Cika wannan jumla: An bude tayin na 13 da 14 a shekara ta 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 gasar.
Wasannin Commonwealth na Melbourne na 2006 Rugby 7s.