2017 National Rugby Championship

The 2017 National Rugby Championship was the fourth season of Australia's National Rugby Championship. It involved nine professional rugby union teams, one more than the previous year, with eight teams from Australia and one team from Fiji.

2017 National Rugby Championship
Date2 September – 11 November
ChampionsQueensland Country (1st title)
Runners-upCanberra Vikings
Matches played39
Attendance78,500
(average 2,013 per match)
Highest attendance8,000 (Fijian Drua vs. Perth Spirit)
Official website
www.rugby.com.au/competitions/nrc

The two leading teams in the regular season, Canberra Vikings and Queensland Country, went on to play in the championship final. The deciding match, played at Viking Park in Canberra, was won 42–28 by Queensland Country to claim their first NRC title.

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