Originally Posted by
andrewM
Read through some previous ARU reports and confirms what I recalled - the historical favouritism towards the VRU is breathtaking
For each state I calculated each state's percentage of registered community players and then the percentage of community funding the state union received. From 2012 onwards the figures increase from being concerning to absurd! There's a story worth investigating. Unfortunately the format of the Annual Reports is inconsistent so some years data is missing
% of Community Rugby Participants % of ARU Community Rugby contribution
Year WA Vic WA Vic
2008 6.65 4.20 3.28 6.62
2009 6.90 4.16 4.99 7.19
2010 7.24 4.21 5.28 7.61
2011 7.31 4.21 4.39 7.14
2012 7.69 4.29 4.54 13.05
2013 - - 4.47 13.06
2014 - - 6.19 10.06
2015 - - - -
2016 - - - -
2017 - - 6.24 8.78
2018 - - 5.26 9.28