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The Victorian Rugby Union is the governing body for rugby union in the state of Victoria, Australia. The Union un-successfully bidded the fourth Australian Super 14 licence, which eventually went to the Western Force. Although the state has no Super 14 team at the moment, the Union does have one team in the Australian Rugby Championship, which kicks off in 2007. This team was recently given the name Melbourne Rebels.
Although not thought of as a traditional rugby-playing area, Melbourne and Victoria have produced a number of top-level rugby players, such as Sir Edward 'Weary' Dunlop , Digby Ioane (Queensland Reds and Wallabies), Rocky Elsom (NSW Waratahs and Wallabies), Lloyd Johansson (Queensland Reds and Wallabies), Tamaiti Horua (Western Force), Tom McVerry (Queensland Reds), Ole Avei (Queensland Reds), John Ulugia (ACT Brumbies), Christian Lealiifano (ACT Brumbies), David Palavi (ex-ACT Brumbies), David Fitter (London Irish, ex-ACT Brumbies and Wallabies), and Nick Stiles (ex-Queensland Reds and Wallabies). Also hailing from Melbourne is current New South Wales Waratahs coach and former Wallaby Ewen McKenzie.
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