The Corowa-Rutherglen Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Corowa in New South Wales. Corowa-Rutherglen's football and netball squads formerly played in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
| Corowa-Rutherglen | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Corowa-Rutherglen Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Kangaroos | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1979 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Ovens & Murray Football League | |
| President | Graham Hosier | |
| Premierships | (2): 2000, 2003 | |
| Ground(s) | John Foord Oval | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | corowarutherglenfnc.com.au | |
The club is notable for producing many VFL / AFL football players over many years, including John Longmire.
History
editThe club was formed in 1979 when the Corowa Spiders and the Rutherglen Redlegs merged to become the "Corowa-Rutherglen Roos".
Additionally surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa Cats in 1979 and competed in the Coreen & District Football League for 13 seasons, before moving to the Ovens & King Football League for 11 seasons. Today the club is known as the Rutherglen Cats, dropping "Corowa" from their name in 2002, and have competed in the Tallangatta & District Football League since 2004.
In the 2016 Ovens & Murray FNL season it was announced that the Corowa-Rutherglen FNC would move the round 11 home match to Rutherglen's Barkley Park. This marked the first time a match was played in Rutherglen for premiership points since the 1981 Ovens & Murray FL season.[1] Traditionally the Rutherglen Cats do not play on the Queen's Birthday Weekend as the town hosts the annual Winery Walkabout.
Accompanying the return was a pre-match luncheon with many guest speakers, including Rutherglen O&M Hall of Famer Bill Gayfer, Mick Gayfer, John Pearce, Corowa-Rutherglen's O&M Hall of Famer Jim Sandral, Dennis Sandral, John Clancy, and Peter Chisnall. At the luncheon it was suggested by Corowa-Rutherglen official Fred Longmire that both the Corowa-Rutherglen FNC & Rutherglen FNC could be run by a one-commission model, which would include three representatives from both clubs, an independent chairperson and a paid general manager to run 12 football and nine netball teams in the O&M and T&D football leagues.[2][3][4][5]
| Year | G | B | Pts | Home | G | B | Pts | Away | Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 6 | 11 | 47 | Corowa-Rutherglen | 10 | 6 | 68 | Wodonga | Report (Saturday June 11) |
Premierships
edit- Ovens & Murray Football League
- Seniors (2) 2000, 2003
- Seconds (2): 1986, 1992
- Thirds (3): 1983, 1984, 2000
VFL / AFL players
editThe following players played with CRFNC prior to making their VFL / AFL senior football debut or were drafted to an AFL club.
- 1981 - Darryl Henderson - North Melbourne
- 1986 - Michael Gayfer - Collingwood
- 1988 - John Longmire - North Melbourne
- 1988 - Brett MacKenzie - North Melbourne [6]
- 1988 - Mark O'Donoghue - North Melbourne
- 1994 - Damian Houlihan - Collingwood
- 1995 - Jeff Bruce - Fitzroy
- 1997 - Brad Campbell - St Kilda
- 1997 - Adam Houlihan - Geelong
- 1997 - Ben Mathews - Sydney
- 2000 - Ryan Houlihan - Carlton
- 2000 - Aaron Henneman - Essendon
- 2001- David Teague - North Melbourne
- 2002 - Robert Campbell - Hawthorn
- 1982 - Craig Horwood - Collingwood Played no senior AFL games
- 1986 - Paul Bartlett - North Melbourne Played no senior AFL games
- 1993 - Paul Lewis - Geelong Played no senior AFL games
- 1999 - Adam Mathews - Carlton Played no senior AFL games
- 2001 - Joshua Houlihan - St Kilda Played no senior AFL games
Team of the Century (1903–2003)
edit| B: |  F. King
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 D. Sandral
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L. Jackson
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| HB: | W. Francis
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 J. Sandral
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J. Kingston
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| C: | A. Dunn
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W. Gayfer
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W. O'Donoghue
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| HF: | D. Carroll
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N. Hawking
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G. Tobias 1
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| F: | A. Francis
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R. Baker
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A. McCauley |
| Foll: | M. Mills
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J. King
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J. Clancy |
| Int: | J. Lane
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A. Way
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C. Dickins |
| Coach: | P. Tossol
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- Team ref
Corowa (1903–78)
Rutherglen (1903–78)
Corowa-Rutherglen (1979–2003)
- Notes
- 1 G. Tobias was named in the Team of the Century for his career with the Corowa FC. He was also a foundation player for the Corowa-Rutherglen FC in 1979
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Mardling, Xavier (11 June 2016). "Still a bit of bark in Dogs' season". BorderMail.com.au. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ JOHNSTON, DAVID (11 June 2016). "A back to the future model for Roos, Cats". BorderMail.com.au. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Weekend of opportunity in footy". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Roos relish return to Barkley Park". SheppNews.com.au. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 17 January 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Roos return to Rutherglen". Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
- ^ "VFL/AFL Players - Corowa Rutherglen Football Club - SportsTG". FoxSportsPulse.com. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ^ Team of the Century 1903–2003 on SportsTG
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