This year’s junior rugby clubs’ March Past will be held on 22 March 2025 at Allianz Stadium before NSW Waratahs take on the ACT Brumbies.
Important Info
Drop-off: 5:50 PM at Driver Avenue (OUTSIDE Allianz Stadium, opposite SCG Gate A).
Pick-up: 7:10 PM at north-west corner INSIDE the stadium (near Gate 1, Tah Bar).
Wristbands: Chaperones (Ed, Iwan or Joe) will give your child a wristband at drop-off.
What to Remember
- Kids should wear their 2025 or 2024 Eagles jersey, or Tahs shirt or blue shirt if you don’t have jersey
- Please make sure your child uses the bathroom before drop-off.
- Can’t attend? Let us know by 5PM Saturday.
- See the attached map for the march route in the stadium
- Don’t forget to watch the big screen
- The teams march in alphabetical order
Timeline
5:50 PM: Drop-off children at Driver Avenue
6:35 PM: Gate 8 opens
6:45 PM: Teams enter (see walking route below)
7:10 PM: March ends and parents pick-up children at North-West corner
Tickets
If you are NOT a parent chaperone, you will need to buy your own ticket.
Use code 25CLUB for discounted tickets for family & friends ($15 General Admission seating).
Points to note
- The meeting spot is on Driver Avenue directly outside the Members Gate for SCG – outside SCG Gate A
- SJRU caters for 1-2 Chaperones per 10 players.
- Players are to wear club colours
- Club banners/flags are allowed (but subject to size limits)
- Each Club will be provided a Wahu Banner (corflute) with their club name on it to march behind (these are collected at the end of the march)
Accreditation
All juniors and chaperones to be wrist-banded. SJRU will provide the wristbands at 17:50 on the night to club representative to distribute.
Walking Route
– On entering the FOP the march will walk along the southern astro turf, then the eastern and then the North to the opened LED gates in the northern stand
– The march will not at any point enter the Western sideline
– All participants must remain on the astro
– Clubs to march in alphabetical order
– Parents can retrieve children from the North West Corner as they leave the field – all the seating at that end is family friend GA seating.
