 After a six-year absence, the team was revived as the University of Canberra Vikings for the national competition relaunch as the NRC in 2014.The late 19th century was when rugby began to be played in the region around what is now Canberra.Goulburn Rugby Union Club became a founding member of the Southern Rugby Union in 1874, and Queanbeyan played Yass in 1878.