City New South Wales rugby league team

The New South Wales City team first competed against New South Wales Country on 10 June 1911 which City won 29-8. The first time the match was made an annual event began in 1928 with NSW Country defeating City 35-34. The first City V Country origin match occurred on May 16, 1987 with City running out winners 30-22.

In 2016, it was announced by the NRL that the City V Country fixture was to be scrapped beyond the 2017 season. The reasons behind the decision were to clubs pulling their players out of the match and others cited player drain as a reason for the fixture to be culled. There was also a sentiment that the fixture had gone from being a genuine audition match for a potential New South Wales origin jersey to being a regular game as most of the New South Wales side had already been picked prior to the match starting.[1]

On May 14, 2017, the final City v Country fixture was played with NSW City defeating Country 20-8.[2][3]

Overall, New South Wales City were much more successful than New South Wales Country winning a total of 68 games in the annual fixture as opposed to Country's 22 wins with City winning each year from 1976 to 1991.

Any players whose junior football was played for a club within the greater area of Sydney city is deemed eligible to play for the City RL. Meanwhile, anyone from outside the Sydney area can be considered for selection for Country RL Team.

City v Country Women's matches were occasionally played prior to the re-introduction of a stand-alone match in 2017. In 2018 and 2019 the games were played within the National Championships. The 2020 National Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Australia. In 2021 the National Championships were reorganised, and an open age City v Country Women's Origin was scheduled separately from the National Championships.

2021 Squad

The following players were selected in the City Origin Women's team to play on 15 May 2021 at Bankwest Stadium.[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Age	2021 NSWRL State Club	2020 NRLW Club
1	Fullback	Botille Vette-Welsh	25	Wests Tigers	Sydney Roosters
2	Winger	Jocephy Daniels		Mounties	Yet to play NRLW
3	Centre	Jessica Sergis	24	Helensburgh Tigers	St George Illawarra Dragons
4	Centre	Tiana Penitani	26	Cronulla Sharks	St George Illawarra Dragons
5	Winger	Shanice Parker	33	North Sydney Bears	Sydney Roosters
6	Five-Eighth	Corban McGregor	28	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Roosters
7	Halfback	Maddison Studdon	27	Cronulla Sharks	St George Illawarra Dragons
8	Prop	Filomina Hanisi	21	Mounties	Sydney Roosters
9	Hooker	Quincy Dodd	22	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Roosters
10	Prop	Kennedy Cherrington	23	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Sydney Roosters
11	Second Row	Sarah Togatuki	24	St Marys Saints	Sydney Roosters
12	Second Row	Talei Holmes	22	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	St George Illawarra Dragons
13	Lock	Simaima Taufa	28	Mounties	Sydney Roosters
14	Interchange	Renee Targett		North Sydney Bears	Yet to play NRLW
15	Interchange	Stephanie Ball	21	Mounties	New Zealand Warriors
16	Interchange	Aliti Namoce Sagano	24	North Sydney Bears	2019 Sydney Roosters
17	Interchange	Shirley Mailangi		South Sydney Rabbitohs	Yet to play NRLW
18	Interchange	Taina Naividi		Mounties	Yet to play NRLW
CH	Coach	Lisa Fiaola		North Sydney Bears

Match Details

14 May 2017

City Origin	20 – 8	Country Origin

North Sydney Oval, North Sydney, New South Wales

15 May 2021 2:35 PM

City Origin	40 – 16	Country Origin
Tries: 9 Jessica Sergis 3 Shanice Parker 2 Jocephy Daniels 2 Tiana Penitani Corban Baxter Goals: 2 Maddie Studdon 2	Report[6]	Tries: 3 Jocelyn Kelleher Tayla Predebon Rachael Pearson Goals: 2 Rachael Pearson 2

Bankwest Stadium, Parramatta, New South Wales Referee: Cameron Turner Player of the Match: Jessica Sergis

• List of New South Wales City Origin rugby league team players
• Brisbane rugby league team
• Newcastle rugby league team
• Country New South Wales rugby league team

• Official website
• City vs Country History