Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bids don 13th da 14th franchise bude a 2002. Melbourne, har zuwa wannan lokacin, ya sami nasarar karɓar bakuncin wasannin gwaji na Wallaby da yawa wanda Rugby Union na Victoria ya yi amfani da shi don nuna goyon baya ga ƙungiyar rugby ta jama'ar Victoria. Melbourne ta kuma karbi bakuncin wasannin gasar cin kofin duniya da yawa da aka shirya a filin wasa na Docklands kuma ta jawo mutane 50,000 zuwa ranar karshe ta Wasannin Commonwealth na Melbourne na 2006
Wasan Rugby 7s.