Early lead taken by the Eagles. Perfect start for the visitors as they look to solidify their spot on the top half of the standings.

James Kane has the distance but not the direction.

Aaron Blacklock opens the scoring for the visitors in the second minute of the game.

Today's referee is Matthew Kellahan.

We have kickoff!

15min till kickoff.

Welcome to all Ultimate Rugby followers. Melbourne Rising take on the NSW Country Eagles. This is only the second round of the NRC. NSW enjoying their first win against Sydney in the first round whereas Melbourne went down to the Canberra Vikings. This should be a great tussle between these very evenly matched sides. More updates to follow.