John Degotardi was President of NSW Juniors from 1980 to 1986. With a tenure of at least 7 years as the President he is the longest serving President on record. He is recorded as serving 7 years on committee in total (1980-1986) but our archive records don’t precede 1980 – so considering John was appointed a Life Membership in 1980 it surely would have been a much longer period of service.

He also held many official roles across NSW Rugby and Australian Junior Rugby Union over this period as well.

John’s recorded roles/contributions include;‍

President NSWJRU 1980-1986

Juniors delegate to NSWRU 1980-1986

Juniors delegate to AJRU 1981-1986

Upon John’s passing in 1999, the then President of NSW Juniors Phil Warner was quoted “His contribution to Junior Rugby at local,state and National level was enormous”.

In 2021 the 'J.C.Degotardi Trophy' was created for the U12 Boys NSWJRU State Championships in dedication to John's service to the game.

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