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Welcome to a big Saturday of NRC coverage, with the final game of the day between Brisbane City and Melbourne Rising. Join us for live scores and commentary from 3pm AEST.
It’s been an enjoyable start to the National Rugby Championship so far, and with plenty of good words coming out of the ARU regarding improved coverage of the tournament, it’s looking up for the competition.
The big news out of the Brisbane City camp is that Will Genia is back, and he’ll be itching for a run to prove he’s fit and ready to return to Wallaby team contention.
The question, though, is what that means for Nick Frisby, who has been on fire in the first two rounds of action. He has been an 80 minute man for City, and has been one of their best players so far, so whether they play a half each, or Frisby moves to accommodate Genia, is up for anyone’s guess.
What we do know is that Frisby will start the match, with Genia presumably coming on some time shortly after half time.
Reading the form lines, Rising are cruising right now, and they’ve named a very similar team to the one that took the field last week.
That means we’ll get to see more of rangy fly-half Jack Debreczini steering them around the park. Combining with Tom English and Nick Stirzaker could spell another truckload or points for Rising, who have already managed games of 45 and 55 so far this season.
Another imposing figure in the Rising backline is Mitch Inman, the vice captain, who will be looking to make a big impact with his charging runs in midfield. He had a serviceable Super Rugby campaign, and is surely trying to step it up again in this competition.
In other great news, this game is going to be streamed live, and we’ll endeavour to embed the stream as soon as we have access to it.
Join us for live scores of the match from 3pm AEST, and feel free to join in the banter in the comments.