Country New South Wales rugby league team

Country

Governing body	Country Rugby League
Head coach	Craig Fitzgibbon
Captain	James Maloney
First game
City 29–8 Country (10 June 1911)
First City vs Country Origin
City Origin 30–22 Country Origin (1987)

The Country New South Wales rugby league team is a representative rugby league football team consisting 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 play in the City vs Country Origin competition against the City New South Wales rugby league team, which is 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 FB Clive Churchill 2 WG Brian Carlson 3 CE Michael Cronin 4 CE Graeme Langlands 5 WG Eddie Lumsden 6 FE Bob Fulton 7 HB Andrew Johns 8 PR Steve Roach 9 HK Ian Walsh

No. Position Player 10 PR Glenn Lazarus 11 SR Herb Narvo 12 SR Bradley Clyde 13 LK Wally Prigg

2015 Country NSW squad

See also

• List of Country Origin team players

References

External links

Rugby league in New South Wales Representative competition City vs Country Origin Women's City vs Country Origin NSWRL Representative teams New South Wales Blues City Origin Team Other competitions New South Wales Cup Ron Massey Cup Sydney Shield SG Ball Harold Matthews Cup Discontinued competitions Jersey Flegg Cup NSWRL premiership Amco Cup CRL Representative team Country Origin CRL divisions Canberra Central Coast Illawarra Newcastle Northern Rivers Sunraysia-Riverlands CRL groups Region 1: 2 3 Region 2: 4 19 21 Region 3: 9 20 Region 4: 10 11 14 Region 5: 6 7 16 Illawarra teams Berkeley Eagles Collegians Corrimal Cougars Dapto Canaries Helensburgh Tigers Shellharbour Workers Thirroul Butchers UOW Titans Wests Red Devils Newcastle teams Central Charlestown Butcher Boys Cessnock Goannas Kurri Kurri Bulldogs Lakes United Seagulls Macquarie Scorpions Maitland Pickers Northern Blues South Newcastle Lions Western Suburbs Rosellas Wyong Roos Group 7 teams Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles Batemans Bay Tigers Berry-Shoalhaven Heads Magpies Gerringong Lions Jamberoo Superoos Kiama Knights Milton-Ulladulla Bulldogs Warilla-Lake South Gorillas Other cups Castlereagh Cup Woodbridge Cup Clayton Cup Outback RL Mid-West Cup New South Wales Women's Rugby League Representative team New South Wales Women's rugby league team Sydney Metropolitan Women's Rugby League teams Auburn Warriors Canley Heights Dragons Forestville Ferrets Maitland Pickers Penrith Waratahs Redfern All Blacks Other competitions Country Rugby League Women's RL competitions New South Wales Tertiary Student Rugby League Clubs CSU Bathurst Mungoes Cumberland Beavers Lewisham Old Boys Macarthur Magpies Newcastle Seahorses Norwest Polecats RailCorp Apprentices Royal Australian Navy Tridents Sydney University University of Canberra Cows UTS Tigers West Sydney Blues Previous clubs Alexander Mackie College Hornsby TAFE Macquarie University Mount Saint Mary College North Sydney TAFE NSW Institute of Technology Sydney University Vet Science Teachers Club University of New South Wales University of Technology, Kuring-gai University of Western Sydney, Nepean Wollongong University