# Corowa-Rutherglen Football Club

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.
The club is notable for producing many VFL / AFL football players over many years, including John Longmire.

## History

The 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. 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.
| 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

* Ovens & Murray Football League
** Seniors (2) 2000, 2003
** Seconds (2): 1986, 1992
** Thirds (3): 1983, 1984, 2000

## VFL / AFL players

The 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
* 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)

Team of the Century :
| B: | F. King | D. Sandral | L. Jackson |
| HB: | W. Francis | J. Sandral | J. Kingston |
| C: | A. Dunn | W. Gayfer | W. O'Donoghue |
| HF: | D. Carroll | N. Hawking | G. Tobias $^1$ |
| F: | A. Francis | R. Baker | A. McCauley |
| Foll: | M. Mills | J. King | J. Clancy |
| Int: | J. Lane | A. Way | C. Dickins |
| Coach: | P. Tossol | P. Tossol | P. Tossol |

#### 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