[7] Games were occasional and included matches played by soldiers at Sydney's barracks or against the crews of visiting ships.

[12][13] The game was postponed after the second Saturday when the Sydney FC held a lead of two goals to one,[14] but no record has been found of the final result.

The Waratahs team won the Super Rugby title for the first time in 2014,[20] after having previously reached the final in 2005 and 2008.

[26] Below the NSWRU grade competition is the New South Wales Suburban Rugby Union (commonly known as Subbies).

With over 6,000 players and 55 clubs this is believed to be the largest centrally organised rugby union competition in the world.

[27] The New South Wales Country Rugby Union is affiliated with the NSWRU and administers game in the majority of non-metropolitan areas of NSW.

The Waratah Shield is a rugby union knock-out competition for high school teams from New South Wales, Australia.

The Taki Toa Shield is a rugby union tournament played among semi-professional clubs and an invitational New Zealand Māori community team in Sydney which started in 1983.