- Victorian Rugby Union
The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for
rugby union in the state of Victoria,Australia . The Union un-successfully bidded the fourth AustralianSuper 14 licence, which eventually went to theWestern Force . The state does not currently have a Super 14 team but the Union did have a team in the 2007Australian Rugby Championship - theMelbourne Rebels .Although not thought of as a traditional rugby-playing area,
Melbourne and Victoria have produced a number of top-level rugby players, such as Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop ,Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds and Wallabies),Rocky Elsom (NSWWaratahs andWallabies ),Lloyd Johansson (Queensland Reds and Wallabies), Tamaiti Horua (Western Force ), Tom McVerry (Queensland Reds ), Ole Avei (Queensland Reds ), John Ulugia (ACT Brumbies ), Christian Lealiifano (ACT Brumbies ), David Palavi (ex-ACT Brumbies ), David Fitter (London Irish , ex-ACT Brumbies and Wallabies), and Nick Stiles (ex-Queensland Reds and Wallabies). Also hailing from Melbourne is currentNew South Wales Waratahs coach and former WallabyEwen McKenzie .External links
* [http://www.vicrugby.com.au/ Official website of the VRU]
* [http://www.melbourneunirugby.com/ Website of Melbourne Uni RFC host of the Melbourne Rebels]
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