Season 2015 begins this Saturday for Junior Pathway Players (U6 – U10) and Junior Competition Players (U11 – U18) and it is promising to be another great year for rugby at the mighty Unicorns.
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April 27, 2015
UNICORNS ON THE BOARD FOR 2015
Melbourne Unicorns have secured their first win of the 2015 Direct Connect #DewarShield season, defeating Power House in the competition’s Round Five Match of the Round.
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April 23, 2015
DEWAR SHIELD PREVIEW: MELBOURNE v POWER HOUSE
In the #DewarShield Match of the Round, Power House and Melbourne will be battling for their first win of the season; they are two teams who were considered strong finals chances before we kicked off, however each have been victims of a tough bye and an inability to hold out in defence, with each leaking an average of over 30 points per game.
April 22, 2015
UNICORN’S COACH SELECTED FOR INTERNATIONAL ROLE
Tumai Edwards, current Assistant Coach for the Melbourne Unicorn’s Premier 1 team, has been named as Assistant Coach of the U18 Australian Rugby Sevens side. He led the Rebels U18s Boy Rugby Sevens team to a runner up finish in the National Rugby Sevens Championships earlier this year.
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April 21, 2015
FLY-HALF’S GOLDEN BOOT A SHINING LIGHT AGAINST UNI
In the #DewarShield Match of the Round the Melbourne Unicorns, still searching for their first win of the season, got out of the blocks quickly with fly-half Paul McConnochie slotting two difficult penalties in the early stages of the match, the second from right out on the wing.
April 19, 2015
WALKER A HIT AT UNICORNS’ LUNCH
The Melbourne Unicorns President’s Lunch last week saw an esteemed gathering treated to some wonderful tales from one of Australian sports’ finest.
The tri-annual event, which included motivational speeches from RaboDirect Rebels’ Telusa Veainu and Luke Burgess, was MC’d by former Australian Cricketer and AFL player Max Walker, also a former commentator on the Nine Network.
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April 17, 2015
DEWAR SHIELD PREVIEW: MELBOURNE UNI v MELBOURNE
The Direct Connect Dewar Shield Match of the Round promises to be a cracker, as top of the table Melbourne Uni host Melbourne Unicorns, yet to register a win but having come so close in a one-point loss and a draw thus far.
April 16, 2015
RECORD SIX REBELS PLAY AT ORRONG PARK
History was made last Saturday at Orrong Park as allocated Rebels’ Luke Burgess, Cam Crawford, Jordy Reid and Telusa Veainu represented Melbourne. While Ben Meehan and Radike Samo were in action for Box Hill.
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April 14, 2015
PATHWAY TO NATIONAL WOMEN’S XVs CHAMPIONSHIP
Women’s Rugby in Australia has received a significant boost with the reintroduction of the Australian Rugby Union’s National Women’s XVs Championship to be held in Sydney in June.
April 9, 2015
DEWAR SHIELD PREVIEW: MELBOURNE v BOX HILL
The Unicorns head into their first home match following a Round Two bye, and a miraculous come from behind draw with Footscray in Round One away. While last year’s runners up Box Hill are two from two after wins against 2014 premier Harlequin and fellow finalist Moorabbin gave them the perfect start to the season. Read more
