Governing body | Country Rugby League |
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Head coach | Craig Fitzgibbon |
Captain | James Maloney |
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) |
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.
In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, the Country Rugby League named its "Team of the Century":