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MELBOURNE RISING ANNOUNCE 2015 FIXTURE LIST

18/06/2015
MELBOURNE RISING ANNOUNCE 2015 FIXTURE LIST

The Melbourne Rising will take all four homes games to different regions, following the announcement this evening of the 2015 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) draw.

Minor premiers in the inaugural NRC in 2014, the Melbourne Rising's first home game for 2015 will be played on the afternoon of Saturday August 29th against defending champions Brisbane City at Harlequin Rugby Club, Ashwood.

Further home games in Victoria see the Melbourne Rising host Greater Sydney Rams in Morwell on Saturday September 19th at 2pm, NSW Country Eagles in Geelong on Thursday October 8th at 7:30pm (televised) and Sydney Stars in Frankston on Sunday October 18th at 1:30pm.

The Melbourne Rising's campaign begins with a trip to the Gold Coast to take on Queensland Country on Sunday August 23rd, while further away games see the team travel to Manly to face the North Harbour Rays on Thursday September 3rd (broadcast), to Western Australia to face the Perth Spirit on Saturday September 26th and to Canberra to play the UC Vikings on Friday October 2nd.

With the top four sides on the ladder at the end of the regular season making the finals, the 2015 Buildcorp National Rugby Championship Semi-Finals will take place on the weekend of 24/25 October, with the Grand Final a week later.

The full draw is available at www.rugby.com.au/nrc.

In 2015, Melbourne Rising are taking Rugby to the community. With the support of local and state governments, a key pillar for the 2015 Melbourne Rising program is to showcase elite Rugby content in key regional areas as well as giving members of the community an opportunity to engage with Rugby as a whole. 

Further information regarding the Melbourne Rising's campaign in 2015, including training squads, allocated Melbourne Rebels and Qantas Wallabies players, Melbourne Rising staff, ticketing information and merchandise information will be released over the coming two months.
 
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Now in its second season, the Buildcorp NRC is a domestic Rugby competition which runs for 11 weeks from 20 August to 1 November.

The 2015 NRC teams are: Brisbane City, Queensland Country, Macquarie University North Harbour Rays, Sydney Stars, Greater Sydney Rams, NSW Country Eagles, University of Canberra Vikings, Melbourne Rising and Perth Spirit.

The NRC presents a great opportunity to grow the game in Australia and is designed to give players, coaches and match officials another link in their development pathway.

For Rugby fans, it will showcase some of the best emerging talent in Australian Rugby and will provide an opportunity to engage with an elite Rugby competition.
 

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