New_South_Wales_Country_Eagles

New South Wales Country Eagles
	NSW Country Eagles
Union	NSW Country Rugby
Founded	2014
Disbanded	2020 (competition disbanded)
Region	NSW Regions,; excl. Sydney & Southern NSW
Ground(s)	(Dubbo) Caltex Park; (Port Macquarie) Regional Stadium; (Wollongong) WIN Stadium
Coach(es)	Robert Taylor
Captain(s)	Ned Hanigan
League(s)	National Rugby Championship
2018	7th
1st kit	2nd kit

New South Wales Country Eagles

Rugby team

The New South Wales Country Eagles is an Australian rugby union football team competes in the National Rugby Championship (NRC). The team was founded by a group of patrons associated with country rugby in New South Wales. The Eagles team plays home matches in regional centres of New South Wales including Armidale, Goulburn, Orange, and Tamworth.^[2]

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[rd1-3-22] Den Hoedt, Walker, Nowlan (Rd 1),^{[upper-alpha 3]} Ah Wong, Manuofetoa (Rd 2),^{[upper-alpha 4]} and Hall (Rd 3).^{[upper-alpha 5]}

[rd4-7-24] Robertson and Tuala (Rd 4).^[22]

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[round-2-27] "NRC Team Hub: All the lineups, kick-off times and broadcast info for round two". Rugby.com.au. 5 September 2019.

[round-3-28] "NRC Team Hub: All the teams, kick-off times and broadcast info for round three". Rugby.com.au. 12 September 2019.

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City	Venue	Capacity
Home venues for the current season
Dubbo	Caltex Park^[18]	12,000
Port Macquarie	Regional Stadium	10,000
Wollongong	WIN Stadium	23,000
Home venues for previous seasons
Armidale	Bellevue Oval	3,000
Bathurst	Ann Ashwood Park	3,000
Camden	Camden Rugby Park	3,000
Gosford	Central Coast Stadium	20,059
Goulburn	Simon Poidevin Oval	3,000
Lismore	Oakes Oval ^[19]	10,000
Mudgee	Glen Willow Stadium	10,000
Newcastle	Sports Ground No. 2	5,000
Orange	Wade Park ^[20]	8,000
Tamworth	Chillingworth Oval	3,000
	Scully Park	11,000
	Magpies Rugby Park	3,000
Sydney	Concord Oval	20,000
	Coogee Oval^[21]	5,000
	University Oval No. 2	5,000
	Woollahra Oval	5,000

NSW Country squad – NRC 2019

Prop Angus Bell Archer Hall ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Harry Johnson-Holmes Rob Lagudi Tom Robertson ^{[upper-alpha 2]} Matt Sandell Chris Talakai Cody Walker ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Hooker Aaron Blacklock Tom Horton Andrew Tuala ^{[upper-alpha 2]} David Vea Lock Nathan Den Hoedt ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Jed Holloway Tom Nowlan ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Tom Staniforth Connor Vest Backrow Nick Champion de Crespigny Ned Hanigan (c) Will Harris Michael Icely Maclean Jones Patrick Tafa	Scrum-half Jake Gordon Jack Grant Henry Robertson Fly-half Mack Mason Connor O'Shea Centre Nigel Ah Wong ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Ofa Manuofetoa ^{[upper-alpha 1]} Joey Walton Ben Woollett Wing James Dargaville James Kane Mark Nawaqanitawase Triston Reilly Fullback Tim Clements James Turner Bold denotes player is internationally capped (c) denotes team captain ¹ denotes marquee player
Notes: The initial squad was named in late August.^[23] Players joining in subsequent rounds were: Den Hoedt, Walker, Nowlan (Rd 1),^{[upper-alpha 3]} Ah Wong, Manuofetoa (Rd 2),^{[upper-alpha 4]} and Hall (Rd 3).^{[upper-alpha 5]} Robertson and Tuala (Rd 4).^[22] "NRC Team Hub - Round One: All the teams, times and RUGBY.com.au stream details". Rugby.com.au. 29 August 2019. "NRC Team Hub: All the lineups, kick-off times and broadcast info for round two". Rugby.com.au. 5 September 2019. "NRC Team Hub: All the teams, kick-off times and broadcast info for round three". Rugby.com.au. 12 September 2019.

Year	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	BP	Pts	Play-offs
2018	7th	7	1	0	6	140	280	−140	2	6	Did not compete
2017	5th	8	4	1	3	219	217	+2	2	20	Did not compete
2016	1st	7	6	0	1	280	190	+90	4	28	Grand final loss to Perth Spirit by 20–16.
2015	5th	8	4	0	4	225	260	−35	3	19	Did not compete
2014	2nd	8	6	0	2	251	202	+49	3	27	Semi-final loss to Brisbane City by 26–32.

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New South Wales Country Eagles

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