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NRC Competition Launch with Buildcorp MD Tony Sukkar and players from all nine teams.

The 2014 National Rugby Championship (known as the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the inaugural season of Australia's National Rugby Championship, involving nine professional rugby union teams from around Australia. The competition kicked off on 21 August 2014. The final was held on 1 November 2014 and won by Brisbane City.

Teams and venues

Шаблон:Location map+ Шаблон:Location map+ The nine teams for the 2014 NRC season included four from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one each from Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, and Western Australia:

Region	Team	Coach(es)	Captain(s)
ACT	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Dan McKellar	Шаблон:Nowrap
NSW	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Flagicon Matthew Carraro Шаблон:Flagicon Cameron Treloar
	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Brian Melrose	Шаблон:Flagicon Jed Holloway
	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Nowrap	Шаблон:Flagicon Greg Peterson
	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Malone	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Nowrap
QLD	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Stiles	Шаблон:Flagicon David McDuling
	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Steve Meehan	Шаблон:Nowrap
VIC	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon Sean Hedger	Шаблон:Flagicon Nic Stirzaker
WA	Шаблон:Rut	Шаблон:Flagicon David Wessels Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Foote	Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Walton Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Wykes Шаблон:Flagicon Ian Prior

Home match venues for the 2014 NRC season:

Region	Team	Match Venue	Capacity	City
ACT	Шаблон:Rut	Viking Park	10,000	Canberra
NSW	Шаблон:Rut	Caltex Park	12,000	Dubbo
		Central Coast Stadium	20,059	Gosford
		Oakes Oval	10,000	Lismore
		Wade Park	8,000	Orange
		Coogee Oval	5,000	Sydney
	Шаблон:Rut	Parramatta Stadium	20,700
	Шаблон:Rut	Brookvale Oval	23,000
	Шаблон:Rut	Leichhardt Oval	22,000
QLD	Шаблон:Rut	Suncorp Stadium	52,500	Brisbane
		Ballymore	18,000
	Шаблон:Rut	Ballymore	18,000
		Bond University	5,000	Шаблон:Nowrap
		Шаблон:Nowrap	27,000
		Mike Carney Toyota Park	5,000	Townsville
VIC	Шаблон:Rut	AAMI Park	29,500	Melbourne
WA	Шаблон:Rut	Adelaide Airport Oval	15,000	Adelaide
		HBF Arena	16,000	Perth
		Rockingham RUC	3,000
		UWA Rugby Club	4,000

Experimental Law Variations

As part of the initial championship, the ARU was given approval by the IRB to conduct experimental law trials as part of the 2014 National Rugby Championship. Proposed law variations were first considered by a panel composed of the current Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie, former Wallabies coach Bob Dwyer, former Wallaby Rod Kafer and former top referee Wayne Erikson. The variations were then put to the voting public, before returning to the panel.

The variations in place for the 2014 and 2015 seasons are listed below.

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.
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.
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, and one bye. The top four teams qualify for the title play-offs with semi-finals and finals.

Round-by-round

Team Progression – 2014 NRC season
Team	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9
Шаблон:Rut	4 (3rd)	8 (3rd)	8 (4th)	12 (3rd)	12 (3rd)	16 (2nd)	16 (5th)	21 (3rd)	26 (3rd)
Шаблон:Rut	0 (9th)	0 (8th)	4 (6th)	9 (6th)	9 (5th)	11 (6th)	16 (4th)	16 (5th)	16 (5th)
Шаблон:Rut	5 (2nd)	10 (1st)	15 (1st)	20 (1st)	25 (1st)	30 (1st)	30 (1st)	35 (1st)	40 (1st)
Шаблон:Rut	5 (1st)	10 (2nd)	14 (2nd)	15 (2nd)	15 (2nd)	15 (3rd)	19 (2nd)	23 (2nd)	27 (2nd)
Шаблон:Rut	0 (7th)	0 (6th)	0 (8th)	4 (7th)	8 (6th)	10 (7th)	12 (7th)	12 (7th)	12 (7th)
Шаблон:Rut	4 (4th)	5 (5th)	5 (5th)	5 (6th)	6 (8th)	11 (4th)	16 (3rd)	16 (4th)	17 (4th)
Шаблон:Rut	0 (6th)	0 (7th)	1 (7th)	2 (8th)	6 (7th)	6 (8th)	6 (8th)	11 (8th)	11 (8th)
Шаблон:Rut	0 (8th)	0 (9th)	0 (9th)	0 (9th)	2 (9th)	2 (9th)	3 (9th)	3 (9th)	7 (9th)
Шаблон:Rut	1 (5th)	5 (4th)	9 (3rd)	9 (4th)	11 (4th)	11 (5th)	13 (6th)	14 (6th)	14 (6th)
The table above shows a team's progression throughout the season. For each round, their cumulative points total is shown with the overall log position in brackets.
Key:	win	draw	loss	bye

Points by Round
Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		Total		Average
Шаблон:Rut	45	20	26	21	18	79	34	26	N/A	N/A	29	13	29	56	77	26	37	16	295	257	37	32
Шаблон:Rut	2	31	18	37	44	34	47	18	13	24	34	34	56	29	40	58	N/A	N/A	254	265	32	33
Шаблон:Rut	55	34	45	13	79	18	44	24	37	16	34	13	N/A	N/A	58	40	47	26	399	184	50	23
Шаблон:Rut	31	2	37	13	33	21	26	34	16	37	N/A	N/A	26	24	42	37	40	34	251	202	31	25
Шаблон:Rut	34	55	N/A	N/A	21	33	32	29	32	29	34	34	21	21	26	77	40	49	240	327	31	41
Шаблон:Rut	28	23	21	26	34	44	24	44	29	32	63	21	68	29	N/A	N/A	34	40	301	259	38	32
Шаблон:Rut	N/A	N/A	13	37	21	26	29	32	24	13	13	29	29	68	53	29	26	47	208	281	26	35
Шаблон:Rut	20	45	13	45	N/A	N/A	18	47	37	37	21	63	24	26	29	53	49	40	211	356	26	45
Шаблон:Rut	23	28	37	18	26	21	N/A	N/A	37	37	13	34	21	21	37	42	16	37	210	238	26	30
Key:	Offensive		Defensive

Tries by Round
Team	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		Total		Average
Шаблон:Rut	6	4	4	3	3	11	5	4	N/A	N/A	4	2	4	7	10	4	5	2	41	37	5.1	4.6
Шаблон:Rut	0	4	3	5	6	5	7	3	2	3	4	4	7	4	5	8	N/A	N/A	34	36	4.3	4.5
Шаблон:Rut	8	5	6	2	11	3	7	3	5	2	5	2	N/A	N/A	8	5	7	4	57	26	7.1	3.3
Шаблон:Rut	4	0	5	2	4	3	4	5	2	5	N/A	N/A	4	3	6	5	5	5	34	28	4.3	3.5
Шаблон:Rut	5	8	N/A	N/A	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	10	5	7	32	44	4.0	5.4
Шаблон:Rut	4	4	3	4	5	6	3	7	4	4	9	3	10	4	N/A	N/A	5	5	43	37	5.4	4.6
Шаблон:Rut	N/A	N/A	2	5	3	4	4	4	3	2	2	4	4	10	7	4	4	7	29	40	3.6	5.0
Шаблон:Rut	4	6	2	6	N/A	N/A	3	7	5	5	3	9	3	4	4	7	7	5	31	49	3.9	6.1
Шаблон:Rut	4	4	5	3	4	3	N/A	N/A	5	5	2	5	3	3	5	6	2	5	30	34	3.8	4.3
Key:	Offensive		Defensive

Title play-offs

The top four sides in the regular season advanced to the knock-out stage of semi-finals and final to decide the National Rugby Championship title.

Final

Шаблон:Football kit

Шаблон:Football kit

FB 15 Brando Va'aulu RW 14 Chris Kuridrani OC 13 Toby White Шаблон:Sin bin IC 12 Jack Mullins LW 11 Matthew Feaunati Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Jake McIntyre Шаблон:Suboff SH 9 Nick Frisby N8 8 Jake Schatz OF 7 Liam Gill BF 6 Curtis Browning Шаблон:Suboff RL 5 David McDuling (c) LL 4 Marco Kotze Шаблон:Suboff TP 3 Sef Fa'agase Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Andrew Ready LP 1 Pettowa Paraka Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Matt Mafi PR 17 David Feao Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Phil Kite Шаблон:Subon LK 19 Tim Buchanan Шаблон:Subon FL 20 Adam Korczyk Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Will Thompson FH 22 James Dalgleish Шаблон:Subon WG 23 Junior Laloifi Шаблон:Subon Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon Nick Stiles

FB 15 Dane Haylett-Petty RW 14 Luke Morahan OC 13 Junior Rasolea IC 12 Ammon Matuauto Шаблон:Suboff LW 11 Marcel Brache FH 10 Zack Holmes SH 9 Ian Prior Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Alex Rovira OF 7 Richard Hardwick BF 6 Brynard Stander Шаблон:Suboff RL 5 Brent Murphy Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Sam Wykes (c) TP 3 Ollie Hoskins HK 2 Robbie Abel Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Pek Cowan Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Harry Scoble Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Joe Savage Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Chris Heiberg LK 19 Kieran Stringer Шаблон:Subon FL 20 Cian O'Connor Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Justin Turner Шаблон:Subon FH 22 Davis Tavita Шаблон:Subon WG 23 Christian Joubert Coach: Шаблон:Flagicon David Wessels Шаблон:Flagicon Kevin Foote

Man of the Match: Liam Gill (Brisbane) Assistant Referees: Will Houston (Australia) Damien Mitchelmore (Australia) Television match official: Greg Milne (Australia)

Season attendances

Club	Games Hosted	Attendance
		Lowest	Highest	Average	Total
Brisbane City	5	2,500	13,700	6,499	32,497
Greater Sydney Rams	4	1,063	1,632	1,380	5,519
Melbourne Rising	5	1,764	2,187	1,990	9,948
NSW Country Eagles	5	500	2,000	1,150	5,750
North Harbour Rays	4	1,852	2,900	2,230	8,921
Perth Spirit	4	1,022	2,300	1,692	6,767
Queensland Country	4	1,500	2,500	1,875	7,500
Sydney Stars	4	750	1,500	1,076	4,302
University of Canberra Vikings	4	1,500	2,000	1,625	6,500
Totals	39	500	13,700	2,249	87,704

Players

The leading scorers in 2014 over the regular season and play-offs combined were: Шаблон:Col-start Шаблон:Col-2

Leading try scorers

Top 5 try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Andrew Kellaway	9	NSW Country Eagles
2	Telusa Veainu	8	Melbourne Rising
3	Jack Debreczeni	6	Melbourne Rising
	Robbie Abel	6	Perth Spirit
	Lopeti Timani	6	Melbourne Rising
	Nic Stirzaker	6	Melbourne Rising
	Jarrad Butler	6	UC Vikings
	Chris Kuridrani	6	Brisbane City
	Jarome McKenzie	6	Greater Sydney Rams

Source: rugby.com.au Шаблон:Col-2

Leading point scorers

Top 5 overall point scorers
Pos	Name	Points	Team
1	Jack Debreczeni	144	Melbourne Rising
2	Sam Windsor	88	NSW Country Eagles
3	Jake McIntyre	82	Brisbane City
4	Zack Holmes	77	Perth Spirit
5	Ben Volavola	72	Greater Sydney Rams

Source: rugby.com.au Шаблон:Col-end

See also

• Australian Rugby Championship (predecessor tournament)
• Super Rugby

External links

• Шаблон:Citation
• Шаблон:Citation
• ARU Board approves nine team National Rugby Championship to start in August 2014

Team webpages

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