page_title: Hay, New South Wales
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Hay, New South Wales / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Australian rules football ground at en:Hay, New South Wales
context_page_description: Hay is a town in the western Riverina region of south western New South Wales, Australia. It is the administrative centre of Hay Shire local government area and the centre of a prosperous and productive agricultural district on the wide Hay Plains.
  Located approximately midway between Sydney and Adelaide at the junction of the Sturt, Cobb and Mid-Western Highways, Hay is an important regional and national transport node. The town itself is built beside the Murrumbidgee River, part of the Murray-Darling river system; Australia's largest. The main business district of Hay is situated on the north bank of the river.
context_section_description: Hay, like many places in the Riverina, supports and competes in a wide variety of sport, including all major football codes.
  The Hay Magpies are a Rugby league team playing in Group 20, a competition consisting of teams from towns situated in the South Western Riverina area. In the history of Group 17, the Hay Magpies won 12 premierships, more than any other team in the group. The Magpies moved into Group 20 in 2007, after the collapse of group 17. Hay being the only town from the former competition to survive.
  The local Rugby Union team is the Hay Cutters playing in the Southern Inland Rugby Union against teams from as far away as Tumut and Albury.
  The Hay Lions are an Australian Rules Football club and were inaugurated on Friday, 19 May 1876. They are currently competing in the Golden Rivers Football League which consists of small towns in northern Victoria and the western Riverina.
  The Hay Jockey Club runs a popular annual race meeting in November, promoted as "the biggest day in the year".  Whilst the meeting is professional and supported by the TAB, it retains a "picnic races" atmosphere.
caption: The home of the Hay Lions, the local Australian rules football club
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