Australian Institute Of Sport Rugby Union

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The Rugby Union program was established at the AIS in 1988 as part of a plan to provide a coordinated national approach to talent identification and development. The program has evolved through the development of state union academy programs with the Australian Rugby Union providing quality control of these programs through its High Performance Unit. From 2003-2006 the AIS program incorporated athletes from 15-18 years of age with the objective of preparing these players for representative school/club rugby and post-school professional rugby at the Super 12/14 and Wallabies levels. In more recent years the program has included the National U20's team that competes in the iRB Junior World Championships.

To fully utilise the services and expertise of the AIS, the ARU re-popsitioned the AIS Rugby Program to become the Australian National Sevens Program for 2008/09 and beyond. Sevens Rugby presents an opportunity to broaden our existing player base in Australia. By using an established international competition that in many ways reflects some of the demands of S14 rugby we can better prepare a greater number of players for the rigours of Super Rugby.