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Over and above the ARU levy of $200 per team, Junior Clubs will also have to cope with a huge Fee increase by the WAJRU of between 30% and 40%, and with RugbyWA also announcing that they will be charging for all coaching course fees including manditory courses like smart rugby and Assistant referee ( touch judge).
In 2013 the WAJRU charged clubs per team the Fee for a U/16 team was set at $2000 per team so with most teams having 20 to 22 players it worked out to around $90 per player.
The WAJRU announced last week a fee structure that tops out to $125 per player. These club fees also does not include any mandatory coaching course fees of between $95 for a foundation coaching course or the mandatory assistant referee's course fee of $45 per assistant referee.
Financially struggling clubs Clubs already charge their members fees of between $195 and $220 per player in the U/13 and age groups these fees will now have to go up to around $250 per player to accommodate the increases from the WAJRU, RugbyWA and the ARU.
All this comes a month before junior registration day not leaving clubs with much time to now readjust their fees to accommodate all the extra costs
Fees payable by clubs per team/player could easily look as follow:
WAJRU Fee per team ($125 per player WAJRU Fee x 25 players ) $3,125
RUGBYWA per team for Smart Rugby( Mandatory) $15
RUGBYWA Foundation course( Mandatory for U13 and up coaches) $95
RUGBYWA Assistant referee ( Mandatory ) $45
ARU Fee per team $200
(excluding player insurance )This is a total of $3,480
Fee Per Player ( 25 Players) excluding player insurance $139.20
If you take in account that most clubs will have to purchase a extra set of Jumpers for the new U17 age group at a cost of $1500 per set then you are looking at some clubs having to fork out in excess of $5000 to be able to field a U/17 team in 2014. That is an cost per player of around $225
most clubs just don't have the fee structure to absorb/accommodate this on such short notice.
According to the WAJRU statement on 31 October 2013 there was close to $200,000.00 in bank account of the Junior Rugby Union so not to sure why the player fee increase for 2014 ??