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The National Rugby Championship is the leading domestic professional rugby competition in Australia. It started in 2014 in a bid to further develop rugby in the country. It was be sponsored by Buildcorp in 2016. In a major change from the previous years, there was 8 teams playing in the competition, with the scrapping of the Sydney Stars team. With this change there were also a couple of name changes to the Sydney teams. The Rams became the Western Sydney Rams and the Rays became the Sydney Rays. Teams played each other on a home and away basis. The top 4 teams then played in semi-finals with the winners going on to the final. In a change from most other rugby competitions around the world, the National Rugby Championship featured a number of Experimental Law Variations. These are all to try to increase the level of entertainment for the viewing public. In 2016, changes were made to the scoring system.
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The teams playing in the 2016 National Rugby Championship were:
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2016 Points table
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | Drawn | For | Against | BP | Points |
| NSW Country | 7 | 6 | 1 | 280 | 190 | 4 | 28 | |
| Sydney Rays | 7 | 6 | 1 | 258 | 174 | 3 | 27 | |
| Perth Spirit | 7 | 5 | 2 | 250 | 210 | 2 | 22 | |
| Melbourne Rising | 7 | 3 | 4 | 260 | 262 | 4 | 16 | |
| University of Canberra Vikings | 7 | 3 | 4 | 254 | 276 | 3 | 15 | |
| Western Sydney Rams | 7 | 2 | 5 | 264 | 266 | 5 | 13 | |
| Brisbane City | 7 | 2 | 5 | 216 | 306 | 1 | 9 | |
| Queensland Country | 7 | 1 | 6 | 248 | 346 | 3 | 7 | |
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August 27 August 28 September 2 September 3 September 4 September 10 September 11 September 17 September 18 September 24 September 25 October 1 October 2 October 8 October 9 October 15 October 16 October 22 |
Perth Spirit NSW Country Eagles Sydney Rays Queensland Country Sydney Rays Brisbane City Melbourne Rising UC Vikings Western Sydney Rams Queensland Country Brisbane City NSW Country Eagles Sydney Rays Melbourne Rising UC Vikings Perth Spirit NSW Country Eagles Western Sydney Rams UC Vikings Brisbane City Queensland Country Sydney Rays Perth Spirit Melbourne Rising Western Sydney Rams UC Vikings Melbourne Rising Brisbane City Semi-finalsNSW Country Eagles Sydney Rays Final NSW Country Eagles |
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Melbourne Rising Brisbane City Western Sydney Rams UC Vikings Perth Spirit Western Sydney Rams Queensland Country NSW Country Eagles Perth Spirit Sydney Rays UC Vikings Melbourne Rising NSW Country Eagles Bribane City Western Sydney Rams Queensland Country Perth Spirit Queensland Country Melbourne Rising Sydney Rays NSW Country Eagles UC Vikings Brisbane City Western Sydney Rams NSW Country Eagles Perth Spirit Sydney Rays Queensland Country Melbourne Rising Perth Spirit Perth Spirit |
Perth Sydney Sydney Gold Coast Sydney Brisbane Melbourne Canberra Sydney Gold Coast Brisbane Tamworth Warriewood Melbourne Canberra Perth Orange Sydney Canberra Brisbane Toowoomba Sydney Perth Melbourne Sydney Canberra Melbourne Perth Newcastle Warriewood Tamworth |
20 22 50 20 28 44 46 28 24 22 20 32 16 46 22 66 48 50 44 32 40 58 60 30 40 36 32 58 50 24 16 |
16 12 30 58 8 36 32 60 30 30 52 30 36 28 16 36 24 46 60 38 38 14 22 68 44 42 38 52 24 42 20 |