Английская Википедия:2018 National Rugby Championship

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Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Australian English Шаблон:Infobox rugby union season The 2018 National Rugby Championship was the fifth season of the top flight of Australian domestic rugby union. The competition began on 1 September and concluded on 27 October. Matches were broadcast on Fox Sports and the championship featured eight professional teams, seven from Australia and one from Fiji.

The Fijian Drua won their first NRC title, defeating reigning champion side Шаблон:Rut by 36–26 in the grand final held at Churchill Park in Lautoka. The Drua secured home ground advantage in the final by winning the minor premiership for the regular season and then beating Шаблон:Rut in their semifinal. Queensland Country defeated the Western Force in the other semifinal to progress to the grand final. Fijian Drua also finished the season as winners of the Horan-Little Shield for 2018.

Teams

There were two major changes for the 2018 season. The Greater Sydney Rams team was removed from the competition, leaving New South Wales with two participating sides in the NRC, one Sydney team and one Country team. In Perth, the Western Force replaced Perth Spirit as the team in Western Australia, following the removal of the Force from the Super Rugby competition in 2018. The eight teams for the 2018 NRC season include two from New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one each from Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, Western Australia, and Fiji:

Region	Team	Coach	Captain	Шаблон:Abbr
Шаблон:Flag	Canberra Vikings	Nick Scrivener	Ben Hyne
Шаблон:Flag	Fijian Drua	Senirusi Seruvakula	Mosese Voka
Шаблон:Flag	Шаблон:Rut	Darren Coleman	Paddy Ryan
	Sydney Rays	Chris Whitaker	Damien Fitzpatrick
Шаблон:Flag	Brisbane City	Mick Heenan	Adam Korczyk
	Queensland Country	Rod Seib	Duncan Paia'aua
Шаблон:Flag	Melbourne Rising	Eoin Toolan	Angus Cottrell
Шаблон:Flag	Western Force	Tim Sampson	Ian Prior

Television coverage and streaming

Two of the NRC matches each weekend are broadcast live via Fox Sports, with the remaining matches shown live on the Fox Sports streaming platform. Discussion of the NRC competition is included on the Fox Sports review show NRC Extra Time on Monday nights, and the Kick & Chase program on Wednesday evenings.

Experimental Law Variations

World Rugby adopted all global law variations being trialled as of May 2018 into the rugby law book with immediate effect. As such, the NRC 2017 trial changes to Laws 15, 16 and 20 (renumbered as 14, 15 and 19 in the simplified 2018 laws)Шаблон:Hsp were officially incorporated by World Rugby and thus became variations no more. The other law variations used for the NRC in 2017 were retained for the 2018 season.

Existing Law of the Game	Variation
Television Match Official / Global law trial: Law 5Шаблон:Ordered listШаблон:Ordered listШаблон:Ordered list	Television match official to only be consulted about tries and in-goal plays.
Conversion: Law 8Шаблон:Ordered list Sanction: Kick is disallowed.	Time limit reduced to 60 seconds for conversion kicks.
Penalty goal: Law 8Шаблон:Ordered list Sanction: Kick is disallowed and a scrum is awarded.	Time limit reduced to 45 seconds for penalty kicks.
During a maul: Law 16Шаблон:Ordered listШаблон:Ordered list Sanction: Penalty.	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.
Quick throw: Law 18Шаблон:Ordered listШаблон:Ordered list	Players will be allowed to take quick throw-ins regardless of whether someone else has touched the ball
Location of a penalty or free kick: Law 20Шаблон:Ordered list	Increased latitude will be given to where penalty and free kicks are to be taken
Competition rule - Bonus point awarded for scoring 4 tries	Bonus point awarded if a winning team scores at least 3 more tries than its opponent. This particular system was first used in the French professional leagues during the 2007–08 northern hemisphere season.

Regular season

The eight teams competed in a round-robin tournament for the regular season. During this section of the competition, teams also played for the Horan-Little Shield, a challenge trophy put on the line when a challenge is accepted by the holders or mandated by the terms of competition for the shield.

Points for the regular season standings were accumulated by the same method as for The Rugby Championship and Super Rugby. A slightly modified version of the standard competition points system was used, with a bonus point awarded to a winning team scoring at least 3 tries more than their opponent; and a bonus point awarded to a losing team defeated by a margin of 7 points or under. Four points were awarded for a win and none for a loss; two points were awarded to each team if a match was drawn.

Each team's placement was based on its cumulative points total, including any bonus points earned. For teams level on table points, tiebreakers apply in the following order:

1. Difference between points for and against during the season.
2. Head-to-head match result(s) between the tied teams.
3. Total number tries scored during the season.

The top four teams at the end of the regular season qualified for the title play-offs in the form of semi-finals followed by a final to determine the champion team.

Standings

National Rugby Championship
#	Team	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr	Шаблон:Abbr
1	Шаблон:Flagdeco Fijian Drua Шаблон:HL Shield	7	6	0	1	283	175	+108	3	0	27
2	Шаблон:Flagdeco Queensland Country	7	5	0	2	299	211	+88	3	1	24
3	Шаблон:Flagdeco Western Force	7	5	0	2	284	202	+82	2	1	23
4	Шаблон:Flagdeco Canberra Vikings	7	5	0	2	221	169	+52	1	1	22
5	Шаблон:Flagdeco Brisbane City	7	4	0	3	205	245	−40	1	1	18
6	Шаблон:Flagdeco Melbourne Rising	7	2	0	5	239	192	+47	2	3	13
7	Шаблон:Flagdeco Шаблон:Nowrap	7	1	0	6	140	280	−140	0	2	6
8	Шаблон:Flagdeco Sydney Rays	7	0	0	7	167	364	−197	0	1	1
Updated: 14 October 2018 Source: rugbyarchive.net Шаблон:BullTeams 1 to 4 (Green background) at the end of the regular season rounds qualify for the title playoffs. Шаблон:HL Shield denotes the holder of the Horan-Little Shield.

Team progression

National Rugby Championship progression
Team	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	NSW DerbyШаблон:Hsp	Round 4	Round 5	Round 6	Round 7
Brisbane City	0 (7th)	0 (8th)	5 (6th)	5 (6th)	9 (5th)	13 (5th)	17 (5th)	18 (5th)
Canberra Vikings	0 (6th)	5 (4th)	9 (3rd)	9 (3rd)	13 (3rd)	17 (3rd)	18 (4th)	22 (4th)
Fijian Drua	5 (1st)	10 (1st)	10 (2nd)	10 (2nd)	14 (1st)	19 (1st)	23 (1st)	27 (1st)
Melbourne Rising	0 (8th)	1 (5th)	6 (5th)	6 (5th)	7 (6th)	7 (6th)	8 (6th)	13 (6th)
Шаблон:Nowrap	0 (4th)	0 (6th)	0 (8th)	4 (7th)	5 (7th)	5 (7th)	6 (7th)	6 (7th)
Queensland Country	4 (3rd)	8 (3rd)	13 (1st)	13 (1st)	14 (2nd)	14 (4th)	19 (3rd)	24 (2nd)
Sydney Rays	0 (4th)	0 (7th)	0 (7th)	0 (8th)	1 (8th)	1 (8th)	1 (8th)	1 (8th)
Western Force	4 (2nd)	9 (2nd)	9 (4th)	9 (4th)	13 (4th)	18 (2nd)	22 (2nd)	23 (3rd)
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

Competition rounds

All times are local (and subject to change).

Title playoffs

Final

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Team details

FB 15 Apisalome Waqatabu Шаблон:Suboff RW 14 Levani Kurumudu OC 13 Apisalome Vota IC 12 Cyril Reece LW 11 Aporosa Tabulawaki Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Alivereti Veitokani SH 9 Frank Lomani Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Eremasi Radrodro OF 7 Jone Navori Шаблон:Suboff BF 6 Mosese Voka (c) RL 5 Albert Tuisue LL 4 Peni Naulago Шаблон:Suboff TP 3 Benji Makutu Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Mesulame Dolokoto Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 Joeli Veitayaki Jr Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Ratunaisa Navuma Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Eroni Mawi Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Luke Tagi Шаблон:Subon LK 19 Tevita Naqali Шаблон:Subon FL 20 Johnny Dyer Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Peni Matawalu Шаблон:Subon FH 22 Enele Malele Шаблон:Subon OB 23 Avete Daveta Шаблон:Subon Coach: Senirusi Seruvakula FB 15 Jock Campbell RW 14 Filipo Daugunu OC 13 Jordan Petaia IC 12 Duncan Paia'aua LW 11 Chris Feauai-Sautia Шаблон:Suboff FH 10 Hamish Stewart SH 9 Tate McDermott Шаблон:Suboff N8 8 Caleb Timu OF 7 Tom Kibble Шаблон:Suboff BF 6 Angus Scott-Young RL 5 Angus Blyth Шаблон:Suboff LL 4 Harry Hockings TP 3 Kirwan Sanday Шаблон:Suboff HK 2 Efi Ma'afu Шаблон:Suboff LP 1 James Slipper Шаблон:Suboff Replacements: HK 16 Richie Asiata Шаблон:Subon PR 17 Harry Hoopert Шаблон:Subon PR 18 Jake Simeon Шаблон:Subon LK 19 Rob Puli'uvea Шаблон:Subon LF 20 Harry Wilson Шаблон:Subon SH 21 Harry Nucifora Шаблон:Subon FH 22 Tom Lucas Шаблон:Subon OB 23 Patrick James Coach: Rod Seib Man of the Match: TBC Assistant Referees: Jordan Way (Australia) Aaron Pook (Australia) Television match official: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)

Statistics

Leading point scorers

No.	Player	Team	Points	Average	Details
1	Apisalome Waqatabu	Fijian Drua	91	10.11	7 Шаблон:Abbr, 28 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr
2	Ian Prior	Western Force	78	9.75	1 Шаблон:Abbr, 35 Шаблон:Abbr, 1 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr
3	Hamish Stewart	Queensland Country	71	7.89	1 Шаблон:Abbr, 30 Шаблон:Abbr, 2 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr
4	Quade Cooper	Brisbane City	63	9.00	3 Шаблон:Abbr, 21 Шаблон:Abbr, 2 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr
4	Archie King	Melbourne Rising	63	9.00	3 Шаблон:Abbr, 24 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr, 0 Шаблон:Abbr

Leading try scorers

No.	Player	Team	Tries	Average
1	Jordan Petaia	Queensland Country	10	1.11
2	Tom English	Melbourne Rising	9	1.29
3	Levani Kurumudu	Fijian Drua	8	0.89
4	Jock Campbell	Queensland Country	7	0.78
4	Apisalome Waqatabu	Fijian Drua	7	0.78

2018 Emerging States Championship

From 2018 an additional competition was formed for teams from so-called "Emerging States", featuring the Adelaide Black Falcons, Victoria Country Barbarians, Northern Territory Mosquitoes and Tasmania Jack Jumpers. The first Competition was held in Adelaide in September 2018, and the Black Falcons were the inaugural winners.

External links

• NRC Шаблон:Webarchive on Rugby.com.au
• NRC on Fox Sports
• NRC Live on twitter.com