Age for Registration

Registration in Rugby Xplorer will automatically apply to the player's date of birth.  The age of your child follows the calendar year. Eg, if your child turns 8 in 2025, on January 1 or December 31, they are still u8.

There is no option in the registration funnel to select an alternative age group.  That process needs to be triggered  by contacting us.  If you wish your child to play up a year or down a year please email the Registrar with this information for the relevant VP Juniors or Minis to consider. Not all requests will be granted.

Where your request falls outside of the permitted dispensations you will be required to submit more forms and information and your player will be subject to an offsite formal assessment prior to the season which is conducted by the SJRU.

Parents (and players - if appropriate) are involved in these decisions at all times and if there are any concerns about the process - parents are encouraged to talk to the WRC President about their concerns.

Here is an age guide for year of birth and rugby age group.

2008 u17 | 2009 u16 | 2010 u15 | 2011 u14 | 2012 u13 | 2013 u12 | 2014 u11 | 2015 u10 | 2016 u9 | 2017 u8 | 2018 u7 | 2019 u6 | 2020 u5 | 2021 u4 |

Size for Age

If a player is not requesting a change in their age group, but the player is of a height or weight that is under or above the Rugby Australia guidelines, then for the welfare of the player and the welfare of other players, your player may be required to play in an age group which is different to their chronological age.

This may also require a mandatory offsite formal assessment prior to the season which is conducted by the SJRU.

Parents (and players if appropriate) are involved in these decisions at all times and if there are any concerns about the process - parents are encouraged to talk to the WRC President about their concerns.

Playing with Friends

At Wahroonga we encourage players to bring along a mate and play with friends. In the Minis age groups u6-u9 - we cannot guarantee all requests  but we do our best to place children with friends. To make team organising as smooth as possible we encourage friends to come to our come and try rugby events and then register around the same time.

From u10 internal trials will take place - where we have more than one team in any age one age group. Then as a group, a Wahroonga team will then be graded externally by the SJRU against other teams in Sydney.  We believe even if a player does not end up in the same team as their friend in a particular season, they will continue to develop friendships across the club. Grading is done annually and kids move teams depending on skill sets they have developed, roles needed within the team (forwards/backs/centres) and new players. Wahroonga follows a Junior Player Selection Policy.