Country New South Wales rugby league team


The Country New South Wales rugby league team is a representative rugby league football team. Between 1987 and 2017 there were two tiers: the Origin team that consisted of professional players who originated from clubs of the Country Rugby League and a representative team of amateur and semi-professional players. The Country Origin team played annually 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. This match was discontinued in 2017.
The representative team has played in a number of formats over the years: quad and tri series, annual fixtures and tour matches. The most recent change is the introduction of an Under 23 age limit to the top representative team. The Country Rugby League was absorbed by the New South Wales Rugby League at the end of 2019. The NSWRL continued to run competitions for country regions in February and March 2020 until they were curtailed by lockdown restrictions. This suggests that a NSW Country representative side will be reinstated in the future.

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":

Kit suppliers and sponsors

2017 Country NSW squad

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.

Matches

Country Firsts / Combined Country

Origin

Women's

YearDateTeam NameWLDScoreOppositionLocationGame TypeTeam
List		Report
2017May 14 Country OriginL8-20 City OriginNorth SydneyOriginNRL
2018Jun 1st NSW CountryW34-10 Australian Defence ForceSouthportNationalsNRLQRL
2018Jun 2nd NSW CountryW16-6 Queensland CitySouthportNationalsQRL
2018Jun 3rd NSW CountryW16-12 NSW CitySouthportNationalsQRL
2019May 30th NSW CountryW54-0 Australian Defence ForceBurleighNationalsNRLQRL
2019Jun 1st NSW CountryW20-14 Queensland CountryBurleighNationalsNRL
2019Jun 2nd NSW CountryL4-34 NSW CityBurleighNationalsNRL