Country New South Wales rugby league team

Country

Team information
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)
First City vs Country Origin
City Origin 30–22 Country Origin (1987)
Biggest win
Country Origin 42–10 City Origin (2001)
Biggest defeat
City 55–2 Country (1980)

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.^[1]

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.