Melbourne University Rugby Football Club

Key Dates

Stan Carnes — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:57:47 +0000

MURFC have organised several matches in preparation for Season 2012. Game 1 is against Powerhouse (4 Mar 12), Game 2 is the VRU 10s (17 Mar 12) at Cerberus, Game 3 is against Boroondara at Eltham (24 Mar 12), and Game 4 at Mount Gambier against Adelaide University.

All players should be paying subs over the next few weeks to help out the Club with payments for the buses to Mount Gambier. Further details to follow soon…..

Pre-season Continues …

Jonesy — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:21:16 +0000

Pre-season continues at the Clubhouse on Tuesdays & Thursday from 6pm.
Player Registrations will be taking place before, during & after training.
Please see any Committee Member or Team Manager.

2012 Membership fees are $280 for players, $160 for Full-time students and concession players and $100 for supporter (non-playing) members.
This gives all players access to a physio at training sessions, medical/physio support during the games and substantial club merchandise.
The fees also cover ARU registration, medical insurance, washing of kit and subsidised meals in the Clubhouse during the season after training.
All players will receive a club polo shirt when Membership fees are FULLY paid.

MURFC will be initiating a “no pay, no play” policy in 2012, with all players expected to have paid all or part of their subs by no later than Round 1.
This will be heavily monitored by all coaches and managers in Season 2012.

Your Membership is the backbone of the Club.

Get Behind The Rebels – Join Up Now and Earn Cash for Uni !

Stan Carnes — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:25:34 +0000

RaboDirect and the Melbourne Rebels are offering a cash prize of $5,000 each + other incentives to 8 rugby clubs in Victoria that have the most 2012 Rebels membership based on a percentage of senior players registered in 2011.

The following link provides further information http://www.melbournerebelsmembership.com.au/conversions/intro/ and note Melbourne University RFC is currently 4^th on the ladder with 89 registered members refer summary list below. Please contact all friends, family and fans of MURFC to join the Mlebourne Rebels and advise the Melbourne Rebels membership officer (rabodirectconversionsforclubs@melbournerebels.com.au) that they are connected to MURFC to ensure we are one of the top 8 clubs by 15 February 2012.

PreSeason Fitness Training – Results Based Training Melbourne – Wednesdays and Saturdays

Stan Carnes — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:08:40 +0000

Preseason fitness training will be conducted again this week on Wednesday (starts at 7pm) and Saturday (starts at 11am) at the RBT Gymnasium in South Melbourne. It will be run by Aaron Scarborough and Kieran Fitzgerald. (For those of you who didnt know, Aaron and Kieran are strength and conditioning coaches during the day ) Focus is solely on strength and conditioning in preparation for Season 2012. Bring your club preseason shirts so we advertise our Club, joggers and a waterbottle. This costs $50 for 3 months. Please note that the Club will match what the playing group put in financially, so do the right thing and put some money in. Once you are paid up you will also have access to individual gym and nutrition programs to focus on improving your performance on and off the field. The programs will be based on recommendations from the coaching staff and S&C staff to maximize your efforts at playing at the highest grade in your position.

Location is 146 Thisthlethwaite Street South Melbourne. (http://www.resultbasedtraining.com.au/)