City vs Country Origin
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Sport | Rugby league |
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Instituted | 1928 |
Inaugural season | 1987 (Origin rules) |
Ceased | 2017 |
Number of teams | 2 |
Country | Australia (NSWRL/CRL) |
Shield Holders | City (2017) |
Most titles | City (68 titles) |
Broadcast partner | Nine Network |
Related competition | State of Origin |
City vs Country Origin was an annual Australian
The concept of an annual clash between a City and Country team originally started in 1911 with a Metropolitan side taking on the Country team. The first match officially took place on 10 June 1911 with City taking the victory 29 to 8.[citation needed] It would take another seventeen years before an annual clash between an official City and Country side was agreed upon during the 1928 season.[citation needed]
Both sides were originally made up of the best players playing in the
The players who represented the City and Country sides came from the
On 21 November 2016, the NRL announced that the City v Country annual match would be scrapped, with the 2017 match to be the final edition.[1]
On 29 April 2021, the
The city vs country came back in 2022 with the 16s, 18,s and women's played at
History
Country versus City had long played a part in New South Wales sporting history, with the first traces of the concept being linked back as far as 1886.[citation needed] The then Southern Rugby Football Union (later to become the NSWRU) would hold an annual 'test match' between a Combined Countrymen and Metropolis sides, with the match to be used by the organisation for picking players for NSW.
The concept took off and by the early 1900s 'Country Week', as it was titled, became a major component of the Rugby calendar. This rivalry between City and Country continued to occur after Rugby League was formed in 1907. However, it was only in 1911 that rugby league held its first recorded City V Country clash. While there is some indication that a match may have been played in 1910, the code's infancy probably resulted in the game not being of a high enough standard to be recorded.
The representative match was played on a laissez-faire basis in League up until 1928 when the Country Rugby League and New South Wales Rugby League saw the value in making the tournament an annual match. This was understandable at the time for League, as many areas in Country NSW had not even heard of League until late 1927.
Newcastle was the first non-Sydney town to take up the code in 1909 in its own domestic competition, which was boosted by the participation of the Newcastle Rebels in the NSWRL Sydney competition in 1908 and 1909. The Illawarra region followed in 1910, but further away from Sydney it took longer for the code make any impact.
By the time the match was made a permanent fixture, interest in the concept was high enough to make it sustainable. However, similar to
It was not until 1987, with the recent inclusions of Canberra, Illawarra and Newcastle in the NSWRL competition, that the "player drain" issue was addressed. The Origin rule, which was also used to revive the State of Origin concept, proved invaluable in giving Country the player base it needed to compete with the City team. However, Country only recorded their first win five years after the concept was introduced, in 1992.
Country then won three out of the five years after their first Origin victory before the City vs Country concept was removed from the representative scene (much like the
The competition was not revived until four years later, when the
The last fixture was played in Mudgee on 7 May 2017, with more NRL games being played in regional New South Wales instead.[1]
City vs Country results
Overall summary
Games played: 94
Team | Wins | Losses | Draw | |
---|---|---|---|---|
City Origin | 68 | 23 | 3 | |
Country Origin | 23 | 68 | 3 |
Year by year
The table below shows the results of the annual City vs Country games from 1928 to the present day. The colour of the year denotes the team that has won or retained the shield.
1928 | Country | 35 | City | 34 |
1929 | City | 16 | Country | 5 |
1930 | Country | 35 | City | 26 |
1931 | City | 17 | Country | 15 |
1932 | City | 27 | Country | 14 |
1933 | City | 47 | Country | 16 |
1933 | City | 17 | Country | 17 |
1934 | City | 28 | Country | 14 |
1934 | City | 32 | Country | 29 |
1935 | City | 20 | Country | 5 |
1936 | City | 41 | Country | 8 |
1937 | Country | 20 | City | 12 |
1937 | Country | 15 | City | 5 |
1938 | City | 42 | Country | 12 |
1939 | City | 38 | Country | 17 |
1940 | City | 28 | Country | 10 |
1941 | City | 44 | Country | 21 |
1942 | Country | 14 | City | 11 |
1943 | City | 37 | Country | 25 |
1944 | City | 17 | Country | 10 |
1945 | City | 41 | Country | 12 |
1946 | City | 31 | Country | 10 |
1947 | City | 33 | Country | 10 |
1948 | City | 28 | Country | 13 |
1948 | Country | 10 | City | 6 |
1949 | City | 23 | Country | 2 |
1950 | City | 51 | Country | 13 |
1951 | City | 24 | Country | 6 |
1952 | City | 23 | Country | 21 |
1953 | Country | 28 | City | 27 |
1954 | City | 50 | Country | 9 |
1955 | City | 31 | Country | 18 |
1956 | City | 32 | Country | 17 |
1957 | City | 53 | Country | 2 |
1958 | City | 55 | Country | 14 |
1959 | City | 37 | Country | 7 |
1960 | City | 22 | Country | 2 |
1961 | Country | 19 | City | 5 |
1962 | Country | 18 | City | 8 |
1963 | City | 35 | Country | 11 |
1964 | City | 27 | Country | 4 |
1965 | City | 32 | Country | 2 |
1966 | City | 18 | Country | 14 |
1967 | City | 17 | Country | 16 |
1967 | Country | 16 | City | 12 |
1968 | City | 34 | Country | 14 |
1969 | City | 27 | Country | 20 |
1970 | City | 22 | Country | 18 |
1971 | City | 17 | Country | 0 |
1972 | City | 35 | Country | 6 |
1973 | City | 33 | Country | 17 |
1974 | City | 23 | Country | 0 |
1975 | Country | 19 | City | 9 |
1976 | City | 47 | Country | 0 |
1977 | City | 36 | Country | 0 |
1978 | City | 30 | Country | 13 |
1979 | City | 39 | Country | 0 |
1980 | City | 55 | Country | 2 |
1981 | City | 38 | Country | 7 |
1982 | City | 47 | Country | 3 |
1983 | City | 30 | Country | 13 |
1984 | City | 38 | Country | 12 |
1985 | City | 18 | Country | 12 |
1986 | City | 34 | Country | 16 |
1987 | City | 30 | Country | 22 |
1988 | City | 20 | Country | 18 |
1989 | City | 16 | Country | 8 |
1990 | City | 28 | Country | 26 |
1991 | City | 22 | Country | 12 |
1992 | Country | 17 | City | 10 |
1993 | City | 7 | Country | 0 |
1994 | Country | 22 | City | 2 |
1995 | City | 16 | Country | 8 |
1996 | Country | 18 | City | 16 |
1997 | Country | 17 | City | 4 |
1998 | Not Held | |||
1999 | ||||
2000 | ||||
2001 | Country | 42 | City | 10 |
2002 | City | 26 | Country | 16 |
2003 | City | 17 | Country | 16 |
2004 | Country | 22 | City | 18 |
2005 | City | 29 | Country | 22 |
2006 | Country | 12 | City | 10 |
2007 | City | 12 | Country | 6 |
2008 | City | 22 | Country | 22 |
2009 | City | 40 | Country | 18 |
2010 | Country | 36 | City | 18 |
2011 | Country | 18 | City | 12 |
2012 | City | 24 | Country | 22 |
2013 | Country | 18 | City | 12 |
2014 | Country | 26 | City | 26 |
2015 | Country | 34 | City | 22 |
2016 | City | 44 | Country | 30 |
2017 | City | 20 | Country | 10 |
2021 | City | 38 | Country | 12 |
2022 | Country | 36 | City | 34 |
2017 City vs Country Match
Country Origin |
Position | City Origin |
---|---|---|
Michael Gordon | Fullback | Matt Moylan |
Anthony Don | Wing | Clint Gutherson |
Mitchell Aubusson1 (c) | Centre | Nathan Ross |
Cheyse Blair | Centre | Tyrone Peachey |
Brian Kelly | Wing | Josh Addo-Carr |
Cody Walker | Five-eighth | Bryce Cartwright |
Tyrone Roberts | Halfback | Chad Townsend |
Dale Finucane | Prop | James Tamou |
Damien Cook | Hooker | Cameron McInnes |
Paul Vaughan | Prop | Paul Gallen (c) |
Tariq Sims | 2nd Row | Curtis Sironen |
Kyle Turner | 2nd Row | David Gower |
Jack de Belin | Lock | Hame Sele |
Connor Watson | Interchange | Joseph Paulo |
Matt Prior | Interchange | Nathan Cleary |
Adam Elliott | Interchange | Pauli Pauli |
Daniel Alvaro | Interchange | Jake Marketo |
Craig Fitzgibbon | Coach | Brad Fittler |
1 - Euan Aitken was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Mitchell Aubusson was shifted from Second Row to Centre and Aitken was replaced by Daniel Alvaro.
Match details
7 May 2017
4:15pm (AEST) |
Country Origin | 10–20 | City Origin |
---|---|---|
Tries: Anthony Don (36') 1 Adam Elliott (58') 1 Goals: Michael Gordon 1/2 (38') |
[3] 1st: 6 – 8 2nd: 4 – 12 |
Tries: David Gower (10') 1 James Tamou (49') 1 Bryce Cartwright (80') 1 Goals: Clint Gutherson 3/3 (12', 40' pen, 51') Paul Gallen 1/1 (80') |
Glen Willow Regional Sports Stadium
Mudgee, New South Wales Attendance: 8,322 Referee: Ashley Klein, Alan Shortall Player of the Match: James Tamou |
Women's City vs Country Origin
The Women's City vs Country Origin is the Women's rugby league version of the game and has been running since 2017.[4][5][6]
2017 | City | 20 | Country | 8 |
2018 | Country | 16 | City | 12 |
2019 | City | 34 | Country | 4 |
2021 | City | 40 | Country | 16 |
2022 | Country | 14 | City | 6 |
2017 Women's City vs Country Match
Squads
Country Origin | Position | City Origin |
---|---|---|
Brittany Constable | Fullback | Tahlia Hunter |
Rikeya Horne | Wing | Taleena Simon |
Jayme Fressard | Centre | Nakia Davis-Welsh |
Donna Sutton | Centre | Karri Doyle |
Amy Broadhead | Wing | Kate Mullaly |
Talia Atfield | Five-Eighth | Lavina Phillips |
Kylie Hilder | Halfback | Allana Ferguson |
Georgina Brooker | Prop | Eunice Grimes |
Tammy Fletcher | Hooker | Rebecca Riley |
Jennaya Ottaway | Prop | Ruby Ewe |
Erin Blackwell | 2nd Row | Talesha Quinn |
Phoebe Desmond | 2nd Row | Jasmin Allende |
Margaret Watson | Lock | Nicole Backhouse |
Alicia-Kate Hawke | Interchange | Kayla Peck |
Jerry Burgmann | Interchange | Vanessa Foliaki |
Jade Etherden | Interchange | Kaarla Cowan |
Hollie Wheeler | Interchange | Botille Vette-Welsh |
Mick Young | Coach | Chris Studdon |
Match details
See also
- List of Country Origin team players
- List of New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
- New South Wales Country Rugby League
- New South Wales Rugby League
- Rugby league in New South Wales
- State of Origin series
References
- ^ a b "NRL scraps City v Country fixture, last edition to be played in Mudgee in 2017". Australia: ABC News. 21 November 2016.
- ^ "Country vs City weekend back on NSWRL calendar". NSWRL. 29 April 2021.
- ^ Kennedy, Chris (7 May 2017). "City edge past Country for final time". National Rugby League.
- ^ "Women's NSW City, Country squads named". National Rugby League. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "UPDATED TEAMS – Women's Country And City Origin". nswrl.com.au. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
- ^ "Slick City Women Overpower Country". nswrl.com.au. 14 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2018.