Old Collegians in Adelaide wins $500,000 in one of the grants directed to Coalition-held marginal seatsSports grants: rugby club gets funding for female change rooms but has no women's teamA rugby union club in Adelaide’s eastern suburbs won a $500,000 grant for facilities including new female change rooms under the Coalition’s sports grant program despite not fielding a women’s team since 2018 when it was embroiled in a sexism controversy. Rugby SA confirmed that Old Collegians last fielded a women’s team in the state competition in 2018 when they were successful in securing the premiership. According to the club website it is hoping to “reinvigorate” the women’s team ahead of the 2020 season, but it has not yet registered a women’s team for the 2020 competition. According to the club’s website, the grant will be used for a “refurbishment of our club rooms and adding additional changing rooms”. The correspondence shows that the women’s team raised concern about unequal treatment at the club, saying many of the female players did not feel respected.

Source: The Guardian January 23, 2020 16:30 UTC