Supporting grassroots sport since 1992

As rugby entered a new era, Buildcorp aimed to be a ‘Sponsor for Change’ by signing-up as the first naming rights sponsor for the National Women’s XVs Rugby team, the Buildcorp Wallaroos from 2016 to 2023.

In that time, the Buildcorp Wallaroos played a World Cup in Ireland, a 4-Nations Test series in New Zealand, and the first Bledisloe Cup double header on Australian soil in 2018. In 2019 they won their first standalone test series on home soil against Japan and competed in the 2022 World Cup in New Zealand.

Our desire to ensure that the pathway to national selection was as close to the men’s pathway as possible, lead us to support this missing link by becoming the naming rights sponsor in 2018 of this five-week Women’s XVs rugby competition.

With five teams, one from each of the four Australian rugby franchises plus a team from the Western Force, the Buildcorp Super W gives players significantly more playing opportunities and a chance to represent their state in a week-in, week-out competition. The Buildcorp Super W enhances the pathway to the Buildcorp Wallaroos.

As Buildcorp’s geographical footprint expanded, so too did our sponsorships.

Today our sponsorships also include the men and women of Sydney University Football Club, the University of Queensland Rugby Club, Melbourne University Rugby Football Club and Newcastle University Rugby Club.

In 2018, Buildcorp’s support of these University clubs extended to their Aon University 7s competition teams.

Our relationship with the clubs extend beyond the field and enables us to help young athletes realise their goals through cadet programs, sporting and career counselling and employment opportunities.

Wheelchair rugby was first contested at the Paralympic Games as a demonstration sport in Atlanta in 1996. It became an official medal-awarding sport at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and has since become one of the world’s most exciting and popular Para-sports. It is an intense, contact team sport played by males and females in eight-minute quarters.

Buildcorp is proud to have expanded our support of rugby by adding Wheelchair rugby to our sponsorship portfolio in 2022.

The Sydney University Football Club (SUFC) was founded in 1863 and is the oldest club outside of Britain. Buildcorp has been the Principal Sponsor of SUFC since 1992 and this is one of the oldest grassroots sponsorships in Australia. Our long-term partnership with has taught us a lot about the alignment between the culture and values of a successful club and business.

In 1994, SUFC founded a women’s rugby team who have since become a pillar of the club. SUFC has held 33 Shute Shield titles, the most in Shute Shield history, and are 7-time Australian club champions.

In 2014, we extended our support to the University of Newcastle representative of Buildcorp’s support of university rugby across the east coast.

The University of Newcastle, founded in 1955, is one of the oldest University sporting clubs and boasts a fine history of participation in the Newcastle and Hunter Rugby Union Premiership competition. In recent years the Club has also fielded a team in the Hunter Women’s Rugby Competition. The Club has produced numerous representative players from Newcastle Senior and Colts teams, NSW Country, NSW to Australian representatives.

Buildcorp is proud to sponsor the men’s and women’s 15’s, 7’s, Junior Red Heavies, and wheelchair programs. The Club is the most successful Brisbane Club having won 25 First Grade Premierships throughout its decorated past, the most recent being in 2021.

From Buildcorp’s perspective, the partnership which encompasses shared values and passion for team sport and community investment, has contributed to their ongoing growth and success in Queensland.

The UQ Rugby Club provides an environment where excellence and academic achievements are encouraged and extolled. Many of the Club’s players have been rewarded with state and national representative honours whilst others have further contributed to the game as coaches, managers or administrators.

“Our relationship with Buildcorp goes a lot deeper than the sponsorship. They are part of the Red Heavies family and have been with us all the way. When we needed additional support for our 7’s program, they were first to put up their hand. Similarly, when we needed assistance with the introduction of our Wheelchair Rugby team a couple of years ago, they were there. We can’t thank them enough.” – UQ Rugby President, David Muir

In 2017, after supporting the Club as an associate sponsor, we increased our partnership to be the Principal Partner, featuring front and centre on the Premier 1st XV jersey.

The University of Melbourne Rugby Football Club (MURFC) was founded in 1909, as one of 5 foundation clubs to establish the Victorian Rugby Union. The Club won its first premiership in 1910 and has always fielded a team in the top grade of any Victorian Competition, winning its fair share of premierships over the years.

In 2018, Buildcorp extended our rugby sponsorship to include three teams in the national Aon University Rugby 7s competition.

This sponsorship was a further investment in the women’s rugby pathway for the three university clubs Buildcorp already supported: Sydney University Football Club, University of Queensland Football Club (UQ) and Melbourne University Rugby Football Club.

The tournament features 10 universities from around Australia and has strengthened the talent pipeline, producing a number of full-time Aussie Sevens prospects.

We offer the players in its Club communities other opportunities for development. These include mentoring, cadetships, work experience, the Buildcorp Rugby Scholarship and networking events.

In 2020 Buildcorp became an inaugural sponsor of the International Rugby Academy Australia (IRAA). This academy is inspiring next generation player and coaching talent with high performance training and off-field support.

In 2022, added the addition of the Reds Rugby to our long-standing rugby sponsorship portfolio as the official naming rights partner of the Reds Academy through to 2024. Our partnership will help to unearth Queensland’s next generation of talent in the Buildcorp Reds Academy and the Buildcorp Emerging Reds Cup (ERC).