2015 National Rugby Championship

2015 National Rugby Championship
Date	20 August – 31 October 2015
Champions	Brisbane City (2nd title)
Runners-up	University of Canberra Vikings
Matches played	39
Attendance	56,547 (average 1,450 per match)
Highest attendance	4,327 Brisbane City 21–10 University of Canberra Vikings (31 October 2015)
Lowest attendance	300 Greater Sydney Rams City 39–63 Perth Spirit (10 October 2015)
Top point scorer	Jake McIntyre (141)  Brisbane City
Top try scorer	Junior Laloifi (14)  Brisbane City
Official website
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The 2015 National Rugby Championship (known as the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of Australia's National Rugby Championship, involving nine professional rugby union teams from around Australia. The competition kicked off 20 August 2015.

The regular season was dominated by two teams, Brisbane City and the University of Canberra Vikings, who went on to play in the championship final.^[1][2] The deciding match, played at Ballymore, was won 21–10 by Brisbane to claim their second consecutive NRC title.^[3]

Teams

SYD

BRI

MLB

NSW

PER

QC

UCV

Location of teams in the 2015 National Rugby Championship

Legend:
BRI – Brisbane City
MLB – Melbourne Rising
NSW – NSW Country Eagles
PER – Perth Spirit
QC – Queensland Country
UCV – University of Canberra Vikings

SYD – Sydney (see below)

GSR

NHR

SYD

Location of the Sydney-based teams in the 2015 National Rugby Championship

GSR – Greater Sydney Rams
NHR – North Harbour Rays
SYD – Sydney Stars

The nine teams confirmed for the 2015 NRC season include four from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one each from Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Western Australia:^[4]

State	Team	Coach(es)	Captain(s)	Refs
ACT	University of Canberra Vikings	Brad Harris	Jarrad Butler	[5][6]
NSW	NSW Country Eagles	Darren Coleman	Jono Lance	[7][8]
	Greater Sydney Rams	Jim Williams	Jed Holloway	[9]
	North Harbour Rays	Geoff Townsend	Luke Holmes	[10]
	Sydney Stars	Peter Playford	David Hickey	[11]
QLD	Brisbane City	Nick Stiles	Liam Gill Nick Frisby	[12]
	Queensland Country	Jason Gilmore	James Tuttle	[13][14]
VIC	Melbourne Rising	Zane Hilton	Colby Fainga'a Scott Fuglistaller	[15]
WA	Perth Spirit	Tai McIsaac	Heath Tessmann Ian Prior Angus Cottrell	[16]

Home match venues for the 2015 NRC season:

State	Team	Match Venue	Capacity	City
ACT	University of Canberra Vikings	Viking Park	10,000	Canberra
NSW	NSW Country Eagles	Ann Ashwood Park	3,000	Bathurst
		No. 2 Sports Ground	5,000	Newcastle
		Chillingworth Oval	3,000	Tamworth
		Woollahra Oval	5,000	Sydney
	Greater Sydney Rams	Concord Oval	20,000
		Granville Park	5,000
		Forshaw Park	3,000
		Parramatta Stadium	20,700
	North Harbour Rays	Manly Oval	5,000
		Pittwater Park	10,000
	Sydney Stars	Leichhardt Oval	22,000
QLD	Brisbane City	Ballymore	18,000	Brisbane
	Queensland Country	Bond University	5,000	Gold Coast
		Rugby Park	5,000	Rockhampton
		Sports Ground	9,000	Toowoomba
		Stockland Park	12,000	Sunshine Coast
VIC	Melbourne Rising	Ashwood Reserve	3,000	Melbourne
		Frankston Park	8,000
		Simonds Stadium	34,074	Geelong
		Latrobe City Stadium	12,000	Morwell
WA	Perth Spirit	UWA Rugby Club	4,000	Perth

Television coverage and streaming

One (or more) of the NRC matches each round is broadcast live via Fox Sports, typically the Thursday night match. Streaming of the three non-broadcast matches per round, usually played on Saturday or Sunday, is hosted by Fox Sports online.^[17] Discussion of the NRC competition is included on Fox Sports' Rugby HQ program on Thursday nights following the live match broadcast, and on the review show NRC Extra Time on Monday nights.^[17]

Experimental Law Variations

The ARU was given approval by World Rugby (then known as the International Rugby Board) to conduct experimental law trials as part of the 2014 National Rugby Championship.^[18] These law variations were retained for the 2015 season.^[17] Consideration was given to reverting the value of a successful conversion kick to 2 points to restore a converted try to 7 points,^[19] but the 3 point conversion variation was retained.^[17]

NRC Law Variations 

Existing Law of the Game	Variation
Law 9.A.1 Value of a Conversion goal - 2 points Value of a Penalty goal - 3 points Value of a Dropped goal - 3 points	Value of a Conversion goal - 3 points Value of a Penalty goal - 2 points Value of a Dropped goal - 2 points Previously trialled in South Africa’s Varsity Cup.[18]
Law 5.7(e) If time expires and the ball is not dead, or an awarded scrum or lineout has not been completed, the referee allows play to continue until the next time that the ball becomes dead. The ball becomes dead when the referee would have awarded a scrum, lineout, an option to the non-infringing team, drop out or after a conversion or successful penalty kick at goal. If a scrum has to be reset, the scrum has not been completed. If time expires and a mark, free kick or penalty kick is then awarded, the referee allows play to continue.	Non-offending team is allowed to kick the ball into touch after being awarded a penalty kick, which has been blown after time expires, and the lineout will take place.
Law 19.6 The player taking the throw-in must stand at the correct place. The player must not step into the field of play when the ball is thrown. The ball must be thrown straight, so that it travels at least 5 metres along the line of touch before it first touches the ground or touches or is touched by a player.	Latitude will be given to the throwing team if the opposing team does not compete for the ball near where the ball is received
Law 9.B.1(e) The kicker must take the kick within one minute and thirty seconds (ninety seconds) from the time a try has been awarded. The player must take the kick within one minute and thirty seconds even if the ball rolls over and has to be placed again.	Time limit reduced to 60 seconds for conversion kicks, and 45 seconds for penalty kicks.
Law 20.1(d) No delay. A team must not intentionally delay forming a scrum.	Team has 30 seconds to form a scrum from the time the referee gives the mark.
Law 20.12(c) When a team has won the ball in a scrum, the scrum half of the opposing team is offside if that scrum half steps in front of the ball with either foot while the ball is still in the scrum.	Opposing scrum half is not allowed to enter the gap between the flanker and number 8, even if they stay behind the ball
Law 21.2(a) The kicker must take the penalty or free kick at the mark or anywhere behind it on a line through the mark.	Increased latitude will be given to where penalty and free kicks are to be taken
Law 19.2(d) For a quick throw-in, the player must use the ball that went into touch. A quick throw-in is not permitted if another person has touched the ball apart from the player throwing it in and an opponent who carried it into touch. The same team throws into the lineout.	Players will be allowed to take quick throw-ins regardless of whether someone else has touched the ball
Law 17.2(d) Keeping players on their feet. Players in a maul must endeavour to stay on their feet. The ball carrier in a maul may go to ground providing the ball is available immediately and play continues.	Greater policing of this law, in order to discourage "hold up tackles", by ensuring that the tackler, who holds up a ball carrier in an effort to form a maul, does not collapse the maul as soon as it has formed.
Competition rule - Bonus point awarded for scoring 4 tries	Bonus point awarded if winning team scores 3 or more tries than their opponents. This particular system has been used in France's professional leagues since the 2007–08 northern hemisphere season.[20][21]
Television match official protocols	Television match official to only be consulted about tries and in-goal plays.

Regular season

The nine teams compete in a round-robin tournament for the regular season. Each team has four matches at home and four away, with one bye. The top four teams qualify for the title play-offs with semi-finals and finals.

During this section of the tournament, teams can also play for the Horan-Little Shield, a challenge trophy that is played for when a challenge is accepted or offered by the holders.

Standings

National Rugby Championship
Pos	Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points For	Points Against	Points Difference	Try Bonus	Losing Bonus	Points
1	Brisbane City HL	8	8	0	0	400	174	+226	6	0	38
2	Canberra Vikings	8	7	0	1	375	176	+199	6	1	35
3	Melbourne Rising	8	5	0	3	220	251	−31	0	0	20
4	Sydney Stars	8	4	0	4	241	314	−73	2	2	20
5	NSW Country Eagles	8	4	0	4	225	260	−35	1	2	19
6	Perth Spirit	8	3	0	5	276	271	+5	2	2	16
7	North Harbour Rays	8	2	0	6	275	339	−64	1	2	11
8	Queensland Country	8	2	0	6	230	336	–106	0	1	9
9	Greater Sydney Rams	8	1	0	7	242	363	−121	0	3	7
Updated: 18 October 2015 Source: rugbyarchive.net  • Teams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the preliminary competition rounds qualify for the Title play-offs. HL denotes the holder of the Horan-Little Shield.
Four points for a win, two for a draw, and no points for a bye. One bonus point for the winning team scoring three or more tries than their opponent (BP1), one bonus point for losing by eight or less (BP2). If teams are level on points in the standings at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:  • Difference between points for and against  • Total number of points for  • Number of matches won  • Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams

Competition rounds

Round 1

	20 August 2015	Brisbane City	29–16	Perth Spirit	Ballymore, Brisbane
	7:30 pm	Try: Hunt 19' c Laloifi 27' m Kerevi 49' c McIntyre 71' c Con: McIntyre (2/3) 20', 50' Taefu (1/1) 72'	Report[22] Summary[23]	Try: Koteka 35' c Cottrell 55' c Con: Prior (2/2) 36', 56' Cards: Heiberg 11' to 21'	Attendance: 2,698 Referee: Will Houston

	22 August 2015	North Harbour Rays	29–45	Sydney Stars	Manly Oval
	3:00 pm	Try: Northam 4' m Adams 15' c Hill 43' c Holmes 53' c Con: Angus (3/4) 16', 44', 54'	Report[24]	Try: Hickey 21' m Gordon 25' c Jones 28' c Robertson 30' c Hanson 39' c Coolican 68' c Con: Roberts (5/6) 25', 29', 31', 40', 69'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Graham Cooper

	22 August 2015	(BP) Greater Sydney Rams	31–32	NSW Country Eagles	Merrylands RSL Rugby Park, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Heyer 5' m Masson 29' m Asquith 31' c Gillespie 46' c Kapa 59' m Con: Asquith (1/3) 32' Ayoub (1/2) 47' Cards: Munro 40' to 50' Betham 50' to 60'	Report[25]	Try: Brooks 17' c Stubbs 27' c Kellaway 35' c Miller 52' c Con: Lance (4/4) 19', 27', 37', 53' Cards: Dowsett 27' to 37'	Attendance: 1,200[26] Referee: Angus Gardner

Horan-Little Challenge	23 August 2015	(BP) Queensland Country	31–39	Melbourne Rising	Bond University, Gold Coast
	3:30 pm	Try: Fa'agase (2) 20' c, 43' c Mitchell 10' m Taulagi 40' m Leilua 57' m Con: Greene (2/5) 21', 44'	Report[27]	Try: Meehan (2) 15' c, 46' m Taliu 23' c Fuglistaller 25' c Leafa 52' m Shipperley 70' m Con: Debreczeni (3/6) 16', 24', 26 Pen: Debreczeni (0/1) Cards: Meehan 34' to 44' Placid 64' to 74'	Attendance: 1,700[26] Referee: Nic Berry

Bye/s: University of Canberra Vikings

Round 2

	27 August 2015	Sydney Stars	50–40	Queensland Country	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
	7:30 pm	Try: Robertson (2) 31' c, 61' m Jones 10' c Clunies-Ross 15' m Gordon 40' c Hickey 45' c Philip 64' c Con: Roberts (4/6) 11', 32', 40', 46' McGregor (1/1) 64'	Report[28] Summary[29]	Try: Perese (2) 12' c, 59' c Tuttle 25' c Greene 50' c Duncan Paia'aua 73' c Con: Greene (5/5) 13', 26', 51', 60', 73'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Graham Cooper

Horan-Little Challenge	29 August 2015	Melbourne Rising	21–49	Brisbane City (BP)	Ashwood Reserve, Melbourne
	2:00 pm	Try: Debreczeni 10' c Reid 18' c Vilitati 71' m Con: Debreczeni (2/3) 11', 19' Cards: Tyler 52' to 62'	Report[30]	Try: Setu 30' m Laloifi 44' c Neville 46' c Talakai 51' c Kerevi 76' c Higginbotham 81' c Con: Frisby (0/1) McIntyre (5/5) 45', 47', 52', 77', 81'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Angus Gardner

	29 August 2015	NSW Country Eagles	13–37	University of Canberra Vikings (BP)	Woollahra Oval, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Baldwin 20' c Kellaway 69' m Con: Lance (1/2) 21' Cards: Ed Stubbs 76' to 81'	Report[31]	Try: Taliauli 22' Butler 35' c Thompson 47' m Ah Wong 67' c Perry 67' c Con: Thompson (3/4) 23', 36', 68', 80'	Attendance: 2,623 Referee: Mike Lash

	29 August 2015	Perth Spirit	26–45	North Harbour Rays	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	3:30 pm AWST	Try: Hardwick (2) 12' c, 49' m Mocenacagi 23' m Konelio 52' c Con: Nikoro (1/2) 13' Prior (1/2) 53' Cards: Tessmann 36' to 46' Cottrell 55' to 65'	Report[32]	Try: Killingworth (2) 40' c, 45' c Holmes 16' c Northam 30' m Hunting 57' c Rorke 71 c Con: Angus (5/6) 17', 40', 46', 58', 72'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Andrew Lees

Bye/s: Greater Sydney Rams

Round 3

	3 September 2015	(BP) North Harbour Rays	40–45	Melbourne Rising	Manly Oval
	7:30 pm	Try: Killingworth (32) 8' c, 27' c Angus 51' c Holmes 58' c Hill 61' c Con: Angus (5/5) 9', 28', 52', 59', 62' Cards: O'Connor 64' to 74'	Report[33] Summary[34]	Try: Johansson 14' c Reid 18' c Ili 23' c Debreczeni 33' c Meehan 38' c Fainga'a 72' m Con: Debreczeni (5/6) 14', 18', 24', 33', 39' Cards: Johansson 48' to 58'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Mick Tanzer

	5 September 2015	(BP) University of Canberra Vikings	58–26	Greater Sydney Rams	Viking Park, Canberra
	2:00 pm	Try: Butler (2) 3' c, 24' c Niumata (2) 7' m, 76' c Arnold 39' c Fainifo 56' c Vaea 62' m Oakman-Hunt 71' c Con: Leali'ifano (6/8) 4', 25', 40', 57', 71', 77'	Report[35]	Try: Needs (2) 27' m, 66' c Curtis 33' c Masson 45' m Con: Saifoloi (2/4) 34', 67'	Attendance: 2,178 Referee: Will Houston

	5 September 2015	(BP) Sydney Stars	45–24	Perth Spirit	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Hale 21' m Hickey 35' c Carter 43' c Kingston 54' c Gordon 69' c Philip 80' c Con: Roberts (4/5) 36', 44', 55', 70' McGregor (1/1) 80' Cards: Whiteley 58' to 68'	Report[36]	Try: Rovira 15' c Nikoro 27' c Jooste 48' c Con: Prior (3/3) 16', 28', 50' Cards: Nikoro 53' to 63' Rangi 35' to 45'	Attendance: 750 Referee: Mike Lash

	6 September 2015	Queensland Country	24–44	Brisbane City (BP)	Sports Ground, Toowoomba
	3:30 pm	Try: Samo 4' c Magnay 54' c Cornelsen 68' c Con: Greene (3/3) 5', 55', 69'	Report[37]	Try: Laloifi (2) 48' c, 62' c Gibbon 13' m Hyne 37' c Gill 60' m Kuridrani 80' c Con: McIntyre (3/5) 38', 49', 63' Taefu (1/1) 80' Pen: McIntyre (1/1) 73' Cards: Neville 65' to 75'	Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Damien Mitchelmore

Bye/s: NSW Country Eagles

Round 4

Horan-Little Challenge	10 September 2015	(BP) Brisbane City	55–29	North Harbour Rays	Ballymore, Brisbane
	7:30 pm	Try: Gill (2) 13' c, 38' m Kerevi (2) 59' c, 80' c penalty try 12' c Tela 18' m Frisby 68' m Laloifi 73' c Con: McIntyre (3/5) 12', 14', 60' Taefu (2/2) 74', 80' Cards: Higginbotham 35' to 45' Gill 65' to 75'	Report[38] Summary[39]	Try: Holmes 29' m Northam 42' c Hill 62' c Bergelin 65' c Con: Angus (1/2) 43' Hodge (2/2) 63', 66' Cards: Pili-Gaitau  25' to 35', 50' to 80'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

	12 September 2015	NSW Country Eagles	37–31	Sydney Stars (BP)	Chillingworth Oval, Tamworth
	3:00 pm	Try: Lance (2) 21' c, 46' m Clifton 27' c, 49' c Figg 71' c Con: Lance (4/5) 23', 28', 50', 72' Cards: Collins 78' to 80'	Report[40]	Try: Jones (2) 61' c, 63' m Gordon 33' m Whiteley 40' c Kovacic 79' m Con: Roberts (2/5) 40', 62' Cards: Whiteley 24' to 34'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Michael Hogan

	12 September 2015	(BP) Greater Sydney Rams	31–37	Queensland Country	Forshaw Park, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Curtis 7' m, 68' c Godinet 31' m Hayes 40' m Tufui 49' c Con: Ayoub (2/5) 50', 69'	Report[41]	Try: Greene (2) 4' c, 66' m Fainga'a 12' c Leilua 51' c Tupou 77' c Con: Greene (4/5) 5', 13', 52', 78	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Andrew Lees

	12 September 2015	(BP) Perth Spirit	23–26	University of Canberra Vikings	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	3:30 pm AWST	Try: Rasolea 15' c Koteka 23' m Lacey 47' m Konelio 80' m Con: Burton (1/4) 16'	Report[42]	Try: Alaalatoa (2) 20' c, 29' c Powell 4' c Con: Iona (3/3) 5', 21', 30' Pen: Third (1/1) 76' Cards: Fainifo 14' to 24' Smiler 32' to 42' Ah Wong 78' to 80'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Ed Martin

Bye/s: Melbourne Rising

Round 5

	17 September 2015	(BP) University of Canberra Vikings	76–16	Sydney Stars	Viking Park, Canberra
	7:30 pm	Try: Vaea (2) 19' c, 25' c Ah Wong (4) 8' m, 32' m, 63' m, 78' c Abel 13' c Thompson 19' c Dargaville 42' m penalty try 56' c Iona 69' c Con: Leali'ifano (6/9) 14', 19', 20', 26', 70', 79' Thompson (1/2) 57'	Report[43] Summary[44]	Try: Stewart 45' c Carter 66' c Con: McGregor (2/2) 46', 67' Cards: Coolican 40' to 50' Latu 53' to 63'	Attendance: 1,223 Referee: Damien Mitchelmore

	19 September 2015	Melbourne Rising	37–36	Greater Sydney Rams (BP)	La Trobe City Stadium, Morwell
	2:00 pm	Try: English (2) 42' c, 80' c Fainga'a 30' m Placid 51' c Reid 77' c Con: Debreczeni (4/5) 43', 52', 78', 80' Cards: Vilitati 15' to 25' Timani 23' to 33'	Report[45]	Try: McDougall (2) 53' c, 70' m Holloway (2) 60' m, 66' m Gillespie 17' m Carbone 34' c Con: Ayoub (2/6) 34', 54' Cards: Holloway 40' to 50'	Attendance: 480 Referee: Matt O'Brien

	19 September 2015	Queensland Country	34–64	Perth Spirit (BP)	Rugby Park, Rockhampton
	6:00 pm	Try: Greene 31' c Leilua 53' m Tupou 71' c Turner 74' c Fitzgerald 78' m Con: Greene (2/3) 31', 72' Malolua (1/2) 75'	Report[46]	Try: Havili (2) 33' c, 50' c Koteka 6' c Prior 19' c Konelio 39' c Hardwick 40' c Nikoro 43' c Godwin 46' c Con: Prior (8/8) 6', 20', 34', 40', 41', 44', 47', 51' Cards: Van Wyk 27' to 37' Hardwick 62' to 72' Heiberg 70' to 80'	Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

Horan-Little Challenge	20 September 2015	(BP) Brisbane City	61–29	NSW Country Eagles	Ballymore, Brisbane
	3:30 pm	Try: Kerevi (2) 57' c, 63' m Higginbotham 18' c Neville 25' c Hunt 40' c Laloifi 48' c Kuridrani 53' c Gibbon 78' c Con: McIntyre (7/8) 19', 26', 40', 49', 54', 58', 79'	Report[47]	Try: Tuala (2) 14' c, 22' c Pennington 3' m Roods 71' c Con: Lance (2/3) 15', 23' Harvey (1/1) 72'	Attendance: 1,816 Referee: Nic Berry

Bye/s: North Harbour Rays

Round 6

	24 September 2015	(BP) NSW Country Eagles	16–24	Queensland Country	No. 2 Sports Ground, Newcastle
	7:30 pm	Try: Feao 19' c Short 32' c Con: Lance (2/2) 20', 33' Cards: Maraki 71' to 80'	Report[48] Summary[49]	Try: Jones 11' c penalty try 49' c Tupou 74' c Con: Taumata (3/3) 12', 50', 75'	Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ed Martin

	26 September 2015	North Harbour Rays	37–63	University of Canberra Vikings (BP)	Pittwater Park, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Porch (2) 19' c, 63' m Hodge 10' c Pili-Gaitau 22' c Adams 48' c Con: Angus (4/5) 11', 20', 23', 49' Cards: Elliott 21' to 41' Bergelin 69' to 79' Fraser  73'	Report[50]	Try: Butler (2) 18' c, 40' c Fainifo (2) 71' c, 76' c Niumata 25' m Dargaville 36' m Arnold 44' c Ah Wong 55' m Vaea 67' c Con: Leali'ifano (6/9) 19', 40', 45', 68', 73', 77' Cards: Ah Wong 10' to 20' Dargaville 48' to 58' Lomax  73'	Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Matt O'Brien

	26 September 2015	Perth Spirit	31–21	Melbourne Rising	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	3:30 pm AWST	Try: Lacey (2) 33' m, 39' m Louwrens 23' c Godwin 50' m Cottrell 62' c Con: Burton (1/3) 25' Prior (1/1) 64'	Report[51]	Try: Meehan 18' c Ili 36' m Placid 80' c Con: Debreczeni (2/3) 19', 80' Cards: Fainga'a 54' to 64'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Graham Cooper

	27 September 2015	(BP) Sydney Stars	44–32	Greater Sydney Rams	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
	3:00 pm	Try: Jones (3) 7' m, 24' m, 49' m Robertson 30' c Robinson 40' c Tuapou 44' m Yassmin 67' c Con: McGregor (2/6) 31', 40' Kagiassis (1/1) 68'	Report[52]	Try: Gillespie 10' c Meafua 16' c McDougall 59' c Holloway 76' c Con: Teki (4/4) 11', 17', 60', 77' Cards: Meafua 44' to 54'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Andrew Lees

Bye/s: Brisbane City

Round 7

	1 October 2015	Greater Sydney Rams	23–21	North Harbour Rays (BP)	Pirtek Stadium, Sydney
	7:30 pm	Try: Masson (2) 10' m, 26' c Hermens 22' m Hayes 71' m Con: Teki (1/4) 27' Cards: Roos 6' to 16'	Report[53] Summary[54]	Try: Hodge 7' c Porch 14' m Hill 64' c Con: Angus (1/2) 8' Hodge (1/1) 65'	Attendance: 400 Referee: Andrew Lees

	2 October 2015	(BP) University of Canberra Vikings	42–16	Melbourne Rising	Viking Park, Canberra
	7:30 pm	Try: Butler 22' c penalty try 33' c Toua 38' m Vaea 54' m Fainifo 67' c, 71' c Con: Leali'ifano (4/6) 23', 34', 68', 72'	Report[55]	Try: Debreczeni 25' Shipperley 45' Con: Debreczeni (2/2) 26', 46' Cards: Cummins 31' to 41' Ah-Nau 62' to 72' Debreczeni 69' to 79'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

Horan-Little Challenge	2 October 2015	Sydney Stars	0–58	Brisbane City (BP)	Leichhardt Oval, Sydney
	7:30 pm	Cards: Toleafoa 40' to 50'	Report[56]	Try: Laloifi (4) 5' c, 14' c, 18' c, 51' c Kuridrani 9' m Hunt 17' c Higginbotham 27' c Setu 70' m Con: McIntyre (6/7) 6', 15', 18', 19', 28', 52' Taefu (0/1)	Attendance: 400 Referee: Will Houston

	4 October 2015	(BP) Perth Spirit	29–32	NSW Country Eagles	McGillivray Oval, Perth
	3:00 pm AWST	Try: Rasolea 34' c Hoskins 43' c Tessmann 48' c Hardwick 57' m Con: Prior (3/4) 35', 44', 48' Cards: Rasolea  37'	Report[57]	Try: Horwitz 20' c Kellaway 25' c McKenzie 38' c Stubbs 62' c Con: Lance (4/4) 21', 26', 39', 63' Cards: Stubbs 32' to 42' Maraki 56' to 66'	Attendance: 600 Referee: Damien Mitchelmore

Bye/s: Queensland Country

Round 8

	8 October 2015	Melbourne Rising	23–16	NSW Country Eagles (BP)	Simonds Stadium, Geelong
	7:30 pm AEDT	Try: Fainga'a (2) 65' m, 71' c Placid 12' m Meehan 61' m Con: Meehan (1/1) 72' Johansson (0/3) Cards: Timani 30' to 40' Jeffries 38' to 48'	Report[58] Summary[59]	Try: Sexton 4' c McKenzie 48' c Con: Lance (2/2) 5', 49' Cards: Baldwin 11' to 21' Kuate 64' to 74'	Attendance: 500 Referee: Matt O'Brien

Horan-Little Challenge	10 October 2015	(BP) University of Canberra Vikings	31–37	Brisbane City	Viking Park, Canberra
	2:00 pm AEDT	Try: Holloway (3) 16' m, 28' c, 50' m Gibbon 43' c Pakalani 59' c Munro 65' m Con: Teki (2/3) 29', 43' Adams (1/3) 60'	Report[60]	Try: Nikoro (2) 8' c, 73' m Apineru (2) 12' c, 32' m Louwrens (2) 34' c, 54' m Konelio 3' c Lacey 23' c Godwin 38' c Con: Prior (6/9) 4', 9', 13', 23', 35', 38'	Attendance: 2,175 Referee: Andrew Lees

	10 October 2015	(BP) North Harbour Rays	50–32	Queensland Country	Pittwater Park, Sydney
	3:00 pm AEDT	Try: Holmes (2) 15' c, 21' c Holmes (2) 40' m, 57' c Adams (2) 51' m, 73' c Lane 76' c Con: Angus (5/7) 16', 22', 57', 74', 77'	Report[61]	Try: Fa'agase 12' c Potgieter 19' c Tuttle 36' c Magnay 50' c Con: Greene (4/4) 12', 20', 37', 51'	Attendance: 800 Referee: Ed Martin

	10 October 2015	Greater Sydney Rams	39–63	Perth Spirit (BP)	Concord Oval, Sydney
	3:00 pm AEDT	Try: Butler 3' m Abel 48' c Iona 53' m Anae 59' m Makin 69' c Con: Leali'ifano (2/5) 49', 70	Report[62]	Try: Paraka 11' c Laloifi 31' c Hyne 36' c Hunt 41' c Gill 64' m Con: McIntyre (4/5) 12', 32', 37', 41' Cards: Vanzati 68' to 78'	Attendance: 300 Referee: Nic Berry

Bye/s: Sydney Stars

Round 9

	15 October 2015	Queensland Country	8–42	University of Canberra Vikings (BP)	Stockland Stadium, Sunshine Coast
	7:30 pm AEST	Try: Tuttle 28' Con: Greene (1/1) 29'	Report[63] Summary[64]	Try: Third 4' Hamlin 14' Dargaville 22' Makin 43' Taliauli 48' Penca 54' Con: Thompson (4/6) 5', 15', 44', 55'	Attendance: 1,151 Referee: Graham Cooper

	17 October 2015	(BP) NSW Country Eagles	50–24	North Harbour Rays	Ann Ashwood Park, Bathurst
	4:00 pm AEDT	Try: Figg (2) 7' c, 31' c Horowitz 15' c Stubbs 46' m Kellaway 57' m Short 75' c Tuala 80' c Con: Lance (5/7) 8', 16', 32', 76', 80'	Report[65]	Try: Holmes (2) 51' c, 68 c Bergelin 60' c Con: Angus (3/3) 52' 61' 69' Cards: Killingworth 21' to 31'	Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Nic Berry

Horan-Little Challenge	17 October 2015	(BP) Brisbane City	71–24	Greater Sydney Rams	Ballymore, Brisbane
	3:30 pm AEST	Try: Laloifi (3) 28' c, 58' m, 80' m Gibbon (2) 31' m, 59' c Korczyk 7' c Kerevi 10' c Hunt 46' c Sorovi 62' c Tela 66' c Con: McIntyre (7/8) 8', 11', 29', 47', 58', 63', 67' Talakai (0/1) Taefu (0/1) Cards: Gibbon 36' to 46'	Report[66]	Try: Meafua 19' c penalty try 36' c Hayes 51' c Con: Roos (3/3) 20', 36', 51' Cards: Orr 48' to 58' Kapa 64' to 74'	Attendance: 2,250 Referee: Jordan Way

	18 October 2015	Melbourne Rising	18–10	Sydney Stars (BP)	Frankston Park, Melbourne
	1:30 pm AEDT	Try: Meehan 7' m Marsters 31' c Ili 37' m Con: Debreczeni (1/3) 32'	Report[67]	Try: Jones 13' m Stewart 40' m Con: Roberts (0/2)	Attendance: 1,140 Referee: Will Houston

Bye/s: Perth Spirit

Title play-offs

The top four sides in the regular season advanced to the semifinals of the knock-out stage, which was followed by the final to decide the National Rugby Championship title.

Semi-finals

	23 October 2015	University of Canberra Vikings	50–34	Melbourne Rising	Viking Park, Canberra
	7:30pm AEDT	Try: Iona (2) 9' m, 40' c Butler 3' c Alexander 28' c Fainifo 49' c Vaea 63' m penalty try 78' c Con: Leali'ifano (5/7) 4', 28', 40', 50', 79'	Report[68] Summary[69]	Try: Ili 16' c Placid 22' m Ah-Nau 25' c Tuipulotu 33' m Fainga'a 59' c Con: Debreczeni (3/5) 16', 26', 59'	Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Will Houston

	24 October 2015	Brisbane City	47–32	Sydney Stars	Ballymore, Brisbane
	6:30pm AEST	Try: Gill (2) 28' m, 46' c Frisby (2) 57' c, 63' m Beauchamp 13' c Kerevi 53' c McIntyre 78' m Con: McIntyre (4/7) 14', 47', 55', 58' Cards: Ready 48' to 58' Neville 59' to 69'	Report[70] Summary[71]	Try: Porter 9' c Wainwright 33' c Jones 37' c Carter 52' c Con: Roberts (4/4) 10', 34', 38', 53' Cards: Tilse 48' to 58' Hickey 76' to 80'	Attendance: 2,432 Referee: Rohan Hoffmann

Final

	31 October 2015	Brisbane City	21–10	University of Canberra Vikings	Ballymore, Brisbane
	3:00pm AEST	Try: Neville 5' c Frisby 32' m Gibbon 72' c Con: McIntyre (2/3) 5', 72'	Report[72] Summary[73]	Try: Fainifo 1' m Thompson 11' m Con: Thompson (0/2) Cards: Abel 38' to 48'	Attendance: 4,327 Referee: Andrew Lees

Brisbane City

Canberra Vikings

FB 15 Karmichael Hunt RW 14 Chris Kuridrani  64' OC 13 Samu Kerevi IC 12 Henry Taefu LW 11 Junior Laloifi FH 10 Jake McIntyre SH 9 Nick Frisby N8 8 Adam Korczyk OF 7 Liam Gill (c) BF 6 Luke Beauchamp  53' RL 5 Cadeyrn Neville LL 4 Ben Hyne  53' TP 3 Sam Talakai HK 2 Andrew Ready LP 1 Matt Mafi  64' Replacements: HK 16 Ryan Freney PR 17 Markus Vanzati  64' PR 18 Feao Fotuaika LK 19 Corey Thomas  53' FL 20 Waita Setu  53' SH 21 Moses Sorovi FH 22 Alex Gibbon  64' WG 23 Mika Tela Coach: Nick Stiles

FB 15 Isaac Thompson RW 14 James Dargaville OC 13 Nigel Ah Wong IC 12 Rodney Iona LW 11 Francis Fainifo  60' FH 10 Christian Lealiifano SH 9 Joe Powell  65' N8 8 Ita Vaea  43' 47' 55' OF 7 Jarrad Butler (c) BF 6 Jordan Smiler RL 5 Blake Enever LL 4 Rory Arnold  54' TP 3 Ben Alexander  51' HK 2 Robbie Abel  71' LP 1 Allan Alaalatoa  66' Replacements: HK 16 Albert Anae  43' 47' 71' PR 17 Sione Taula  66' PR 18 Les Leuluailii-Makin  51' LK 19 Dean Oakman-Hunt  54' FL 20 Rowan Perry  55' SH 21 Brent Hamlin  65' FH 22 Mitch Third WG 23 Jerome Niumata  60' Coach: Brad Harris

Man of the Match: Nick Frisby Assistant Referees: Rohan Hoffmann (Australia) Will Houston (Australia) Television match official: Greg Milne (Australia)

Total season attendances

Club	Home Games	Total	Average	Highest	Lowest	% Capacity
Brisbane City	6	15,523	2,587	4,327	1,816	14%
Greater Sydney Rams	4	2,900	725	1,200	300	25%
Melbourne Rising	4	2,620	655	1,140	480	9%
North Harbour Rays	4	7,000	1,750	3,000	800	26%
NSW Country Eagles	4	6,323	1,581	2,623	1,000	47%
Perth Spirit	4	4,500	1,125	1,500	600	28%
Queensland Country	4	7,055	1,764	2,204	1,151	27%
Sydney Stars	4	2,350	588	800	400	3%
University of Canberra Vikings	5	8,276	1,655	2,178	1,200	18%

Players

The leading scorers in 2015 over the regular season and finals combined were:

Leading try scorers Top 7 try scorers Pos Name Team Tries excl. finals Total tries 1 Junior Laloifi Brisbane City 14 14 2 Harry Jones Sydney Stars 8 9 3 Jarrad Butler Canberra Vikings 7 8 Samu Kerevi Brisbane City 7 8 5 Josh Holmes North Harbour Rays 7 7 6 Nigel Ah Wong Canberra Vikings 6 6 Jed Holloway Greater Sydney Rams 6 6 Source: buildcorpnrc.com.au[74]

Leading point scorers Top 7 point scorers Pos Name Team Points excl. finals Total points 1 Jake McIntyre Brisbane City 118 141 2 Christian Lealiifano Canberra Vikings 72 87 3 Hamish Angus North Harbour Rays 86 86 4 Sam Greene Queensland Country 83 83 5 Jono Lance NSW Country Eagles 82 82 6 Jack Debreczeni Melbourne Rising 69 78 7 Ian Prior Perth Spirit 77 77 Source: buildcorpnrc.com.au[74]

Barbarians tour

After the NRC finals, an Australian Barbarians team selected from the NRC played a two-match tour against the New Zealand Heartland XV. NRC players that were not contracted for Super Rugby were eligible for the Barbarians. The series was won 2–0 by the Australian Barbarians.

	10 November 2015	New Zealand Heartland XV	32–38	Australian Barbarians	Levin Domain, Manawatu-Wanganui
	5.30 pm		Report[75]

	13 November 2015	New Zealand Heartland XV	24–40	Australian Barbarians	Cooks Gardens, Wanganui
	6:00 pm		Report[76]

2015 Australian Barbarians squad – NRC selection for the New Zealand tour^^1
	Props Duncan Chubb PR (Melbourne Rising) Jed Gillespie PR (Greater Sydney Rams)^^1 Tyrel Lomax PR (UC Vikings) Cameron Orr PR (Greater Sydney Rams) Hookers Ryan Dalziel (c) HK (NSW Country Eagles) Harry Scobel HK (Perth Spirit)^1 Locks Ben Hyne LK (Brisbane City) Nick Palmer LK (NSW Country Eagles)^^1 Phil Potgieter LK ( Queensland Country)		Loose Forwards Mark Baldwin FL (NSW Country Eagles) Sam Figg FL, N8 (NSW Country Eagles) Dean Oakman-Hunt FL (UC Vikings) Rowan Perry FL (UC Vikings) Waita Setu FL (Brisbane City) Pauli Tuala FL, N8 (NSW Country Eagles) Scrum-halves Mitch Short SH (NSW Country Eagles) Dewet Roos SH (Greater Sydney Rams) Fly-halves Isaac Thompson FH, CE (UC Vikings)^^1		Centres Rodney Iona CE, FH (UC Vikings) Tom Hill CE, WG (North Harbour Rays) Wings Larry Hermens WG (Greater Sydney Rams)^^1 Harry Jones WG (Sydney Stars) Maalonga Konelio WG (Perth Spirit) Jarome McKenzie WG (NSW Country Eagles) Jack Pennington WG (Greater Sydney Rams)^^1 Fullbacks Paul Asquith WG, FB (Greater Sydney Rams)

See also

• Australian Rugby Championship (predecessor tournament)
• Super Rugby

Notes

^¹ There were six late replacements made to the Barbarians squad with some players originally selected being unavailable to tour.^[77]

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External links

• buildcorpnrc.com official website
• BuildcorpNRC on twitter.com
• NRC on Fox Sports

Team webpages

• Brisbane City
• Greater Sydney Rams
• Melbourne Rising
• North Harbour Rays
• NSW Country Eagles
• Perth Spirit
• Queensland Country
• Sydney Stars
• University of Canberra Vikings