Melbourne Rising

Melbourne Rising
Founded
  • 2007 Melbourne Rebels (ARC)
  • 2014 Melbourne Rising (NRC)
Disbanded2020; 4 years ago (2020) (competition disbanded)
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Ground(s)
Coach(es)Pom Simona
Captain(s)Semisi Tupou
League(s)National Rugby Championship
20197th
Team kit
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The Melbourne Rising was an Australian rugby union team based in Melbourne that competed in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team represented the rugby community in Victoria and was organised and managed by Rugby Victoria with the coaching and training programs used by the Melbourne Rebels being extended to players joining the team from the Rebels, the local Dewar Shield competition, and local Victorian juniors.[1][2]

The NRC was launched in 2014, reinstating the national competition after an absence of six years.[3] The previous competition was the Australian Rugby Championship (ARC), which was discontinued in 2007 after only one season.[4] The team representing Victoria in the ARC was the Melbourne Rebels, organised and managed by the VRU. That Rebels team was the predecessor of the Melbourne Rebels team in Super Rugby and the Melbourne Rising team in the NRC.

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