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Rocket LeagueMarch 19, 2026 324 views

What Is Rocket Rush? NE Network's Weekly Rocket League Tournament Series

Rocket Rush is NE Network's weekly Rocket League tournament: open entry, competitive, and broadcast live every week.

Written byNE Network Staff

Weekly Rocket League Competition, Live Every Week

Rocket Rush is NE Network's weekly Rocket League tournament series: open entry, fully competitive, and broadcast live on Twitch and YouTube every week. It's designed to give serious Rocket League players consistent, high-stakes competitive reps against real opponents in a format that builds your résumé while the cameras are rolling.

Whether you're a Diamond grinding toward Champion or a Plat working toward the next tier, Rocket Rush is the structured competition that separates serious players from those who only queue ranked.

Why Rocket Rush Matters for Your Recruiting Profile

College Rocket League coaches don't just want to see your rank. They want to see how you perform when something's on the line, with teammates who are counting on you, against opponents who are also trying to win. Rocket Rush provides that context.

A consistent Rocket Rush record (showing up weekly, competing hard, and performing in bracket play) is the kind of documented competitive history that coaches reference in recruiting conversations. It's also the kind of content that looks good in a highlights reel: live-streamed footage with production quality beats a screen recording of ranked games every time.

How to Enter

Rocket Rush is open entry. You don't need to be at a specific rank to compete, though the field is competitive. Register your team through NE Network before the weekly deadline, show up at the scheduled start time, and compete. Brackets are single or double elimination depending on entry count for that week.

Matches are streamed live, with commentary from NE Network's caster team. Getting broadcast time in a Rocket Rush event adds production-quality footage to your competitive record that's impossible to replicate from ranked play alone.

The Broadcast Component

NE Network produces Rocket Rush with professional overlays, live commentary, and VOD archives on YouTube. This means your matches are preserved and publicly accessible: coaches, teammates, and fans can watch your games long after the tournament ends. It's organic, public proof of your competitive performance.

Getting Started

Head to the NE Network tournaments page and register your team for the next Rocket Rush event. If you don't have a full team, check the NE Network Discord for players looking to form a squad. Rocket Rush runs every week. There's always a next one to enter.

Register for Next Week's Rocket Rush

Open entry, competitive, broadcast live. Rocket Rush runs every week, enter your team and start building your competitive record.

View Tournaments → Create NE Network Account

Follow on Liquipedia

All Rocket Rush events are documented with full brackets, standings, and player rosters on Liquipedia. The complete series history (pre-season weeklies and Season 1) is available at Rocket Rush Season 1 on Liquipedia.

Play in our next tournament

Free to enter, every week, with live brackets.