Team information | |
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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) |
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First City vs Country Origin | |
City Origin 30–22 Country Origin (1987) |
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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.
In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, the Country Rugby League named its "Team of the Century":
The Women's City vs Country Origin is the Women's rugby league version of the game and has been running since 2017.