (NSWSRU).

Your club and its prescribed officials must sign and return the Code of Conduct and the Competition Participation Agreement before it will be allowed to play in a NSW Suburban Rugby Union competition:

  1. A player, member, coach, manager, committee member, official, supporter or spectator, sponsor, or any other person associated with a NSWSRU Club, shall not at any time act in a manner detrimental towards the game of rugby union.
  2. NSWSRU Clubs shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that players, members, coaches, managers, committee members, officials, supporters or spectators do not act in a manner detrimental towards the game or spirit of rugby union.
  3. During the course of or after a match under the jurisdiction of the NSWSRU, a player, member, coach, manager, committee member, official, supporter or spectator, sponsor, or any other person associated with a NSWSRU Club, shall not abuse or address a referee or assistant referee in insulting terms, or act in a provocative manner towards a referee or assistant referee.
  4. NSWSRU Clubs, players, members, coaches, managers, committee members, officials, supporters or spectators, sponsors, and any other person associated with a NSWSRU Club, shall adhere to the amateur status of NSWSRU, and will not accept, or entice others to accept, any remuneration or reward whatsoever in respect to participation as a player in the NSWSRU.

The following persons have read the above Code of Conduct and agree to be bound by this code:

Position

Name

Signature

Date

President

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Club Coach

 

 

 

1st Grade Coach

 

 

 

 

NSW SUBURBAN RUGBY UNION COMPETITION PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT

A club participating in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union competition, in consideration of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union permitting it to participate in such a competition in the year 2017, hereby acknowledges and undertakes as follows:

  1. That it will at all times be bound by the provisions of the Constitution, the Code of Conduct and by the Competition Playing Rules of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union, and this agreement made hereunder.
  2. That it will at all times accept, subject to the Appeals provisions provided for in the Union’s Constitution, the decisions of the Board of the NSW Suburban Rugby Union or any standing Committee or Sub-Committee thereof.
  3. That it will not permit any player to play for it in the competition above referred to who is not registered with NSW Suburban Rugby Union as referred to in Article 14 of the Union’s Constitution and in accordance with Rule 4 of the Union’s Competition Playing Rules.
  4. That if any player, member, coach, manager, committee member, official, supporter or spectator, sponsor, or any other person associated with a NSWSRU Club, is suspended or expelled by NSW Suburban Rugby Union it will cease to utilize such person as the case may be during the period of suspension or expulsion from the date of such suspension or expulsion.
  5. That it will at all times be bound by the Union’s Amateur Status and not permit any player to receive, either directly or indirectly, any remuneration or reward whatsoever (whether by match payments or expenses or otherwise) in respect to their participation as a player in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union.
  6. That its members, coaches, managers, committee members, officials, supporters or spectators, sponsors, or any other person associated with the Club, will not entice any player to receive, either directly or indirectly, any remuneration or reward whatsoever (whether by match payments or expenses or otherwise) in respect to their participation as a player in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union.

The following persons have read the above Competition Participation Agreement and agree to be bound by this agreement:

Position

Name

Signature

Date

President

 

 

 

Secretary

 

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

Club Coach

 

 

 

1st Grade Coach

 

 

 

 

PLAYER REGISTRATION FORM

CLUB NAME: ........................                                                                                                                                                                         

LAST YEAR’S CLUB NAME (if different from above): .........................                                                                

PLAYER DETAILS

First Name ..................            Surname ....................                          Date of Birth ....................                 

CONTACT DETAILS - PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS

Mobile ....................                 Home ....................                              Work ....................                           

Email .....................                                                                                                                                        

Address .................                                                                                                                                    

Suburb ...................                                                                              Postcode ............                      

EMERGENCY CONTACT

First Name ............                  Surname ...................                           Phone ................                           

AMATEUR STATUS

NSW Suburban Rugby Union definition: An Amateur is one who does not receive or agree to receive, either directly or indirectly, any remuneration or reward whatsoever (whether by match payments or expenses or otherwise) in respect to their participation as a player in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union.

1. Will you play in the NSW Suburban Rugby Union strictly as an amateur?                  Yes / No            

PLAYING HISTORY

2. Have you held a professional Rugby Union contract in 2016 or 2017?                       Yes / No

If yes, you must apply to NSW Suburban Rugby for permission to register

3. Did you play in the Australian National Rugby Championship in 2016?                       Yes / No

If yes, you must apply to NSW Suburban Rugby for permission to register

4. Have you played in the Shute Shield (1st Grade) in 2016 or 2017?                            Yes / No

If yes, you must apply to NSW Suburban Rugby for permission to register

5. Were you last registered for Rugby overseas? (i.e. do you require a transfer?)          Yes / No

If yes, complete the form at the link: rugby.net.au/_uploads/res/132_8277.PDF

6. Do you have a judiciary record in Rugby? (i.e. have you ever been suspended?)       Yes / No

Players with an unsatisfactory judiciary record may be refused registration

PLAYER: I certify the information supplied above is true and correct and that I have read and agree to the Australian Rugby Union Registration Terms and Conditions listed overleaf.                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

Player’s Signature                                                                                 Date

CLUB OFFICIAL: I have informed this player he may not play in NSW Suburban Rugby unless he maintains his amateur status in accordance with the definition above, or if he has answered yes to questions 2 - 6 above.                                                                                                                                                                                      

Club Official’s Signature            Club Official’s Name                              Date