Country New South Wales rugby league team

Country
Team information
Governing body Country Rugby League
Head coach Craig Fitzgibbon
Captain Mitchell Aubusson
Most caps 9 – Jack Kingston
Top try-scorer 6 – Brian Carlson
Top point-scorer 29 – Eric Weissel
Team results
First game
City 29–8 Country
(10 June 1911)
First City vs Country Origin
City Origin 30–22 Country Origin
(1987)
Biggest win
Country Origin 42–10 City Origin (2001)
Biggest defeat
City 55–2 Country (1980)

The Country New South Wales rugby league team was a representative rugby league football team that consisted of professional players who originated from clubs of the Country Rugby League, one of two federations in the state of New South Wales. Country annually played in the City vs Country Origin competition against the City New South Wales rugby league team, which was made up of players originating from Sydney.

CRL Team of the Century

In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, the Country Rugby League named its "Team of the Century":[1]

No. Position Player
1 Australia FB Clive Churchill
2 Australia WG Brian Carlson
3 Australia CE Michael Cronin
4 Australia CE Graeme Langlands
5 Australia WG Eddie Lumsden
6 Australia FE Bob Fulton
7 Australia HB Andrew Johns
8 Australia PR Steve Roach
9 Australia HK Ian Walsh
No. Position Player
10 Australia PR Glenn Lazarus
11 Australia SR Herb Narvo
12 Australia SR Bradley Clyde
13 Australia LK Wally Prigg

Kit suppliers and sponsors

Period Manufacturers Sponsors
1999– Classic Sportswear Victoria Bitter

2017 Country NSW squad

Country NSW rugby league team
2017 squad Coaching staff

Head coach


Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

2017 Women's Country NSW squad

The Women's City vs Country Origin is the Women's rugby league version of the game and has been running since 2017.[2][3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ abc.net.au (1 May 2008). "Three Immortals in best Country side". ABC News. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.nrl.com/womens-nsw-city-country-squads-named/tabid/10874/newsid/106564/default.aspx
  3. ↑ http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/04/28/team_announcement_wo.html
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