New North Harbour Rays rugby team to play at Brookvale
JON GEDDES MANLY DAILY JUNE 24, 2014
THE new North Harbour Rays rugby team will play their home games in the new National Rugby Championship at Brookvale Oval.
While the Australian Rugby Union has not released the draw, the Manly Daily can reveal that the Rays will play four games in the northern beaches heartland.
The first home game will be against the NSW Country Eagles on Thursday, September 4, at 7.30pm.
That will be followed by a clash with the Perth Spirit at Brookie on Saturday, September 20, at 5.30pm.
The Rays will then take on the Greater Sydney Rams on Sunday, September 28, with a 3pm start.
They then play Brisbane at Brookvale with a 5.30pm kick-off on Saturday, October 11.
The Rays start the NRC with a game against Melbourne in Melbourne on Friday, August 22.
Their other away games are against Queensland Country on September 13, Canberra on October 4 and the Sydney Stars at Leichhardt Oval on October 19.
The Rays are a franchise made up of arch-rivals the Manly Marlins and the Warringah Rats, along with Northern Suburbs and Gordon.
The NRC will run for 11 weeks from the end of August until the beginning of November.
There will be eight preliminary rounds followed by semi-finals and finals
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