Nickname(s) Kangaroos Premierships 2 (2000, 2003) Premiership 2 (2000, 2003) | Colours Blue White Founded 1979 | |
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Ground(s) John Ford Oval
www.corowarutherglenfnc.com.au Competition Ovens & Murray Football League | ||
The Corowa-Rutherglen Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
Contents
- Leagues
- Premierships
- Team of the Century 1903 2003
- Return to Rutherglen Back to Barkly Park
- VFLAFL players
- References
The club is based in the towns of Corowa, New South Wales and Rutherglen, Victoria, located on the Murray River.
The club was formed in 1979 when the Corowa Spiders and 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.
The club is notable for producing several Australian Football League players including John Longmire.
Leagues
Premierships
Team of the Century (1903-2003)
Return to Rutherglen / Back to Barkly Park
In the 2016 Ovens & Murray FNL season it was announced that the Corowa-Rutherglen FNC would moved 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.